i want to make my own wedding invites but i dont want people to think that i am cheap. my h2b says we should buy them because making them looks tacky. is anyone else making there own invites?
CommentAuthorSamanthaG76
There's loads of us here making our own. It all depends on what you use and the design of them, whether they look tacky or not. I think it adds a nice personal touch :-) x
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CommentAuthorButton-Bell
im making my own its all about trail and error until you get what you want :)
CommentAuthorMrsLowe
I'm in the process of making my own, if you get the bits and bobs from nice places it will not look tacky at all! mine look really pro to say so myself ;) x
CommentAuthorNicholaP44
Its totally up to u. If u have the time and most importantly the patience to do them urself, i'd go 4 it! Im not a very patient person tho, so i'd probably end up chucking everything in the air if they didnt go right.lol
We are making ours, or should I say I am making ours with a little help from my craft party. They can look tacky but that takes a lot of hard work to do, you'll be fine. Plus handmade things are getting so poplular these days, it's hard to go wrong. I think people are more likely to keep them, and it gives them something a little more special. But they will take much longer to do. Although buying them seems too cost more. X
CommentAuthorlizzylou
I'm going to make my own, I put a couple of prototypes in my album, feel free to have a look. If you search online their are loads of DiY wedding websites with people making beautiful invites. I don't think it's tacky - its budget savvy - you could spend hundreds of pounds on a tacky invite i'm sure just as easily! x
Lizzy. x
CommentAuthorRosyF77
yes im making my own invites and i actually think they look alot more personal than some that are made by these big companies. Its up to you though whether you make your own or not xx
CommentAuthorButton-Bell
sometimes you cant get exactly what you want from a company and in the end the only option is to take influences from things you have seen and incorporate them into your invites
CommentAuthorDonda
I've made all my own stationary. Invites, table name cards, individual menus for the table, thank you scrolls, poems on cards for my guest memory book, my guest signin photo frame and for my Post Box. I used micro soft publisher to make them and added ribbon, bows and some christmassy things to some You can add ribbon, crystals, any craft items you want. I've also made all my own table decorations, name card holders and centre pieces. I dont think they look tacky at all, they are all personal and just the way I want them :) It was a lot cheaper than getting them made by someone else, and hiring or buying the decorations and centre pieces. xx
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CommentAuthorLauraJo87
Personally I think some of the bought ones look tacky. I'm hand making my day ones then having a simpler design for the evening ones, but will be handwriting them too xx
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CommentAuthorlil miss sunshine
I. Bought mines but that's because just did not have t.e time to make them. However I. Would make them if I. Had to do it again
and now the next chapter
CommentAuthorlizzylou
Button Bell is right - that's why I made mine as I couldn't find the un-fussy design I wanted. Plus, making my own has saved me a fortune. xx
Lizzy. x
CommentAuthorPB
I made all my own stationary.I got a lot of satisfaction from doing so,saved hundreds of pounds and got lots of lovely compliments about it all. For me it was a no brainerxxx
CommentAuthorSam
I think a lot of the invites available for purchase are incredibly tacky. Why don't you make a trial invite to see what it looks like and to figure out if you're comfortable making all of them yourself.
CommentAuthorSarahR582
I don't think making them looks tacky, all of the invites we've received recently have been made and they've been lovely. We're making ours! Xx
CommentAuthorTori
I am not at all crafty so any invites made would look tacky. However, I have seen pics of many of the homemade invitations on here that look amazing. It all depends whether you have the time, ability and patience to make your own.
CommentAuthorPrincess2be
O am not crafty either so am just buying them. If i made them they would almost definately loook rubbish! x
CommentAuthorLulu1388
I cannot decide which to do! am tempted to try and make my own but again, not the craftiest of people, or the most patient! but if can find a good deal via someone else doing them then i'll buy them, or do half n half! Get them made & printed but put together myself kind of thing. . . not 100% sure yet! Kind of keep putting it off! x
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CommentAuthorKirstyJ22
I'm making my own and they look lovely (well I think so anyway!) but it has taken a long time so I sort of wish I did buy them but then I don't think they would've looked as nice for our budget. If you can stand how long it takes then go for it x x
CommentAuthorKaren22
I'm making my own too, and really looking forward to it.
Although spoke to an old friend yesterday and he said he would have done everything we wanted for free.
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24th August 2013
CommentAuthorJillianL47
I'm making mine. Because I love creating things I'm also making the order of service, table plan and place names. My OH has said her prefers me to make things as it makes our wedding more personal.
CommentAuthorLaura JaneW
Ive made my own. And to be honest most people i know these days are making their own! You just need to try ideas and see what works. I have just finished my invites and i am thrilled with the way they have turned out!
CommentAuthorTasha_Q2B
We are getting ours off the bay and just decorating them with a few little diamantes. Have no creativity or patience. Plus i can see my toddler having a field day if i made my own!! :) xx
CommentAuthorButton-Bell
thats a good idea Tasha_Q2B at lest your adding somethin a little different so there not the same as what someone elce might get i like your thinking!!
CommentAuthorKristina
I am also making them. I think it is depending on what you want them to look like, there are loads of websites where you can get tips to make them extra special.
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CommentAuthorCharlotteB32
It depends on how good you are at making things. Personally I've always got great ideas but they never look right hen I try to make them!
CommentAuthorLisaT18
i think that i might buy the day invitations and them make the evening ones that way we both win and it is less work to do =)
