03/02/2011
Purple Wedding Invitation Finally done!
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Wedding Invitation
Finally done!

Took quite a while to make 100 invitations myself. Especially since I decided to go with a hard design.

The black blocks were all cut & painted black, then I had to wrap each block in Turquoise blue LACE (The pic doesn't do the colour justice). Trust me, wrapping 200 little blocks in lace is no easy task.

Then 3 purple squares were cut in purple paper & the writing had to fit exactly in the square blocks.

The ribbon's had to be beautified with crystals & of course the whole invite had to be put together.

What a Job! Thank goodness for good friends to help out.

What do you think?
So far, everyone loves it. I'm so impressed with how it came out. Just a pity these pictures doesn't look the same as it does in real life.

The pics illustrate how it works. The little wrapped block is the first step, then when it's opened it opens like a accordion until you can see the whole invite. :-)
invitations, purple, turquoise, design, different, love.
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katertot
 |  Cary, NC, USA  |  03/02/2011  | 
Wow - thats incredible!
Great job!
justaboutwright's Purple wedding
justaboutwright
 |  Saint louis, MO, USA  |  03/02/2011  | 
Wow! That's really unique.....great job.

I just posted my DIY Pocketfold Invitation so I definitely know the work that goes into it!
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hashbrown
 |  London, ON, Canada  |  03/02/2011  | 
That is the coolest invitation ever!!!
elyiecia's Purple wedding
elyiecia
 |  Toronto, ON, Canada  |  03/02/2011  | 
They looks sooo amazing and well worth the time!!! Your potential guests are going to be "WOW'ed"
nandd2011's Blue wedding
nandd2011
 |  Waterloo, ON, Canada  |  03/02/2011  | 
great job! very original!
yuandmi's Blue wedding
yuandmi
 |  Toronto, ON, Canada  |  03/02/2011  | 
Wow, it's very original. You did a great job on your invites, they turned our amazing.
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fabulousbride2011
 |  Washington, DC, USA  |  03/02/2011  | 
Great Job
jynnibelle's Black wedding
jynnibelle
 |  Waseca, MN, USA  |  03/02/2011  | 
Okay I have to ask.. what did you use for the top and bottom parts? The blocks you wrapped in lace? My aunt made me one of these but made it as a photo album of sorts.. adhered pictures to the inside and she never did tell me what she used. I thought it was a kind of book board.. but I can't find anything around here in stores that would work and I wanted to make something like my aunt did for my family.
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rodrhonda4ever
 |  Sacramento, CA, USA  |  03/02/2011  | 
Definately unique and different! Yayyyy!!!!
enchantedbride's Purple wedding
enchantedbride
 |  Johannesburg, 06, South africa  |  03/03/2011  | 
Thank you so much girls! Wish you could all see it for real. The foto's don't do them justice. :-)
You are all making me feel much more confident. Thank you!!!

@jynnibelle. don't laugh. I used Paper boxes that I cut into squares & painted as I couldn't get cardboard that was think or hard enough. LOL
ammyrsa's Yellow wedding
ammyrsa
 |  Durban, 02, South africa  |  03/03/2011  | 
Oh nice, it came out beautifully...very difficult DIY indeed, you did well *thumbs up*
enchantedbride's Purple wedding
enchantedbride
 |  Johannesburg, 06, South africa  |  03/03/2011  | 
@ammyrsa. Thanks so much babe. You guys are so sweet.
jynnibelle's Black wedding
jynnibelle
 |  Waseca, MN, USA  |  03/03/2011  | 
very creative idea on the square blocks.. i never would've thought to do that. lol
spankalicous's Yellow wedding
spankalicous
 |  Chicago, IL, USA  |  03/05/2011  | 
cute
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leslie
 |  Carmel, IN, USA  |  08/01/2011  | 
this is gorgeous.  With this type of invitation how did you send an rsvp card (since there are no pockets) and how did you mail these.  Were they small enough to fit in a standard envelope? wonderful!
enchantedbride's Purple wedding
enchantedbride
 |  Johannesburg, 06, South africa  |  08/02/2011  | 
@leslie - I didn't have a rsvp slip but you can put one in as you fold it. They didn't quite fit in a standard envelope as they were too thik. I bought bubble wraped envelopes to post them.
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Jennifer_2014
 |  Reno, NV, USA  |  01/16/2012  | 
What kind of paper was used to make the inside part of the invitation?
enchantedbride's Purple wedding
enchantedbride
 |  Johannesburg, 06, South africa  |  01/17/2012  | 
I used cardboard that was between normal paper & cardboard. Normal cardboard would be too thik yet normal paper is too thin.
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Jennifer_2014
 |  Reno, NV, USA  |  01/29/2012  | 
Is there a name for the folding technique? Or do you have any directions on how to fold it? Is there a similar invitations that I could refer to?
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Jennifer_2014
 |  Reno, NV, USA  |  01/29/2012  | 
Okay, we were able to figure out the folding, last question... How were you able to write on the invitation? Did you hand write it or was it printed on the paper?
enchantedbride's Purple wedding
enchantedbride
 |  Johannesburg, 06, South africa  |  01/30/2012  | 
I'l try explain as best I can.

You'll need 3 A4 papers. Then you need to cut off the side so that you end up with 3 square pieces of paper. Messurements have to be exact.

I printed on the paper & then pasted from there.
Remember that because you turn the square paper you need to print scew so that it will be upright when you open it.

I did quite a few test pages to make sure that the text lines up & that everything looks nice & fits in.
Use normal paper to do your tests as you might have to do it a few times.

Good luck.
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