It’s difficult to know where to start when it’s time to choose your invitations, especially if you’ve decided you want to make your own instead of buying a readymade design from the high street or online.
There are a myriad of craft stores selling card blanks, embellishments and accessories, but unless you really know what your invitation is going to look like, it’s not easy to find exactly the right products for the job. You can spend a lot of time and money experimenting with designs and styles, and maybe still not get what you really want!
Don’t forget that your Wedding Invitations are the first glimpse your guests will have of the style of your Big Day, so you want them to be perfect – make the most of the internet to get inspiration and ideas, but don’t just copy other designs as this is really unethical! Don’t you want your design to be unique to you?
It’s very important to go for the best quality cards you can afford: make sure you set your budget at a realistic level, and then shop around for the best deals. Ask for samples before ordering – any reputable retailer will be happy to provide these for a small fee or even free of charge in the hope you will love their products and come back and order. And remember, pictures on the Internet can be deceptive: this works both ways, don’t forget, and products can be better than the image suggests as well as worse!
Once you’ve chosen your design and bought all your components spend some time carefully laying our your wording and making sure the font and style is perfect. There are many sites that provide sample wordings for many different situations, such as when the Bride’s parents are divorced, or one is deceased, or where both sets of parents are hosting the wedding. Decide on whether you want a formal style of wording or something more casual – this really will set the theme for the whole day so it’s worth doing the research.
Finally: check, check and check again! There would be nothing worse that to print all our invitation inserts only to discover a spelling mistake or error. It’s very easy to miss simple typos – give the proof to several people to read before going ahead with the final print run.
The most important thing is to enjoy the whole process: if you’re getting very stressed and worried about making your invitaitons, then maybe the DIY route is not for you. Having said that, however, it can be a great way to spend some time with friends and family, and get them involved in the preparation of your wedding.
