Homemade Wedding Invitation Ideas
Here is a wedding invitation idea that most anyone could create because they are quite simple and so much fun to make! Even if you are not very crafty but still want to make your own invitations, you could easily do this idea. We will show you how to make this invitation idea so that it would suit any theme, season, or style of wedding. We have three examples to get you inspired, but this idea really has endless possibilities. So if you are looking for some homemade wedding invitation ideas, maybe you’ll like this one!
• Cardstock: 2 colors
• Craft rubber stamps
• Embossing ink
• Embossing powder
• Scissors
• Ribbon: 5/8″ wide (shear or lace)
• Paper hole punch
• Heating tool
Begin your invitations by cutting out your colored cardstock in 5″ x 7″ rectangles. You will just need one for each invitation. Then create the wording of your invitation on a white rectangle that will measure 3-1/2″ x 5-7/8″. You can easily create a box (use a thin line) this size to work in by using a program such as Microsoft Publisher, and then typing your wording inside the box you’ve made. Be sure to leave about 7/8″ of blank space at the top of this box. This is where the ribbon will later go. Then after you’ve printed them, cut just barely in from the line of the box so you don’t have any black line showing.
This step is the fun part! Pick out the stamp you will be using, and create embossed images all around the border of your cardstock. To learn how to emboss with stamps, please visit our Embossing With Rubber Stamps page. Be sure to pick out a color of embossing powder that will be noticeable on the color cardstock you have chosen. Once all your pieces of cardstock have been embossed, you are ready to start putting the invitations together. See photo A for an idea of how this should be looking.
In this step you will be attaching the two pieces of your invitation together. To begin, center the written invitation piece of paper on the embossed cardstock. You may want to place a little piece of double sided tape between the two, to hold them together while you are working. Place the tape near the top of the invitation.
Now you will punch two holes across the top of the invitation, through both pieces of cardstock. You may be limited on how far into the paper you can punch by the style of hole-punch. For example the punch we used would only allow us to punch in about 7/8″. If you are using the size we did, this should be plenty. Punch them evenly in the center of the card, with a space in between of about 1″. See photo B.
Now cut a 7″ length of ribbon or lace for each invitation. To create the bow on your invitations, start by threading each end of the ribbon through a hole, starting from the front side. See photo C. Be sure to center the ribbon so you have equal amounts of tail on each side.
Now from the backside, cross the two tail ends over and poke them back through the opposite holes to the front side. See photo D. At this point your bow is basically done, but you may want to adjust the bow a little and trim off the ends to your preferred length.
Now you know how to make wedding invitations that are both classy and fairly easy to construct. We hope it has inspired you to give it a try for your wedding!
Here are two more examples of this invitation. One for a spring/summer wedding and one for a winter wedding.
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