How to Print Your Own Wedding Invitations Cheap
The cost of purchasing stationary store wedding invitations can quickly deplete your wedding budget. Save money by using today's technology to make your own. By downloading fonts and using rubber stamps, you can create professional looking invitations at home. Don't worry if they are not like traditional formats. Today, informal, contemporary and stylized invitations are all acceptable. Use your imagination to communicate your personal style, the color, and the theme of your special day.
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Things You'll Need
- 8-inch by 6-inch card stock
- 7-inch by 5-inch card stock
- Printer
- Glue
- Rubber stamp
- Ink pad
- Ribbon
- Tape Measure
- Scissors
- Envelopes
Instructions
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Using computer software, select a font style you like.
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Experiment with the font to determine if you want your invitation lettering to be bold, italicized, underlined, colored, or in different sizes.
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Write your invite using the selected font and font characteristics.
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Place a 7-inch by 5-inch card stock in the printer and print the number of invitations you need.
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Glue the 7-inch by 5-inch printed invitation onto the 8-inch by 6-inch card stock. Let dry.
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Take your rubber stamp -- for example, a rose, rings, flowers or hearts -- and stamp the invitation in two corners. Let it dry.
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Measure and cut a 25-inch piece of ribbon.
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Wrap the ribbon piece around your invitation, and and tie it in a bow.
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Repeat the above steps, to make the number of invitations you need. Put each invitation into an envelope.
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Address your envelopes and mail.
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Tips & Warnings
Hire a commercial calligrapher to do the writing and addressing of your invitations. Instead of card stock use pre-printed, colored or embossed paper. If you have a lot of invitations to make, throw a party and have your friends help.
Don't over-stamp your invitations, less is more.
References
Resources
- Photo Credit invitation mariage image by Christophe Thélisson from Fotolia.com
