Handmade DIY Wedding Invitations, place cards, favours, menu's etc
I made Wedding Stationery for a family member yearssssss ago and I just realised that I never actually showed anything I made! And I did all this in 2013! Shame on you Loops....shame! Now, when it came to actually taking photos of everything I made, muggins here wasn't the greatest at keeping my blog in mind. I was so busy and snowed under making it all, that most of the time I forgot to take proper, decent photos.....but I'll share what little (and dodgy) photos I did manage to take.
My instructions were.....simple, modern and elegant. The Bride didn't want anything too fussy, cluttered, girlie or vintagy. Bless her.....but she pretty much trusted me and left me to my own creative devices.....which was so trusting and brave of her, lol. I wanted to have everything made using the same style of font, colours, papers, embellishments, embossing etc., for total consistency throughout the wedding. Being a Crafter, I would know if it was a mis-mash of fonts, embellishments etc., regardless of whether anyone else would notice or not, heehee. So I was very particular to ensure that all the different bits and pieces I made, matched perfectly. Anywhoodles, the wedding colours were a Deep Purple with gold and cream accents.
WARNING: THIS POST IS VERY PHOTO HEAVY AND DETAILED. I TRIED TO LINK OR MENTION ALL THE PRODUCTS USED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST.
Unfortunately, a lot of the items that I bought back in 2013 are from shops and sellers that are no longer open or available. So if you see something I've mentioned and it's link is not below, it is because the shop is no longer operating. I have tried to find alternatives for you. I wasn't sponsored by anyone or given anything for free. I bought EVERYTHING myself. In fact, the stationery was my gift to the couple. I'm merely listing the craft items used in case you want them yourself.
Here is just a couple of the boxed invitations I made...there were a lot more, lol
I made all the boxes myself, no template. I used my good old Hougie Board for all the box making. The purple and gold ribbon was wrapped all the way around the box and was the closure. The label is from Spellbinders, details below. Seriously though, making all this stationery would have been impossible without my Hougie scoring board. It was an invaluable bit of kit that was used pretty much in most of the stationery making process.Sorry the photos are bad. The ribbon is in fact a deep purple and then a gold ribbon under it. The recipient simply had to make a little cut along the bottom of the seam where the box lid and base overlapped, to open it without damaging anything.
To be a tad more frugal with supplies, the top part of the box is made using pearlescent cardstock and the base was using plain cream linen cardstock. This helped keep me to keep the cost down...ever so slightly.... and made the box a smidge lighter for posting. When you opened the box up you were greeted with the invitation neatly protected in a piece of tissue paper. I added this tissue paper in case the invitation got wet or damaged in the post somehow. I wanted to protect the actual invitation as much as possible. So this extra tissue paper might seem a bit overkill, but I needed to make sure the invite was protected.And, as if one layer of tissue paper wasn't enough, the actual invitation was wrapped in the most beautiful deep purple mulberry tissue paper and sealed with a little "Our Wedding" sticker
I am so disappointed that the deep purple colour is not showing in my photos. Again, I was so swamped, I barely had time to take these photos. The purple colour was very hard to photograph and tended to look like black on the photos....but I assure you, it is a deep purple colour
When you finally get inside to the invitation, this is what you see. I think the colour is a bit clearer here. I used dark purple cardstock. I stamped decorative hearts all over the invite in a deliberate random pattern ( I hope that makes sense, lol) using a clear embossing ink pad. I then dusted over all the stamped images with gold mica powder. I used an acrylic ribbon slider and glued a flatback pearl into the centre, as the closure. I also added flatback pearls along the ribbon front. Product details belowI designed these invitations myself, so there is no template for it. It all came from my wee noggin, lol. In fact, this design shape is the same one that I made for my own wedding, although these invitations turned out nicer than my own, teehee. This was the personal invitation I gave to the Bride and Groom so the layout is a little different to the actual invites. I used gold pearlescent paper and printed the wedding invite details onto it using my laptop and printer.
I embossed some lovely swirly heart details along the edge. I think it set it off just perfectly. Product details below.
Unfortunately, in this photo, I forgot to add the wee pearls along the ribbon on the inside..Doh! But wee flatback pearls were added along the inside ribbon too, just like the outside. This bottom half of the invite housed the RSVP, Menu, Wedding itinerary, directions to the venue and Gift details. It worked so great.
I also made these pretty little favours boxes for all the guests. Again, the photo is terrible and not showing the beautiful purple cardstock....Grrrrrr!
I made the gift boxes using a Bigz die from Sizzix. Using the same purple cardstock, I embossed it with the Sizzix Embossing Folder, the same one used on the wedding invitation embossing. I used gold ribbon with gold and diamonte ribbon sliders.I made 2 Wedding Photo albums using, as usual, the purple card stock, gold and purple ribbon and flatback pearls. The lettering is gold peel-off's. I covered it with textured bookbinding Skivertex and it was bound using my Zutter Bind It All and Antique Gold coloured 3/4 inch O-wires. . The little label is a Spellbinders die. If you want to see more details about the album, go to my post here and for a video tutorial showing how I made the album, click here
Here is a list of most of the main items I used to make everything.
Some of the item links, particularly those that I bought on Ebay, may not be the exact buyer as they are no longer listed but, I did my best to find you alternatives.
Some of the item links, particularly those that I bought on Ebay, may not be the exact buyer as they are no longer listed but, I did my best to find you alternatives.
Wedding Invitation Fonts - Algerian and Lucida Calligraphy
Wedding Invitation Gold Peel Off's - I purchased on Ebay but cant find them now. These are similar, on Etsy
"Our Wedding Day" Envelope Seals (used to seal tissue paper on Invites) - Ebay
Hougie Board (I bought mine on ebay years ago) - This was an integral piece of equipment when making everything for the wedding, from Invitations to favours and place cards. It would have been very difficult to make everything without this board.
"Our Wedding Day" Envelope Seals (used to seal tissue paper on Invites) - Ebay
Hougie Board (I bought mine on ebay years ago) - This was an integral piece of equipment when making everything for the wedding, from Invitations to favours and place cards. It would have been very difficult to make everything without this board.
Fiskar's SureCut A3/A4 Paper Trimmer 4153 - Here Ebay
Spellbinders Label 28 die - Spellbinders
Sizzix Swirly Vines with Hearts Embossing Folder - I can't find it on Sizzix UK site, but can be found on Sizzix USA Here or try on Ebay Everything Embossed was done using this folder. All the Invitations, place cards, favours etc.
The flatback pearls and diamontes were bought from a shop that is no longer in operation but these can definitely be found on most craft shops, Amazon and Ebay. Here is a quick search link on Ebay
The purple ribbon and gold ribbon were again, bought from a seller that is no longer in operation. But ribbon is a pretty easy find.
12x12 300gsm Cardstock Colour: Aubergine (well worth the money spent, for the phenomenal quality of this card) - Here (PDA Card and Crafts)
Pearlescent Paper - Here Ebay
Ivory Pearlised Cardstock - Here (Papermill Direct)
Wedding Boxes Lids - Ivory Pearlised Card 300gsm Cream Cardstock - Here (Papermill Direct)
Wedding Box Bases - Rich Cream Linen Card - 255gsm - can't remember where I got it, sorry, but search the details online and I'm sure you'll find it somewhere
Heart Stamp used on Wedding Invitations - Here (Debbi Moore Designs)
Bookbinding Skivertex in Grained White, bought from Ebay - Here
Heart Stamp used on Wedding Invitations - Here (Debbi Moore Designs)
Bookbinding Skivertex in Grained White, bought from Ebay - Here
Zutter Bind It All - Amazon
Zutter Antique Gold coloured 3/4 inch O-wires
Ranger Perfect Pearls Powder - Here on Ebay I used 2 whole pots!!!
Purple Mulberry Tissue Paper (wrapped around invites) - Here on Ebay
658268 Sizzix Movers & Shapers Bigz L Die - Pillow Box W/Labels By Tim Holtz - Here on Sizzix. On a personal note: A massive Thank you to Susan from Country View Crafts for finding me this die. I couldn't have made these favours without her incredible help and service. Awesome Company.(Countryview Crafts)
Ranger Perfect Pearls Powder - Here on Ebay I used 2 whole pots!!!
Purple Mulberry Tissue Paper (wrapped around invites) - Here on Ebay
658268 Sizzix Movers & Shapers Bigz L Die - Pillow Box W/Labels By Tim Holtz - Here on Sizzix. On a personal note: A massive Thank you to Susan from Country View Crafts for finding me this die. I couldn't have made these favours without her incredible help and service. Awesome Company.(Countryview Crafts)
Gold Buckle Sliders with Diamantes, 22mm. I couldn't find my original seller on Ebay, but I found similar ones in silver from this site, called The Button Shed
Large Canvas from The Works
Guipure lace was bought from an Etsy seller, no longer selling but I'm sure you can find the same if not similar, online. Here is a quick search link for Ebay and for Etsy
Frame die - Sizzix Thinlits die, Frame, Ornate Oval # 658949 - Find it on Sizzix
Double Sided Tape (of which I used hundreds of metres!!) I used both Redline tape and Scor-tape. The Redline tape I bought at the Craft Fair in Belfast but can be bought Here at AffixItCraft. I originally bought the Scor-Tape from Blitsy in the USA but they are no longer operating. You can probably try looking on Ebay for this adhesive, try searching under its brand name of, Sookwang tape. Honestly, Scor Tape/Sookwang tape is THE best tape I've ever used.
And in case you want to know, my printer was AWESOME throughout this whole wedding process. It took a lot of abuse and a crazy amount of printing to make everything perfect for the big day. My exact model is no longer available but you'll find something similar in the Pixma range. Its awesome.
Canon Pixma MG6150 - Here (Currys PC World).
Phew!!!!!! Sorry that was such a big one and for taking 8 years to share it. I'm a numpty. I'm so cross at myself for not taking better photos, particularly when it came to showing the proper colour of the invites cardstock etc. So frustrating. But I do remember at the time being completely flat out, trying to get everything made on time. So the photos were an afterthought. Well, that's it from me folks. Maybe I'll have something new to share on my next post or maybe it'll be some ancient old project.....you just never know with me, lol.
Toodles Noodles.....Lee aka Crafty Loops xx
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