Wedding Planning | DIY Wedding Invitations

Getting your wedding invitations professionally designed and printed can be a very expensive purchase! I've known brides to spend over $1000 on their wedding invites! If you don't have that kind of budget, and lets be honest how many couples do, then why not make your own wedding invitations?

Just because your invitations are DIY doesn't mean they have to look shabby. There are a ton of brides & grooms who have created their invitations from a little time and handy work. Check out this example of some beautiful hand made wedding invitations.

If you're wondering how to make something like this, follow these instructions for making these cute pocketfold invitations.

1. Start with your sheet of 12″x12″ cardstock and use a paper trimmer to cut it down to 7″x12″. Keep the remaining piece for making the pocket.
2. Using a Scor-Pal, or a scoring blade and a straight edge, score the paper at 2.5″ and 7.5″.
3. Fold along the score lines and use a bone folder to create a crisp crease. Voila! You have the outer folder!
4. To make the pocket, take the remaining 5″x12″ piece of card stock and cut a 3.5″x7.5″ rectangle.
5. Score the rectangle at .5″ on both 3.5″ sides, and at one of the 7.5″ sides.
6. To get a nice, clean fold without overlapping, you have to miter the corner. To do this, take your scissors and cut the two bottom corners (where the score lines intersect) at an angle.
7. Fold in the three sides. The edges of your mitered corners should meet, but not overlap.
8. Apply double-sided tape to the .5″ sides.
9. Adhere the pocket to the inside of the folder.
10. Decorate the pocketfold with a strip of paper to create a bellyband to hold it all closed.

And as easy as that, you've got your first pocket fold ready to put your wedding invitation and inserts.