Harriet Lewis
Harriet Lewis 26 Oct 2017

Who’s making their own wedding invitations? Has anyone done this? X

Who’s making their own wedding invitations? Has anyone done this? X

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Jaki Green
Jaki Green 26 Oct 2017

I brought a load from Hobbycraft and then added a ton of glitter and a few info tags.
The only thing that relates to our theme is the glitter (we’re trying to keep certain bits secret!)

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Jaki Green 26 Oct 2017

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Naomi Chappel
Naomi Chappel 26 Oct 2017

I am making mine. So far I have just got the save the dates out and have ordered the stuff I need to make the invitations x

Harriet Lewis
Harriet Lewis 26 Oct 2017

Aww that looks fantastic! I’d imagine it’s quite enjoyable!

Congratulations! X

Harriet Lewis
Harriet Lewis 26 Oct 2017

Think my partner and I have decided to make our own too. Personal touch. Cheaper too! X

Ruth Nicholson
Ruth Nicholson 26 Oct 2017

I'm bot but one of our friends is making ours, haven't seen a mock yet but have seen others she has made they look fantastic and nice to involve friends, feels more personal x

Lucy Lewis
Lucy Lewis 26 Oct 2017

Hi my Mum is making our invitations and save the dates :)

Dani Dowling
Dani Dowling 26 Oct 2017

We're thinking of making our own invites, we've got a cricut printer as we're quite crafty anyway so that would do most of the work x

Zoe Atkins
Zoe Atkins 27 Oct 2017

Planning to - h2b does calligraphy on occasion so will do a master copy to scan & get printed, then add names to.

Abigail McCarthy
Abigail McCarthy 27 Oct 2017

I really want to make my own but I'm a bit worried they won't turn out as planned x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

I made mine x

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UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

Yes I made my own

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

My mother in law is making ours xx

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UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

Yes and it took ages, but totally worth it.

Julianne Heffernan
Julie Heffernan 27 Oct 2017

Currently sitting here making ours :)

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

We did. Well my husband did. It's a nice touch as no one else will have invites like yours. Xx

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

I made a video invitation https://youtu.be/teCFNUyahEk

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

I was going to but after we did the math it was actually cheaper to wait for a good deal on vista print so we did that x

Amie Lewis
Amie Lewis 27 Oct 2017

I'm planning to just need to print information out and also buy little bits x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

I did for our handfasting and our wedding x everyone commented on them x

Emma Setterfield
Emma Setterfield 27 Oct 2017

Got all my cards and decorations for them for less than £30 and just been quoted £5 to have inserts printed, I don't think that's bad going.

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

I made my own this week. Just bought glitter card and good quality paper.

They took a while to do, but everyone’s comments about how nice they were made it worth it and they were definitely cheaper than ordering from a company

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UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

Yep I’m making mine - pics of the prototype in the comments

Harriet Lewis
Harriet Lewis 27 Oct 2017

Awww I’m doing practice ones at the moment to get the perfect invitation x good luck girlies

Harriet Lewis
Harriet Lewis 27 Oct 2017

All your invitations look amazing! X well done!

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

we did my mum got the card of ebay and used lace of her wedding dress these were ours

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UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

Got hallmark disc.found what I wanted and with e help of my daughter who is better on computers then me sorted what we wanted.sorry no pics.x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

If I hadn’t already sent mine I would have 100% used ourweddingteatowel.co.uk so original x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

We're planning to

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

We've made all our own invitations for £40!

Sharon Lockyer
Sharon Lockyer 27 Oct 2017

I’m making mine

Katy Robertson
Katy Robertson 27 Oct 2017

This is he front of ours

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Katy Robertson
Katy Robertson 27 Oct 2017

And the inside

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Elaine Aderaye
Elaine Aderaye 27 Oct 2017

Me x

Sarah Sharpe
Sarah Sharpe 27 Oct 2017

I did and I loved it. Took a while and saved us hundreds!

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UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

Me I'm making mine and order of service

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

http://www.cardsandpockets.com/freeweddinginvitationtemplates.aspx We printed ours for free from this website. We were able to customise the colour and everything! I used the Banner design and glued the invitation to the inside of a wallet and the other side I stapled the RSVP postcard then tied the whole thing with twine and glued a ribbon bow to the front in our wedding colour.

Vicki Allen
Vicki Allen 27 Oct 2017

Yes made ours

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Kayleigh E Alman
Kayleigh E Alman 27 Oct 2017

Me and my sisters will be making ours, not sending our save the date just making invites, they are very creative and it’s a good way to make them involved x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

We’re both photographers so we sent out our invites as 35mm film rolls

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Hazel Cottrell
Hazel Cottrell 27 Oct 2017

We are :)

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

Yes - I got card from Amazon diamantés from EBay. I got my friend who is a DT teacher to laser cut the card into a doily
The were really lovely & cost about £21:00 for 100

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

i will be making my own invitations, will buy all the bits I need online and then put it all together myself. I'm going for a folded wallet style invitation so I can put any extra info like; venue directions, menu choices, RSPV etc. I found a couple tutorials online and it seems eay enough to do.

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

Did all my own from graphic design to construction. Particularly proud of the monogram running through all our stationary and it appears on our confetti cones, order of service etc.

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UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

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UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

I'm making my own but then I make cards and invitations as my 'business' so it's a kind of no brainer lol x

Kimberley Abrahams
Kimberley Abrahams 27 Oct 2017

We did 😊

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UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

I made all my stationery. Absolutely loved them. Took every bit of patience I had mind you! Haha xx

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UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

I made my own, matching website, table plan, name cards etc etc

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UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

I made my own invites. It took a lot of time but was so worth it in the end xx

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

How are people printing these? On normal laser home printers?

Sonja Gibson
Sonja Gibson 27 Oct 2017

We had a friend make ours. Xx

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

My friend at work made ours. We bought some high quality card, designed it on some downloadable software and bought the ribbon and plane charms from eBay. It cost £20 and they look great x

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Laura Roberts
Laura Roberts 27 Oct 2017

I made ours, took some time but saved £100’s with the types of invites we wanted x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

I made our save the dates - cute idea from Pinterest that ties a knot when you open it

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UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 27 Oct 2017

Also hand drew the envelopes

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Jodie Brain
Jodie Brain 27 Oct 2017

I’ve done ours- took a bit of time but was quite fun actually and definitely cheaper than the ones I’ve seen you can buy!

Lisa Davey
Lisa Davey 28 Oct 2017

Yep I am

Bryony Hamm
Bryony Hamm 28 Oct 2017

My wedding theme is based around crafts and plants, as it’s both of our hobbies! So I’ve found a very simple origami idea for the wedding invitation, found some nice paper and am printing and folding them myself. I do design as part of my work and I know how to use indesign and stuff so it has made that part very easy. I also helped my sister make her own invitations. They weren’t too fancy or perfect but they were home made and lovely!

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 28 Oct 2017

Harriet Walden

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 28 Oct 2017

I made ours - it took ages as I had inserts inside and didn't work out much cheaper than bought ones but it was worth it to get them exactly as we wanted

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UKbride Administrator 28 Oct 2017

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Laura Wombwell
Laura Wombwell 28 Oct 2017

Im doing my own. Quite simple and easy really. We arent doing save the sates ir anything x

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UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 28 Oct 2017

Yes we are. My oh is designing and then we are buying the card and printing ourself!

Jessica Asquith
Jessica Asquith 28 Oct 2017

Wow these all look amazing my w2b and i are making ours to love the idea of making them personal haven’t thought about making a order of service xx

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 28 Oct 2017

I’m lucky enough to be marrying a graphic designer so he’s done all of ours ️

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UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 28 Oct 2017

We did, stressful but fun! My dad helped me!

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Amy Orourke
Amy Orourke 28 Oct 2017

I've designed ours on canva and then use printed.com to print them and then we are tying with ribbon xx

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 28 Oct 2017

Vista print is great!

Michelle Memerton
Michelle Memerton 28 Oct 2017

I’ve made a few different designs for myself and other people. The internet has everything and I’m in the design business so i have transferable skills!

Kathryn Warrener
Kathryn Warrener 29 Oct 2017

I will be eventually when we decide a venue and time

JoJo Russell
JoJo Russell 30 Oct 2017

I've made my own because I'm a tight fisted perfectionist. I have a dark fairytale theme and knew exactly what I wanted and wasn't willing to pay hundreds of pounds. They've turned out so well.

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