My Handmade Wedding Invitations for Under ₤30

Having looked at the price of wedding stationery, I decided that handmade wedding invitations were the way forward. More specifically, invitations made by my own fair hands.

After a bit of searching, a little designing and a touch of patience, I managed to get my stationery budget down to only ₤27 for over a 55 invites, 55 thank you cards and 120 envelopes.

All you need is a bit of time and some patience. Here I cover some practical advice, tips and ideas about making handmade wedding invitations and stationery.

First things first, I’ll explain how I got started and what I did.

To get some inspiration, I started by looking through friend’s wedding magazines and searching the internet for different wedding stationery designs. Seeing how the professionals do it, really gives you an idea of what you can create.

Then I worked on selecting different designs based on whether I could re-create them or not. I took some paper and some old art materials and starting trying out different designs.

Some of the things I tried included using stickers, drawing simple flowers, hearts and cute little drawings of a bride and groom. For more ideas and inspiration, check out these ideas.

I also took a small passport sized photo of my fiancé and I and traced our faces. A nice technique, certainly unique, but really hard to replicate 150 times!

After I had a few ideas, my fiancé and I sat down and agreed on a heart design that we both liked, but more importantly it was quick and easy to replicate 150 times! After all, in my case, I would be drawing the little motif on each invite and thank you card!

For my other wedding stationery, I decided that I would use plain A4 paper orders of service and seating plan both typed on my computer and then I bought plain white place cards.

It all worked perfectly and I sent my handmade wedding invitations out second-class post to ensure I saved a bit of cash there too.

I got all my paper, envelopes and card from Liz's Crafts – a really cheap online shop specialising in homemade cards. They have lots of embellishments, stickers, bows and all sorts of different types of paper and card.

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