Go for it its so much cheaper my daughter made mine
CommentAuthorXbox widow
Future mrs Drake do you have a Hobbycraft near you, thats a great place to start, if not the bay of E has everything you need.
CommentAuthorLinzi-jo
I'm going to be making mine too. I looked on the internet for ones that I liked and then took elements from 3 different ones to come up with the design I now have, I just hope they turn out as well as I picture them in my head! xxx
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CommentAuthorFuture Mrs Drake
Aww they are beautiful Xbox widow may just have to look into doing my own, they really add a personal touch. Thanks :) x
CommentAuthorXbox widow
The card with the square cutout was from hobbycraft so were the jewels, the ribbon, butterflys and inserts from the bay of e, its easier than you think.
CommentAuthorZoe81
We have a friend making all our stationary, unfotunately it's taken him soooooo much longer than he originally said. I wanted to send all my invites out at the end of Jan, it's now the end of feb and I only got my evening invites this weekend (day invites went out 2 weeks ago).
I sat writing them last night, but when I got half way through I noticed all the wording in the invites was wrong!!! Half evening invites had the day wording in them and the other half had the right wording but with a spelling mistake! Sooooo angry, but can't say much as it's H2B's friend making them and they are gorgeous but I just want to get them bloody sent out, is that too much to ask!??? All he had to do was copy and paste the wording we'd sent him (checked we hadn't made the mistake and sent him the wrong info, we hadn't).
Sorry for the rant, just so annoyed. Hopefully he can print off new inserts today and I can sit and glue them all in and re-write them all tonight so they can go in the post tomorrow morning. More annoyed 'cos I've offered 100's of times to put them all together (he's a graphic designer hence why he offered to do them for us) and he's always said no, like he doesn't trust me to do his work justice. Wish I'd put my foot downa nd siad you design them, I'll make them!
Z x
CommentAuthorFuture Mrs Drake
Thanks Xbox widow will definitely be having a look at hobbycraft and im always on the bay of E. They are lovely definitely going to make my own if they can look that good :) xx
CommentAuthorxxRosiexx
Zoe81- gosh that must so frustrating, sometimes it's good to rant! Future Mrs Drake, if you have a "the range" near you it may be worth investigating there too, they are a lot cheaper than the craft of hobby, I got my gems from there after buying all my other things and it was so cheap, I wish I'd discovered it sooner!
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CommentAuthorjellybean
my h2b came up with an idea and i added the decorations , but now we cant find the right coloured card to make them , been on loads of web sites and just cant find what we looking for . cadbury purple on one side and white on the other ...
CommentAuthorsam
i did mine just as an idea and partner loved them will put pics on when i get his camera xx
CommentAuthorvikki977
made mine too! really pleased with them, and posted them today lol!!! (slightly later than planned) i dont have a pic but used white a6 cards, with teal 6mm ribbon horizontally and diamonte heart buckle in middle of ribbon, pearlised card inside i printed on. think ive probably spent about £60 making them all so not bad, and i have ribbon and hearts left for table plan. im really proud of them! :)
CommentAuthorGazza 122
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Here are my creations, i have personalised the kids bags, made the Save the date cards, wedding wishes card for the wishing tree, (im also making the tags for this) made day & eve invites, and place cards with salt dough doves x
Vikki - our invites sound very similar lol! xx
CommentAuthorstarbabe78
well i'm planning on making mine aswell altho my save the date cards i've ordered of the famous printing website i got normal business cards in a design i liked and just edited and also done fridge magnets cos they free just pay for postage your only allowed 25 but if you put them thro as seperate orders it dont charge you :-) also ordered a few other freebies as i thort why not i saved over 40quid by doin this x
CommentAuthormadhen
Wow Kev's Angel, love the printed card on your invitations, gorgeous. Where's it from?
CommentAuthorGazza 122
Hiya Madhen - thanks, I got this card from my local garden centre which had a craft department - i go there all the time now - its amazing what you find lurking :) xx Ive started making my cage themed table plan aswell....work in progress.....
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CommentAuthorMrsBroady2B
Kev's Angel, I love all your stationary. Really lovely. Best I have seen. Probably sound a dumb question but what did you use to shape the salt dough into the birds?
CommentAuthorGazza 122
Aww thanks MrsBroady2B - thats really kind of you I just used my hands hun for the birds.....xx
CommentAuthormadhen
Luverly :) :)
CommentAuthorClareS
They look fab! I've got the card and stuff for mine, haven't got round to doing anything yet though. I'm scared of messign it up lol Think I'll have a practice with bits of coloured paper before I move onto the proper ones x
CommentAuthorfwills25
Was thinking of making my own invites as well. They are all lovely ideas and invites
Didnt think of bay of e but will ave to look and see what can find
Thanks all
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CommentAuthorNikitaL
I am going to make our invites too, i am thinking of using some of that velvet type wallpaper to cover the card with, cheapbut effective, well i hope anyway, have still to try them yet :)
Kev's Angel, i love the salt dough doves! Would you mind if i stole the idea?
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CommentAuthorGazza 122
Of course i dont mind - glad you like them xxx
CommentAuthorsam
how did you do the salt doves kev's angel they look lovely and would love a go at it xx
CommentAuthorGazza 122
To make the dough you need a mug of normal cooking salt, a mug of plain flour and a mug of warm water...mix the salt and flour together, then little bit by little bit add the water while mixing to play doh consistency. You may need a tiny bit more flour to reach the right texture. Once you have done this, take a small ping pong ball amount in the palm of your hand and roll it to a ball. then on the work surface roll into a sausage shape. From there, its quite tricky to explain...i pinched out the tails first pushing down on the end of the sausage....and got them where i wanted them, then i squeezed the head up gently and turned it in my hands to create the little head shape, then once i was happy with this i fattened out the body by various pushing and squeezing where needed. Place on a baking sheet on some grease proof paper and bung in the oven for about 10 hours. The oven needs to to only be on about 80 of a gas mark 1. xx I will be making another load over the weekend, so what i will do is take pics of what im doing and pop on here, i always work better off piccies xxx
CommentAuthorjellybean
well managed to find the right card to do the invites , so thats what we will be doing this weekend , will put picks on when done .x
CommentAuthorLiza247
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I made mine, just bought everything from Ebay and hobbycraft heres the finished
Was thinking of making my own invites as well. They are all lovely ideas and invites 
