DIY Wedding Invitations

I haven't had much time to blog lately what with my daughters upcoming wedding. So I thought I would share her wedding invitations and how I created our own and saved some money in the process! 

If you have looked at wedding invitations online or at a printer's you know how expensive they can be. Megan wanted her invitations enclosed in a folder and secured with a band. This is a popular style called a gatehouse fold and can cost as much as $5-6 per invitation.  First, I headed to the scrapbook store and found  cardstock that we liked in her color scheme, sage green and chocolate brown. These would be cut and folded to make the cover of the invitation. 

 Then I created the inner portion (or announcement) on my Printshop program. There are many design programs out there, this just happens to be the one I use most often. I played with fonts and colors until we were happy with the results. We decided to keep things fairly simple- ivory cardstock with brown ink and the sage green cover. I think the double border of brown framing the wording gives a 
nice clean look.

 Next, I created a couple of different insert cards as we will be having a wedding reception in Utah 

and an open house 2 weeks later in Georgia. I chose the logo of a bird's nest  to decorate the inserts. I found one I liked on the internet and downloaded it  and attached it to the invite. Are you with me? 

I also created an RSVP postcard similar to one I saw on Pinterest. I loved this idea, all of the information is on the back and it needs less postage to mail.

I copied everything onto a thumb drive and took it to my local printers. We wanted raised lettering on the invitation and that is something I can't do. They also cut and scored the covers and we had them print the addresses on the envelopes, so worth it!

We added a photo of the happy couple and I bound all the inserts together with a cute heart shaped paper clip I found at LCI Paper.com. 

My total cost (not including the photos and postage) was $1.50 per invitation. Woo hoo! It was not that complicated and considering we've ordered 300 announcements it was well worth the savings!


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