So what I have done is done the entire process of designing, printing and distributing wedding invitations, and your process can be any two, or one or all of these things. Keep in mind you are you, and your couple will decide for yourself what colors (duh), style (duh), and the small details, like whether you want to hold a... Halloween themed wedding.
Whatever floats your boat, man.
A very loose sketch of what you need in materials is:
For the SAVE THE DATE cards
" Cardstock, I used 3-1/2" in by 4-7/8" in cards (to fit)
" 4 Bar envelopes (4" by 5" envelopes see, they fit the cards!)
For the ACTUAL INVITATION
" Color-theme matching Paper (your safest bet is good 'ole cardstock. See photos)
This will include:
" Flat Cards (Smaller cards for your directions and whatnot)
" 8.5 by 11 (Letter) Paper, for putting the most of your directions, information & whatnot
" Envelopes (depending on the size of your largest piece of paper folded to your liking)
NOTE: Avoid glossy papers, they look nice... sometimes, and are easily scratched, guffed... as a photographer, they're nice to use but not for graphics. Usually everything looks good on matte and luster paper. Also if you can, try semi-clear vellum papers, they serve as good covers for invitations... We will get into that later.
If it isn't obvious enough, I used paper source at www.paper-source.com as my major supply of paper. But there are tons of other ways too. If you're one for consistency and reliable colors off the internet, I would try for well established places.
But if you're fine with average colors (that is, colors that are close to what you are envisioning) go ahead and find paper off of.. ebay, or just paper you can find wherever you find most convenient. Just if you do, try and get all your paper (of the one color you get) specifically from one place, as not to accidentally get a purple from one place, and then get a puce-purple from another. That would not be good.
My photos also have been adjusted as not to give away the full names of the people I made these for (my sister and now brother-in-law) so the areas in which the names should be in, are a little blurry and crappy looking.
Lets continue.
Whatever floats your boat, man.
A very loose sketch of what you need in materials is:
For the SAVE THE DATE cards
" Cardstock, I used 3-1/2" in by 4-7/8" in cards (to fit)
" 4 Bar envelopes (4" by 5" envelopes see, they fit the cards!)
For the ACTUAL INVITATION
" Color-theme matching Paper (your safest bet is good 'ole cardstock. See photos)
This will include:
" Flat Cards (Smaller cards for your directions and whatnot)
" 8.5 by 11 (Letter) Paper, for putting the most of your directions, information & whatnot
" Envelopes (depending on the size of your largest piece of paper folded to your liking)
- This is where I used petal envelopes which I put into another envelope see pictures.
NOTE: Avoid glossy papers, they look nice... sometimes, and are easily scratched, guffed... as a photographer, they're nice to use but not for graphics. Usually everything looks good on matte and luster paper. Also if you can, try semi-clear vellum papers, they serve as good covers for invitations... We will get into that later.
If it isn't obvious enough, I used paper source at www.paper-source.com as my major supply of paper. But there are tons of other ways too. If you're one for consistency and reliable colors off the internet, I would try for well established places.
But if you're fine with average colors (that is, colors that are close to what you are envisioning) go ahead and find paper off of.. ebay, or just paper you can find wherever you find most convenient. Just if you do, try and get all your paper (of the one color you get) specifically from one place, as not to accidentally get a purple from one place, and then get a puce-purple from another. That would not be good.
My photos also have been adjusted as not to give away the full names of the people I made these for (my sister and now brother-in-law) so the areas in which the names should be in, are a little blurry and crappy looking.
Lets continue.
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Signing UpStep 1: Get your words onto paper, write everything you think you will need
Get a temporary list of recipients, gather your friends, and collaborate with them who you think you should invite. Then put them all in EXCEL. Or some sort of spreadsheet, so you can easily compile their addresses and information together on a single column or row.
The key thing here is to ORGANIZE.
Ask yourself these questions:
" Who are you sending these to? Do they need special accommodations?
" What are you going to say on the invitation? Are you going to send it through your parents?
If so, are you going to type in "Mary and Alex request your presence" or "The families of Mary and Alex..." or "The parents of Mary and Alex...?"
" If you haven't already, ask When will you have the wedding?
" What are your dinner options?
" When, How will you have your rehearsal dinner? (The dinner after the rehearsed wedding. We had ours on a boat, the night before the wedding)
" How will you accommodate your guests? Where do you recommend they stay for a hotel if they are coming abroad?
" How do you get to the wedding location? How do you get to anywhere you're telling them to to go?
Plan to make at the least:
" The Save the Date card and envelope
" The Invitation, reply card and envelope
" Directions and hotel information and envelope
" Stickers or a bunch of pens or a Stamp for Addresses
Optional things are:
" A website
" Frilly things to go with an invitation, like ribbon and patterned paper
" Embossed/Embellished Paper (the paper with texture)
The key thing here is to ORGANIZE.
Ask yourself these questions:
" Who are you sending these to? Do they need special accommodations?
" What are you going to say on the invitation? Are you going to send it through your parents?
If so, are you going to type in "Mary and Alex request your presence" or "The families of Mary and Alex..." or "The parents of Mary and Alex...?"
" If you haven't already, ask When will you have the wedding?
" What are your dinner options?
" When, How will you have your rehearsal dinner? (The dinner after the rehearsed wedding. We had ours on a boat, the night before the wedding)
" How will you accommodate your guests? Where do you recommend they stay for a hotel if they are coming abroad?
" How do you get to the wedding location? How do you get to anywhere you're telling them to to go?
Plan to make at the least:
" The Save the Date card and envelope
" The Invitation, reply card and envelope
" Directions and hotel information and envelope
" Stickers or a bunch of pens or a Stamp for Addresses
Optional things are:
" A website
" Frilly things to go with an invitation, like ribbon and patterned paper
" Embossed/Embellished Paper (the paper with texture)
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which will be held on the first month of the next year. Thanks for sharing your creative minds to your readers.
really appreciate it! (_),v
now, hopefully i have the expertise and the time to do something like this
for my wedding... :P