When a celebration is planned, you also have to think about the invitation cards. With our easy guide, you can make invitation cards yourself.
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Steps to make invitation cards
In the age of computers and the Internet, invitations are often sent only by email or by SMS. However, if you want to give your invitation cards a personal touch, you should do it yourself. Here you can really let your imagination run wild.
Whether invitation cards for a wedding,for a birthday,for a baptism or for a youth consecration – there are no limits to your design here. You can use a wide varietyof materials to make the cards. It is best to think beforehand about the materials you need to make the cards.
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Create invitation text
Of course, the text,which should be included in the invitation cards, is also important. Consider what information you want to convey about the invitation text. What kind of celebration is it? When will the celebration take place? Where does it take place? How do guests get there? Do guests need a map of how to get there? For larger celebrations: Where can guests stay? At weddings: What is the daily program (registry office, church, etc.)? Do you need confirmation that the guests are coming?
These are all very important questions that you have to ask yourself and answer when inviting people to a party. If you make your own invitation cards, you usually save a lot of money,you don’t have to be afraid that important information, such as the date for the wedding ceremony was printed incorrectly by the print shop.
Tip: It is still much more personal and also cheaper if you take your time and make the invitation cards yourself.
Save a lot of money when you make invitation cards
If you go to a shop and look at the cards there, you will surely also notice that they are usually designed quite imaginatively and standardized. In addition, they always seem very impersonal, if you only have to enter the date of the celebration. Of course, you can also go to a print shop and have the invitation cards made there. However, this costs a lot of money. To help you avoid this, we’ve put together a step-by-step guide that allows you to easily create custom invitation cards.
Step 1: Superior motto
Does your party have a motto? Then you should consider how best to present this mottoon the invitation cards.
Step 2: Select Materials
For invitation cards you usually use colorful cardboard. So you already have a coloured basis. This should of course fit the occasion and the motto of the party. Of course, you can also use completely different materials. However, you should always remember that you choose a suitable format so that there are no high postage costs. Exceptional sizes and shapes usually lead to higher postage costs.
Step 3: Design invitation
You can now design your foundation completely individually. For example, you can attach photos, cut-out items, jewelry items, or other items. Which design elements you use depends entirely on your taste and of course also on the occasion of the celebration. Just come up with something original.
Step 4: Write invitation text
Now you need to design the inner part. This should contain your invitation text with the information mentioned above. You can write it on your computer,print it, cut it and stick it on the inside of the cards or write it by hand.
Example of the design idea for invitation cards
Here is a design idea: On the next walk, walk through the forest with your eyes open and collect pretty leaves. This is best suited in autumn, when the leaves are beautifully coloured. Large leaves such as maple or chestnut are suitable, but also lime leaves or oak leaves are ideal in shape. These leaves are now dried at home and then glued with transparent foil. On this slide you can now write the invitation text with a waterproof pen and give the sheets to the people you would like to have with you at the celebration. An original ideathat is not commonplace and which is certainly better received than any mail you find in the mailbox.
