How to Make My Own Engagement Invitations

Having a professional make your engagement invitations can be quite costly. The truth is, you can make engagement invitations that are just as good as a professional for less than half of the cost. When making your own engagement invitations, you also have the opportunity to be as creative as possible.

1. Get an idea of what you want your invitations to look like. Planning them out before starting the designing process is important.


2. Purchase card stock. This will be the invitation and you will print your design out on the card stock. You can find card stock at stores such as Staples.


3. Use a program such as Picnik to help you design your invitations. This program is free for basic features.


4. Create a border for your engagement invitations.


5. Insert a picture or clip art at the top of the invitation. If you are using clip art, you may want to use a picture of two wedding bands intertwined together. If you are using a picture, you should use one of you and your partner.


6. Put a beautiful quote under the picture or clip art. One good quote for engagement invitations is, "When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."


7. Insert important details under the quote. These details should include the date, time and location of the event.


8. Add another picture or clip art underneath the important details.


9. Print your finished design out onto the card stock. Print out as many invitations as you will need.


10. Add any embellishments that you think will look good on your invitations. These embellishments may include ribbon, rhinestones, and much more.