8 Creative Ways to Add Pizazz to Your Homemade Wedding Invitations

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Making your own invitations is not only a fun way to cut back on at least one of the many expenses a wedding incurs; since you're in charge of the design and production, you're only limited by your own imagination. Here are a few suggestions for adding something a little extra to your invites.

1. Rubber stamps should not be dismissed as a children's toy; in fact, once you start getting creative with them, you can make pretty impressive designs. Add embossing powder for even more impact. Check out Addicted To Rubber Stamps for a huge selection of stamps, inks, embellishments and more. Another option is to have a stamp custom made for the occasion. It's very affordable (usually around - ) and you can add a design, or just use your names and the date. The Paper Princess has some nice designs.

2. Gocco printers were sadly recently discontinued but you can still get your hands on one on eBay and through other various sources on the Internet. They're easy to learn, relatively inexpensive (you will probably use it for many other projects as well, making it a well-worth investment), and produce almost letterpress-looking results. You can use it to add just a design element, just the text, or the entire layout.

3. Using hole punches can add a really cute touch to your invites. They come in all shapes and sizes and you can use them to both punch holes in the invitation or use the punched-out shapes to glue onto it (or put inside as confetti).

4. Order a personal embosser to use on the invitations, envelopes, or perhaps on a round sticker to use as an envelope seal. Nostalgic Impressions have some really cute wedding designs.

5. For a glam look, add some glitter, or perhaps sand if it's a beach wedding, with the help of glue, or just use glitter-glue. Tattered Angels make a fabulous glimmer mist (in more than 50 colors) which is really easy to use - you just spray it on.

6. If it's a destination wedding, why not put a map of the area, perhaps printed on parchment paper for an antique look, on the front of the invitation, or include it as an attachment.

7. Add embellishments like paper flowers (which are fastened with brads or glue), Swarovski crystals, brads in various shapes (like hearts), adhesive mini-frames (over a photo of the two of you, perhaps), glimmer glass or chips, hang tags with a design by you, your names, or even a photo of you two.

8. Make decorative borders using a Rollagraph. They come with wheels in many different designs, and some models hold ink in the handle, making application a breeze.

I hope I've given you some good ideas for your wedding invites (or for any occasion for that matter). Paper crafts is one my favorite ways to let my inner child go crazy with glue and scissors, and sending out something you designed and made yourself is so much more fun than just buying a card at a store.

8 Creative Ways to Add Pizazz to Your Homemade Wedding Invitations

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