Wedding Forum - Handmade Items...

I can't draw a stick man either, but I can make cards! It's a different skill completely.
I amd out STD cards and I'll be making our thank you cards. My mum made all our invitations. We didn't have a table plan, but it doesn't have to be a complicated design.
Oh, and I made the postcards to go on our wishing tree too. If you find a simple enough design then it shouldn't be too horrible! Hx

Lots of people make their own, lots of people buy them in - it's what suits you! If you have lots of guests then I'd wonder about making invites etc as you'd need to start early - and think about your design too as making a 6 fold pocket invitation over 100 times can take a while! We emailed our save the dates to save on postage and making up time, our invites are single fold only and our RSVP is by email so it's just saving time and effort where we can - our thank you cards will be printed photo cards from the day and our table plan should be easy enough to do ourselves. Try making a test one yourself, there are lots of templates about so get some designs and sticky bits from hobby craft and see how you get on!

I also couldn't justify the cost of invites, I've seen ones that are around £3-4 each, but when you multiplied it by our 160 day guests, that would mean £450 on invites alone let alone place names, envelopes, etc. A friend of mine only had 45 guests at her wedding and paid £8 each for diamante boxed invites but she loved them!

Thanks guys :)
Shad that's lovely, my neighbour rents out vintage crockery, I'm going to suggest she gets on here so she can get more business!
Mrsrowan2be - I know this could sound a bit strange (even if I have put a date on my profile) we haven't actually set a date yet but I'm trying to have alot of it planned and it had crossed my mind to begin the designs now? With regards to the printer I'm sure Father Christmas could send you one early so it doesnt hold up the proceedings?
Am i strange!!! Or is this classed as bridezilla kinda status!!! lol x

I think it's definitely worth handmaking things - I wasn't sure if I was going to at first as I was worried about it distracting me from uni work, but I'm glad I have. If you're concerned about not being very arty then you can always find a design online and just copy it, I did that (the site I used had step-by-step instructions on how to make the cards) and I've had plenty of compliments on them and there's no way they were all perfectly made. I think the slight mistakes and wonkiness just adds a bit of character to it all :D

I would google wedding design images to give you an idea x

Oops! x

I've made everything, STDs, invitations, OOS, place names, table numbers, table plan - literally everything that I could stationary wise! I'm not particularly arty myself, but found them really quite easy - and it meant that I could use one theme and colour scheme throughout. In total it has cost less than £150 for absolutely everything - not bad when our vicar was telling us just the other evening that one wedding he officiated had OOS that cost £700 for 150 to be done professionally - and that these professional OOS were all put together upside down or in the wrong order!

£700 for something I could knock up on the pc in 5mins!? WTH
and its cost you £150 for the lot, how many ppl have u got invited n such like? I suppose the benefit also to making your own is that you can ensure the whole colour scheme matches.
I have so many ideas floating in my head, I just wish we had a proper date set so I could get on with it proper!!

I'm making all of mine! I think you should go for it!x

i'm gonna make all of mine... theres loads of arts and crafts places that do cheap card making kits and sell all the bits and bobs separately. maybe market stalls might even have some bits cheap? I think handmade is a lovely idea, so much more personal and can even give your guests a hint as to the day's theme and colours! x

I found my invitations online. They were exactly what I wanted, and I ordered a sample (the pricelist came with the sample). I was completed shocked to find that the invitations would cost £8 EACH!!! I still love them though... Ivory pearlescent pocketfold fastened with a vintage brooch...

I searched online and found the pocketfolds, but couldn't find a similar brooch... but after a few days I managed to find it! I can make the invitations myself for around £2.50 each. We only need about 30-40 of them, and for evening invitations I'm just going to have a postcard style invitation.

I've even enlisted the help of my friend and bridesmaid to help me with the invitations and favours..

It's so much more personal when you go down the handmade road! I'm making everything myself - although h2b looked at me like I'd lost the plot when I produced a sketch book, handmade paper and glue last night. Made our customised guest book and if I say so muself it looks FAB. So pleased with it. It took me blo.ody hours to stick all the little gems down the spine, but well worth it :D. Xx

i've made everything and i'm not on a small budget compared to other brides i just wanted it to be more personal coming from me. doing everything myself has caused me to catch the arty bug and i'm now handmaking jewellery :-D i think its a nice touch to do everything yourself its more personal