Make invitation cards yourself that your guests will not be able to deny.
Print your own invitation cards and save a great deal of money by doing it yourself as opposed to paying for a business to do it. Even though you may not have the same level of expertise as a professional business, you can still make attractive and professional quality invitation cards on your own. You will also be able to maintain creative control over your work at all times. With pride, tell your guests that you made the invitations yourself.
Instructions
1. Buy paper and envelopes at a stationery store. Purchase blank, plain paper and some envelopes 1/8 of an inch larger in dimensions than the paper.
2. Open a word processing program such as Microsoft Word. Open a new document and set the page size to fit the paper you have purchased. Do this by going to the "Page Layout" tab and selecting "Size." Choose a size that matches the paper you bought. There are bars at the top and left hand side of the document in Word that look like rulers. There is a little slide tool on the bars that you can move back and forth to manipulate the margins.
3. Type in the text of the invitation in the provided space on the page document. Change the font and font size until you find the type of text you like. The name or names of the people whose party it will be should be in the biggest and most notable font.
4. Save your document and print out a sample copy on regular printing paper to see what your invitation will look like before you print a real copy. If you see any errors or discrepancies, go back into the document in the word processor and make the necessary changes and then save them.
5. Print one copy on the official invitation paper. Read it over carefully and proofread it. Get someone else to proofread it as well; he may see something you didn't. After you have approved everything, print the rest of the copies on the invitation paper. Check the prints periodically to make sure the printer paper hasn't jammed and that the cards are coming out the way you want. Sometimes printers can unexpectedly run out of ink or the margins can accidentally be offset on one or more of the invitations. If any of these things happen, cancel the printing job, make the proper adjustments, and continue the job.
6. Place the invitations in the envelopes. Seal and stamp the envelopes. Get someone with beautiful handwriting to write the addresses on the envelopes. Send out the invitations.
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