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Diy Wedding Invitations – You Can Do It!

Maybe you’re a bride on a budget? Perhaps you’re so crafty your friends call you “Martha Stewart?” No matter the reason you’re considering DIY wedding invitations, here’s a general guide to easy handmade invites:

Plan

Before you drop one dime on materials for handmade wedding invitations, get a good idea of what the invite will look like. Not sure what you want in your DIY invitations? Search the web or mailorder catalogs for ideas. Do you want a simple printed invitation? Or are invitations bedecked with ribbons and charms more your style?

When you’ve decided on your dream invite, make a plan: What materials will you need? What quantities will you need to buy? How long will it take to make your wedding invites?

Shop

DIY wedding invitation kits are becoming the go-to way for busy brides to print their own invites. Kits include blank invitations and outer envelopes as well as enclosures that can be used as response cards, direction cards, or thank you notes. For custom invites that shine with style, mix and match pieces from different kits. DIY kits are available through online invitation specialists.

If you really want to go it alone, craft retailers are another good source for invitation supplies. The popularity of scapbooking makes it easy to find good quality paper in designs to match any wedding theme, from ultra-formal to casual beach weddings. These stores are also a great place to find the little touches, like metallic ribbon or elegant stencils, that will make your handmade wedding invitations stand out.

Print

Printing your DIY invitations from a home printer might be the cheapest option, but it’s not always the best choice. From running out of ink to smudging a freshly-printed invite, this method isn’t always hassle free. It can also take a lot of time–a commodity most busy brides just don’t have.

Consider using a local copy shop to print your DIY wedding invitations. Not only do they have the heavy-duty equipment to handle high-volume printing, they may also offer cropping services to slice the paper down to size. Copy shops can be a great way to lower your stress level–and what bride doesn’t want that?

Assemble

Now that you have nicely-printed invitations, it’s time to get busy. Adding embellishments to handmade wedding invitations, such as ribbons or charms, and assembling all those invites can eat up a big chunk of your weekend unless you enlist reinforcements.

Even without fancy touches on DIY wedding invitations, it can take time to package invitations, RSVP cards, and maps into inner and outer envelopes. It can be confusing, too. After all, when was the last time you needed an assembly line to send out a piece of mail?

That’s why it’s important to ask your bridesmaids, family or friends to help put the invitations together. You can even make a party out of it by serving simple foods, like bagels or cheese and crackers.

So, no matter if your DIY project consists of a simple print and mail job or 100 completely handmade wedding invitations, you can plan, shop, print, and assemble your way to a beautiful invite.

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Rose Watson provides reviews, recommendations and information about wedding invitation sites to help you find the one that is perfect for you. Want more information about
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Wedding cake help!!!?

I want to make my own wedding cake, Our wedding is about 30 people. I am wondering how big i should make the cake, i want to do 2 tiers. I dont know if i should so, cake on bottom then cupcakes? What colors should i do? Its in late spring early summer on the beach w/ close family and friends only. We are having a reception 2 weeks after then 2 months after going to Vegas w/ our immediate family for fun.
The wedding isn’t traditional, we are “renting” out a restaurant and having dinner there. Also he nor i will be in a formal gown or tux but we will still be wearing white. The cake topper is the bride w/ a fishing vest and fishing pole “hooked” on to the groom who is on all fours, crawling away. any suggestions on size,shape color for the cake? Thanks!

i would maybe do i light yellow and blue, those are always good colors- maybe the layer of cake blue(like water) and then the cupcake color either yellow/brown (for sand) or brown(maybe for a boat)

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The Perfect Romantic Honeymoon or Anniversary Getaway

I know, I know, it’s your honeymoon or that landmark wedding anniversary and you want to plan your vacation around it, but you have no idea where to go for the romantic getaway of a lifetime. Well, don’t worry about it. I’ve got you covered. I just spent all morning planning the picture perfect getaway for you and your spouse. I’m going to suggest the picturesque U.S. eastern seaboard. You can start either in Maine and go south, or in Florida and go north. If you happen to be stuck right smack in the middle, maybe you can go north or south for an abbreviated trip.

1. I’ve got to start somewhere so let me begin in Melbourne Beach, Florida at the Port d’Hiver Bed and Breakfast. This place is Old Florida luxury at its finest. There are expansive private porches from which you have a glorious view of the Atlantic. The Palm Beach Post recommends this B & B in glowing terms for its lodgings, its “breakfasts fit for royalty, and concierge service to rival anything in a five-star resort.” I started salivating when I read of their tropical fruit salad, fresh raspberry and white chocolate scones, Italian egg strata, julienned ham, and vanilla custard French toast topped with cinnamon apples and maple syrup.

2. Casually head north out of Florida through Georgia, and stop in Charleston, South Carolina at the Battery Carriage House. The Carriage House is considered among the most romantic of Charleston’s inns and the moment you pass through its ornate iron gates, you will understand why. Built in 1843, Ft. Sumter and stately Civil War cannons stand on one side and the Charleston Harbor on the other. After a private breakfast served in your room, you can explore Charleston’s charm by horse and carriage if you like. Meander the serene streets of the historic district. Then return to the Inn for homemade cookies and sweet Southern tea.

3. When you leave Charleston, you will head up the coast through North Carolina and into Virginia. Your destination is Virginia Beach, a small town not far from Norfolk. Barclay Cottage was built in 1895 as a vacation home. Its wrap-around porch with comfy rockers offers a peaceful haven—so serene it’s hard to believe you’re only about two blocks from a popular beach. If you wish, the owners will prepare a carefully selected breakfast basket for you to enjoy on the beach before most beachgoers show up. The reviews about this place are numerous and full of praise. You’re guaranteed to enjoy yourself.

4. You’re about halfway up the eastern seaboard. Start off after a sumptuous breakfast and drive through Maryland, Pennsylvania, skim the edge of New York and slide into New Haven, Connecticut. You will be staying at the By the Sea Inn and Spa. It’s a small inn, only three bedrooms, but the better to lavish you with pampering fit for the wealthy. You drove a long ways today, you’re exhausted (I really feel your pain) so you deserve an extra day at the spa. Luxuriate the next day in massages, facials, manicure, pedicure, body treatments—whatever you desire. (Even real men love a massage now and then). If you don’t quite have the budget for the spa thing, book the romantic Queen Ann room with its huge Jacuzzi tub.

5. Top off your romantic fling of a lifetime with a night in the Inns at Ullikana in Bar Harbor, Maine. Here, there are two inns together for the price of one (joke). Seriously, there is the Ullikana House and the Yellow House—take your choice. Both inns are so attractive the selection will be difficult. Like the other B & Bs on my list, this was very highly rated. It was a top pick in Explorer’s Guide to Maine and a Fodor’s Top Choice in their 8th edition. There are many rooms to choose from and you can suit your fancy. I think I already chose my breakfast. I’ll take the lemon soufflé pancakes with warm berry sauce, the crepes aux pommes, and maybe a small Italian omelet.

Undoubtedly, you will want to know more than I’ve been able to tell so check out the websites. I just wanted to whet your appetite. So you’ll spend about a week reveling in the scenic east coast of our nation, stopping along the way at the most romantic inns I could find. You may have spent $2000-2500 including airfare home, but that isn’t a whole lot for a vacation that will stand out as your best, most romantic ever, no contest.

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AFFORDABLE wedding ceremony and/or reception sites in MD/VA?!!?

I live in southern Maryland, but I’m from Fredericksburg, VA. I’m looking to get married in January and I have a VERY small budget and pretty BIG dreams! Any ideas for ceremony and/or receptions locations in or around Lexington Park, MD – Fredericksburg, VA – or VA Beach, VA?! Thanks!!

Well I live in Ca….so I cant help you there…however having been in the wedding business for 4+ yrs…I suggest you can do the following:

Search local (or whatever distance you like) banquets in your area…..sord of like renting a ‘restaurant, venue+ food all at the same time)….it saves :
-money
-stress
-its well organized
-free parking
-easy to find…etc etc.

Example of restaurants that offer private banquet halls:
Mexican: El Torito
Italian: Carinos
General: Claim Jumpers, Steak Houses.

What you can also do….just an idea….is request a ‘mobile marriage official’ to appear at the banquet…have a civil matrimony ceremony on -site…..(only if you want to keep everything super easy/ simple/ quick etc.) then followed by pics w/ family & freinds….(photographer can also be there to tape/ take pics)…..then followed by food.

Typically the restaurant will offer the decor unless otherwise specified etc.

idk…you gotta do some price search & stuff. Good Luck

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