DIY wedding invitations

So it’s crunch time! The wedding is 8 weeks away as of the 27^th, it’s crazy! I mean this year has gone by so fast and we have been so busy with wedding stuff its unreal. I decided to save some money we would make our own invitations. It was so easy! Well we sort of made them. I ordered our paper and pocket fold invitations from a website. I also took them to office depot and had them printed, and cut for me because well that’s a lot of work and time that I just don’t have right now. Anyways I will put pictures and our measurements on here in case you love them so much you want to diy your own as well.

Materials:

·         Pocket folds( we used the Retangolon style in purple, purchased from Cards and Pockets )

·         Card stock( we used turquoise and cream purchased from Cards and Pockets, it is 8-1/2” X 11”)

·         Adhesive tape (make sure it says permanent! Purchased from Wal-Mart)

·         Ribbon(we used turquoise ribbon from Michaels 5/8” width)

·         Hot glue gun and glue

Assembly:

Invitation & Inserts:

I designed the invitation and all the inserts. I designed them on Microsoft power point and then once I finished and I made all my corrections and what not I just moved them to MSW (Microsoft word). I knew I was going to have them printed so I called around and got prices for printing and cutting, and office depot was the cheapest. So I called and they told me to say my file as a PDF onto a flash drive and bring it in. I had all the paper printed and cut in about 4 days.

Sizing :(I put my measurements in decimal form because I entered all the information on sizing into my computer)

·         Pocket fold center: 7” X 5”

·         Mat(turquoise card stock):     H-4.750     W-6.375

·         Invitation:                                H:4.5”        W:6.125”

·         Directions:                               H:3.812”    W:6.75”

·         Reception:                               H:3.00”       W:6.75”

·         Accommodations:                   H: 2.562”    W:6.75”

·         RSVP:                                        H: 3.75”       W: 4.875”

I started with attaching the cream paper to the turquoise paper with the adhesive. I used four strips for each attachment. I then attached the paper to the pocket folds using four strips again.

I then put all the inserts in to the pocket. I did mine large to small(directions, reception,& accommodations) so you could see the top of each card. Once I put those in, I added the RSVP card and envelope.

 

For the outside of the pocket fold, to keep them closed I added ribbon with a bow (I hand tied all the bows) to all the invitations. I glued the bows to the ribbon to make them stick. The white you see in the picture is some paper before I hot glued the bow.

That’s all there was to it. They are very simple and look really good, but if it wasn’t for friends and family it would have taken me forever to get these done all by myself.



My mom and grandma helping "stuff" the invitations.





For Grandpa!

Growing up my dad wasn’t around much, I mean he was there but he was gone A LOT. My parents fought and as a result we moved in with my grandparents. That was 12 years ago. Growing up, both of them have basically been another set of parents to my brother and me. It was both a blessing and a curse at once. My grandma has grown to be one of the people I feel I can talk to about anything and everything. We may fight and disagree, but She has always been there and believe me God knows I didn’t treat them the way I should have.

The real purpose of this post is for my grandpa. He has truly been one of the most important men in my life growing up. Without him I wouldn’t be where I am today. He means the world to me, and I would be lost without him. He is by far the most caring and giving man I have ever met. Growing up he would give me rides to and from school, he always encouraged me to do my best at whatever I put my mind to and always believed in me. Throughout the years he has help me countless number of times with whatever I needed. He has helped friends of mine, heck he even helped out Jesse.

He has always had my best interest in mind no matter what. I don’t thank him as much as I should, or say I love you as often as possible but i wouldn’t have made it this far in life without him. When it came to actually telling people I was engaged I was more nervous about telling my grandpa then my dad. I am so excited to get to share a special dance with my grandpa at my wedding. I couldn’t picture anyone else who I’d rather have a dance with. He means everything to me and I am honored to call him my grandpa. I love you grandpa!