Fall Wedding Invitations

These invitations are quite simple to make. All you need to make them is some card stock, colored paper, and a leave shaped paper punch! Change up the colors to match whatever your fall or autumn wedding colors may be.

Materials needed to make these fall wedding invitations:
8 1/2 by 11" card stock
colored or decorative paper
maple leaf paper punch
glue stick or craft glue

Step One: Getting the wedding invitation words onto the paper. When making the text for these fall wedding invitations I used desktop publishing software to set up 2 invitations to a page on an 8 1/2" by 11" document.
If you are not familiar with desktop publishing software you can certainly use a word processing program as well. What you will need to do is have your card stock cut to size before you print onto it. When using the word processor set up the document so that the page's dimensions are 5 1/2" width by 8 1/2" length. Make the margins on the left and bottom larger than the rest (about an inch to an inch and a half). Type and center the text and simply print it onto the card stock.
When using a desktop publishing program you will need to print onto full card stock and then cut the paper in half afterwards
A good alternative to using your computer printer (and using up all the toner) is to visit your local copy shop. The copies come out a lot better than you would think (trust me, no-one will know the difference) and it is inexpensive. It will save you time and money. Also you can enlist their paper cutting services to ensure a perfect even cut for every invitation.

Step Two: Cutting the paper. Well as I said above (in step one) it is easy enough to simply go to a local copy or print shop and have the paper cut in half for you. But if you are looking to save even more money you can certainly cut them yourself. I would recommend that if you do not already have one invest in a good guillotine or sliding hand paper cutter

Step Three: Using a paper punch. I decided to go with a maple leaf shaped punch. You could also go with something like apples or pumpkins. Or even a mixture of these shapes. (For more info on paper punches go here...)
I punched the maple leaf shapes out of orange tissue paper. Get creative with it. You could use tissue paper like me or go a step further and use a decorative paper. You can switch up the colors as well or add some color. Like for example I could have used orange and red.

Step Four: Making the finishing touches to the fall wedding invitations. All that need be done is add the paper punch decorations. You can either use a good glue stick to adhere them or use some craft glue.
If you use a glue stick I would recommend applying the glue directly to the card stock and then attaching the shapes to it. With craft glue you may want to apply a very thin layer to the back of the shapes using a small paint brush.
Make the shapes appear to be in a kind of swirling pattern. I attached the maple leaves to my invitations by turning and twisting them in many different directions. The goal was to make them look as if an autumn wind was sweeping them around.

More tips and ideas to make your own fall wedding invitations...

* Instead of tissue or plain colored paper try using a paper with an interesting pattern on it

* Go a step further in decorating the invitations by adding a thin satin ribbon tied into a bow across the top or down one side.

* Mix and match a few different colors and shapes to make an entirely different invitation in this same style.

How to print onto blank invitations

Using paper punches to decorate your invitations

Order custom text templates or custom printable wedding maps

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