One of the most common questions we get asked by our Etsy customers is how to add some color to otherwise plain invitation templates. While it’s possible to simply customize text and illustration colors to match your wedding colors, instead we usually recommend mounting the invitations to patterned paper to create invitation borders. This time around we mounted a simple wedding invitation template to watercolor art to make these super easy watercolor wedding invitations.

Here’s how you can make your own layered wedding invitations on the cheap.

One of the best things about printing your own wedding invitations is that you have the freedom to make them look however you want. Even if you don’t consider yourself the craftiest of brides, you can still make beautiful, personalized invites simply by starting with a design you love and choosing interesting papers that look amazing when layered. That’s essentially what we did with these sweet vellum wedding invitations.

Just print your invitation templates in two phases, with the text on vellum and the artwork on high-quality cardstock. Then put them together with ribbon or a simple gold brad. We’ll even show you the exact supplies we use to make professional-looking invites without spending a ton of money.