Okay So Here’s How You Actually Make Bridal Shower Invitations The first thing you gotta know is that making your own bridal shower invitations isn’t nearly as complicated as those Pinterest boards make it look. I had this bride back in spring 2023 who was absolutely convinced she needed to learn calligraphy and buy a […]
Okay so first thing you need to know about DIY invitations The biggest mistake I see people make is underestimating how long this takes. Like seriously. Last spring I had this bride who decided three weeks before her wedding that she wanted to handmake 150 invitations and I was like… no. Just no. We had […]
Getting Started With Paper and Basic Supplies Okay so the first thing you gotta know about making your own wedding invitations is that the paper matters way more than you think. I learned this the hard way back in spring 2023 when a bride brought me her “finished” DIY invites and the cardstock was so […]
Getting Your Supplies Together First So you wanna make your own wedding invitations and honestly it’s not as scary as people make it out to be. I’ve helped maybe fifteen couples do this themselves over the years and the main thing is just getting organized before you start cutting anything because I once had a […]
So You Wanna Make Your Own Wedding Invitations Okay look, handmade invitations are absolutely doable but they’re also way more time-consuming than anyone thinks at first. I had this couple in spring 2023 who insisted they’d knock out 150 invitations in two weekends and I just… I didn’t have the heart to tell them they […]
Okay So You Wanna Design Your Own Wedding Invitations First thing you gotta know is that designing your own invites is totally doable but it’s gonna take more time than you think. Like, way more. I had this couple back in spring 2023 who were adamant they’d have their DIY invites done in a weekend […]
Getting Your Cricut Ready for Wedding Invitations So you wanna make wedding invitations with your Cricut and honestly it’s one of the best decisions because the amount of money you’ll save is kinda insane. I had this bride back in spring 2023 who was gonna spend like $2000 on letterpress invitations and I showed her […]
Getting Your Printer Ready and Choosing the Right Paper Okay so first thing you gotta do is figure out if your home printer can actually handle this because not all printers are created equal and I learned this the hard way in spring 2023 when a bride called me panicking because her save the dates […]
Getting Your Materials Together First So the biggest mistake I see people make is jumping straight into designing without actually touching the paper first. Like in spring 2023 I had this couple who ordered all these supplies online and when everything arrived the cardstock was completely wrong for what they wanted to do with stamps […]
The Tools You Actually Need to Make Your Own Invitations So Canva is gonna be your best friend here and honestly I fought this for SO long because I thought “real” designers don’t use it but then during this nightmare wedding season in summer 2021 when literally everything was backed up and printers were quoting […]