DIY Card Making Ideas and Guides

How to Embellish Your Wedding Invites with Vellum   While traditionally wedding invitations are made from cardstock to give them a thicker, sturdier and more luxury feel, this is the one instance where you might want to consider paper for your invites. Vellum paper is translucent, a quality you won't find in card and gives invitations an ethereal, delicate feel. Despite this, this vellum paper is tissue thin and at 100gsm, won't tear e...

The Benefits of Non Shed Glitter Card 1.  All of the Sparkle With None of the Fallout Okay, the obvious first – it’s mess free. Regular glitter card has particles of glitter adhered to the card which are prone to shed and stick with a vengeance to everything. To be fair, the mess created by glitter card is not as widespread as loose glitter, but it still isn’t fun. Any cutting or creasing will only increase the sheddin...

What are pocketfold invites?To put it simply, pocketfolds are invitations which include a 'pocket' in which to stash things. They're an extremely popular choice for wedding invitations as along with the invitation itself there is often a lot of other information that needs to be included, such as directions, menu choices, RSVP's, where to stay, venue discounts, gifts etc. The pocketfold leaves you free to style your dream wedding invite with...

How to Avoid Costly Startups in the Wedding Stationery Trade So you've decided to start a wedding stationery business - congratulations! And you don't want to spend a fortune on products while you're starting up - understandable. We've got a few tips and tricks below to help make things as simple and cost effective as possible. Materials for Your Stationery One of the biggest costs to start with is going to be materials. If you're designing...

Tailored Bow DIY Ever seen these gorgeous bows and wondered how to make them? Well the good news is they’re actually pretty simple! There are only a few short steps to making them which are outlined below.  You will need: Ribbon Ruler Scissors Adhesive Embellishment (optional) Step 1 To start, cut two lengths of ribbon, one at 16cm and another at 13cm. I typically go for a 3cm difference between the pieces, but you can play a...