{"id":13241,"date":"2014-06-02T09:03:51","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T15:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/?p=13241"},"modified":"2014-05-30T14:45:32","modified_gmt":"2014-05-30T20:45:32","slug":"diy-invitation-ideas-for-small-weddings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/diy-invitation-ideas-for-small-weddings\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Invitation Ideas for Small Weddings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/Pretty-Petals-Fold-Up-Invitations\/-178682\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13261\" alt=\"Pretty Petals Fold-Up Invitations by PaperDirect\" src=\"\/blog\/media\/Pretty-Petals-Invitations-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/Pretty-Petals-Invitations-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/Pretty-Petals-Invitations-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/Pretty-Petals-Invitations-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/Pretty-Petals-Invitations.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Small, intimate weddings mean that you can put some extra details into your d\u00e9cor that would be too time-consuming or expensive for a wedding with hundreds of guests. That said, if you\u2019re planning to do special DIY invitations, you\u2019ll get gorgeous, custom results \u2014 just be sure to give yourself more time than you think you\u2019ll need so you won\u2019t add any wedding planning stress to your life.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Paper Direct\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/Wedding\/Make-Your-Own-Invitations\"> wedding supplies<\/a> will help you complete these DIY wedding invitation ideas that put an extra special touch on your small wedding.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">Pockets<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Who doesn\u2019t love a pocket?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Use them for you wedding invitations by folding a paper doily or stitching a slim fabric sleeve for your invitations. When you don\u2019t have a lot of invites to create, this adds an indulgent DIY touch of personality in your wedding colors. Just make sure that the outer envelope is large enough to accommodate the extra bulk!<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">Calligraphy<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">So you bought the perfect stationery that fits your wedding theme, but there\u2019s a problem: how do you label everything with handwriting that\u2019s elegant enough to match?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">If your normal handwriting doesn\u2019t look like a printing press or a pro calligrapher, consider a more budget-friendly tracing table (as long as your stationery is thin enough to allow light to pass through it). Just place a printed version of your label between the lit tracing table and your stationery or envelope and copy the perfect font into a handwritten detail.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">Seals<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Whimsy Heart Deluxe Embossed Seals by PaperDirect\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/000074423m-small.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">With a small wedding, you can go ahead and put a little extra polish into finishing yourwedding invitations. Paper Direct offers a variety of wedding-themed seals to add sophistication to your envelopes once they\u2019re ready to go. You can even choose one with your married initial for a custom look that doesn&#8217;t get in the way of the budget.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">These DIY invitation ideas for small wedding will take the design of your stationery and envelopes to the next level and make your special day especially personalized and memorable.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small, intimate weddings mean that you can put some extra details into your d\u00e9cor that would be too time-consuming or<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":13261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-invitations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13241"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13241"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13263,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13241\/revisions\/13263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}