Weddingbee Blog

Considering Mr. R and I decided to get married two and a half months before New Year’s Day, I didn’t even entertain the thought of commissioning anyone to do anything for us. I didn’t have time to stress and micromanage, not to mention thinking about the labor and shipping time. No thanks!

Instead I decided to craft our invitations myself. I ordered some Stardream paper and coordinating envelopes online and bought the rest of my supplies at my beloved Michaels. Working off of our new color scheme, I (surprisingly quickly) whipped these up in PowerPoint, had them printed at Kinko’s, and cut and pasted them together. Wanna see?

Our pretty new color scheme, courtesy of 100 Layer Cake

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Our invitation suite. They were simple, but I’m really proud of how they turned out!

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I printed the invites on quartz Stardream paper, cut them to size with a paper cutter, and rounded the edges with a corner punch. I adhered them to navy linen cardstock with simple double-sided tape.

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I went with a different color pattered backing for the RSVPs just to make it a little more interesting. You’ll see more of this paper combo later!

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The suite was held together with simple silver elastic string tied into a bow and finished with our little logo tags that I (also) made in PowerPoint. In case you don’t remember, we’re both taking each others’ last names, which is where the “BD” logo comes in!

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Lastly, I printed the address labels on Stardream paper to match the envelopes, cut them out, and (again) used double-sided tape to stick them on the envelopes. Easy!

And there you have it! Our quick, cute, and effective invitation suite!

Are you planning on making your own invitations?