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Hive, I have to be honest; I finished our invitations and sent them out into the world weeks ago, but it wasn’t until recently that I stopped hating the process of making them so much that I could actually sit down and write about them. Now that I’ve had some time to reflect on our invitation process, I’m super excited to share the results with you.

But first, we’ll start with inspiration (who doesn’t love looking at gorgeous stationary?). I knew from the beginning I wanted to design and make our invitations myself. I blame this entirely on the other (and way more talented) bees before me. Since I have zero design experience, I focused on classic, simple designs that I could hopefully recreate with a little luck, tutorials, and rudimentary Illustrator skills.

Invites by Bella Figura

Mrs. Pancakes’ invites via Weddingbee

Invite by Bella Figura

I loved the look of beautiful script fonts all over. And since I wanted to use my first wedding purchase (the lovely Feel Script font) as much as possible on our invitations, these inspiration photos provided the perfect way to do just that.

Invites my Mrs. Gloss via Weddingbee

Invites by Dingbat Press / Via Invitation Crush

I was in LOVE with edge painting. On very rare occasions throughout wedding planning I see something and realize instantly that I have to have it for our wedding. Edge paining was one of those things. It was love at first sight.

Photo by Caroline Tran Photography / Via Junebug Weddings / Invites by bride’s cousin

Photo by Annie X Photographie / Invite by Angela Dal Bon Custom Invites & Announcements / via Style Me Pretty

Although I wanted to keep our invites simple, I knew I wanted an extra element or swirl to enhance our invitations. If I had seen the last invites before completing our design, I would have found a way to include fancy paper cutting into our invites, it is absolutely stunning, albeit beyond my abilities.

Were you crazy enough to DIY your invitations? What elements were you drawn to for your inspiration?