Jo's DIY Invitations with Before/After Pics...

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These are invitations that I've noticed a lot of girls have used on the forum (and who wouldn't with a 1/2 off coupon at Michael's - making them $23 for invites, envelopes, reply cards, etc.!!). They are a little plain on their own though, so I decided to add a little to make them more colorful and personal. Enjoy!

 

Invitation before:

 

 

 

Invitation after:

 

 

 

 

 

Envelopes before:

 

 

Envelopes after: (I made envelope liners out of lime wrapping paper, they looked great!!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I also made envelope seals to tie in all the colors:

 

 

 

 

Instead of reply cards, I decided to design and order postcards from Vistaprint... 100 for free (added bonus: postcard postage costs less than reply card envelopes!):

 

 

 

I hope you all enjoyed! Let me know if you have any questions! Jo

 

[MarieSam]

Joann, these are awesome!!! And just goes to show that fabulous invites don't have to be expensive and with a little creativity and design they look like a million bucks

[Weddingin2010]

Wow...these are stunning and I love the color combo you've chosen!!

[flbluiiis]

You did an amazing job with these! Congrats Love the post card/RSVP idea.

[sunstarsmoon]

you did a really good job! I am not that creative at all

[slapsappyhappy]

wow I cannot believe those are from Michaels! Where did you get the little turtle/starfish things? What are they are they beads? buttons? so cute!

[shankd]

I've been all over looking for starfish...can't find them anywhere. Very creative...love the post card idea, I wish I would have though of that...lol

[Ginalyn]

Those look fabulous! I love how you added all that color and the starfish and the turtle on the back. So cute!

[koolatta]

Please do tell me how you did it. They look great!!