As I showed you yesterday, here are our invitations – complete with instructions on how to make them! If it doesn’t make any sense, let me know and I will do my best to clarify!
To make two invitations, you will need:
- 1 sheet of black paper
- 1 sheet of red paper
- invitation wording printed on paper like this (try to use a laser printer – it turns out that much nicer):
- double sided tape or another mechanism of adhesion. (Do NOT use glue. It’s too messy. I learned the hard way!)
- Cut the black piece of paper in half width-wise. (I used a paper cutter, but I guess an exacto knife and a ruler would work just as well.)
- Cut 1/2″ of length and width of red paper (so it is 8″ x 10.5″) and cut it in half width-wise.
- Cut 1″ margins off of invitation paper and cut it in half width-wise. (I suggest printing light grey lines as guidelines, unless you’re a champion.)
- Adhere red paper onto black and invitation paper onto red. Make sure they are centred – pencil marks help with that process – so that there is 1/4″ exposed of both the red and black papers.
- You’re done! Repeat for how many invitations you need.
Note: you can use whatever colours of paper your heart desires – the simple design makes it really attractive! (at least in my opinion.)
If you cannot read the text, here’s what it says:
Mama and Papa Bean
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter,
Bean with Mr. Bean
<Our Wedding Date>
Two Thousand and Eight
at One Forty One in the afternoon*
<Name and Location of Church>
Reception to follow at Five Thirty
<Name and Location of Reception Venue>
If I could have changed anything, I would have put MIL and FIL Bean’s names on them. But I was being too sticky to etiquette as my parents were footing a large part of our wedding bill.
RSVP cards are similar – you print 4 cards on 1 piece of printer paper and cut so that they are 5″ x 3.75″. Then adhere the printed RSVP onto the 5.5″ x 4.25″ black piece of paper.
Again, if you cannot read the text, here is what it says:
A favour of a reply is requested by <Date to RSVP by>
M_______________________________(names)
__ of __ guest(s) will attend
One can also RSVP at <our wedding website>
The password is “password”
Please contact us with any special allergies or special needs.
I would suggest not putting the “M” because it confuses people.
The out of town map package was pretty easy to make. It consisted of three 3.75″ x 5″ pieces of paper with a map, accommodation information and information of activities to do in the area layered on a 4.25″ x 5.5″ piece of paper tied with a ribbon. If you want to make the sheets more secure, I suggest using two holes and a bow or another fastening method.
Did you make your own invitations? How did you do it?
Next up, making ceremony programs, place cards and reception schedules.
*Does anyone know why we picked this time?
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