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26 Resources for DIY Wedding Invitations and Wedding Blogs

April 29, 2015 by Douglas Bonneville

tips-and-resources2-diy To save you time and help shorten your list of wedding t0-do’s, we’ve collected a list of resources for DIY wedding invitations and wedding blogs. (It’s just a fun little precursor as we get ready to release our upcoming book–The Big Book of Free Wedding Font Combinations!) As we all know, weddings are not cheap! A few ways to cut back on your expenses is by creating your own wedding invitations and wedding blogs. But where in the world do you begin? Below we’ve whittled down and compiled some of the TOP resources for these two fun DIY projects, that when outsourced to local artists, can be costly.

DYI Wedding Invitations: The Process

Practical tips and detailed step by step processes of DIY invitations–from picking a theme and layout down to paper and printing.
  • Craftaholics Anonymous
  • Wedding Bee
  • Wedding Lovely
  • Bridal Guide
  • A Practical Wedding
  • Canva – A simple, drag-and-drop, design software that’s completely online and free to use. It gives you everything you need to easily turn ideas into stunning designs. Create designs for Web or print: blog graphics, presentations, Facebook covers, flyers, posters, invitations and so much more.
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Invitation Wording

9 resources to help you when writing your invitations. It’s not only important to know proper word etiquette for formal invites, but also useful to read elegant or playful word alternatives that might help you communicate the sentiment of your wedding theme consistently.
  • Elli
  • Martha Stewart Weddings
  • Wedding Paper Divas
  • The Knot
  • Invitations By Dawn
  • Invitation Consultants
  • Off Beat Bride
  • Love Vs Design
  • Basic Invite

tips-and-resources-diy-invitesPaper & Print

Tips on the printing process–stressing paper choice and the importance it has on the overall look and feel of your invitations.
  • Style Me Pretty
  • A Practical Wedding
  • LCI Paper
  • Paper Source
  • Wedding Paper Divas

How to make your own wedding/event blog

  • The Knot
  • Martha Stewart Weddings
  • WordPress
  • June Bug Weddings
DYI wedding blog courses at Lynda.com for WordPress DIY-wordpress-wedding2-7 DIY-wordpress-wedding1-7              

About Douglas Bonneville

Douglas has been a graphic designer since 1992, in addition to software developer and author. He is a member of Smashing Magazine's "Panel of Experts" and has contributed to over 100 articles. He is the author of "The Big Book of Font Combinations", loves cats, and plays guitar.

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  1. Lauren says

    May 12, 2015 at 5:10 pm

    Great list of resources for DIY wedding invitations and other wedding blogs. Thanks for sharing!

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