Alright, after realizing that I really only need to make 5 special invitations for those who don’t use computer, so I might as well just make them myself.
I decided to make a photo wedding invitation, so hopefully people who received it will want to keep it afterwards.
You need:
a) Blank cards and paper
b) Scissors and tapes
c) A nice friend who can take you nice photos
d) Digital photo print outs
e) A bridesmaid who can print out your invitation with her home inkjet paper
f) ribbons
g) …and some patience~
TO GET STARTED…
1. Photo frame blank card - I got those from Aboveground art supplies, but I am sure you can get those any craft stores. They are a bit pricy. 10 cards for around 13 bucks.
2. Printed invitation on special paper - I got some special paper while shopping at abovegrounds, so I asked Linda to print the invitation out on her inkjet printer, and then I trimmed them with a paper trimmer.
3. Scissors, tapes, and ribbon - I got the ribbon from this store called “B&J trading” in chinatown. I don’t know how long in a roll, but I know it’s 7 bucks for a big roll.
4. Digital photo print outs - I had my friend - Byron took us photos at 6:30am at Harbourfront with -15 degree temperature. And the photo turned out nicely so I used them on the invitation. I just go to Shoppers Drug mart and they have a self-serve machine to print out your own digital prints. It’s pretty fast and not bad of a quality.
5. Putting the cards together
a) insert the photo to the photoframe card
b) put double sided tape at the back of the invitation insert
c) stick the insert to the photoframe card
6. Attaching ribbons - I want to add a ribbon to wrap around the card to add abit of kick to the look.
a) Put the double-sided tape at the edge of the ribbon and trim the ribbon to fit around the card
b) Make sure the edge matches
c) to hide the connecting part, I am going to tie a little knot.
7. Final Product - Viola!! Nice and Unique wedding invitation in few hours!
a) inside
b) outside
I am not a super crafty person, but I think I did a good job. lol
Tags: home made, invitation, wedding
13.May.08 
wedding 
Comments (3)
Thanks to Alex, our invitations are actually email-invitation!!! We didn’t really send to a heck a lot of people due to lower budget in our hands, but this e-invite really save us a lot of money for making an actual paper invite.
However, we still have people who don’t use computer. Grandparents, parents and some people who don’t work next to computer day by day..
So I actually spent some time to look up paper made wedding invitations. I found this place online called “Indian wedding cards“. Don’t get me wrong. It’s not just Indian weddings!!! They are actually hand made paper and they look very nice!! Here’s few samples.
I found this cute scroll invitation. The size is : Box : 6.5″ x 1.6″ x 1″; Scroll : 3.75″ x 8.5″; and it comes with an envelope : 9.25″ x 4.25. And if you buy in bulk, it cost $1.5US each. or click the links here for more details : Orange scroll - White scroll - Brown scroll
The only thing that I am not quite sure is that the paper box is not as solid, the cardboard can be easily crushed if there’s heavy object on top of it.
Here’s another look of it.. they are actually quite small!!
Here’s another scroll invitation, it’s a bit bigger . The size is : Scroll: 5″ x 9.25″; Box: 7.0″ x 2.5″ x 1.0″; Envelope: 9.25″ x 4.25″. If you buy in bulk, it’s $1.5 US each. The box and the scroll paper is all handmade. Pretty nice stuff. See more details here.
Now here’s another scroll invitation,but this one is ENORMOUS. It’s size: Scroll: 11″×8.5″, Box: 12.25″×4.75″×0.65″+ Mailing Envelop. It’s kinda cool that you can even print the event info inside the fold of the box.. but it’s just too big!! See more details here.
another view of the package.. it’s almost as long as Maki!! yikes!
This one is a bit reasonable for the size. It’s 5.5″X 5.5″. The card itself holds another two cards that you can print your stuff on. If you buy in bulk..it’s $1 US each card! sweet! see more info about this card here.
See the texture on the card cover..
This one has a semi transparent handmade paper as cover.
And the cards inside, you can print whatever you want on them. See more detail about this card here.
Here’s another similar card but different texture. Click here to see more detail
This one has a transparent paper letter envelope, but the size of the card is on the big side as well (size: 7.75″ x 7.75″).
See more detail about this card here.
I am choosing all the cards around the color orange or white because my main color scheme for my wedding is yellow/orange/white.
I really like this one in particular because it’s not as big, and the unique letter cover. pretty nice.
See more details about this card here.
I guess right now my main concern is.. I don’t think I need to send out more than 5 paper invitations!!! Grr!!
If I have enough orders of the cards, then I can use those samples that I paid for at the indian wedding cards against the full purchase. Now I guess I’ll just have to go to a store and buy some cards…. chinatown here I come~~
Stay tuned!!
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23.Apr.08 wedding Comments (3)
