by | Jan 23, 2015 | DIY Envelopes, DIY Invitations Ideas, DIY Paper & Card Stock, DIY Wedding Invitations, Wedding Invitations Ideas, Wedding Speciality Paper
Choosing to have a DIY wedding could be due to a number of reasons. One would be that the bride (and even the groom) would very much like to do certain wedding tasks themselves or add their own personality to various details such as the DIY wedding invitations and stationery which is the easiest and first way to add value to a DIY wedding. Another reason would be because of a tight budget and you need to make the most of it while not forgoing on the look or quality you have envisioned for the day that brings two souls in love together.
With DIY Invitations, there are many products you can use to create a beautiful suite of DIY wedding invitations & accessories, on-the-day wedding stationery as well as table stationery accessories too. You are given the option of starting from scratch with cardstock and/or specialty wedding paper to using pre-cut shaped cards and also having the same pre-cut shaped cards printed with the online templates that can be personalised to create unique DIY wedding invitations, stationery and accessories. Sounds simple enough, right? That is because it IS!
We’ve put together a few steps that you can consider when sitting down to plan, decide and execute your DIY wedding stationery items.
- Know Your Wedding Look – You need to have a basic idea of what you would like your DIY wedding style to be. Will it be classy and elegant, charming and rustic, modern and fun, or a completely unique wedding theme altogether? What colours will you choose, what special designs are you looking forward to featuring, this can mean anything from monograms, motifs, textures, illustrations and even photographs included with the likes of your DIY wedding invitations, wedding stationery for the day of, and also the thank you card afterwards. These are things you and your fiancé need to decide before you move to the next step.
- Set a Budget – This is key if you are concerned about how much you spend on your wedding stationery items, and it’ll be easier to follow when you put a figure to it. When you’re planning on a DIY wedding, you will need a deciding factor on various things and a budget will help weigh the scales.
- Samples & Mock-Ups –One of the best ways to figure out which design works best for you would be with the likes of samples (to see what the products you are hoping to use look like) and mock-up samples (to see what the DIY stationery products will look like when they have been set-up and executed to look like the real thing – DIY wedding invitations, reply cards, order of service cards, etc). It’ll help you make a decision that is often backed by the budget and how best it complements the other accompanying stationery without committing and spending on the bulk of the DIY stationery beforehand.
- Order your DIY Wedding Invitations, Stationery & Accessories – Once you have figured out the details, you have selected the looks for them and you have mock-ups that you are happy with as your go-to sample (for inspiration, quality check and proofing), then you can order your DIY wedding items in bulk and have them shipped to you. Whichever package you have bought, be it only the basic products, the pre-cut shapes, or the printable templates, you’ll be able to have them assembled in no time as you have already put together the mock-ups beforehand.
It’s always amazing to see something beautiful come together and when putting a DIY wedding together, it’s quite fulfilling to see the outcome of something you and your merry band of DIY helpers have put together. DIY weddings are fun and unique and extremely memorable. Make your wedding day one too with DIY Invitations!
by | Jan 15, 2015 | DIY Boxes, DIY Embellishments, DIY Invitations Ideas, DIY Paper & Card Stock, DIY Wedding Invitations, Wedding Invitations Ideas, Wedding Speciality Paper
Daydreaming about the perfect wedding invitation – an elegant design with some glitz and glamour on the side? You can have yourself luxurious handmade wedding invitations with a little help from the DIY Invitations online shop. It has everything you’ll need to put together a beautiful handmade wedding invite to present to your guests that will be the talk of the town!
Here’s what you will need to get you started on your luxury DIY wedding invitations.
Customisable Printable Invitation Templates
With the help of pre-cut shapes as well as printable templates for you to use in your DIY wedding invitations and other wedding stationery which includes invitation accessories, on-the-day wedding stationery for the ceremony and reception, you’ll be able to create beautiful & luxurious wedding invitations and stationery.
You are given the choice of over 50 shapes for DIY wedding stationery (be it folded, flat, die-cut to envelope seals & sticker and tags) across 10 paper types and more. If you want to customise existing printable templates then you can by choosing from the 100 flat designs, 60 folded designs, 5 die-cut designs, and 15 odd wedding stationery accessories such as labels, envelope seals & stickers, tags, envelope liners, and much more. You can easily use the wedding invitations & stationery shapes or printable templates to act as the base of your luxurious DIY wedding invitations & stationery.
By personalising your wedding invitation wordings, you can easily add a professional look to your DIY wedding stationery as you can even include guests name to whichever stationery choice you want, whether it’s the wedding invite, reply card, order of service card, place cards or any other stationery item that you’d like to personalise.
Specialty Wedding Paper
If you’re looking to add some beautiful textures, colour and glitz to your wedding invites and matching wedding stationery, then choose the specialty paper stock for your crafts. With the help of a various layering designs you can be inspired to create your own. Use a pair normal or specialty scissors or cutters/punches if you can get a hold of a few that goes in line with your design drafts. You can use a 4 layer design with the printable template as the base (in the case of a wedding invite) and add a specialty wedding paper layer (such as that of a pebbled bronze paper), another paper layer that matches the base of the invite and another specialty paper layer and to finish it off a monogram square inset with the wedding date, Doesn’t that paint a pretty picture?
Apart from these you also can accompany it with ribbons, embellishments such as buckles or clusters to adding pearl or rhinestone accessories to highlight printed design, or even use glitter or embossing glue to add some texture and pizzazz to your luxury handmade wedding invitations. It’ll be the masterpiece for sure!
by | Dec 22, 2014 | DIY Boxes, DIY Invitations Ideas, DIY Wedding Invitations, Wedding Invitations Ideas
As you plan for your wedding or any special occasion you’re having, you look for ways to make your wedding guests feel loved and thought of. Gifts are such a nice way of doing this, and gift boxes make it easy and convenient to do where not much preparation is needed, especially if you’re getting DIY gift boxes. We’ve compiled a list of the best DIY gift boxes and gift bags available to you, brought to you by the DIY Invitations online shop based in Australia.
Boxes for Weddings
You may find that boxes are very useful when you want an elegant and crisp wedding. Here are some instances.
Requests to be in the Bridal Party
Your uses for gift boxes may start off with when you ask your bridesmaids/groomsmen to be part of your wedding and take up respective duties. Along with a “Will you be my Maid of Honour/Bridesmaid?” or “Will you be my Best Man/Groosman?” you can send along gifts that are appropriate. These can include a set of toiletries for either gender along with personalised cards so that they may keep them as mementoes.
Wedding Invitation Boxes
Another way to include DIY gift boxes into your special day is by enclosing your wedding invitations snugly inside DIY wedding invitation boxes. You can even include potpourri or confetti; cover the invite card in tissue or anything that relates to your wedding theme. Finish it off with a ribbon wrap and present it to your wedding invitees.
Wedding Bomboniere Boxes
Wedding favours or bombonieres as they are often called are ways in which the newlyweds can give thanks in the form of a gift. Whatever your gift of choice may be, whether in the form of sugar almonds, Ferrero Rocher chocolates to champagne flutes, personalised magnets, mugs and more, they can all be fitted into the many gift box options available that range from pillow boxes, trinket boxes and cube boxes that are either made out of card stock or clear PVC for your aesthetic designs, and decorative and/or wrapping options.
Special Occasions Gifting and Boxes
When it comes to special occasions, you may need boxes to hold the gifts for the recipient(s). Depending on the size and what it may hold, you are given a large range of options to choose from, and they are all available as flatpacks so you can easily put it together. Here are the gift boxes available. We’ve also provided in the gift bag options too.
- Small boxes
- Trinket boxes
- Mug boxes
- Book boxes
- Crystal boxes
- Lingerie boxes
- Wine boxes
- Gown boxes
- A5 gift bags (vertical/horizontal)
- A4 gift bags (vertical/horizontal)
- A3 gift bags (vertical/horizontal)
- Bottle bags
by | Dec 11, 2014 | DIY Invitations Ideas, DIY Wedding Invitations, Wedding Invitations Ideas, Wording ideas for DIY Wedding Invitations
Every girl envisions her wedding day, it may be a passing thought, a what-if scenario or a detailed laid out plan for the biggest day of her life. You may want specific things and at some point you may have looked at a few options and thought “this is what I want, this is my style”. Like so, when you are about to design your wedding invitations, you probably have an idea, a vision or even a wedding inspiration you can start with.
There are many ways you can design your wedding invitations, starting with what the shape and overall style will be, that is, how it folds or whether you prefer to have flat and/or stacked invitations and accessories. Stacked invitations work with both flat cards and folded invites with pocket flaps. The flat stacked invitation cards (the wedding invitations, reply card, directions & accommodation card, wishing well & gift registry card) are usually held together with a belly band or even a ribbon accessory before being inserted into the envelope. In the case of a folded pocket invite, the flap can neatly secure the invitations in a stacked style with each card place on top of each other in a step manner where the sizing is different so the name of each accessory card is prominent). You can decide and design whichever wedding invitation accessories you need by consulting with your designated wedding invitation designer.
A good place to start for inspiration on sizing would be with the pre-cut invitation templates that can be easily fed into your own home printers so you can print your very own invitations that you’ve designed with a personalised wedding invitation wording. As you have chosen DIY wedding invitations, you can also look at the sample printable templates that are available in the product catalogue and choose the ones you like, edit and personalise the saying/wording, and then proceed to print them out. With DIY Invitations Australia, what you need to do is first download the InDesign and Microsoft Word template onto your local computer, design your wedding invitations, convert them into PDFs and place your order online via the DIY Wedding Invitations system. During this process, you’ll be able to add your own designs such as borders, flourishes, patterns and monograms/motifs too.
Don’t forget to search for complementing wedding stationery items you may need for your DIY wedding, such as menus, seating charts, place cards, table numbers, bomboniere boxes and labels, thank you cards and more. You can easily download templates and order them too. It’s easy as that.
by | Dec 6, 2014 | DIY Wedding Invitations, Wedding Invitations Ideas
The way you put your DIY wedding invitations together will depend on your wedding theme and personal style or what you and your fiancé have decided on. When you’re looking for a unique wedding invitation look that you want to put together and have it look luxe and classy, then opt for layered wedding invitation designs.
There are many styles of wedding invites you can pick for your layered design. These depend on the number of layers you’re envisioning as well as the layout and trims/embellishments you’ll be using to finish the look. The thing about layering is that it can be done with the outer and inner covers (if the wedding invite cards are folded) or on either side (if they are flat cards). You can choose which area you want highlighted using layering, how it should look and also what will you used; that’s the benefit of choosing to DIY your layered wedding invites.
If you prefer folded invites, then you can opt for the front outer cover and the inner cover(s) depending on how much information you wish to share. Some brides and grooms choose you only use one side of the inner cover for their invitation wording, traditionally the right inner cover where other information such as directions, accommodations, gift registry and wishing well information will be included in separate cards. As of late there has been a trend where the left inner cover is used for this if enough space is found.
With concern to flat wedding invitations with layered styles, you can opt to have the front and back of the card feature them to match or you could opt on having the invite wording printed on the back of the base cardstock and then layer the front with your choice of decorative elements such specialty wedding paper, embellishments and other trims.
Some combinations of layered styled for wedding invites include
– 4 layers on the front (2 layers acting as border bases their respective upper layer) and 2 layers on the inside right (and left, if you like, with one layer being a border base); or
– 3 layers on the front (bottom most layer acting as a border base, while the top most taking centre-stage often accompanied by a monogram/motif or embellishment.
You can also squeeze in fabric (satin or lace) or paper ribbons between the layers for a handmade yet luxe look. The options are endless but it’s always best to design a few drafts and then make wedding invitation samples before ordering your DIY Invitations and stationery kits and materials. With pre-cut and pre-scored invitations and stationery items, becoming a DIY bride is so easy. Get cracking’ on your DIY layered wedding invites today!
Images Courtesy of DreamDay Invitations
by | Nov 13, 2014 | DIY Invitations Ideas, DIY Paper & Card Stock, DIY Wedding Invitations, Wedding Speciality Paper
If you’re on a budget or you like being self-sufficient, there may be a number of reasons why you want to DIY your wedding stationery (starting with your DIY wedding invitations). There are many colours, shapes, styles and materials you can use depending on your inspiration or design vision/creative direction. Whichever way you choose to do up your DIY wedding invitations & stationery, be informed that certain online stationery and printing shops such as DIY Invitations Australia also offers you a very convenient choice of choosing foil designs too. Keep on reading for more information on how you can get your very own foil DIY wedding invitations & stationery.
First off, visit the DIY Invitations Australia website, find the online invitation templates. Download them (they are available in both Adobe InDesign and Microsoft Word templates), add your own creative flair and then convert your design into a PDF format where you can then upload it online to place your order.
Flat DIY Wedding Invitations
Flat wedding invitations offer a crisp way of presenting your wedding information. Where the paper weight needs to be over 200gsm making it strong enough to hold on its own, these flat DIY cards can be used for a number of wedding stationery items. You can choose them for your foil DIY wedding invitations, reply cards, wishing well cards, directions & accommodations cards and even your thank you cards. The choices available vary in size and also the templates available for choosing differ depending on font type and typography as well as foil print colour, between gold and silver.
Folded DIY Wedding Invitations
Folded cards on the other hand gives you more space to work with, letting you include all the information you need to share with your invitees. Available across a series of styles and sizes, with some even including various add-ons (such as a pocket flap – making it a pocket wedding invitation that can house wedding invitation accessories), folded DIY cards are really convenient has you can easily fit all the accessories neatly together before putting them into the wedding invitation envelope. You also have the option of choosing passport styled foil DIY wedding invitations too, with a beautiful foiled emblem on the front (such as palm tree, a hibiscus flower or even a turtle).
Other items available to you to match your foil DIY wedding invitations include Envelope Seals & Stickers, Envelope Liners, and Tags that are foiled in gold or silver depending on your colour scheme choice.
