How to Create and Print Wedding Photo Invitations

Designing a wedding invitation is one of the first things that you are going to do when you plan out your wedding. Having a photo wedding invitation is a great way to personalize your wedding cards to make them unique. It is extremely easy to create and print wedding photo invitations.

Materials needed:

• A desktop publishing program


• Photo on hard drive


• Printer


• Paper

Open up the desktop publishing program:

1. Open up the desktop publishing program. Click on "file" and "new" from the toolbar.


2. Look at different design options that are going to be shown after you have selected "new."


3. Click on the picture that goes with the size of the paper that you have selected for your invitations. 

Adding Text:

1. Select the tool box icon in the toolbar.


2. Click and drag the text box wherever you would like your text to be. You can adjust the text box whenever you would like to.


3. Select the font type that you would like to use for your greeting card.

Adding an Image:

1. Click on "insert" from the toolbar.


2. Select "picture" and choose "from file". 


3. Choose a picture from your hard drive. Double click on this picture. This is going to automatically load up the picture to your card.

Editing an Image:

1. Right click on the picture. Choose "format picture". Click on the size tab and edit the width and height as you would like them to be.


2. Right click on the picture. Select "format picture" to make the picture lighter. Click on "Image control" and select "washout" in the menu.


3. Click on the picture and drag it to wherever you would like it to be.

To Print:

1. Put the paper that you would like into the printer; most people use card stock. Cardstock is available in different textures and colors. You can buy this type of paper in craft or office supply stores.


2. Click on "file" in the toolbar.


3. Click on "print."