One of the DIY projects that ended up taking a very long time was our wedding invitations. At first, I was excited to see so many new and beautiful designs available on the internet. But when having a wedding for less than fifty people, and only needing about twenty invitations, it was not reasonable to order invitations that would end up costing over $5 per invite. I think that ordering invitations is better for larger weddings, where you would order like a hundred or more, because then the cost per invite goes down drastically.
SO, we decided to create our own! Sounds easy, right? Seisuke is a graphic designer and I like drawing, so what a perfect combination for making invitations! But it ended up taking a long time because there were just so many ideas to choose from and different paper/printing options that it was really hard to choose! Well, we ended up coming up with something that was our style but also affordable to make.
First I found a design that I liked on an invitation website and I was almost going to just order them and be done with it, but after realizing that we could totally do it ourselves, I sent the design to Seisuke and had him find me all the fonts to match. I love chevron so this seemed perfect; but instead of gold foil printing, we opted for a pink ombre pattern.
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| Paper Source Wedding Invitation |
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| Our design |
I wanted to include some kind of illustration like I found on these Rifle Paper Co. invitations, but this kind of work is all done on Photoshop or Illustrator and I do not have the skills or time to “draw” a graphic design….so we created something that represented “us.”
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| rifle paper co custom invitations |
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| beautifully illustrated invitations by rifle paper co |
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| Initial drawings |
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| I originally wanted to include Japanese symbolism in the design |
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| I played around with different motifs and thought about making Seisuke's last name into a monogram-type emblem |
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| Some other initial drawings |
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| Our end drawing |
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| Choosing the right "skin" color was fun and challenging |
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| The two "skin" colors I had did not seem to match, so I ended up shopping for new Copics in Namba |
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| Testing out dozens of "skin" color Copic markers.... |
We
made a 3-D puzzle, similar to other products Seisuke makes and sells,
using a drawing that I drew on paper, scanned, and Seisuke touched up on
Illustrator. We love how they turned out and hope people will have fun
with the DIY craft project included.
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| They don't sell 5x7" paper in Japan, so I bought large card stock and we cut out the invitations ourselves (when we made these invitations, it was still very cold in Japan...hence the floral blanket) |
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| Printing 5x7" card stock on a home printer also turned out to be a challenge! |
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| After you cut out the pieces, you can make a 3-D Save the Date! |
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| I think I got a good resemblance, don't you think? |
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