Wedding Invitations DIY do’s and dont’s

August 8, 2008 | Posted by Queen Bee

While I was dusting off the old cutting board to make my thank you cards, it brought back some fond (and some not so fond) memories of all my DIY wedding projects. So, I figured a helpful little do’s and don’ts post would be perfect for all you DIY brides.

If you’re making your own invites, check out my list of Do’s and don’ts before you get scrapping…..

Do-nt
- be in a rush. Never cut or scrap when you are in a bad mood, or it will show in your projects
- double up - Yes I know its easier to cut two, maybe even three sheets at time, but please don’t. If you mess up one page, you’ve messed up double time. Plus when you double cut it shows unless you’re extremely accurate.
- scrap while you’re eating or drinking - need I say more?
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- test your design on a black and white printer and make sure its going to work before you go out and spend money on pretty papper and printing
- buy the right tools. dont cut your invites with scissors, rather get a propper paper cutter or Stanley Knife
- buy a few sheets more than you need. That way, if you mess up you have back up. The last thing you want is to make a mistake and the scrap-booking shop is sold out of your paper.
- proof, proof and proof again. Trust me, after having to reprint all my wedding programmes after I had cut and assembled them was not fun and not to mention an unnecessary expense.
- make a few extra copies. Whether its for your menus or invitations. Even if you dont use them at the actual wedding, you’ll always have them for memories later
- always ensure that your hands are clean before you touch your invites

Any more suggestions? Anything I’ve left out? Please blog it in the comments :)

Comments

3 Comments so far

Mrz Splendid on August 8, 2008 5:04 pm
I totally agree… DIY stationary is a great way to save, but you have to be very disciplined!

There is a reason why people make aliving out of this… it requires great attention to details and extreme patience.

PROOFING is definatly a must and try to get as many people as possible to read and re-read your text.

Paper is expensive and if you are environmentally consious you will be even less inclined to waste anything!

It is always the hardest and the longest to create the design, there after try to create a production line type of set up.Doing everything one by one wil take longer.

DO NOT leave you stationary to last minute!!!

I am also all for professional tools, however things like glue dots are actually SO much cheaper at POSTNET (Yes I know…weird) than at the scrapebooking shoop.

Speak to the scrapebooking specialist and ask them for advice… you will be amazed how helpful they are. They can even offer you a card making class where you can master the basic techniques and share little secrets with you - all of which you will see on your professional looking invites!
Wedding Invitations - Beautiful Unique Personalized Wedding Invitations on August 11, 2008 12:15 pm
[…] Wedding Invitations DIY do’s and dont’s - While I was dusting off the old cutting board to make my thank you cards, it brought back some fond (and some not so fond) memories of all my DIY wedding projects. So, I figured a helpful little do’s and donts post would be perfect for … […]
Mrz Vintage Viola on August 12, 2008 10:19 pm
Excellent - these will be very helpfull. Especially the eating and drinking part :)

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