Do it Yourself Wedding Invitations

After setting the wedding date and deciding on the place where you want to get married, another wedding detail to deal with is the wedding invitation. Surely, you must want something that is unique and personal. You can find many sources online or you can try going to a printing company that does this sort of thing. You can also order wedding invitation catalogues, or you may find inspiration in your local bookstore. If you are on a tight budget, though, do-it-yourself wedding invitations may work for you perfectly.

Before you proceed with any of the above, you need to get acquainted first with some basic printing terms. Engraving is, perhaps, one of the most commonly used word that you can encounter while searching for wedding invitations. It is a printing style which utilizes metal plates to stamp the paper with so that the letters rise up, giving an embossed, elegant, look. Thermography is another popular term. Thermography is like engraving, too, in that it results to raised letters as well. However, instead of using metal plates, heat is used to come up with the desired effect. Letterpress, on the other hand employs the use of a stamping die that gives the paper an old-fashioned look when pressed against the paper. The most common type of printing is offset printing or flat printing. As its name suggests, the letters are not raised at all, and if you are going to print your wedding invitations at home, this is the type of printing that you will be using.

Creating professionally looking wedding invitations yourself is possible. With an aid of a computer, a good quality printer, a word processor, and elegant paper, you can print your own invitations. Besides being able to save a lot, you also can put your creativity at work.

When deciding on a particular design to use for your wedding invites, as much as possible, choose something that is appropriate to the theme or setting of your wedding. If you are planning a beach wedding, for instance, an engraved invitation on white or ecru paper will not be suitable. At the same time, it may lead your invited guests to think that it's going to be a long gown or coat-and-tie affair, when actually it is not.

Before printing multiple copies, proofread your work first so you can be sure you have all the details correctly spelled.
Do it yourself wedding invitations may be a lot cheaper than ready-made invitations, but they still get the same message across --- especially if you send them out ahead of time.