by | Nov 7, 2012 | DIY Invitations Ideas, DIY Wedding Invitations, Wedding Invitations Ideas
Black is one of the most fashionable colours in the world, whether it is for gala black tie events to sleek looks in modern architecture and also design. It is only natural that it transcends to the wedding industry, where you can find the likes of black wedding invitations to the big day’s décor accents. It is easy to team up black with other colours in the colour wheel as it compliments them whether it is a traditional or modern setting.
If you are opting for a DIY wedding, you can truly come up with one of the most unique DIY wedding invitations that is styled with a black theme. Many of us know that the process of going DIY for wedding stationery can be either one of two options. One is to buy your own paper, rulers and cutters and the whole shebang, where as the other option is to get yourself acquainted with DIY wedding invitation and stationery kits that have set template for you to work with. The latter option offers you several styles in which your DIY wedding invite can be presented in terms of how the invites are folded, the sizing and also the placement of key invitation wording and text. If you are opting to have those printed beforehand with the necessary customisations (which is a bonus because then you do not need to go through the process of either printing those yourself or hiring a calligrapher to do the work for you). Opting for the DIY route can be difficult, so it’s always a good idea to cut down time spent doing up processes or focuses on the items that needs the most work, time and patience.
Nevertheless, getting back to black wedding invitations styles, a la DIY, if you have a blank canvas being the DIY wedding invitation kits, then the next step is to style them. The most elegance choice would be to opt for soft pastel tones to be accompanied with the bold black, and they say the lighter and whiter the better. However, there is no rule that you cannot go down the modern route with bold contrasting colours to make your invite design pop.
When you work on the DIY aspects, you can use creative elements such as stencils that consists of flourishes to stripes designs for a crisp look, to stamps, and even use watercolours for a beautiful outcome of art. It is always a great idea to know what you want in terms of the wedding theme you will have for your wedding apart from the colour, of course. Though the basic norm is to opt for black on white, there is no stopping you from going bold and opting for white or any other colour on a black wedding invitation kit.
by | Oct 31, 2012 | DIY Wedding Invitations, Wedding Invitations Ideas
Your wedding day should be the most special day of your lives, and unique to the both of you, as this a union of love & personalities. When it comes to the design and planning of your wedding, you will want it to speak volumes of your personalities and spirit. The likes of hand painted wedding invitations and stationery, is a great way to go about creating something unique, especially if the artwork in mind is personal.
Step one would be to first get your hands on some material, that is, the card stock paper or DIY wedding invitations and stationery kit which is what you will have the artwork of your choosing hand painted on. It’s important to have a vision at this point, and also ensure that you have the necessary skills, time and patience to go through it. If the latter is something you are unsure about, that is, in terms of skills, time, or even patience, it is a good idea to employ someone to do a beautiful job for you. It could be a friend, relative, or even an artist who is willing to make a beautiful creation to be hand painted onto your wedding invitations and stationery.
In terms of the wedding stationery, what you will be looking at would be the reply cards, order of service cards, directions & accommodations cards, wishing well & registry cards, place mats, napkin bands, menu cards, table numbers, bomboniere labels & cards, and not forgetting thank you cards. These are part of the DIY wedding invitation and stationery kits available, but you need not opt for all the options. Pick and choose which ones you want to go with and then have those ready for the magic to flow through.
There are many styles of art that you can use on these DIY wedding invitations, whether you are looking to great artists for inspiration and their styles, or you have something in mind already. From landscapes to portrait art, to illustrations, pop art, inspirations from street-art and graffiti and much more. If you have a style that you want to portray, from elegant to modern and even casual, then there is no stopping you from getting the most beautiful and unique wedding invites out there. Adding all these personal touches will truly make this a beautiful day, with all the stationery that has been done up personally for the wedding and more.
Take points and make your wedding day just as unique, with hand-painted wedding invitations and stationery.
by | Oct 24, 2012 | DIY Invitations Ideas, Wedding Invitations Ideas
When you are given a blank canvas to work on, what do you usually do? Do you set about creating something wonderful? Do you gather inspiration or brainstorm? Either way, when you have DIY wedding invitation kits in front of you, it’s probably because you want to be a DIY wedding couple, and felt that something personal and unique would go a long and be truly special to you and the invitees the invites will be sent to.
The thing with DIY wedding invitations is that there is a plethora of options to choose from when it comes to being given a blank card where you could just about go ‘crazy’. However, this is your wedding, and you want it to be special, unique and something that says ‘It’s Our Wedding Day!’ That is why we are proposing using layered paper crafts to create a lovely creation to be added to the DIY invites that you have acquired for your wedding day from an invitations retailer.
What does one mean when they think of layered paper crafts? It could involve layers and paper that has been crafted, and essentially that is correct. It is what you do with the paper, crafts, and layers that define your creation and make it shine. If you have a theme in mind, an inspiration or already know what you want your wedding invitation to look like then, you are already set and well on your way.
Let’s take a beautiful scenery, a backdrop to your wedding venue. If you have the skills to draw it out or paint it on paper, you may use that as you base for the layered paper crafts to be used for your bridal invites. What you could do is, segment the backdrop into layers by whichever elements that a closer to you, and then separate these by paper so they stand out, in a dimensional way. This way you have a lovely scenic look where some items pop more than the others do. It’s a lovely effect. You may also attempt this with text or typography to make the likes of your names stand out above the backdrop, which may be a typographic design or even pattern. The choice is up to you, and it is your wedding. With techniques like this to work on your DIY wedding invitations, you have wheels in motion to result in beautiful and truly unique wedding invitations, even if you have gone down the DIY route, because in the end, you will have exactly what you were looking for.
by | Oct 17, 2012 | DIY Wedding Invitations, Wedding Invitations Ideas
Once you have set the date of the wedding, you will need to start planning the rest, starting with the wedding invitations. If you once had an idea of what your wedding invites would be but are somewhat outdated now, there are newer ways in which you can go about making it personal and customised. A two in one effort would be to opt for DIY wedding invitations with the couple’s portrait featured in it.
A few main ways are available to you in which you can fit the couple’s portraits into the DIY wedding invitations. Essentially, with a DIY wedding invitations kit, you have yourself a blank front facing in which various things can be applied to it. Therefore, you can incorporate various styles, methods and techniques to go about adding the couple’s portraits to the design of the DIY wedding invite. These methods include using photographs, illustrations, silhouettes, and watercolour paint portraits.
Photographs
When working with photographs to be used for your DIY wedding invitations, you can opt for a full cover of the entire front facing, to selected areas of the layout or even positioning of the photograph(s) as to your liking. However, when it comes to the content of these photographs and how the couple’s portraits will be represented, it ties in with the style and theme of the intended look for your invites, stationery, and the look you want for your special day. Your options can range from the likes of candid photography, styled and posed photo shoots from the engagement or even a pre-wedding photo shoot, a montage or collage of the couple’s pictures, montage or collage of couple’s photographs with their parent’s wedding photographs and so much more. The styling, design, layout and positioning as well as colour play a big role in how the DIY wedding invitations come to look in the end.
Illustrations
A more personal and somewhat modern trend, depending on the style and look you are opting for, illustrations are truly lovely and great inclusions of elements for your DIY wedding invitations. They can be anything from comic book inspired illustrations to retro style couple’s portraits, caricatures, hand drawn art, Parisian styled to even vintage Victorian. Watercolour portraits are also quite lovely when they come and are soft and easy on the eyes, and romantic in tone.
Silhouettes
Silhouette elements are limited but that does not mean that it does not leave a lasting impression. There are many ways in which you can ensure that the silhouettes of the bride and groom look personal. This is does by means of attaining the look by carefully selecting an image that looks like them the most, and then tracing the silhouette of their features. This can be done with a mock bridal garb, in order to make it more relevant, that is, with the bride wearing a tiara or veil and the groom wearing the likes of a top hat or even his signature hairstyle.
Take a pick out of these options for your invitations for your big day!
by | Sep 12, 2012 | DIY Invitations Ideas, DIY Wedding Invitations
DIY options are perfect for people who want to be original, because it means making something that is truly yours and personal, and there is the unique factor. When it comes to DIY weddings, this becomes even more special. Your wedding invitations being the first entree of your wedding, becomes one of the most important items. Your DIY wedding invitations will have to be unique and truly something that you and your fiancé can be represented by, from your love, to the lives you lead and your personalities.
You can start with your DIY wedding invitations in two main ways. One being getting yourself paper and various other craft tools, drafting the look of the invites and also either printing or use calligraphy for the invitation wording on the DIY wedding invites. There is another easier to go about it. This is when you consult with a wedding invitations retailer; it would be easier if you found a convenient and cost efficient wedding invitations retailer online, that lets you select the types of DIY wedding invitations kits available. This way, you can see for yourself the possible paths you can take, as well as allowing you to add on invitation wording details and have them printed according to guest name, so that all you have to do is add you unique accents.
When choosing the second option, that is going with DIY wedding invitations kits from a reputable online invitations retailer, then there are some things that you need to look into as well as keep in mind. One thing is that, you will need your finalised guest list, their titles and addresses, and possible partners who will be accompanying them (of course, you may add the wording “and Guest,” but it is always courteous to add their name as well, further confirming their participation).
The DIY wedding invitation available to you will come in a variety of shape, sizes, folds, colours and of course with print layouts on the front cover, where you can feature your names and the date of the wedding. The mains styles and folds that are usually available include vertical and horizontally aligned cards that are either square or rectangular, which are folded as bi-folds, tri-folds, and pocket fold variety. Some cards do not need a fold, and are the feature of the DIY wedding invite, while some are postcard styled.
In terms of the print locations, being where the wordings on the front cover of the invite will appear, there are many options. The layouts of the invites can differ according to the number of columns and rows there are, and depending on this factor, the text will be placed by alignment, either left or right, or in case of 2-column look, top left, top right, bottom left or bottom right, and so forth. Browse through the various options, find which ones speak to you, compare these options, and pick out one option, even after having samples delivered to your doorstep.
The factor in which you bring originality is via the unique accents you will add to your DIY wedding invite, and this can be through so many ways. From stamping, whether it is with one colour, or a mixture of colours for varying design, or even an ‘ombre’ colour variation, to hand painting, calligraphy and typography art, to adding photos, borders, and various arts and crafts options such as ribbons, bows, floral touches, and much more.
