Create Your Own Wedding Invitations

My recommendation is to print the wording of your wedding invitation (and response cards, table info cards, etc) on the computer to save yourself hours of manual handwriting.

When you are done printing out the cards, you can decorate and customize your invitations. Try gluing different objects to the card or looping ribbon through a cutout in the card and tying it. Here are some ideas of things you can glue to your wedding invitations:

- Small flowers (for added effect, get real flowers!)
- Sand (for a beach wedding)
- Small seashell (beach wedding invitation)
- Three or four leaf clovers (for an Irish influence)
- Glitter (can be done in patters or around edges to make it look more “mature”)
- Ribbon
- Heart cutouts
- Picture of you and your fiancee
- Picture of rings
- Cutout of Scripture

There are many things you can do to spruce up your homemade invitations. Try using the wedding location, engagement story or family traditions to inspire your creative touch.

Unique Wedding Invitation Ideas by Wedding Paper Divas

1. Tech-savvy couples can put their computer skills to work by creating wedding invitation videos. Film you and your beloved inviting your friends and family to the ceremony, and then edit the videos, turn them into finished files and email them to everyone on your guest list!
2. Give your wedding invitations a little extra personality by including a sweet snapshot of you and your fiancé. Photo wedding invitations also give you the chance to dress up and use a special location to tell the story of your love in a unique way.
3. Instead of following traditional wedding invitation verses, creative couples can write an original poem to use as the format for their invites. Whether it rhymes, uses iambic pentameter or follows the form of a Spenserian sonnet, a wedding invitation poem is the perfect way to put your creative talents to use in a fun new way.
4. Singers, songwriters and musicians can also showcase their talents by writing an original wedding invitation song. Record and distribute it in CD or digital format to guests before the big day.
5. Give your friends and family a little bit of a challenge by sending wedding invitation puzzles. Crossword puzzles, Sudoku and other common brain teasers will transform your wedding invitations into a fun game (and help your guests remember all of that important information!).

Send Unique Wedding Invitations to Set the Stage

What kind of wedding invitations will get such a reaction? We have found a few that we think are over the top but aren’t custom made so the prices are still affordable. But you can still be sure that when these show up in the mail it will be a topic of dinner conversation and best of all will get your guests excited about going to your wedding!

Send Unique Wedding Invitations to Set the Stage

This first one is the Cabana Wedding Invitation from HansonEllis. This wedding invitation is ideal for a destination wedding to a tropical location. Each invitation comes in a bamboo wood gift box, with ivory cardstock, and a cabana leaf motif. These unique wedding invitations are fully customizable. You can include the invitation itself as well as other items like an RSVP card, menu card, and a map & directions. They also sell the mailing boxes to put the bamboo box in. Plus, these unique wedding invitations are completely eco-friendly!

This next one is our old favorite, the Message in a Bottle Invitation. Again, this invitation is a great option for destination beach weddings and is from HansonEllis. These unique glass bottles are filled with sand and real mini seashells! The custom message is on natural oil paper with cedar leaves. You can add directions to your event, an RSVP card, and more in the bottle and then you use the provided cork to cork the bottle. Each bottle is decorated with a raffia ribbon. You also have the option of getting each bottle engraved with something like you and your fiancés name and the date of your wedding! Again, they also sell corrugated mailing boxes to mail these unique wedding  invitations to your guest. If you choose you can use these unique bottles as wedding favors or to send out your thank you cards.

The Wedding Scroll Invitation Tube gives a little bit different look than the Message in a Bottle Invitation and is also great for destination beach weddings. HansonEllis, again, is the provider of these unique wedding invitations. As you can see they have some great options that will knock your guest’s socks off!I recommend you go check them out to see what else they have. Anyway, these invitations come in a glass tube which comes with a cork. Again, like the Message in a Bottle Invitation, this invitation comes with sand and tiny sea shells. The paper invitation that goes in the tube is a top quality ivory linen paper scroll with a gold cord attached. The paper can have your custom message placed on it and then is rolled up like a scroll. They also have personalized labels that can be placed on the outside of the tube. Additionally, they have custom RSVP cards that can be attached. If you are interested in finding out more about this invitation just click the link above and search their site for “tube”.  It will be the only result.

If you think the last invitations were a little to “3-dimensional,” you will probably like these very unique, but can be mailed in an envelope, Passport wedding invitations from eInvite. These unique wedding invitations actually have the look and feel of a real passport, right down to the visa stamps and space for the Passport Bearer to sign their names. The cover is actually made using silver offset printing on a dark blue 90lb paper booklet cover. A really unique and creative part of this wedding invitation is the perforated tear-out response card and silver response envelope. Plus, to keep a consistent theme to the end, they also offer matching thank you cards that you can send after your wedding. If you are interested in finding out more about this invitation just click one of the images below.

Send Unique Wedding Invitations to Set the Stage

Send Unique Wedding Invitations to Set the Stage

Finally, we will end with one more unique item but this one is a save the date. Many people send out save the dates at least a few months before the invitations go out so their guests can start planning and making arrangements. This is even more critical for destination weddings where your guests will have to plan and save for travel. These unique save the date magnets will definitely be a great precursor for and of the unique wedding invitations above. They will definitely know that you are planning an amazing event plus it will be a great decoration for their refrigerator that will serve as a constant reminder for your wedding.

This Save the Date Magnet Boat is made of real wood, has cloth sails, and genuine rope rigging. The hull is designed in a nautical wood finish, trimmed in bright white and sailor blue. Each sailboat comes with two magnets mounted on the back so the favor can be placed securely on any metal surface. You can have your names and wedding date inscribed on the front as a save the date. If you are interested in finding out more about this invitation click on the picture.

Send Unique Wedding Invitations to Set the Stage

Of course if you are looking for some more unique wedding invitations, but also very top of the line from the most popular designers, you can check out our large supply in our wedding shop.

Pocket Wedding Invitations by Invitation Consultants

Here’s one example that would make an ideal pocket wedding invitation choice for a winter wedding.  But they have numerous other styles that will fit the theme of pretty much any wedding.

This pocket fold invitation has an olive green invitation insert, red pocket folder and snowflake seal to close. The outer envelope used for mailing is white. The seal will be printed in the same ink as you chose for printing on the invitation.  There are matching olive reception, respond and informal/thank you cards too. Not to mention… Free Shipping on orders over $150.

To find out more about any of these invitations, just click on them!

What’s your opinion of these wedding invitations?

Most Popular Save the Dates – The Top Best Wedding Invitations Cards!

Circle save the dates seem to be becoming more popular. These are another unique way to catch your guest’s attention so your save the date doesn’t get lost in the rest of the mail. This one shown here is a great option for a vineyard wedding since it looks like the bottom of a wooden cask. They are shown here with their matching wedding invitations.  Click on the image to get more information.

They are each cut in 5.25 inch circles and square white envelopes are included for free. But please take note that the USPS charges extra (0.20 to 0.44 extra per card) for square or uniquely shaped cards. This can add up if you are sending out a lot!

Save the dates are definitely a good idea to help prepare your guests for your wedding. This is especially true if your guests will have to travel and definitely a requirement if you are planning a destination wedding. This will help them plan their vacation and travel plans long enough ahead. So, I recommend you start looking for the save the date design that goes with your wedding theme early and then order them once you set the date for your wedding. You don’t need to include a bunch of information at this point but it is a good idea to include your wedding website address along with the date and location of your wedding.

It seems the most popular save the date designs are those with pictures of the couple on them. These cards are easy to make online at WPD and if you had engagement photos taken I’m sure you have plenty of great photos to use.
Here’s some examples of the current top three best selling save the dates at Wedding Paper Divas along with their matching invitations.  Just click on the images to get more information.

Most Popular Save the Dates – The Top Best Wedding Invitations Cards!

What are you looking for in a Save the Date?  Share your ideas!

elegant sky blue ribbon wedding invitations

One way of doing this would be to use a photo of the couple as a background. You can either print this yourself or have a wedding company print it for you. Obviously printing them yourself will save on the cost of a professional company doing it and be far friendlier to your pockets. Another benefit from making your own wedding invites is that you can individually personalize them for each guest which will be appreciated by the recipient.

romantic cartoon DIY wedding invitations

If you are getting married abroad check if the company organizing your wedding will include as part the wedding costs some cheap wedding invitations. One way to send cheap wedding invitations is to do so electronically. You may even find that there is no charge to do this through a specialist site or alternatively create the invitations yourself and email them to your friends and family.

Movie Poster Them Unique Wedding DIY Invitations

Although sending electronic invitations will reduce the costs dramatically some people do like to keep the wedding invitation as a memento of the wedding. If you set your mind on having them made is the best idea be aware that if you ask for cheap wedding invitations you may well get just that!

grape leaves wedding invitations

Always pay attention to the quality of cheap wedding invitations before you buy. Just because they are cheap to buy does not necessarily mean that the quality is poor. If you are ordering online ask for a sample of the invitations to be sent to you so you can decide if the invitations are what you desire.

Unique rose embellished Wedding Invitation

Actually, finding cheap wedding invitations maybe a compromise however you can put the money you have saved towards something more beneficial to you, When you are wedding planning there are many areas where cut backs can be made without essentially compromising the overall quality and experience of your special day, be it the sweet honeymoon or your dreaming wedding dress.

Modern Wedding Invitations Text Samples

Modern Wedding Invitations Text Samples

Modern Wedding Invitations Text Samples

Join us in celebrating the
marriage of
(name)
and
(name)
with a reception marking the
return from our wedding
ceremony in the
(place)
The reception will be held
(date)

(time)

==========

Time moves so quickly, and so too does life
Our days were filled, our
schedules too
so we ran off and said our I
do’s!

(name)
and
(name)
eloped on (date)
Your presence is requested as
we celebrate our beachside vow
renewal and reception
(time)

(place)

==========

On (date), (time)
We slipped a ring on each
other’s finger
And made a promise for life…
Join us as we celebrate
now that we’re husband and
wife!

You are invited to attend an
Adult Reception to honor the
newly married
(name) and (name)

At (date)

(time)

(place)

==========

(name) and (name)
are happy to announce
their marriage

Please join them for a
reception to celebrate their union
(date)

(time)

(place)

You are now engaged and you also have informed all of your close friends and family your beneficial news.

Things have now settled affordable and you also as well as your fiancée have arranged a date. Now you have to start purchasing for the ideal wedding invitation. Proper wedding grace will be to mail your wedding invitations as shortly since the plans are set. Picking the layout of wedding invitation you choose ought to be as much a priority as deciding on the venue or picking out the dress. If you are inviting friends that reside much aside from you, look at utilizing “save the day cards”. This can give your friends time to make journey arrangements.

Wedding Invitation Etiquette- Sending off the Invitations

You ought to make your final selection of invitation and location the purchase 4 weeks prior to your wedding date. This can provide you with time if any problems occur up. You ought to have them in with lots of time to spare so that you can location the proper addresses on them.

Wedding grace dictates that you start addressing envelopes three weeks earlier for your wedding. If you are having a great offer of friends go to your wedding addressing the envelopes could consider some time. You will most likely require a checklist so that you can check away who has sent an RSVP. You are not needed to location their brand around the response card however it may assist to possess them put a brand and mobile quantity around the card so that you already know who has replied for your invite and who has not.

Wedding grace dictates that you ought to mail invitations for your wedding between 6 and eight days earlier for your wedding. If you are getting married close to a holiday, people today are producing other plans so it is best to mail the invitations eight days prior to the wedding. Two weeks earlier towards wedding you ought to find out the amount of postage for the wedding invitations which are completely put together. This consists of the invitation, within and outside envelopes as nicely as the response card. It is proper grace to supply the postage for the response card. Be certain that the RSVP day is two days prior to the wedding, no less. This gives you sufficient time to supply a final headcount for your wedding providers.

Wedding Invitation Etiquette- Sending off the Invitations

Close to or around the evening belonging to the wedding is when wedding announcements ought to be sent out towards people who were not invited towards wedding. You may not have been completely able to invite some friends you wanted to because of your budget, the dimension belonging to the venue or because you merely want to have a little wedding. A wedding announcement will let people know that you have gotten married without having to invite them towards wedding.

Remember that proper wedding grace does not stop with sending out your invitations. Right after the wedding is more than that you will have to mail thank you notes which involve one more arranged of rules of etiquette.

Wedding Invitation Etiquette – What You Need To Write On An Invitation

Everyone knows the wedding day is one of the most important days in everyone’s life, and you need to plan it in a unique and special way to make it be an unforgettable day not only for the couples but also for their guests. Wedding invitation is one of the most important parts of the wedding; an invitation will inform your guests when and where you will get married.

You should make sure that your guest knows the right venue if the venue is not so usual. How to inform them clearly? Follow these aspects:
1. How to arrive at the destination – Making arrangement (it should be made to and from the destination point) for your guests’ travel from a given common point. You’d better to offer the services of a travel agent with whom you have spoken to make/ smooth out the travel plans. It is important and it will give your guest a good first impression.

2. Lodging and meal – what are the meals you will prepare for your guest or what food they like; where they will be put up after they reach the destination.

3. Something special requirements – If you have some special requirements such as no kids, formal or semi-formal clothing, medicines, water, money (for shopping), etc.

Wedding Invitation Etiquette – What You Need To Write On An Invitation

You should include all these details on a separate card or note sheet that in your wedding invitations. You contact numbers, dates, timings; etc. It should be printed in the invitation clearly. Your guests maybe hesitate attending a ceremony with so much trouble. Be sure you have all this mentioned in your wedding invites.

You can also detail some fun item in your wedding invitations such as guided tours, boat rides and even a trip to a country. Some couple also doesn’t need R.S.V.P, and they ask their guests to respond to them by an email or a phone call. Be sure to include all information that you want your guests know.

If you are about to hold a destination wedding, it may be difficult to ask the guests to attend your wedding. It will need more time than a traditional wedding, and your guests need to take extra time and effort to attend it. The people who are able to plan the entire event are happy to have destination weddings than the others. Some couple chooses to have a separate wedding and reception, and it is easier than destination wedding. However, there is a problem that the ones who you want to attend may be having some problem to the destination.

What Do You Know About Destination Wedding Invitation Etiquette

Is there any way to resolve this problem and let our guests to attend our wedding? The answer is yes! Yes, the first thing is wedding invitation. It is the first thing that your guests will take the sense of your wedding.

Tips1. Send the invitations in advance than ordinary weddings.
You need to send your wedding invitations at least 12 weeks in advance than the standard six to eight weeks. You will have more thance to win a guest. Your guests will have more time to rearrange their busy schedules or take vacation time from work to a destination wedding if you do that.

Tips2. Tell your guests the accommodations.
Nobody wants to spend the money on the thing that they know little. Be sure to let the guests know where they will style and how much it will cost. It will let your guests comfortable, and you don’t want an unpleasant wedding, right? Offer them individual room if you are able to do that and be sure to let your guests know that they will be paying their own way. If you have more details about this, post them on your wedding website or blog, and include the URL on the invitation cards.

Tips3. Expectations
Maybe some people can’t afford the money or take time off from their work or something else to attend a destination wedding. You should reach an understanding and don’t have any complaint. They still your friends and they just can’t attend your wedding.

Tips4. The benefits of a destination wedding.
The destination wedding is a way to have a smaller and more intimate celebration. The guests who are willing to attend a destination wedding are mostly the family and very close friends. And only they are the one who don’t mind the money and time.

Tips5. Let your guests know your reception date.
If your reception will be held after your honeymoon, be sure to add this on your invitations and let your guests know that and have a plan.

What Do You Know About Destination Wedding Invitation Etiquette

If you are preparing for a destination wedding, be sure to pay attention on these advices and have a successful destination wedding.