| Making handcrafted wedding invitations affords you | | | | cutting out or tracing designs from other sources of |
| the ability to personalize your wedding invitations more | | | | printed material. Choose simple designs if you're new |
| than simply buying retail kits or having a printer do them | | | | to embroidery or have a lot of invitations, or more |
| from stock designs. One way to accomplish this is to | | | | intricate designs if you're an embroidery pro or have a |
| design and make handcrafted embroidered wedding | | | | lot of invitations to make. |
| invitations, creating special personalized invitations that | | | | You can look through bridal magazines for wedding |
| you just can't find anywhere else. | | | | design ideas or look through home and garden |
| You don't need a lot of expensive tools to create your | | | | magazines for seasonal ideas to use as designs. You |
| invitations either, but if you're inviting a lot of people and | | | | can even download or print out designs from the |
| therefore have a lot of invitations to design and create, | | | | Internet. |
| or you're simply new to embroidery, you'll want to | | | | Once you have your designs printed and your tools |
| keep the designs simple and obviously you'll also want | | | | together, follow these step-by-step instructions for |
| to start early enough so that you don't feel rushed. | | | | creating your embroidered wedding invitations: |
| You can visit craft stores like Jo-Ann Fabric, A.C. | | | | 1. Double-stick tape or glue the design cut-out or |
| Moore or Michael's or even the craft departments of | | | | print-out onto the blank greeting card. |
| department stores for the items you'll need. For | | | | 2. Punch holes on the card following the design layout |
| hole-punching and embroidery needles, purchase items | | | | for where you'll be stitching. |
| that will work well with paper crafts, not fabric. You | | | | 3. Just like connecting the dots or painting by number, |
| don't want to tear your paper as you're working with it | | | | simply stitch from one hole to the next. You can use |
| because the tools are too large or bulky, or meant for | | | | different stitches or a variety of colored threads |
| working with fabric or plastic. | | | | depending on your design. |
| The first thing you'll need are some blank greeting card | | | | 4. Knot the end of the threads on reverse side of the |
| stock or an easier way is to create simple flat | | | | card and tape them to the back. |
| invitations by cutting an 8.5" x 11" piece of card stock | | | | 5. After you've finished embroidering your design, glue |
| either in half or into four sections for smaller sized | | | | or double-stick a decorative paper or even solid color |
| invitations. And the rest of the supplies you'll need are: | | | | paper to the back of the embroidered card to cover |
| Small hole punch-you can pick up special hole | | | | the knotted threads. |
| punches at most craft stores. | | | | You've now created your own special embroidered |
| Embroidery needles & threads | | | | wedding invitations that your guests will love and |
| Double stick tape, glue stick or glue dots | | | | appreciate. And they'll make beautiful keepsakes for |
| Decorative paper for the backing of the invitations | | | | your wedding scrapbook too! |
| Finding Designs for your invitations is as easy as | | | | |