The wedding invitation is the first thing a guest sees in relation to your wedding (other than a save-the-date, if you sent it), so you want to make it good. The way to make it good is to make it memorable by crafting your own creative DIY invitations. A creative DIY invitation doesn't mean the invitation has to be in some cut-out shape, like a heart or a tree, or in primary colors (unless your wedding colors happen to fall in that spectrum). You can make a wedding invitation creative by just personalizing it a little bit.
Start off by personalizing the images that will appear on your invitation. Including a photo of the happy couple is a good way to start. Typically your engagement photo appears on the save-the-date notices, but if you had two excellent photos from the session or if you didn't send save-the-dates, include a new photo on your DIY invitations.
You can also get creative with your DIY wedding invitations through the wording on the invitations. While there's standard phrasing depending on who's hosting your wedding - and you might want to stick close to that to make sure no one's feelings get hurt - there are a lot of other ways you can add text to personalize a DIY invitation. For example, add a romantic quote from your favorite song on the front of your folded wedding invitation. Some quotes I particularly like are:
- "With this ring, I give my all to you." - Clyde Otis and Vincent Corso, "With This Ring" - "How wonderful life is now you're in the world." - Elton John, "your song" - "You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be." - Goo Goo Dolls, "Iris" - "Come away with me, and I'll never stop loving you." - Norah Jones, "Come Away with Me"
The best choice might be to pick a lyric from "your" song. It's especially nice if it happens to be your first dance song. If you're not particularly musical, but like the idea of special text on your invitations, try a romantic quote instead. Something like this:
"Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies." --Aristotle "Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me." --Sarah Bernhardt "I love her and that's the beginning of everything." --F. Scott Fitzgerald "To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven." --Karen Sunde - 30452
Start off by personalizing the images that will appear on your invitation. Including a photo of the happy couple is a good way to start. Typically your engagement photo appears on the save-the-date notices, but if you had two excellent photos from the session or if you didn't send save-the-dates, include a new photo on your DIY invitations.
You can also get creative with your DIY wedding invitations through the wording on the invitations. While there's standard phrasing depending on who's hosting your wedding - and you might want to stick close to that to make sure no one's feelings get hurt - there are a lot of other ways you can add text to personalize a DIY invitation. For example, add a romantic quote from your favorite song on the front of your folded wedding invitation. Some quotes I particularly like are:
- "With this ring, I give my all to you." - Clyde Otis and Vincent Corso, "With This Ring" - "How wonderful life is now you're in the world." - Elton John, "your song" - "You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be." - Goo Goo Dolls, "Iris" - "Come away with me, and I'll never stop loving you." - Norah Jones, "Come Away with Me"
The best choice might be to pick a lyric from "your" song. It's especially nice if it happens to be your first dance song. If you're not particularly musical, but like the idea of special text on your invitations, try a romantic quote instead. Something like this:
"Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies." --Aristotle "Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me." --Sarah Bernhardt "I love her and that's the beginning of everything." --F. Scott Fitzgerald "To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven." --Karen Sunde - 30452
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Randolph Quan is a wedding photographers London, and advises people on awedding photographer blog at his website.
