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irishprncess210's Purple wedding

07/02/2008

simple, yet elegant

Invitation

I love these invitations!!! Obviously I would not be using this color, but I was thinking that I could do a dark purple backing, with an Ivory cardstock for the actual printing. Then layer the Dark purple and Ivory ribbons. What do you all think?? I think that I could make these myself. The only problem is I am not all that talented with my home printer, I am thinking I could have them printed and cut at Office Max or Staples and then just put them together myself. Other question.....what should I use to stick the layers together? Something that will not bubble or created a bend or anything. Also, what would I use to adhere the ribbon?? Any advice would be sooo appreciated. Thanks girls!!!

tags: invitations, diy, ribbon, purple

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My invitations looked exactly like these (but in pink white and black) except we did a Tiffany Style Bow with a rinestone instead of the tie...i used double sided tape to adhere the cardstock together, and used a glue gun to adhere the ribbon (i used wired ribbon for the thick ribbon and it made it much easier). Made them myself and they looked great (it was quite easy to print and cut myself also) One thing to remember though, is that the ribbon is not nearly as cheap as you think it will be. To make 75 of these it cost me about $200 before postage for all of the paper, envelopes, RSVP cards, Ribbon and supplies for assembling. I didn't save as much as i originally would have thought.

One thing i did was assemble 5 "samples" using different types of paper, ribbon, ties with the smaller ribbon (bow vs tie, and different styles of bow) and then chose my favourite. It also gave me some practice putting it all together.