Wedding Blog

As part of my bridesmaids’ gifts, I decided to make them some personalized stationery.  There is something about having pretty paper to write on that makes it so much more fun to write!  I know that handwritten letters are a bit of a rarity in these days of facebook/texts/emails, and I promise this wasn’t a vain attempt to get my girls to write me (though there isn’t anything quite like receiving a personal handwritten letter in the mail !). I’ve just always loved pretty papers and thought it would be fun!

I made some 5.5″x5.5″ square stationery personalized with each bridesmaid’s name, for letter writing purposes…

…in four different patterns (every bridesmaid got a set of all four patterns)…

…with some memo cards to match!

It was a pretty simple DIY process to create all these, taking me about one full night.

I used:

• Paper Source cover weight Luxe paper (210g) in Blush, Glass, Frost, and Cream
• Green and Ivory satin ribbon
• Corner rounder
• My trusty color inkjet printer that I used for all of my wedding paper goods, the Canon MP530 Pixma

I first created the basic template, by creating two 5.5″x5.5″ dotted line squares flushed with the long edge of the slide. Then I added a dotted line down in between the two squares to get the perfect dimensions for the memo cards (and to use up the entire sheet of paper!).

Using the basic template, I created four different designs. The fonts I used were Bickham Script and Minion Pro. I then copied each design over 8 times (for my 8 bridesmaids!) and replaced it with their names. I made sure to order the slides such that all 8 of each design would print out before the next design, so that all I would have to do is stack in 8 sheets of each color on top of one another in my printer and hit the print button!

Once everything was printed, I cut each sheet along the dotted lines and rounded the corners. Just a warning: Rounding the corners can be very tiring when using heavy cardstock! You’d be amazed at how tired your hand muscles can get. Lucky for me, Mr. D was close by .

Using the ribbon, I then tied the squares together with some 5.75″x5.75″ square envelopes. I tied the memo cards together separately.

And here was the final product! I hope they loved them!