Do it yourself wedding invitations are really straightforward to make, however it’s all to easy to get confused, jumping from one web site to another, then scouring endless wedding magazines for inspiration, this soon overwhelms the prospective D.I.Y bride, information overload kicks in and before you know where you are, you’re going around in circles not knowing which colour to choose, what card shape to use or how to decorate your wedding invitation.
So with this post I thought I’d try and nail a couple of the problems that face most brides when making their own wedding invitations.
Card type and colour choice, I’m sure you’ve already seen more card shapes and designs than you could shake a stick at, new designs seem to be everywhere, however, faddy designs come and go, what’s hot this year may well be old hat next, don’t be persuaded to go for a card because it’s this years colour, unless of course you are getting married within the next few months or it matches your colour theme.
A safe bet for your card blank is to stick with a traditional colour such as cream, ivory or white, think of your card as a canvas on which you will create the design for your wedding invitation based around your wedding colour theme.
Card blank shape and size, you’re going to make life so much easier for yourself if you choose a standard size, a standard size card would be A5, A6, DL or square, this is going to make setting up your print templates easy when printing the inserts, note that cards such as envelopments, wallets, pyramid or other angular shaped cards will not go through a printer, however you should be fine printing the postcard inserts.
Card Blanks for do it yourself wedding invitaions