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[M160]Make Your Own Wedding Invitation

by Tm Lung, Tm

One of the most difficult decisions for your wedding planning is probably your wedding invitation. It is not the most expensive item in your wedding when comparing with your wedding gown or photography. However, the invitation cards can just be as important as your gown. As a result, you will need to spend the time to create the invitations.

It is very true that most couple would like to make the wedding invitation unique. Of course you will also want to do so. One of the ways to create a unique card is to hire a graphic designer and you will be working with the designer to create the design of the wedding card. However, it can still be quite difficult for a couple to start the design process since they have no idea on the design concept of the card.

As a matter of fact, you can find a lot of ideas and concepts on the web. You can of course do the research and get some design concepts from the internet. However, the ideas you can get from the internet may not really suit your own situation. This is especially true if you would like to create a personalized wedding invitation. You will try to add your personal story to the card in order to make it a unique and personalized one.

One of the ideas you may consider is to incorporate your love story in the wedding invitation. One thing you can certainly consider is the place you first met your spouse. This can help you to generate the basic concept for the design of your wedding card. For instance, if you met your spouse in Hawaii, you may consider creating a wedding invitation which makes your guests think of Hawaii.

A simple way to do the above is to incorporate a photo in the card. Taking the example of Hawaii again, you can put a photo of Hawaii in the card. Of course it can be even more meaningful if you are the one who take the photo!

Your occupation can also form the basic design concept of your wedding invitation. It is not difficult to come to the concept of an air ticket if both of you and your spouse are working for an airline. On the other hand, if both of you are teachers in high school, you may consider designing your wedding invitation in a way that it looks like a text book.

In fact, you can make your wedding invitation really interesting if you can use your occupation to generate the design concept of the card. However, sometimes it can be quite difficult for a couple to come with a design concept from the occupation since the occupations of the bride and the groom are not necessarily the same.

Your hobbies will also be used to generate the design concept. If both of you and your spouse like fishing, you can consider printing a fish on the card. If swimming is your hobby, you may even consider putting water in a bottle and sending it to your guests. Of course in this case you will still need to think about how you will deliver the information of your wedding!

You may want to know why you may not want to order invitations from a wedding invitation vendor if you are going to host a small event. This is because there is usually a minimum quantity you will need to order otherwise the cards will be very expensive. As a result, you may want to go for other options.

As a matter of fact, you may consider creating your own wedding invitation if you are going to host a small event. You can do it without any difficulty. At the end of the day it is also a way to save money on your wedding. You will be able to design you own card and the advantage is that you will be able to produce them in a very low cost.

Since you are going to host a very small wedding, you will be able to personalize your invitations in a way that every guest will receive a different wedding card. You will probably think that this will require a lot of work. However, the truth is that you should be able to finish them within a few days if you are going to invite 25 guests for example.

You will probably try to create your invitation using your computer. Of course you may not be a professional designer. However, you will still be able to create something special and unique. You can go to some wedding clipart sites. From these sites you will find a lot of cliparts you can use for your wedding card. You may even find some monograms from these sites such that you can use them as your wedding logo. What is even better is that some of these sites are free and you can download the cliparts without spending even a buck.

Your computer is only one of the tools you will use. The essence of DIY wedding invitation should be something handmade. Yes you are going to create a handmade wedding invitation. You will be putting a lot of ornaments on the card and this will make your card even more unique. There are a lot of couples who will just use their computers to design the invitations. They will then try to print the cards out and think that they have finished the job. However, you should not be just satisfied with this. You should try to make it even more special by putting some handmade ornaments on the cards.

The material of the card should also be very important. You may go to your local paper store to see if there is some elegant paper you can purchase. Be sure to check if they can be printed with you home printer. Otherwise you will just waste your time and money!

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