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Printing your own wedding invitations like a pro

By diyprojects

August 19, 2011

How to print your own wedding invitations,programs and accesories, A free DIY Guide.

This tutorial provides free invitation templates as well as resources for free wedding invitation wordings and sayings for wedding invitations, announcements, rsvp and reception for the ceremony and wedding bulletin and program templates for the reception.

Printing your own wedding invitations and stationery can be a simple do it yourself project. Cardstock and matching envelopes or wedding envelope kits can be used with your home injet or laser printer with stunning,professional results.

First gathering paper and envelopes from your bridal invitations.

Check our resources at the bottom of the page for an excellent selection of blank wedding invitations and the accessory items for the reception cards, rsvp cards and envelopes, thank you notes, maps and more.

These come as complete ready to print kits or you can buy many of the components seperately such as the foil lined inside and outside envelopes, rsvp and thank you size envelopes,seals and wedding tissues if you have some paper you are wanting to use.

Look for good quality paper and envelopes that have crisp and even borders and edges and paper that is sturdy imprintable quality. Remember, first impressions are everything and your invitations are the guests first insight to the event and they set the tone.

When ordering papers and envelopes a few things to have in mind. The bridal list often comprises many couples or households where just one invitation is required, so a list of 300 people may require just 200 invitations. Don't however cut yourself short as the list always has a way of growing for that relative or friend you haven't seen in years or the co-worker you may have forgotten.

Most any laser or inkjet printer will work, if you are apprehensive about tackling the project, once you have setup one invitation template, they can be taken to any local copy shop and run off on their high speed machines very quickly and cheaply.

Now that you are ready to print, you will need a wording and perhaps a Word Template. Our resources section http://diypapers.com/free_templates_wedding_invitations.html has 100's of free wedding invitation templates from single card and bifold to gatefold and z-fold in a variety of sizes and layouts.

Our free wedding templates are available in a large selection of styles and sizes and can be easily adjusted in MS Word to different styles and wording.

Another great free resource for sayings and verbiage to cover most every bridal occasion from invitations and announcements to rsvp and reception wordings is www.verseit.com>

Once they are printed, all that is left is assembly and addressing. Two of the most frequent questionsI receive are what are the double inside and outside envelopes, why are there two sets of envelopes for my wedding invitations?

Quite simply, the inside envelope is a carrier envelope, it is always with an ungummed flap and often contains a foil lined insert for a splash of color. This envelope is addressed on the front with just the name of the persons invited, this will be important if you send out many invitations to large families. You can easily end up with a tremendous amount of unexpected guests.

As this envelope is not gummed, the recipient can keep the invitation safely in it with all of the components such as map and reception cards.

They will also find their rsvp set with an addressed, stamped envelope so that all they have to do is check off a "yes, I will attend" or "no, I will not attend" and drop it in the mail so that you have an accurate head count for the caterer or whoever handles the reception.

With this in mind, a bit of follow up is always in order, as you will find there is always the procrastinator who waits to the last minute to respond, making it harder for your wedding planner or yourself.

The outside envelope is the gummed flap mailing envelope. It does not contain a color lined insert if you choose to use one, as it is usually torn open and discarded after receiving.

The outside mailing envelope is addressed with the recipients formal name with title if appropriate and guest if your numbers will allow that, or addressed to the formal family name "The Smith's" and again, the inside envelopes is where you will be able to just invite the family members you are close to.

Finally do not forget to put a return address on the back flap so that you know if you have guests who have moved or you have mis-addressed a few so you have the opportunity to resend. Alway order 25 extra outside mailing envelopes if possible, you will find you need them and may be hard to locate locally at the last minute.

Try to plan ahead and you should have smooth sailing.

We hope this is helpful and good luck with your journey.

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