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Wording those invites…

Ciara Crossan — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:00:14 +0000

Wedding Invitations can be tricky business, and getting the wording just right is very important as you want to get the pertinent info in there, make sure whoever’s paying for the wedding are named and also set the right theme for your day (formal, relaxed etc)

Came across this handy little tool: an Invitation Wording Wizard where you answer a few easy questions about your wedding and voilá they come up with the appropriate wording for the invites. You can get them printed from that site (there are a selection of templates to choose from) or you can just take their ideas to your own printer. Easy peasy!

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FREE Wedding Invitations (No Really!)

Sabrina Dent — Tue, 26 May 2009 22:53:09 +0000

You know how everything to do with a wedding is really freakin’, annoyingly expensive? Well, here’s a free template set for beautiful, customised multi-piece wedding invitations:

The set includes invitation, RSVP card and Save the Date card, too. These templates come courtesy of Etsy designer curlygnomes and are available to download for free at Vecteezy.

They come in EPS format, which means you need Photoshop (or a compatible graphics program) to open them. They can be re-coloured, the fonts can be changed, and obviously you can edit them to add your own information.

If you want to DIY your invitations, you could colour print each piece on heavy stock paper with a good quality printer at home, or you can have your invitations custom printed and cut by your local printer instead.

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Wedded Fonts: Biscotti

Sabrina Dent — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:58:47 +0000

If you’re like me, one of the best reasons to DIY your invitations is because you’re obsessive about fonts, and have a veritable cornucopia of beautiful fonts you’ve just been waiting for the right occasion to use – like your wedding invitations.

Biscotti is one of those fonts – and if you’re wondering why it looks so absolutely perfect for a wedding:

…that is because it was designed for a different kind of client. Brides magazine wanted “a typeface that makes the reader feel pretty; it should capture the voice of this happy occasion”. Highsmith developed a simple and clean descendant of the flourished engraved scripts that are traditionally deemed suitable for wedding invitations and the like. Biscotti is a contemporary typeface that captures the smiling spirit of these classical forms.

Biscotti is available to buy online, and at $40 for each weight – regular and bold – it’s positively cheap as paid fonts go. When you consider that with a well planned wedding, you’ll use it for invitations, orders of service, table cards, menus and even your thank you notes, that’s a lot of mileage out of $80 – and so pretty!

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SALE: DIY Wedding Invitations from LoveLetters.ie

Sabrina Dent — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:58:19 +0000

Are we drooling yet? These absolutely stunning wedding invites are from the aptly named LoveLetters.ie, and are currently on sale until the 18th of December.

Self-assembly packs offer a huge savings over most printed invitation options, and are surprisingly easy. The gorgous invites pictured above start at €2.00 per invite, which if you’ve been shopping around you know is excellent value for something this chic. All of the pieces come pre-cut in the right sizes, and include the coordinating ribbons, belly bands, etc – so all you have to do is compose and print your own invitation text onto the provided sheets, assemble the pieces into gorgeous, stunning invites, and post the lot off.

If you’re not feeling confident about DIYing your own invites, Love Letters has some helpful, confidence boosting information on how to do it with style. As they point out, “handmade doesn’t have to look homemade”and they are totally right – I’m only moderately crafty and did my own invitations, and frankly they turned out knock-your-socks-off posh. Go for it!

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