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We already had our invitations made by the time that we decided to have an after party. But I still wanted to include some information about the party, so I decided I would DIY them. However, like Miss Petunia, I am a Photoshop/Illustrator dummy. So I turned to Microsoft Publisher and designed the little invitation below. I just used a blank Publisher template and I used free vintage clipart images that I gleaned from a few different websites. I didn’t want to spend any money on them so they are just printed in black & white on a regular Xerox machine, but they do the trick.
FRONT
INSIDE VIEW
BACK (the whited out part is our wedding website address)
Well, what do you think? I was impressed with myself, to be honest, since I’m no graphic designer… that’s for sure.
Is anyone else trying to design any of their own stationery in Publisher or Photoshop? Which program are you using and did you have any experience with it beforehand?
Oh, and just in case anyone is looking for some fee clipart sites, here are some that I used:
Karen’s Whimsy
Antique Clipart
US Fish & Wildlife Service
New York Public Library Digital Images Gallery
oh this is soo cute!
i’m ghetto… i’ve used ms word religiously for the past 2 years or designing all kinds of invitations. i guess i got pretty savvy at it. but the main trick is using text boxes, so that you can move text/pictures around easily. i do use photoshop to “trick out” my pictures. but for the layout and publishing, yea, i use word. hey, whatever works, right?
Lovely! I used Publisher too for my DIY stationery. Illustrator with its layer technique was just soo difficult.
love the style! so how much were they. was it just the cost to print it?
like-6-25 cents each?
Beautiful and creative! I think DIY is all the better when you tackle a new skill to achieve it. Which clip art link has those awesome birds over the tree? I love it. Thanks for sharing!
i adore these — way to go!
very nice! I also went the cheapo print myself in black and white route and I thought mine looked great. And I got a lot of mileage out of my package of coverstock: invitations, program covers and place cards, too!
I absolutely love this! We are doing an afterparty at our hotel in a conference facility. I’d love to have these under the doors! Any chance you might share a template?
meleven — I actually got the birds from this website
http://www.arthursclipart.com/birds/page_7.htm
I think I forgot to list it in my post… ooops!
Turned out so cute. I might have even put “After Party” on its own line to emphasize the pun.
For a marriage of lawyers, the after party could be called the “Party of the Second Part.”
Looks great! Thanks for the clipart links!
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Mrs. Radish, Chicago/Syracuse Age and Occupation: 27, Executive Assistant/Journalism Student/Musician Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Anthropologist/Musician Engagement Date: December 20, 2005 Wedding Date: August 18, 2007 Blogging Since: June 26, 2007 Venue: The Wellington House in Fayetteville, NY About Me: Mr. Radish and I are both from upstate New York, so we are planning a wedding in Syracuse from about 700 miles away. When I’m not obsessing about our wedding I play the cello in my band (which Mr. Radish is in too), read as much as I can, sleep even more, travel whenever possible, and try to find time to have fun with my friends. I’m also working on finishing up my journalism degree with a concentration in environmental reporting and I’m the VP of my campus Amnesty International chapter… so I’m a pretty busy bee.
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