Category: Wedding

A memorable wedding concept began with a great invitation design. That’s why most the couple spends lots of their time looking for a nice and decent invitation. But since a wedding needs a big amount of expense, you might want to cut a budget by creating your own wedding invitation. The following article is going to give you DIY wedding invitation ideas.

How to Make a Wedding Invitation

Before choosing one of these DIY wedding invitation ideas, we will give you some advice on how to make a wedding invitation without hassle.

• Choosing The Concept

Before even dealing with paper and guest list, you need to know what kind of concept you want to make at your wedding. This concept must relate to your wedding party, ornaments, even with your dress!

You can discuss your idea for the wedding with your family and especially with your future husband. Remember to include precise budget estimation and that also includes on how much you want to spend on your wedding invitation.

• Buy Your Own Supplies

Even a DIY wedding invitation will need supplies such as a cardstock and paper. Rather than using a cardstock from the printing store, you may want to cut corners by buying a cheaper cardstock and paper from the market. Then, you only need the printing for a design that you have come up to.

Remember, a cheap product is not always bad. Some of the affordable products do have quality. You just need to be more thorough in choosing your supplies.

• Make List of Creative Friends

Nowadays, the art of hand lettering has been very popular. You can also use this idea on your wedding invitation. But first, you should enlist a friend that close enough to be asked on making a beautiful hand lettering design.

Another option is to find a friend that loves to create a crafty card design. Ask he or she to create a design that will represent your wedding theme. I ensure you that those options will save you more money instead of using a professional designer.

Even more, this wedding invitation project will become their portfolio. So this is definitely a mutualism project. But you still got to value their work of art.

• Choose a Simple Design

Simple is better. You can always pick an easier task by choosing a simple but memorable wedding invitation design. There are many wedding invitation designs that can be prepared in a short amount of time.

You can always take the shortcut by sending an electronic invitation to all of your colleagues and families but is that what you want? If no, then you got to keep on reading.

Next, we will provide you with samples on how a DIY wedding invitation should look like, here you go!

Best DIY Wedding Invitation Ideas

Earlier we have explained a glimpse about how to make a wedding invitation. But of course, you need vivid examples of what a DIY wedding invitation will look like. Below, we provide some of the unique yet simple and beautiful cards that can still be modified.

Usually, to create a wedding invitation you will need:

• Craft paper
• Cardstock
• Ribbon
• Hemp rope
• Scissors
• Printing machine and computer (if you’re going to digitalize your invitation’s design)

The supplies needed can vary depends on the card design. Okay, without further ado let’s see these DIY wedding invitation ideas.

1. Simple Hand Lettering Invitation

Like said before, the art of hand lettering can be the best option that’s low on the budget. You only need a little preparation to create such a pretty invitation. To make such a rustic invitation you need to:

• Pick a craft paper or a recycled paper. You can also use a simple brown textured paper.
• Create a hand lettering design. You don’t need much ink color, as shown on the picture it only uses white and black ink.
• As an ornament, you can use hemp ropes.

Put holes on both edges of the paper. Fold the paper so each hole meets. Then, insert the hemp rope into the hole and make a simple knot. Your wedding invitation is ready to be sent.

2. Gamers Couple Unique Wedding Invitation

Put your passion to games onto your wedding invitation, just like shown in the picture. This time, you need an effort to make a picture as seen on Super Mario game. For this job, you can use the talent from one of your friends.

To make this design look more fun, you can add a pull-down paper for additional information about your wedding. Don’t forget to put a small guide for your guest. This definitely will add more game impression to the invitation.

3. Infographic of Your Love Journey

Everybody must have a lovely story on how they met and falling in love. That kind of story usually draws attention, especially from your family and friends. I mean, who doesn’t want to hear a romantic story about someone they know, right?

So, what you should do is to write milestones of your love journey with your future husband. Make it interesting with a hand lettering design and a cartoon picture of you and your love mate. End the story with an invitation along with the date and place of your wedding party.

The best thing about this invitation is how it will be memorable and inexpensive at the same time. Even you might want to keep this invitation and make it as a token from your wedding memory.

4. Vintage Postcard

Vintage style can never go wrong. Just like this wedding invitation idea. What so good about this invitation idea is:

• It has multi-function. An invitation also a postcard at the same time.
• The vintage design makes it worth to be collected. All the more if your colleagues are a postcard collector.
• Really easy to be executed.

You can imitate the color and the font used on the picture. Of course, you can change the color or the overall design according to your personal preferences. But a gold color is such an elegant choice for your postcard wedding invitation. Therefore, you might want to consider using it, instead of choosing other colors.

5. Mini Calendar

This DIY wedding invitation idea is really easy to be made. You only need to print out a calendar look-a-like. Make a heart sign on the month and date of your wedding party. But wait a minute, it’s not just a simple calendar.

This idea includes a post-it complete with a pair of your photos. Of course, you must pick cute but romantic photos with your fiance.

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So, what do you think? Which one of these DIY wedding invitation ideas that look attractive and fit your personality? Whatever it is, just remember that a great wedding invitation can be achieved at low cost.

A wedding backdrop usually costs a fortune. Well, it actually quite normal since the backdrop does create the ambiance of your wedding party. It represents the theme of your important day and it will be the center of attention for the guests. But actually, there is a way to cut corners by choosing one of these DIY wedding backdrop ideas.

1. Rustic Style Using Frames

If you are a big fan of a rustic style, then this idea is a must try. Aside of its simplicity, this wedding backdrop can be manifested using unused things. Like the rear of the backdrop that uses an unused material to hanging classic frames and lamp.

The great thing about this wedding backdrop is:

• You can use this idea for an outdoor or indoor wedding party.
• If you like it, you can take this backdrop home and use it as a house decoration.

2. Beautiful Paper Flower

Simple is better. Again, this idea shows that the phrase is true. Using only a black backdrop and paper flower as ornaments, this idea looks stunning and chic. Not only the queen and king of the day can enjoy posing in front of that backdrop, but the guests will like it too.

What you need to create such an idea are:

• Craft paper in three or four different colors. It will be great if you choose a gradation color rather than a totally different color for the flower. But don’t forget to buy a green craft paper to make the leaf.
• Double tape.
• Blackboard (you can use a chalkboard if you want to).
• Green paint. You can see in the picture that some of the leaves are made of paintings.

And the most important thing is a creative skill to put together these supplies into a beautiful backdrop. But don’t worry, it quite easy to make a flower paper.

3. Classic Frames with a Curtain

Maybe this is the most effortless idea you can get. Don’t get me wrong, this idea looks elegant and classy at the same time. You won’t regret having this backdrop on your special day.

The drapery of the curtain that combined with golden frames does it all. Either the innocent vibe or its simplicity, everything seems right. Moreover, this idea will definitely save your budget.

4. Chalkboard with Hand Lettering

Hand lettering art has never been this good. This idea is an easy-peasy backdrop that still looks like a piece of art. Of course, you really need a help of a typographic artist. Otherwise, you won’t get this kind of beautiful work of art.

But hey, who knows that one of your friends were into this kind of art. That way you have a chance to ask for their help to make this wedding backdrop. Well, another savings for the honeymoon, right!

5. Messy but Pretty

Wedding at an unused building? Messy papers here and there? Why not? All you need is the right colors for the wedding. And, voila it looks pretty in a unique way!

This idea might be the one that fits best for a person with such a creative and free soul. Because like shown in the picture, the backdrop consists of lots of various flower papers in many shapes and colors. But the result shows that the diversity does works.

6. “Flower Flower Sticking on The Wall….”

Remember the phrase “mirror mirror hanging on the wall….” from the famous story Snow White? Well, then it’s kind of similar. But instead of a mirror, you’ll see a bunch of small bouquet sticking on the wall neatly.

What you need to make this wedding backdrop are:

• Dried flowers and leaves. You will need to make small bouquets, so it will be good to have various kinds of flowers.
• Hemp ropes. This rope can be used to tie the flowers and make it a bouquet.
• Nylon string. Use the nylon string to make a neat line. It will help you on sticking the small bouquet neatly.
• Duct tapes. The duct tapes are used for sticking the small bouquets on the wall.

Although this idea seems too simple, as you can see the result is pretty awesome. Not only it has a romantic vibe, it is also enchanting.

7. Disco Vibe

Who said a wedding must stick to the romantic and innocent theme? Well, this idea might seem breaking the common style. A disco kind of thing is the theme that showed from the picture.

Hanging disc papers that combining a black, white, and golden color will really boost your mood. You can choose a paper disc that tends to give a glittery effect. This idea also works well indoors or in an outdoors party.

8. Innocent Look with Loop and Lace

Looking for a wedding backdrop that radiates an innocent feeling? Then you’re looking at the right sample. This wedding backdrop idea will give you an emotional feeling with its beautiful and simple looks.

What you need to create this idea are:

• Wooden loop for sewing. Choose a wooden loop for sewing in some different sizes.
• White lace. You can choose any patterns that suit your style. These laces will be put onto the wooden loop.
• White ribbon. The white ribbon will be used as an accent to adorn the wooden loop. Just put it hanging on one side of the loop.
• Nylon string. Same as before, the nylon string will be used to hang all of the wooden loops.

9. Vow Along The Way

This idea includes the aisle that connected with the backdrop. At a glance, you might think it’s an ordinary backdrop. But it is not.

The aisle and the backdrop are made of fabric that been printed with the wedding vow! How amazing is it? The sacred vow that both of the couples wrote can be used as a beautiful decoration for the wedding. Furthermore, this backdrop is also easy to make.

10. Curtain with Fairy Lamps and Burlap

A fairy lamp does make a romantic feeling. That is exactly what showed from the idea. A beautiful curtain with white flower papers looks pure. And the burlap on the middle of the curtain complements this backdrop prettily.

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There are still lots of ideas out there. But these DIY wedding backdrop ideas perhaps the easiest and cheapest you can get! Remember, marriage needs lots of budgets. So, there’s nothing wrong with saving some bucks.