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I used one of our pocketfolds and taped it together to allow me to easily wrap the band around it.
I cut 8.5 x 11″ sheets of gold vellum paper into 2″ strips and wrapped them around the invitation, taping them together with double sided tape.
I cut small squares of black stardream cardstock and taped stardream opal text onto it, and gocco’d our monogram on each one.
To attach the monogrammed card, I used mounting tape to raise it up a bit. I found that two pieces held it on securely. Excuse the little dog hair- I think several of our invites were probably sent out with a little “hello hair” from our dog, Max.
Attach the monogram square, and you’re done! I actually assembled the belly bands before assembling the invitations to break things up a bit. It worked out really well to just be able to put them on and send them out as opposed to assembling each one all at once.
Did anyone else use belly bands to hold your invite together? Did you guests know what it was, or did they cut it off as several of ours did?!
That looks beautiful! I just may be making a similar design now for my own invites - thanks for the design idea!
This looks fantastic, and I definitely want to try something like this.
Miss Champagne, knowing that it did cause a bit of confusion among guests, if you had the choice would you do it again?
@brie2403: I think I probably would, only because I loved the way it tied everything together and I can’t think of another way to do the same. I’m actually doing the same belly band to hold our cd favors together, and I’m hoping that guests will see other guests take it off and know how it works! We’ll see!!
We are having a similar problem with our invitations. They have and outer green velum jacket (like a belly band, but across the whole invitation) and on one end is a pull cord to pull on to slide the inner invitation out.
We haven’t sent them out yet, but so far all the people we’ve showed them to, had trouble figuring out how to open them.
I think it doesn’t really matter though, I still think many people will do it correctly, and if they don’t — so what? — I probably won’t know the difference, and I’m sure they will open it either way!
How did you make the monogram? I love it!
so exactly, how do you open it? you just slide it off, right?
@lovejones: I actually gocco’d the monogram from an image we got from creativemontage.com. There are great choices there, and we’ll use a lot of our monograms for the water bottles and stuff like that.
@helen: yep! Just slide it off 
Hi, your belly band is really pretty and elegant! do you have any recommendations on how/where to get a gocco machine? do you recommend it? is it expensive? Thanks!
I made belly bands to hold our pocketfold invitations closed, and people don’t know what to do with them. They can’t figure out how to open the invitation! It’s funny, but I still like the invitation. I am sure they will figure it out.
What are the exact dimensions of your invites. I’m planning on making my own but am trying to decide sizing and what size paper would be best for that. I love your monogram! I have become totally obsessed with the whole monogram concept and hope to incorporate it wherever I can. Thanks!
[...] envelopes from your invitation suite. Get rid of the inner envelope. Many invitations come with belly bands (thin strips of paper or ribbon wrapped around the middle of the invite) that take the place of the [...]
These comments are funny! I am putting our wedding invitations together, and am experiencing the same problems!
We have square petal-fold invites that I put a belly band ribbon around the outside, with our monogram secured on top of it. With the petal folds, the sides all interlock, so you have to unfold them…how you’d open a cardboard box top. People want to unfold it before sliding the belly band off. It drives me nuts!! Oh well…they look awesome…why should I care what they look like once our guests’ get ahold of them, right??
I’m beginning my venture on my DIY invites and love this idea… now I just have to figure out the mini box and what type of Monogram. I know every invitation is different, but listing the dimensions would be so helpful for people in the future!
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Mrs. Champagne, DC/Vail/Colorado Age and Occupation: 26, Eye Doctor Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, Attorney Engagement Date: March 13, 2006 Wedding Date: February 2009 Blogging Since: July 30, 2008 Venue: Small church ceremony with mountain-view log cabin reception About Me: I'm a small town mountain girl with a city heart. Found my way to the east coast, and Mr. Champagne kept me here so we're planning a wedding from afar in my hometown Vail, Colorado. I'm secretly obsessed with reality TV, Wii games where I can shoot a gun, country music, and Caesar: Dog Whisperer. I also spend time pretending to golf, backseat driving, having one way conversations with our MinPin Maxwell, loving champagne, and wedding perfecting… I mean, planning. I use way too many repeated symbols and letters when I write, and I'll love Mr. Champagne endlessly…
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