Weddingbee Blog

A few people have asked about the labels we made for our wedding invites, so I figured I would offer up a bit more detail about them. We didn’t want to hire someone to do calligraphy for the invites, but we also did not want to hand write the names and addresses ourselves. A while ago I had seen these labels in some magazine and liked the way they looked:

I forgot about the labels until after we had ordered the paper or else I would have ordered a darker color envelope, rather than ivory. I searched around for a few label solutions at Staples and online, but in the end found that the 8.5 x 11 sheets would be the only option. These plain white sheets of sticky labels allowed us to customize the simple look we wanted.

I created an 8.5 x 11 document in Illustrator, created one label design with fonts and ink that matched our invites, duplicated a few of the designs on the sheet, and plugged in each and every address of our guests. Then repeated like 20 times. It actually took less time than expected. I handed off the printed sheets to Mr. Grasshopper, who kindly sliced up the labels to the perfect size - 8.5 x around 2 inches. He sliced them up with an exacto knife, a self healing mat and a ruler. I am proud to report the labels didn’t not produce a single injury.

Here is the final result. I apologize for the crappy pictures, but I took them before I realized I would want to post the labels.

Bonus time saver! I saved each addressed page of labels so that I can resize them and possibly use them for the thank you notes.