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Mrs. Cream Puff Mrs. Cream Puff, San Francisco Bay Area Age and Occupation: 25, Illustrator Fiance's Age and Occupation: 31, Merchandise Planner Engagement Date: May 27, 2007 Wedding Date: August, 2008 Blogging Since: February 7, 2008 Venue: Ceremony at Crissy Field and Reception at the Green Room About Me: I never dreamed about my wedding as a little girl because I was too busy playing in the mud or pretending to be Martha Stewart–but now that it's here, I'm having a fabulous time DIYing everything in sight! We’re planning a very fun multicultural wedding (I'm Jewish and Mr. Cream Puff is Chinese), filled with as many personal details as I can muster.
 
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Mrs. Cream Puff, San Francisco Bay Area Age and Occupation: 25, Illustrator Fiance's Age and Occupation: 31, Merchandise Planner Engagement Date: May 27, 2007 Wedding Date: August, 2008 Blogging Since: February 7, 2008 Venue: Ceremony at Crissy Field and Reception at the Green Room About Me: I never dreamed about my wedding as a little girl because I was too busy playing in the mud or pretending to be Martha Stewart–but now that it's here, I'm having a fabulous time DIYing everything in sight! We’re planning a very fun multicultural wedding (I'm Jewish and Mr. Cream Puff is Chinese), filled with as many personal details as I can muster.
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DIY Rehearsal Dinner Invites

July 22nd, 2008 @ 4:52 pm by Mrs. Cream Puff

Let me tell you a little secret, my friends: it is a very good thing that I got most of my DIY projects finished early on! There were a few things that I left to the end, and I have hated those things! Exhibit A is our rehearsal dinner invite. I really love the design for these, but they were a lot of work and I only ended up making half of them (half the guests, mostly bridal party, were invited by word-of-mouth). I have to say, though, I do think they turned out pretty cute.

Our rehearsal dinner is at an old-time touristy Chinatown restaurant with karaoke. I really wanted the invitations to reflect the feel of the dinner, which was fun and kitschy. Here’s what I came up with:

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The paper lanterns were folded up and stuck into an A6 envelope:

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Lantern #1:

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Lantern #2:

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Lantern #3:

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How did I do this? Well, it actually wasn’t that hard–it was just labor intensive. I printed the gold ink using my gocco machine. The supplies for this project, other than the gocco stuff, were simple:

1) Red scallop card from Paper Source:
note: for some reason they don’t have the red available online. Here it is in strawberry.

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2) Gold tassels from my local Paper Source. They’re Paper Source brand, but for some reason they’re not online and I can’t find a picture.

3) 1/8″ hole punch

4) Paper cutter

All I did was cut off the tops and bottoms off the circular cards to shape them like lanterns. Then I punched a hole in the top & bottom and a hole on either side (or both sides for the middle lantern).

The tassels were attached to one another with gold cord. I snipped off the tassels with a couple of inches of cord to spare and tied them on, and used the extra gold cord to tie the lanterns together and make a little loop for the top of each one. Although it sounds complicated, it really wasn’t difficult–there were just a LOT of steps. If you want to do this, do it before you’re burned out!

I hope this inspires some of you to make your invites a reflection of the party!

23 Responses to “DIY Rehearsal Dinner Invites”

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Becky says:

Wow, those are really neat! I agree with you - I had a goal to finish all my DIY 7 days before the wedding & was really glad that I did because then it’s time to run so many other errands.
:) becky

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KateMW says:

Very cute!!! You are so crafty! I wish I had a Paper Source close to me! I bet they’re fun!

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Mrs. Toucan says:

Creampuff, these are so, so, SO CUTE!!! Your guests will LOVE them! :)

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chinglish says:

Great Job! The metallic gold ink looks great and works well with your theme!

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Miss Green Tea says:

just cut the scallop card to make the lanterns… my kind of practical geniusness. U.ROCK.HARD.

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birdie says:

wow you totally inspired me! thanks!!

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Tara says:

those are… RAD!

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rebecca says:

How is it that you amaze me every time you post?!

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Yvonne says:

This is so cute! So creative!!! I love reading your posts!!!

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missm says:

those are fabulous! thanks for the reminder to get the DIY done early…

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Jules says:

The invites are sweeeeet! Great job.

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tea says:

why do all the work when a clever shortcut like this works fabulously! great job miss cp!

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haliwood says:

Everything you dream up is just lovely, CP. You rock!

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Miss Pomegranate says:

So totally creative! I would have NEVER thought to use those scallop cards that way!

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Jenn says:

that is PURE GENIUS! gonna have to steal this idea cuz I just LOVE it! great job, miss creampuff!

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C says:

awesome idea!

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AliCherri1 says:

I love this idea! SO SO SO creative and I’m sure you’re guest will like it :)

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Miss Sweet Tea says:

cute and kitschy! me like!

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shannamt says:

Very cute! I would just want to hang them all up.

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Miss Margarita says:

these are adorable! you are so creative

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bugaboo says:

These are the cutest thing ever!!

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katya says:

Super cute and so creative. You’ve blown me away again!

Perfect font, too.

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WebDrops says:

Oh!! cool this is easy… and they look awesome… very creative… and yes we can have those Lantern in different shapes like heart or something and add pic of the couple on it… ooooo sounds gr8.. let me also try and see what i make… great idea :)


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