DIY Wedding Invitation Printing?
sunflwr324 posted:
I'm in the beginning stages of deciding whether to address the invitations DIY style so they are exactly how I want or if I want to spend money to have someone else do the … My question to you … how did you DIY your printed invitation and actual moving parts? Have you made at home with an inkjet or laser printer? Do you have somewhere like Staples or Kinko handle or you sent to a place of printing? Also, if you were a highly recommended method but another to meet let me know that too. Thank you so much!
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I had my invitations done professionally, but I did my ’save-the-date’ cards myself. The key is to use the right materials. I recommend Memories. They have a great selection of fine paper and other supplies you can use, such as hole punchers and transfers. Good luck!
I had trouble finding a professional printer that would do my design, that was not a Kinkos-type copy place, and that did not require a minimum order of 10,000! So in the end, I printed them on the inkjet at home. I also have a laser printer, but they looked better on the inkjet.
They looked very professional, and I got a lot of compliments, but the only thing is if they got a drop of water, they would run being inkjet.
If you can find a good printer, go with that. If not, do a trial run at home on your printer. If you dont like those results you can always just buy your invitations. But I do like handmade, its a very special touch.
Hi. I created mine in MS Publisher and just printed them at home with paper from the Paper Source. Tho, if i had to do it over again I’d definitely go with Kinkos or another copy place b/c they have a high density cutting machine and if you create them like 2 per page they can easily cut them. I also used postcards as the RSVP.
I still have the program to do and I’ll probably outsource the printing to Kinkos..
I am doing mine myself it saves money! i just went to walmart and bought the kit and did them myself its not hard at all!
I did my own. I found a blank invitation with a design that I really liked (think I got them at Michael’s or AC Moore). They came in a pack of 25 or 50 and they had matching envelopes. I think I used a Microsoft Word template, plus there are instructions in the package to tell you how to set the margins and such. I printed a few on blank paper to make sure they lined up right and then printed all of them when I got it right (used a regular inkjet printer). Wasnt very hard to do at all. I also used the printer to address all the envelopes.
I had a package deal and the hotel provided the wedding invitation printing. However, I printed my own wedding program and church wedding songs and wedding vows using my own PC and color laser printer (no ink jet please, the results was not so good).
Here’s a good website on making all types of cards and a wedding planning site below for your info.
I did the DIY invites. They were simple and turned out wonderful. I used my ink jet printer. I got 100 invites for $30.00 and got a verse from. Instead of the traditional parents invite you….. We had our 4 kids(from previous marriage) invite our family and friends to their parents wedding on the beach.
Good Luck and Congrats
we got a invitation kit from Staples- it had the software in it and that really helped. we got to choose the font, print size and placement on the card. we used the same program to make our inserts and programs for during the service. use regular paper (not the invitations) to get the print font and size right. we used our regular inkjet printer, don’t over stuff the tray and pull them off the tray and put them to the side so the ink doesn’t smear before it gets a chance to dry (or use a setting on the printer- like normal or quick - the ink dries faster, don’t use photo quality - it uses a lot of ink and smears terribly). we also used the software later to make invitations for other things like kids birthdays and we just used some light weight card stock for that. well, best of luck.
I did mine on my printer at home - don’t know if my printer is inkjet or laser. I used BernhardFashion BT font and they looked great. I picked up a kit from Michaels craft store - you can find them in crafty stores. The instructions were easy to follow. I used a scrap piece of paper first to get the hang of it.
Saved lots of money and nobody could tell that they weren’t done professionally.
I printed my own off a design I had seen in an invitation catalogue. I started with a kit from Wilton, which has a printing wizard at . The kits include invitations, response cards, and envelopes for both. I printed them at home with an inkjet printer. Then I fashioned a “jacket” for the invitation, and laced it closed with a ribbon. When the jacket was opened, the invitation was revealed.
ours was so long ago that our DIY invitations were handwritten on wee cards with cabbage roses and ivy! lol it was a long time ago.
last year i made our christmas cards. i used the inkjet printer and what i did was took a couple leftover cards and used those to print on and make sure my printing was lined up correctly and everything was centered properly. once that was done i found it easy enough to run off fifty or sixty cards without any problems.
then it was a simple matter doing the drawings and designs! it takes patience and in all honesty i would tell you - unless you have tons of patience and time, it may be a wiser choice to have the cards printed up for you! of course now they have so many kits available for wedding invitations that the girls who answered above me could be right - it could be dead easy!
btw: save the date cards? i think are a huge waste of money. just another gimmick thought up by wedding retailers in an effort to get you to part with even more of your money!
good luck sweetie and happy wedding.
I ordered my invites online through weddingpaperdivas.com. They are affordable in my opinion and have really beautiful designs to choose from. But I didn’t order anything else - I made the rest. I made the response cards by copying the invitation border from their website and imported it in Photoshop and then I typed the wording how I wanted. I also made an additional insert with directions and itinerary information. I did that on HP Premium Paper (feels smooth and is heavier than normal paper but not as heavy as cardstock). I also used that border for my place cards and my thank you notes (those I printed on card stock). Got lots of compliments!
I printed mine myself. I found a kit that I really liked at Michaels (other craft stores too). There are also places that you can order your own stationary online (usually higher priced and not in kits). I have a HP Photosmart inkjet printer and it worked perfectly! I bought the printer to do my own invitations and it with the cost of the printer it was still cheaper to do them myself! You couldn’t tell that they were done by me either! They looked very nice! I did my own programs too!
I would never DIY again. I now sell the invitations, and they turn out so much and nicer and don’t look like DIY.
I had a friend that spent days printing out her invitations, response cards, and envelopes.
The cost is comparable for DIY versus brand name invitations (see link below).