by | Jul 26, 2013 | DIY Invitations Ideas, DIY Wedding Invitations, Wedding Invitations Ideas
If you are looking for a way for your special day to stand out, especially when you have decided to go with a DIY wedding, start with the DIY wedding invitations and move on to the stationery and decor by adding a special element or material to make it stand out, like lace! Lace has been around since the Middle Ages. By adding this ornate yet delicate feature on to your DIY wedding invitations and other design elements, you will be truly making a statement. Let’s find out ways in which you can use lace in your DIY wedding!
Types of Lace Trims
There are various types of lace, from trims to fabric, to the styling it is used and not forgetting the intricate designs. Usually the designs found on lace work around the styling, whether it’s for edging, a gallon, inserts or for use as motifs, appliqués and medallions. Other types of lace include filet lace (the netting type), Venetian lace, bridal lace and more. These can all be used in your DIY wedding in one way or another.
Incorporating Lace into Your DIY Wedding Invitation
One of the easiest ways to do up your DIY wedding invitation is by adding a beautiful piece of lace onto the design, and strategically placing it to blend with the other elements, in terms of layout, alignment and the likes. You can put lace into play in various ways with different inspirations. One way would be to actually use lace trim, whilst other ways would be to be inspired by lace and imprint the design onto your invitation card either with a stamp or a silhouette spray (by placing the lace onto the card and spraying over it in a contrasting colour), or using a punch with a lace design to get the desired effect. The latter two are pretty straightforward, but when it comes to using actual lace on your DIY wedding invitation, you will have to consider placements and how they will work with other elements you might want to feature on the front facing of the card.
Traditionally, the card cover features the names of the bride and groom and the date of the nuptials. But there’s no reason why you can opt out and just use lace as the focal element, with embellishments to bring it all together, with a satin band and a buckle too. If you are opting to blend the lace in with the text on the front, then consider adding the lace on the four corners, aligned in one corner or as a band. These are just some suggestions for you to consider. Play around with the lace you prefer with a draft before committing and executing your DIY wedding invitation design.
Lace DIY Wedding Decor
The best part of lace is that you can use it anywhere, not just the bridal attire and the DIY wedding invitations, but the decor too. You can use it with the floral arrangements, on tablescapes as a table runner, as well as an aisle runner for the ceremony. Use lace streamers with fairy lights or even lace covered DIY globe lantern to add to the ambience, for a beautiful DIY wedding.
Keep these suggestions in mind when you are thinking of using lace in your wedding, and make it a truly romantic affair!
by | May 7, 2013 | DIY Invitations Ideas, DIY Wedding Invitations, Engagement Invitations, Wedding Invitations Ideas, Wording ideas for DIY Wedding Invitations
If you can’t wait to put your creativity to use when planning your next big event, then why not start out with DIY invitations and stationery and create beautiful works of art on the likes of the invitations, gift boxes and bags and so much more, starting from the base all the way up to adding accents to make your DIY invitations and stationery creations pop!
Kick-Start Your Vision
First of foremost, apart from the materials, you will need a vision or a design draft (which would be a good idea to have before you make your purchases for materials, unless you plan on making samples first and figuring out the winner). A sketch draft of the design and a list of things you need would be a good place to start, and not forgetting the DIY invitations paper or card stock.
Get Your Materials in Order
There are many ways in which you can start on your creations, but you will need the fundamentals or basics, such as paper or card stock depending on the vision you have. Whether you purchase plain old paper, or opt for the fancy variety of textured or pearlescent paper or card, you cannot go wrong, because it’s your vision of creativity coming alive as you embark on making your DIY invitations and accessories a reality. Once you have this ready, why not make a few samples in various styles/forms and judge them for yourself or with family and close friends to decide which one is the best one for your event. Your DIY invitations should have a theme, depending on your requirement; it could be anything from a wedding, engagement, religious function, birthday, graduation and the list goes on and on.
Styling the Fold
Once you’ve got materials for your DIY invitations, start adding design elements to it, like folding it to make it the style you want and find an easy way to get it done in as less time as possible. You may have free-standing, bi-folded, tri-folded, vertically or horizontally aligned cards, or even the ones of the pocket invitations variety.
Invitation Wording
You need to also figure out what you want written in your invitations, whether you want to write it in yourself, hire a calligrapher or run it through a printer. Figure this part out, because if you are opting to print it, you will need the proper dimensions to enter into your printer so the layout and alignment comes out properly. Make sure you do a few samples on normal paper before you print them in batches.
Adding the Final Accents
Once you’ve sorted out the invitation wording, the final step would be to add those personal touches with DIY accents that you feel would go well with the theme. Some trendy suggestions would include the likes of adding ruffles using fabric or textile accessories such as fabric pompom balls and lace trim, cutting out shapes such as hearts and flowers out of the card/paper itself for a 3D pop-up effect, stitching on various appliqués with the thread work on display, using tissues and papier-mâché techniques. These are few ways in which you can take your DIY invitation creations to the next level.
by | May 1, 2013 | DIY Invitations Ideas, DIY Wedding Invitations, Wedding Invitations Ideas
Many of us have a creative streak, and enjoy experimenting with design, starting with doodles and drafts and then moving onto actually carrying them out with the help of arts and crafts. When you are planning an event, the very same applies, where you decide on a theme and look, and if you are planning on doing most of the work yourself, then you even start designing DIY invitations to match the design theme that you have picked out.
This year, there are several delightful trends that have popped up which can definitely help you when you take to event planning, and in the stride, also designing the likes of DIY invitations and stationery, gift boxes and bags for favours, gifts and so forth. These include the likes of popular colour choices, styling and design, use of embellishments or treatments, and not forgetting colour palettes. Let’s look at some designs that you can definitely use on your DIY event items.
Popular Colour Choices for 2013
When it comes to colour there are some that stand out, and are in trend. This is usually determined by the fashion industry in partnership with Pantone. This year, the following colours have been chosen as the ones in trend, and can be used individually or can even be complemented with other colours.
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Spring Colours
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Fall Colours
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- Dusk Blue
- Emerald
- Tender Shoots
- Grayed Jade
- Lemon Zest
- African Violet
- Linen
- Monaco Blue
- Poppy Red
- Nectarine
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- Mykonos Blue
- Linden Green
- Acai
- Samba
- Koi
- Deep Lichen Green
- Vivacious
- Turbulence
- Carafe
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The above colour choices range from colours that are related to spring which are bright and colourful as well as to fall, that are darker and earthy. According to the season of the year, you can use these colours when doing up your DIY invitations, boxes and gift bags to match the theme of your event design.
Styling and Design
You may have your very own style that you are comfortable with, but if you are to be trendy, one style trend that is to go down ‘Chic and Elegant’, which essentially focused on soft touches, lace, intricate designs and flourishes complimented by soothing tones and colour pairing. You can utilise soft floral decals to patterns that are easy on the eyes. Lace DIY invitations are definitely quite intricate and gaining popularity for their intricateness, especially when trying to match the bride’s wedding dress.
Embellishments & Treatments
We all like to add a touch of glitz in our lives, and when you are planning a special event; you might want it to stand out than just another average day-to-day shindig, right? Why not add some treatments or embellishments to your DIY invitations, other stationery and accessories. Go with glitter appliqués or even metallic paper or foil printing for that effect. Choose from colour choices such as gold, silver, and champagne, bronze, copper and more to get the finish you are looking whilst still sticking to the theme and style you envisioned.
Soft Colour Palette, Shades and Hues
Apart from the trending colours in itself, you need to consider colour palettes to choose from that are ready made, where you are not required to pair up and decide whether they actually look good. One such colour palette that is trending would be pastel or sorbet shades of colour that are soothing on the eyes and are muted enough to be romantic and delightfully pleasing. Choose from muted colours such as zesty yellows, blush pinks, sandy taupe, ashen mint, soft peach, and even pastel aqua to bring some magic into your event, with DIY invitations and complement the rest of the event’s accessories such as gift boxes, bombonnieres, and more with it too.
by | Apr 5, 2013 | DIY Invitations Ideas, Wedding Invitations Ideas
You may be wondering what a “Bomboniere” is, or what it means. The fact is, you probably already know what it is but due to what it’s called and how it is spelled or pronounced, you are a little unsure. Bomboniere is an Italian word for “favours” or “gifts”, and they are presented in a variety of ways in which one setting would be Bomboniere Boxes.
They are ever popular in use when it comes to special events to hold gifts to give to guests and attendees. Whether it’s for a wedding, a baptism, a bar or bat mitzvah, first communion or confirmation, a christening, and other such milestone events, a favour may be included in an attractively designed bomboniere box to be taken home with your guests. The contents within could be the traditional sugared almonds, but as times change so have the favours or gifts, and they can range from anything the host fancies.
There are various types of bomboniere boxes to choose from depending on your theme, style and also your budget. Let’s face it, that the DIY box route would be the best way to go about it because not only can you say that you made it yourself, but it will be a personal and unique gift and your guests will definitely appreciate it more.
With DIY Invitations, you are presented with two distinctive categories of these gift boxes, which are either paper bomboniere boxes or plastic bomboniere boxes. Out of the quality materials being used to make them, they also come with DIY folding and assembly instructions so that you can put them together, and then use various types of embellishments or accessories to accent the look of the DIY boxes to suit your style as well as match your event theme. There are many design styles that are available with boxes for gifts, and they range from the traditional two-pieces boxes that come with a lid and base, to pillow boxes, cube boxes as well as noodle boxes.
These bomboniere boxes range from the paper variety, to match the DIY invitations and stationery that you have selected for your event, therefore having a cohesive flow across the stationery accents, while you are also given the option of going with clear plastic/Perspex boxes for a truly delightful look into your favours. Some hosts decide to add little accessories inside the clear boxes to pretty it up while sticking to your DIY budget, with the likes of potpourri, tissue paper, confetti and more.
by | Feb 26, 2013 | DIY Invitations Ideas, Wedding Invitations Ideas
Styling your wedding can include many items and elements, but most of it is displayed in the likes of your wedding invitations and other stationery. If you are a DIY bride and like the use of labels and borders to add detailing to your DIY wedding invitations and stationery, then read on as you can gather insight into what you can do to transform your creations into something magical.
The choice of labelling or use of frames relates to the style you choose; whether it’s a traditional or modern style, and accordingly, the design, shaping and elements put into it will transform your overall wedding invite design as a whole. However, when borders are put into place, it essentially falls on the fact that the design that is set within the border(s) is considered of traditional or modern design.
Traditional designs tend to be more intricate, rounded or with a lot of detailing pertaining to the era of style design, whereas modern designs look towards more sleek or crisp lines which can be accented with colour or even with a fusion of various styles. This factors into labelling, frames, and borders as well, but are different when put into context.
If you take labels and frames into consideration, the types of designs and shapes differ according to the styling you opt for and the following are some options that you can definitely use in your DIY wedding invitations. These designs are ideal whether you are opting to use stickers, stamps, or printed labels, or even, illustrated onto your DIY stationery for your wedding. In terms of the border you want to use, it can be anything from the likes of filigree, damask, stripes, or any other pattern that may go with the traditional or modern styling that you have chosen for your DIY wedding invitations.
As border designs are straightforward, we will look into the different types of labels you might choose to go with, and some examples in terms of theme, shape, and design.
- Classical Vintage Framing with Old World Inspirations: This features ornate designs with floral, leaf and similar motifs and is usually rounded in design, as either a circle or oval design.
- Elegant Brocade Designs with Victorian Inspirations: Feature shapes such as square, rectangle or even ovals and circles with an elegant brocade working featured in the border skirting of the label shape. You can add foil printing to this to make it pop.
- Shapes within Shapes: This type include a design on the outer shape such as square or a rectangle with a circular or oval shape in it, and the designs or patterns will be featured within the space of the two shapes.
- Borders on Label Shapes: This features an intricate edge design such as lace added to the skirting of the shape to make it stand out, whereas the shape of the label in itself stands out in a different colour
- Retro Shapes and Designs: This features a modern but retro look where you have your standard shapes for labels, some with rounded corners and others with more personality added to it, but the pop of colour and distinctive modern patterns makes it stand out.
by | Dec 7, 2012 | DIY Invitations Ideas, Wedding Invitations Ideas
Receiving a wedding invitation is a magical journey. Some of expect to good news, and the ones who are not aware, exclaim with joy at the happy nuptials. They imagine how great the wedding will be by taking in the how the wedding invitations are presented. If they have been handmade, then the better, because DIY wedding invitations say so much about sentiment. In this rendition of DIY Wedding Invitations, we look into how Tri-Fold DIY Wedding Invitations can be accessorised for a beautiful look and finish, all with the help of your creativity and time on your hands.
Types of Tri-Fold Wedding Invitations to DIY
Opening up a tri-fold card is almost like opening up a present, as there is mystery and suspense in its process. What it means is there are at least two folds in the card and at least three sides of surface on which you can add your information and designs. You can easily do up a tri-fold wedding invite with the right equipment like a cutting station and proper folding tools, however, that might take some time. Why not get yourself some lovely ready-made tri-fold DIY wedding invitations so that all you need to do is add your personality and little touches. The most common types of such invites are either square or DL in sizing and shape. You could go the extra mile and even add pockets, to make it a tri-fold pocket DIY invite.
DreamDay Invitations also offers you the convenience of adding your own invitation wording as well as individual guests names to each card so that you need not look at hiring a calligrapher or hand-writing each DIY invitation. All you will need to do next would be to add your own piece of magic to each card by adding design elements and trinkets and accessorise in a way you feel would look its best.
Accessorising your DIY Wedding Invitations
You have a lot of ground to cover when it comes to a tri-fold wedding invitation, so have a plan ready. If you have ordered a few samples, then draft some design and compare them and even ask for feedback from your fiancé, immediate family and your closest friends. Opt for the likes of using stamps in colour ink or even foil paper to velvet embossing gum and powder to add that extra touch. Use ribbons and trinkets with buckles and buttons that are classy or chic. Make it personal with a personal joke included somewhere in your design, like a two miniature birds hidden in the design, barely noticeable, but definitely there. When your invite card recipients see it, they will definitely think ‘how clever’.
It is your wedding and your canvas when you opt for DIY wedding invitations. Make the most of it.
