Wedding invites

All my wedding invitations have safely made their way to their destinations so I thought I might now share them with you.

I had great plans of paper cutting each invitation by hand but I was foiled by both time and good common sense. I quickly came to the realisation that this was indeed a pipe dream only achievable without a full time job or the numerous other projects I had on the go at the same time.

I think what I eventually came up with embraced an element of what I originally had in mind but were much more achievable.

I was very pleased with the resulting invitation. Many of my recipients did not realise I had made them so my hope that they would look professional was achieved. 

These were all produced at a fraction of the cost of purchasing custom printed wedding invitations. Whilst I’m happy to purchase items I cannot make myself (e.g. wedding rings! ) there is something very satisfying at producing something that can be passed off as a professional product.

Quite simply these were made up from card supplies from my local craft shop and a couple of Tonic edge punches to create the edge detail and the delicate band.

The corner punch gave the card inserts a nicely rounded edge, finishing them off nicely.

The Tonic edge punches were so easy to use. Just a little care was needed to line up the previous punch with the next one to get things looking nice and even.

After some ridiculous quotes from local printers I finally ended up at the Staples stationary chain where I couldn’t fault the service. The young girl pointed out to me all my spelling mistakes(!) and aligned the wording for me.

The band I sealed with a little glue to create a wrap around the invitiation.

And voila!

Love, Lucie xx