While there are many great ready-to-print party invitations, I also love creating my own.
When John and I were planning our wedding, we decided to have the rehearsal dinner at Mickey Mantle's. Given John's love of baseball and the New York Yankees, it was a great fit. Given my love of anything with a theme - I quickly got on board...baseball! Soon, I had a pretty clear idea of how I wanted to design our invitations. Of course, we could have had a professional do them, but I like DIY projects and, with our budget in mind, I decided that making the invitations myself was the best solution.
This was the front of the invitation:
Supplies included:
- 7''x 4.5'' Folded Card
- 2.5'' Round Labels by Avery
- 5'' x 3.25'' Flat Card (in a contrasting color to folded card)
- Envelope to fit Folded Card
- 1'' Round Labels by Avery
- Tickets Custom Printed by Special Event Ticketing (which could definitely be done at home depending on skill and time). They came with envelopes that I used as well on the inside of the invitation.
- Ink Jet Printer
- Double Sided Tape (it is amazing - buy it in bulk!)
I used the envelopes and labels setting in Microsoft Word to create all of the layouts and make sure that the paper, labels and envelopes printed correctly. The Avery labels come with great templates and instructions which made printing our initials very easy. I drew on the red baseball stitching. I used the double sided tape to attach the flat card and the envelope to the folded card. The inside ticket included all of the key details about the party.
This was the inside:
Here is the ticket that was in the inside envelope:
I also used the round labels for the mailing and return addresses. Hand addressing is certainly a great option, but when you have a lot of invitations to address and time is a factor, labels are a great solution. I liked that the round labels were a little different than your normal everyday junk mail label and the blue text made them stand out.
