A personalized wedding invitation
gives a touch of importance to it judging by the time spent
creating it. Some people wanted to try creating their own but
they are hindered with insecurities on the outcome of the said
endeavor.There are many
creative ideas for making your own wedding invitation and it
only takes a day or two to create fifty to one hundred invites.
For those who are really skeptic if they can do it, try one
invitation first and if you feel that you have a knack to do it
then go for it.
Here is a wedding invitation
idea to try.
First you will need two kinds
of paper: a specialty board paper preferably with texture, and a
matching colored paper. The two types of paper should have the
same color hue, one can be a lighter or darker version of the
other one. You can also use papers with different colors
depending on the color motif of the wedding.
Then you will need some paper
twine. Normally paper twines are light brown to dark brown in
color, so a brown paper twine is a neutral color and you don't
have to worry about mismatching colors.
Then you will an accent piece
that will hold the papers and the paper twine together. It can
be a big sequin, a round colored paper board with holes, or a
small wedding novelty item. Keep in mind that the item must have
holes in order to insert the paper twine to keep the invitation
together
For the tools you will need
glueticks, a gluegun, scissors, computer with printer or a black
pen, a ruler and a paper puncher.
Start by determining the size
of your wedding invitation. To minimize waste paper, divide the
letter-size paper into four. Then cut the specialty paper but
make it one centimeter bigger on all sides than the normal
paper.
If you have a computer layout
the wording first then print or if you don't have you can cut
the paper into four and write your invitation wording. You can
ask someone who has a legible and nice handwriting to write the
invitation for you.
Once you have the specialty
paper and the normal paper cut into the desired size join the
two papers together having one edge of the two papers slightly
aligned. Then punch two holes.
For the paper twine, cut the
twine into a length that will allow you to insert the twine into
the holes of the paper and will still allow you to cross the
twine into opposite sides. Then insert the twine into the holes
of the two paper having the specialty paper at the bottom.
Insert the paper twine into the hole of the accent piece. Glue
the back of the twine to the paper and to the accent piece and
glue the two papers together to keep it form moving.
After you have done your first
piece determine a systematic way to recreate it so the next
pieces will have the same construction.
