At last my first DIY! what what!We were fortunate enough to win 50 STD in a contest but since we needed about 20 more, I decided to make postcards. I bought Avery 3380 Personal Creations Textured Postcards , only $10.95 (120 postcards). The postcards come 4 in a sheet, and are easy to take apart, I was very happy with the texture of the postcard but they were not as thick as I hoped they would be, but hey at .08 per postcard I ain't complaining! I then downloaded the Avery word template, saved the first file as "STD front" and pasted the beautiful monograms that Jeff Williams created for me. For the back of the postcard, I once again began with the Avery word template saved the file as "STD back", then downloaded a Martha Stewart postcard template, but since the postcard template is a pdf, and would only print 1 to a page, I copied just the text "postcard" and "stamp" and made it into a clip art. I then added two text boxes; 1 that had the std info and 2 for the guest's address, this took more time then it should of because I am not as profeciaent in word then I am in excel. 
As usual, I spent too much time deciding what fonts to use, I even combined some; the florish you see at the end of the "e" on word Date is actually the letter "f" with font "Ornament Scrolls And Florishes" and the two swirls you see next to the actual date are the letters "a" and "b" with font Nymphette by the ever talented Nymphont. I would be more than happy to share the postcard template, so if you want it feel free to email me at westsidewedding@gmail.com
As usual, I spent too much time deciding what fonts to use, I even combined some; the florish you see at the end of the "e" on word Date is actually the letter "f" with font "Ornament Scrolls And Florishes" and the two swirls you see next to the actual date are the letters "a" and "b" with font Nymphette by the ever talented Nymphont. I would be more than happy to share the postcard template, so if you want it feel free to email me at westsidewedding@gmail.comThese pictures were taken with my iphone, so you can't really see the detail, but the first picture in this post has a close up of the texture.
I plan on mailing out the STD this week, so about 6 months in advance, did you do STD and if so how early did you mail them out?
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oh my gosh. this post is perfect for me right now! My best friend is a graphic designer and we were just talking about fonts to use for my DIY invitations!
ReplyDelete@Very Married yay glad this helps! Here are some other posts thatI wrote about fonts http://westsidewedding.blogspot.com/search/label/fonts I love the site dafont.com it's great!
ReplyDeleteYay! They look great.
ReplyDeleteWe sent ours waaaaay in advance, like 10 months! But everyone is from out of town, so I suspect it's good we gave them such a big heads up.
Simple process, budget-friendly, and very chic results. Looks great, and 6 months ahead is more than okay. It's just a polite fyi anyhow (and the chance to be creative!) especially for out of towners. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteYay on your first DIY! They're beautiful. I sent mine out last month - 9 months out :)
ReplyDelete@Mo @ A Los Angeles Love @ Aylee Bits Thanks ladies!!!
ReplyDeleteThey look great!! I had fun working on my STDs. We're sending ours out 8 months in advance so our OOT guests better not have any lame excuses about taking off work or buying plane tickets, etc. hehe. 6 months is plenty of time too. I love the fonts that you used. I love mixing fonts too. Great job on these! :)
ReplyDeleteoh wow, they turned out great!! you make it sound so easy!
ReplyDeleteFabulous...love these!
ReplyDeletevery nice!! love the flourishes :)
ReplyDeleteHello,
ReplyDeleteI happened to stumble across your blog today while searching for invitations. Your postcard template is GORGEOUS. I was wondering if your were still sharing it?
Have a lovely day,
Martha
Oh darn, there I go with the typos again.
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