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Handmade And DIY Wedding Invitations Contest 2011

Handmade Wedding Invitations Ideas and Tutorials Submitted By Our Readers

Our Most Current Contests - we often hold invitation, cardmaking, and DIY wedding invitation contests. To check out our most current contest, view entries, or submit an entry check out our Invitations and Cardmaking Contest Page.

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DIY Wedding Invitations Contest

We asked our readers to show off their creative prowess to enter to win some amazing prizes by submitting their best handmade and DIY wedding invitations ideas and tutorials. Whether it be handmade down to the very last scrap of paper or a semi-homemade DIY by incorporating their own designs with some plain pocketfolds and crafty details.



We chose the top THREE most creative and stylish homemade invitations to win some fantastic prizes from some amazing Etsy Artists. So, without further ado...



The Judges

Our lovely panel of judges will decide who will become the top three winners. All of these ladies are experts when it comes to the DIY, Budget, and creative weddings. And our judges are:

  • Kym Stelmachers of BecomingTheMrs.com

  • Jessica Bishop of Thebudgetsavvybride.com

  • Lauren Donaldson of LaurenEliseCrafted and featured DIYer on Emmaline Bride



    The Prizes

    First Place Prize

    Custom Couture Wedding Album from Specht Couture Wedding Albums. The first prize winner will receive a large custom 9 x 12 wedding album created by Shelbye Specht of Specht Couture. These books are truly one of a kind creations, made by hand, all in one albums incorporating the guest book, wedding album, and scrapbook together as one book.


    Second Place Prize

    A Custom Calligraphy Package from Angelique, Ink. This second place prize package will include 50 envelopes hand addressed in your choice one of Angelique's original calligraphy styles, and 1 custom handwritten calligraphy return address stamp.


    Third Place Prize

    The third place prize package includes a gorgeous handmade ring bearer's pillow, a bridal sash, and a beautiful handmade bridal hair accessory from Avenue C of Etsy.com.


    Random Drawing Giveaway

    We also held a random drawing giveaway amongst all of the prize entries to win a custom design printable invitation map from Yours Truly! The winner of the random drawing will receive a custom map with up to 4 locations to place within their wedding invitation envelopes, or even use them for OOT guest bags! So even if our judges do not pick your DIY wedding invitation as the winner, you still have a chance at winning something!



    Our Winners!

    I asked each of our judges to give the best entries a score from 1-10 based on overall style, creativity, and originality. Those scores were then tallied up to determine our winners based on highest scores overall.

    Drumroll please...

    First Prize Winner: Keep Calm and Marry On by Jean Gismervik of New York, NY

    Second Prize Winner: Vintage Paper Airplanes Invitations by Stephanie Cisneros of Urbana, IL

    Third Prize Winner: Chic Beach Pocketfolds by Cory C. of Charleston, SC


    Congratulations Ladies! I'll be contacting each of you to claim your prizes.



    The Giveaway!

    As a bonus to the big competition we also held a random drawing giveaway amongst all of our contestants, to win a custom designed printable invitation map, courtesy of Do-it-yourself-invitations.com!

    All of the entries to the giveaway were assigned a number. We picked our giveaway winner's number using Random.org.

    And our giveaway winner is...

    #9 Amber from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Amber also entered her Sparkle Peacock Wedding Invitations into our competition. Congrats Amber!






    What Other Visitors Have Said

    Click below to see contributions from other visitors to this page...

    N'awlins Bound Pocketfold Invitation  starstarstarstarstar
    Materials and Supplies List

    1 - 12 x 12 Piece of Cardstock
    1 - 8 x 11 Piece of Cardstock in Coordinating Color
    1 - 12 x 12 Piece of Cardstock ...

    DIY Pocketfold Invitation for a Woodland Theme Wedding  starstarstarstarstar

    Invitation Measurements

    Main Invitation: 4.5" x 6.5"

    Pocket Inserts:
    Direction Card: 6.5" x 3.5"
    Reception Card: 5.375" (5 3/8) x 3.5"
    Response ...

    Simple Tiffany Box Wedding Invitation  starstarstarstarstar
    Supplies:

    • 8x11 Tiffany Blue Card Stock for the cards
    • 8x11 Silver Metallic Paper and Solid Aqua Paper from www.paperandmore.com
    • 8x11 White ...

    Rustic Chocolate invitations  starstarstarstarstar
    First, I hand-printed our invitations on cream-colored 110 lb paper with my own font and colors (chocolate and deep burgundy). The invitations measure ...

    Winter snow wedding theme   Not rated yet

    Supplies
    12x12 Royale Blue Cardstock
    Self-Adhesive Magnetic Tape
    Silver Ribbon
    Flat Snowflake Ornaments
    Snowflake Embellishments
    Craft ...

    Two little love birds  Not rated yet
    How I turned plain white invitations into a handmade work of art.

    1.) I purchased a packet of postcard paper from Office Max. This paper was perforated ...





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