Baby Step DIY - Looking for Envelope Liners

Baby Step DIY - Looking for Envelope Liners

April 21st, 2010 @ 9:53 am by Mrs. Lobster
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Now that we’ve decided on our Save-the-Date design, it’s time to figure out all those envelope details: liners and how to address the envelopes. (Today we’ll just look at liners because the address thing is another whoooole debate.)

Envelope Liner Inspiration.
Paper Source has some amazing pre-cut envelope liners for certain sizes (A7 being most popular and also most often sold out). They also have a wide array of fine paper that you can buy and DIY liners in the same patterns.

Paper Source’s Envelope Liner Page

I also loved Smock Paper’s liners. Smock Paper is a letterpress print shop in Syracuse, New York that prints on bamboo (read: eco-friendly) paper. They also sell gift wrap and cute letterpress stationery.

Smock Paper’s Blog

French Paper also had some cool paper but I wasn’t sure if it would be too thick at 70 lb stock since I couldn’t feel them in person. Here are some of the funnier ones I saw.

Dog-On-It

Repeat Engagement

Of course, French Paper mostly had non-funny pretty ones:

Red Lotus

Grid Locked

And of course, Weddingbee had lots of inspiration from real life brides:

Mrs. Gloss’ Goregeous Personalized Envelope Liners

Miss Hamster’s Blue and Yellow

And the favorites:

Since I wasn’t tied to any theme color for the Save-the-Dates, it left it pretty open. I wanted a bold graphic print that would pop out against the black and white Save the Dates.

As a reminder:

4fifteen Clothing

From Paper Source

Paper Source Yuzen Blue White Swirls

Paper Source Tiny Print Blossom

Yuzen Pool Gold Waves

Smock Paper has cute reversible gift wrap. So, you get two designs for the price of one! But it’d be so hard to choose which you want to use the most:

Calliope Gift Wrap

April Wedding Shower

Where did you go for paper inspiration? Which do you think matches our Save the Dates best?

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21 Responses to “Baby Step DIY - Looking for Envelope Liners”

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Mrs. Pug (message) 3,753 posts, Honey bee

so hard to choose! i kinda lean towards the calliope gift wrap because of the 2-in-1 and i think both patterns would look great with your invite, but really you can’t go wrong with any of them!

4/21/10 @ 10:00 am (reply)

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MissChirpie (message) 730 posts, Busy bee

I vote for something with a bolder color. I think that red would be awesome.

4/21/10 @ 10:21 am (reply)

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alivoo01 (message) 2,625 posts, Sugar bee

I want to do envelope liners too but it seems to be such a time consuming task! I love all those designs above, but I think something bold will really pop against the black and white!

4/21/10 @ 10:22 am (reply)

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Miss Trail Mix (message) 6,329 posts, Bee Keeper

I like the Yuzen blue and white swirls! But they’re all pretty so I’m sure whichever you end up with will look great!

4/21/10 @ 10:23 am (reply)

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Miss Seashell (message) 1,713 posts, Bumble bee

I love that you’re taking “baby step DIY”. I did some embossing on our holiday cards this year and totally felt like a pro.
I’m with @Miss Trail Mix: The Yuzen is great and reflects the city/industrial vibe.

4/21/10 @ 10:30 am (reply)

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Miss Hamster (message) 4,046 posts, Honey bee

Tough choices, but I love both of the Yuzens!

4/21/10 @ 10:34 am (reply)

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Moffy (message) 200 posts, Helper bee

I think the Yuzen pool Gold waves would be great to go with the bridge on your STD! The blue with the white swirls also have a “water” feeling that goes well with bridges, IMO.

For my STD liners, I used origami that I trimmed down to size. For my invitations, I bought different Yuzen paper from Paper Source and cut them to size by hand. =) (We had square flaps for our envelopes, so I didn’t have much choice.)

4/21/10 @ 10:36 am (reply)

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Gilneas (message) 1,393 posts, Bumble bee

I’m not help, but I love that dog paper.

4/21/10 @ 11:07 am (reply)

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Miss Sewing (message) 2,701 posts, Sugar bee

i like the yuzen blue. plus yuzen paper texture is sooo yummy.

4/21/10 @ 11:48 am (reply)

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krissybee (message) 3,921 posts, Honey bee

i also love the yuzen blue, i think it fits best! wonderful paper samples!

4/21/10 @ 12:01 pm (reply)

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ocam_caro (message) 191 posts, Blushing bee

I saw some DIY Fabric Envelope Liners over here:
http://www.i-do-it-yourself.com/2010/04/diy-fabric-envelope-liners/
super easy, less expensive, and you can get lots and lots of different patterns easily

4/21/10 @ 12:43 pm (reply)

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Miss Cardigan (message) 8,645 posts, Bee Keeper

Such a hard choice! I ended up finding mine at Target - I just bought some cute wrapping paper! I really like the yellow one!

4/21/10 @ 12:48 pm (reply)

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kbp2009 (message) 41 posts, Newbee

If you used the reversable gift wrap, you could go with one side for your STD envelopes and the other for your invite envelopes. That way they’re different, but coordinate.

4/21/10 @ 12:52 pm (reply)

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jordynrose (message) 6,351 posts, Bee Keeper

I love the Yuzen blue paper!

4/21/10 @ 3:18 pm (reply)

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ktbrady (message) 1,054 posts, Bumble bee

I want some envelope liners! Too bad my wedding is so far away….

4/21/10 @ 6:26 pm (reply)

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tea (message) 7,295 posts, Bee Keeper

so hard to choose! i’d probably go with the wrapping paper. then you have pretty wrapping paper for presents later on!

4/21/10 @ 9:29 pm (reply)

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Miss Lobster (message) 668 posts, Busy bee

@Mrs. Pug: @kbp2009: @amanda.lynn: @tea: the wrapping paper does provide a lot of options, to use either side and / or 2 kinds of wrapping paper!
@Miss Seashell: LOL. I’m not crafty so this was a big step for me (but baby step for the DIY goddess bees out there).

4/21/10 @ 9:44 pm (reply)

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Miss Lobster (message) 668 posts, Busy bee

@Miss Sewing: the yuzen paper does have a very good feel to it. almost like fabric, don’t you think?
@ocam_caro: that is so interesting! I never would have thought to create liners from fabric patterns
@ktbrady: maybe you can start experimenting with some holiday or birthday cards it is quite easy and makes any envelope special

4/21/10 @ 9:50 pm (reply)

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