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Handmade Wedding Invitations Contest 2009
Our Gallery of Handmade Wedding Invitations and Tutorials From Real Brides
For Spring/Summer 2009 we kicked off our very first Handmade Wedding Invitations Contest! We asked our readers to submit pictures and tutorials for their best handmade wedding invitation ideas for a chance to win some really cool prizes from our sponsors from Etsy.com
The Judges - Rebekah Anne and Ami Elizabeth from Elizabeth Anne Designs, Sara Cotner from the $2000 Budget Wedding, and Marsie Sweetland from Smartbride.net.
The Prizes - A $100 gift card to Penellibelle One-of-a-kind Custom Bridal Jewelry, A custom wedding poster from Unless Someone Like You, The Regal Romantic garter set from The Garter Lady, A $75.00 gift card to La Bella Jewels, A gorgeous wedding charm bracelet from Debb's Designs
1st prize winner: DIY Roasting Marshmallow Save-the-date Magnets by Kerrie in Lowell, MA
2nd prize winner: Eco-Flower Wedding Invitations by Devra in Brooklyn, NY
3rd prize winner: Pretty in Pink Hanging Wedding Invitations by Angelique in San Luis Obispo, CA
Random Drawings: Teal Ferrari in Van Buren, AR won the $75.00 gift card to La Bella Jewels, and Wendy Beatty won the wedding charm bracelet from Debb's Designs.
Contest Entries...
Scroll down to check out all of the great entries we received.
Fall Themed Wedding Invitations
My fiance and I are getting married Oct. 10th of this year and are doing a fall themed wedding. I wanted something different than all the other monogrammed,...
Message in a Bottle Destination Beach Wedding Invitation
My fiance and I are getting married in Lake Tahoe, NV this upcoming August :D
For our invitations, we wanted something that would really WOW everyone ...
High School Sweetheart Save The Dates
I made the photo inserts on Print Shop Software and saved it as a Jpeg. I had them printed 4x6 glossy prints. I trimmed them to 4x5 and hole punched ...
Simple Yet Elegant Wedding Invitation
My fiancee is American and I am Chinese so we wanted to combine both cultures into our wedding planning. Our wedding color is Red, which is traditional ...
An Old-Fashioned Kind of Love: hand drawn invitations
This was the ninth design that I went through, and the illustrations are completely drawn by hand (with India ink and a old-fashioned nib).
Our invitations ...
Pirate Wedding Invitation
We decided we wanted a non-tradition wedding and then set out to do a pirate wedding theme.
We used 24# parchment-like paper; each page was 5.5 x 8....
Elegant Black,Red and White Wedding Invitation
To make these invitations start off with a 6 X 6 piece of black card stock. Print the invitation information on white card stock and attach (I used double ...
DIY Roasting Marshmallow Save-the-date Magnets
We had a lot of fun doing this project and worked together through the whole process-from brainstorming to putting them in the mail.
Our wedding is ...
Asian and Southern Brunch Wedding Invitations
My fiance and I chose our colors based on our mutual love of peach roses (he's given them to me at every special occasion) and our wedding venue,...
Eco-Flower Wedding Invitations
These invitations are so easy, you can make them using nothing but a printer, a paper slicer, card stock, double stick tape, a rubber stamp, and ink. I ...
Red Toile Gatefold invitation
The invitation needed to fit in an A7 envelope so the completed invitation was 5x7.
I bought my red card stock from the local Michael's in 8.5 x 11 ...
Custom Silhouette Save-The-Dates
I haven't sent out invites yet, but I made these silhouettes in the exact same way you would do the invites.
First I took a photo of my fiancee in ...
DIY Copper, Midnight, & Fern Invitations
Supplies:
- 8 1/2" x 11" card stock in midnight blue from Papersource
- Copper Metallic card stock from Michaels
- Moss Metallic card stock from Scrapbooking ...
Handmade Paper Invitation
I bought this handmade paper from a fabulous Ebay seller, who makes these beautiful papers when she is not teaching art school. Then I printed my invitation ...
Pretty in Pink Hanging Wedding Invitations
Supplies used to make these wedding invitations:
* Card stock (solid darker color for backing, and white/ivory for invitation pieces)
* Fabric ...
Beach Destination Save-the-Dates
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These save-the-date cards are 5x7" and can be inserted into any A7 envelope. My fiance & I thought it would be great to send our guests a little gift for ...
Hand Painted Invitations
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Materials Needed for hand painted invitations:
Paper Stock (2 colors, one 4" square, one 4.25" square)
Printer
Hemp Rope (7lb rope)
Acrylic Paint ...
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