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Subtle Watercolor Wedding Invitations + How to Make Your Own

Mar 9, 2017

One of the best parts of my job is creating custom invitation suites for brides with a vision. Every now and then I get a request from a bride to do something a little different. Usually she loves one of the template suites in the shop but wants it customized to fit the look and feel of her big day. And I love brides who want their wedding to feel like them—cookie cutter weddings are so 2016 (ha, just kidding I just made that up but you know what I mean). So whenever this happens I always respond the same way: “Yes!!!” followed by excessive exclamation points and lots of heart eyes emojis. And that’s how these watercolor wedding invitations were born.

How to paint your own watercolor wedding invitations on a budget and make them look like a million bucks

She wanted a soft, pale peach color to complement her bridesmaids’ dresses and a whimsical watercolor effect to play off some hand lettered calligraphy. I obviously loved everything about her vision and couldn’t wait to bring it to life, so I jumped all over it like a spider monkey on a banana tree.

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Make These Cute Save the Dates for Free!

Feb 7, 2017

Remember those pretty rose invitations we made a few months ago with the calligraphy and the vellum? Not only were they a huge hit around here but they’re actually some of our all-time favorite invitations. Ever ever. They were so much fun to make that I decided to do something similar with some free save the date templates that we have in the Resource Library.

If you’d like to make these lovelies then scroll to the bottom of the post and sign up to get your free templates. And don’t forget to check out our post on cardstock if you need some paper recommendations.

Make these gorgeous save the dates at home with this free save the date template!

Okay, back to the save the dates.

This time, I chose a couple of gorgeous engagement photos and printed them on my favorite linen cardstock. I love a textured cardstock because it adds such a nice character to these cards, especially when layered under dainty vellum. Plus it’s perfect for printing at home because the texture hides some of the imperfections that might show up when using a desktop printer (grain or streaks don’t stand a chance).

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