Feb 01 2010
Design and Make Your Own Wedding Stationery
Making your own wedding invitations is becoming increasingly popular with modern brides, gone are the days of mass produced printed cards. Today’s brides want their wedding to reflect their personality and what better way to do this than design your own wedding invitations and stationery. With such a multitude of things to choose from, brides are really spoilt for choice when designing their wedding stationery range. From diamantes to butterfly’s the amount and quality of the craft items available on the internet today is astounding. For someone with a little bit of flair and imagination making your own wedding stationery has never been easier. The first thing to look for when choosing your materials to make your wedding stationery is the type of card and paper to use. Although this may seem trivial the quality and finish of the card you choose will greatly impact on the quality of your wedding stationery. Always choose a card stock that is heavier than 200gsm. Anything thinner than this will look flimsy and cheap, the last impression you want to give your wedding guests when sending out your wedding invitations. I would also choose a card stock that has a nice finish, there are lots of options to choose from, from hammered to linen the details really count when getting that quality feel and finish. Most companies will send you samples of their card finishes if you ask. Keep the paper insert and envelopes the same as the card, if you use hammered card for your invites then be sure to use the same style for your paper insert and envelope. Nothing screams handmade at home more than different cheaper inserts. You…
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