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 | Nov 26, 2014 | DIY Invitations Ideas
Trying to decide on the best possible card and shape for your wedding invitations and you’re unsure of which shape to choose, leave alone the styles that are traditionally used. At DIY Invitations Australia, we make it easy to decide which wedding invitation template is best suited as you can easily browse through the types, style and shapes of wedding invitations templates available and not to mention also wedding stationery to be used for the ceremony, reception and even thank you notes and more.
The wedding invitation templates can be divided into three main categories; flat wedding invitation templates, folded wedding invitation templates, and die-cut wedding invitation templates.
Under the Flat Wedding Invitation Templates, you’ll find various “flat” cards which include a sheet of card stock cut into various shapes and sizes. The cards are ideal if you are planning on creating layered wedding invitations and using only a few printed flat cards to include the text/invitation wording.
The Folded Wedding Invitation Templates on the other hand includes a folded sheet of card stock, fitting into the standard sizes for the envelopes that are needed to post them in or relevant to the proportions that are the norm in the case of Order of Service cards, table place cards, and thank you cards to name a few. When it comes to your wedding invitations, you’ll find that the wedding invitations are traditionally folded whilst the likes of the reply card, directions & accommodations card, and wishing well & gift registry card are flat wedding invitation printing templates. A unique type of folded wedding invitation includes the origami variety of cards available through DIY Invitations Australia.
The Die-Cut Wedding Invitations Templates include flat or folded variety of invitation/stationery cards that are cut to a certain shape prior to/for assembly. These can include printed templates for boarding pass wedding invitations, and origami folded wedding invites to name a few.
These DIY wedding invitation templates can also be printed with your personalised wedding invitation wording. You can even go the distance by also having the individual wedding invitation and their respective accessories printed with the names of each guest. If you require graphic design assistance for your wedding invites, talk to the DIY Invitations designers to come up with a beautiful handmade or printed wedding invitation that will be unique and memorable. If you also require other DIY wedding stationery services, there are also the likes of envelope seals & stickers, envelope liners, tags and more.
by | Nov 22, 2014 | DIY Invitations Ideas
If you’re looking for unique ways to make an impression with your wedding style, start with precut wedding invitations from DIY Invitations Australia. With a fabulous and vast array of precut wedding invitations in various choice paper qualities and styles, you can add your own signature mark and/or personality to your wedding with the news and invitation of the nuptials.
At DIY Invitations, you are able to browse through the great choices in store for you when it comes to handmade weddings. In recent years, there has been a boom in DIY weddings, with brides and grooms looking for ways to cut down on their budgets and/or create a truly unique wedding experience for themselves and their guests.
You can start off with precut wedding invitations, it’s accessories and then move onto the wedding stationery to have your theme flow cohesively for a truly seamless wedding theme that your wedding invitees and guests will reflect about your wedding in years to come about the effort and thought that was put into creating a beautiful wedding day to be shared by all those present.
Precut wedding cards come in a variety of shapes and they compatible with most inkjets and laser printers, where all DIY Invitations papers are suitable for laser printing whilst the white textured linen paper is best suited for ink jet printers. The precut cards can be easily fed into your printers to print the design you have designed yourself, If you’d prefer to have a few samples ordered to try out the design before purchasing in bulk, you can do this, This way you try out a few looks and get feedback on them from family and close friends and you will be saving in case it doesn’t work out and you want to try another option or style.
There are over 40 flat cards and inserts, over 15 folded cards, a few options of die cut shapes such as boarding pass wedding invitations, oval/rectangular seals and thank you tags, to name a few wedding stationery items.
Apart from these precut wedding invitations and stationery items, there are also other embellishment accessories under the Avery Labels brand that includes gift tags/labels and party bag kits in a variety of white and kraft paper as well as clear stickers where you are able to print on designs and text as per your liking.
At DIY Invitations Australia, we are committed to helping you make your dream wedding come true therefore we also offer graphic design services to help you with getting your own custom design printed onto your DIY wedding invitation kits before you add your own personal touch when assembling them.
by | Oct 17, 2014 | DIY Embellishments, DIY Envelopes, DIY Invitations Ideas, DIY Paper & Card Stock, DIY Wedding Invitations
More and more brides are getting more and more involved in wedding planning, right down to the making wedding items and elements themselves, such as DIY wedding invitations and stationery to the wedding decor. However, at the time of the wedding, the decor needs to be handled by somebody else, but the wedding stationery and invitations can be sorted out way in advance, and therefore is a convenient choice to DIY when it comes to their wedding.
You have the option of going with both DIY Wedding Invitations and Stationery Kits or to start from scratch with DIY wedding paper, trims, embellishments and more. Depending on which choice you opt for, the next stage is done accordingly. Let’s look at both options.
DIY Wedding Invitations and Stationery Kits
When choosing this option, you need to have a theme or vision in mind to make sure that you do not purchase the kits and then later change your mind. Therefore, sketch it out and then look for the type of kits that match your criteria. Whether it’s shape, sizing or the way it is styled or folds, there are many things to look at, not forgetting colour, of course.
The next stage would be to opt for printing or to do it on your own. Some of the best wedding invitations retailers allow you to customise your DIY wedding invitations kits from the start, just by giving them the guest list and they will print it for you and have it delivered. If you opt of out this option, then you can go with a calligrapher, or if you have beautiful handwriting, then you can go ahead and do it yourself. However, if you are going to have the wedding invitation wording printed separately, then that item can be left as the final touch, which then needs to be attached to the wedding invite creation. You may opt to add ribbons, floral embellishments, studs, buckles and so more for that added glam.
Start from Scratch with DIY Wedding Invitations and Stationery
If you are doing the wedding invitations and stationery from scratch, you will need tools and materials. Here are some items you will need, and it is always best when you have a vision and theme before starting and even buying the materials in question.
- Paper (either regular, shimmer or recycled paper – 200-250gsm)
- Cutter and Cutting Tool
- Scissors
- Paper Punches
- Rubber Stamps & Inkpads
- Watercolour Paint and Brushes
- Adhesive & Glue
- Embellishments
- Bows (card variety, organza, ribbon, satin, etc)
- Buckles
- Diamante Gems
- Flowers
- Ribbons
- Jewel Sprays
- Calligraphy Pens
- Envelopes
With these tools and materials, you can set about making the vision of your DIY wedding invite and stationery come alive. Make sure to be careful when using these tools, especially the cutters and scissors to not hurt yourself, and enjoy creating your masterpiece. Always create a sample beforehand to make sure you know what you want and you can see the intended result so that all your DIY wedding invites and stationery maintain the same standard.
