How to Cut Fan Shaped Wedding Programs
A wedding can get very expensive for couples, and one way you can cut down on the costs is to create your own wedding programs. Cutting your wedding programs into a fan shape is also useful if you are getting married outdoors in warm weather, or they can be used for an Asian themed wedding.
- Use a photo-editing program on your computer to design the wedding program. Use colors for your wedding program that matches your wedding colors. It is best to use pastel or very light colors. If the color is too dark, you will not be able to read the text.
- Add images to the wedding program if desired. The image should not be very dark, and opacity between 35 and 65 percent is best.
- Use a font that is easy to read for your wedding program. The Arial font is a good choice. Type the information on a new layer over the image and background. Enter the bride and groom’s names in bold at the top of the program, as well as the wedding date and time. Remove the bold when you type the rest of the program.
- Put a piece of 8 ½ X 11 paper into your printer. This will be a test paper to see how the program looks when it is printed. Click File, and then click Print. Set the printer to Landscape on the printer set up screen. Change the margins to 2 inches of white space at the bottom of the program.
- Print the program and look it over. Make any adjustments that are needed.
- Click File, click Print, click Preferences, and then click Advanced. Set the paper type to Photo paper-Matte. Print the number of wedding programs you need on vellum paper.
- Fold the wedding program into an accordion. Lay the program in a landscape position with the text facing you. Start from either side and fold one inch of paper up towards you, and then fold it down another inch. Continue folding the paper up and down until you reach the end.
- Hold the accordion closed and use a hole punch to punch a hole approximately 1-½ inches from the bottom. Loop a ribbon through the hole punch and tie it to hold the fan together.
- Wrap approximately 1 by 4 inch fabric around the handle of the fan to hide the hole and ribbon. When you are at the end, use fabric glue to glue it down. Open the fan and spread it out. Make sure you can read the program, and see the text and design.