5 Ways to Embellish Your Wedding Invitations
Unique DIY Ideas for Your Wedding
Congratulations on your engagement and upcoming wedding! Wedding invitations are an important checkmark on your wedding to-do list. Creating your own wedding invitations are a great way to save on your wedding budget. If you decide to DIY your invites, they don’t need to be boring. You can create your own invitations with unique embellishments that your friends and family will say WOW! You don’t need to be a craft expert. We’ll show you step-by-step ways to incorporate vellum and lace to create your dream invitation set. Whether you are having a modern or rustic wedding, we have you covered. Lets get started! Watch our YouTube video for our 5 Ways to Embellish Your Wedding Invitations!
1. Vellum Belly Band
This option is great for modern weddings or a breezy beach wedding design. Vellum is fairly see-through, so you can still showcase the design of the invitation. This is a simple, minimal way to keep your wedding invitation set together.
How to make a Deckled Edge?
What is a deckled edge? A deckled edge is a rough uncut edge of paper, formed by a deckle. A great option if you want a rustic look.
2. Lace & Vellum
This option is perfect for a rustic wedding invitation set or designs that have a more vintage feel to them. The lace adds some texture so your wedding invitation set is not only beautiful, but also feels nice, as well.
3. Rustic Paper & Lace Belly Band
If you want to jazz up your minimal wedding invitation set design - this rustic paper option is perfect! You can add any color scrap book paper you like. This is a great way to bring in some of your wedding colors and help tie everything together.
4. Twine Wrapped Pocket Envelope
If you would like to add some natural embellishments to your wedding invitation set, this twine and eucalyptus option is perfect. This option is great for outdoor weddings, rustic weddings or anyone who wants to add an element of greenery to their wedding invitations.
5. Pocket Envelope With Vellum
For a more sophisticated look, this shimmery gold pocket envelope with printed vellum overlay will really help your wedding invitation set to stand out. These simple paper choices and easy editable design will make it look like you spent a fortune on your wedding invitations, but we promise not to tell anyone that you did this all yourself for a fraction of the cost!
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Wedding Invitation Embellishments Using Cricut
DIY Your Own Wedding Invitations
Looking to be creative while saving money on your wedding invitations? If you DIY your wedding invitations you can save hundreds of dollars that could be used towards other wedding expenses. How do you DIY your own wedding invitations? Purchase a editable wedding invitation template and print as many as you need for your wedding. If you really want to take your invitations to the next level, purchase a Cricut machine and create envelope embellishments.
What is Cricut?
Cricut is a cutting machine that can cut paper, vinyl, cardstock and more for your DIY craft projects. All Cricut machines come with Design Space, an easy-to-learn design software. It’s cloud-based so you can access your files from any device, any time. Start on your phone, continue on your laptop, and even work offline – all without breaking stride. Design Space lets you edit and personalize your project with ease. Access the library to find images and fonts, or upload your own artwork. Then arrange and rearrange until you’ve got something you love.
Because Cricut machines use professional cutting technology, no detail is too detailed. Cut the most intricate shape, add a “handwritten” note in ink, or expertly score a pop-up card. With Cricut’s unmatched precision, each piece will always be exactly what you want.
Must Have Cricut Accessories
Meet DIY Alex
Alex Vanover has a passion for teaching people crafting ideas and it really comes across on her popular YouTube channel. On her channel she gives step by step Cricut tutorials for DIY weddings and more! In her latest tutorial she teaches you how to take one of our printable wedding invitations and create a embellishment using Cricut. You’ll be inspired to do the same after watching her video.
Watch Alex’s Cricut Invitation Video
Matching Blushing Blooms Template Designs
Purchase the invitation Alex used in her video from our Etsy shop. Edit with your wedding details and print as many as you need for your wedding. We make it easy to coordinate your whole wedding with Blushing Blooms printable designs. You’ll save so much money DIY-ing your whole wedding! Purchase save the dates, rehearsal dinner invites, programs, menus, seating charts, table numbers and more. Shop the whole Blushing Blooms collection on our Etsy shop.
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