Today it is fashionable to organize wedding ceremonies in a non-standard way, in a variety of styles. Responsible couples think through the theme of the celebration down to the smallest details. Making and sending out invitations is an important part of preparing for any wedding, be it in a classic style or any non-trivial design.
Invitations in the form of a scroll, which you can make yourself, are an excellent alternative to the usual cards. They fit into different concepts of wedding ceremonies: traditional, Provence style, eco-wedding, rustic celebration, pirate or other adventure wedding.
The most suitable option for a wedding in a retro style is also a “scroll” wedding invitation. You can find the design and text template below. Made on vintage or artificially aged paper, mysterious and enigmatic, such cards will immediately intrigue guests.
Contents and timing
A wedding invitation in the form of a scroll is a business card for your holiday, containing the primary and most important information for guests. Even if the invitees do not know you closely, having received symbolic letters, they will understand that you are an extraordinary, creative couple. This means you need to go to your celebration properly prepared!
Invitations are usually sent out 2-3 weeks before the wedding. If the planned guests live in another city, then it is better to invite them a month or a month and a half in advance (depending on the remoteness of their place of residence). If the wedding is scheduled for the summer, you can send cards even earlier, since many people plan their summer vacations in advance.
Attending a wedding is a very important event that requires preparation. Guests need to plan a budget, purchase tickets (for out-of-towners), choose suitable outfits, and prepare a gift.
How to make invitations using templates
Invitation templates are an easy way to create a template for a scroll. Because sheets on rolls can be processed or not, there are different styles of invitations.
To begin with, templates make it easy to create standardized invitations - the fields are already lined up and the general text is written. All that remains is to enter the names of the guests, newlyweds and details of the holiday.
The scroll is ideal for an invitation to a pirate or rustic wedding. Therefore, when aging with coffee, templates containing thematic texts are ideal.
All the decorative elements that serve as decorations are already drawn on the templates. There is no need to figure out how to decorate the text.
If the invitation is planned in color, then it is simply printed on a suitable printer, manually entering the necessary information. When the newlyweds understand the fonts, they can select the one in which the text is written and enter their meanings in the empty fields.
Designer
Invitations can also be made in more classic versions. Scrolls made of paper in pastel shades, decorated with lace, ribbons, beads, artificial flowers - such cards look gentle and at the same time unconventional. Tamara Gavrilova
If your event has a dress code, be sure to note this on your invitations. In case of a crowded wedding, indicate the guest's place at the table in the cards - this will make the seating process more organized. And make the landing cards in the same style as the invitations.
Mailing methods
If you choose to design invitations in the form of scrolls, be prepared for some difficulties when sending them out. Traditional mail in this case is not the best option - it is problematic to place the scrolls in a standard envelope. They are not packaged at all or placed in special boxes or tubes. The most suitable ways to send scrolls:
- Deliver it and hand it in person. The most reliable and fastest option, however, unacceptable for guests from other localities.
- Transfer by messenger. If the wedding is stylistic, then you can be creative in the delivery of invitations. Surprise your friends and family with a pirate messenger or a messenger from the times of the Russian Tsars. Having received a scroll from the hands of such a “postman”, your guests will definitely not forget about your celebration.
- Courier service. Convenient if necessary to deliver postcards to out-of-town guests. Make sure that the courier delivers the invitation directly to the recipient. Self-pickup in this case is incorrect.
If it is not financially possible to send scroll invitations to guests outside your locality, do not be discouraged. Prepare traditional invitations and send them by Russian Post or by email - a creative and convenient solution.
DIY scroll invitation
Such invitations are extremely relevant; they look original and unusual. Guests will definitely appreciate the handmade scroll work. But in order for these wedding attributes to make the right impression, you should take care of their neat appearance, and the design should correspond to the original idea. To be on the safe side, seek help from specialists who will bring the idea for your invitations to life.
However, creating such products for a wedding is quite within the capabilities of ordinary people who do not have special skills and abilities. Thanks to the step-by-step instructions below, you will be able to make unusual invitations from scrap materials without spending a lot of time on it. This way you will save money and create stylish items for your wedding yourself!
What you will need: materials and tools
It is possible to make a scroll invitation for a wedding in different ways. For the procedure, you need to find available materials, which every housewife probably has at home, so there is no great need to purchase many additional items. You can also get creative and make a wax seal for your wedding scroll, for example. It's simple, but will require the purchase of additional funds. To create a wedding scroll we will need the following materials and tools:
- Paper (regular A-4, preferably thicker, like for drawing/author's paper, preferably similar to fabric/kraft paper - brown wrapping paper, thick, sold in office supply or construction stores).
- Black pen or printer.
- Candle, matches or distress ink (black or gold).
- Corrugated night lights.
- Silicone imprint (optional, for decoration).
- Coffee or tea, spices (cinnamon, vanilla or other aromatic spices).
- Sealing wax (preferably a special wax gun with rods).
- Imprint (custom or homemade).
- Twine, satin ribbon, lace or golden thread.
- Brush for applying paint.
Which of this you will need depends on what kind of wedding invitation in the form of a scroll you want to create - “expensive” golden, as close as possible to an antique, decorative, “a la antiquity”, as well as on the degree of its naturalness. Optimally inexpensive set: stationery paper, coffee (or tea), candle, rope for tying the scroll, black pen.
How to age scroll paper
Invitation paper is aged in several ways:
- If you don't want to bother with aging, buy kraft packaging paper. It is dense and dark, similar to an ancient one when rolled up.
- If you want to make your own aged invitation paper, take an A-4 piece of paper, crumple it, straighten it, and then place it in the tray. Brew strong coffee or tea (about 4 tea bags or 2 tablespoons of loose leaf tea) and pour this liquid over the paper. Leave it there for a few minutes to half an hour until it turns the desired color. You cannot dry paper by placing it under a press, because... During drying, the newspaper on which the colored invitation scroll will lie will absorb the color along with the moisture, and therefore the sheet on this side will be pale. This is only valid for the inside of the scroll.
- To ensure that the invitation sheets are not uniform and have many stains, do not forget to crumple them before coloring. You can also place a few instant coffee granules on a still wet sheet.
- If you want the wedding scroll paper to be not only colored, but also fragrant, add a little cinnamon, vanilla or other spices to the coloring liquid. It can be fragrant from the very beginning - for this you need to order such sheets at a stationery store.
Burning the edges
Burning the edges of previously painted and dried paper is necessary in order to give the invitations a believably aged look. The feeling of aging of the edges of the scroll is achieved without scorching - with the help of special paint. To make the edges of your invitation appear frayed, choose one of the following methods:
- Light a candle and carefully hold the edges of the previously painted invitation to the flame. Quickly trace along the outline of the sheets. You should get a uniform scorched line. Before you start scorching your invitations, try it on a scrap piece of paper first to get an idea of how long to hold it over the fire. If you hold the sheet at the wrong angle to the flame, it may become smoky, which is not desirable.
- Light the candle, bring the invitation to the corner and hold it until it lights. Immediately put it out on the candlestick. Process all edges this way. A sheet burned in this way will look very natural. To make a wedding scroll invitation smell smoky, it needs to be painted before scorching.
- You can give sheets a scorched look without burning them by coloring them with black distress ink for vintage photographs. You can purchase them at a stationery or photo store. The invitation is torn off at the edges, and then shaded with this paint from the ends.
- To make the wedding scroll invitation not old, but expensive, do not tear off the edges, but carefully go over it with relief scissors and shade it with golden distress paint. It will be easy to give a festive look to craft paper processed this way.
Manufacturing instructions
Whether you make invitation scrolls yourself or contact a master is up to you. To make wedding invitations in the form of a scroll according to a template, no special skills are required; there are many detailed instructions, master classes, and video lessons. It will not be difficult to select the necessary materials - you will find them in any craft store.
Useful video: mastering the vintage style
Here is one of the options for a DIY wedding invitation - a scroll. Vintage-style templates, of course, can also be found on the Internet. But it’s more interesting to try to do the work yourself. How exactly is described in the video below.
What you will need:
- A4 sheets;
- Printer;
- instant coffee;
- solution container;
- hair dryer;
- twine;
- candle;
- sealing wax;
- wax seal.
Features of creation
- Print the invitation text on white sheets. Place 2 invitations on A4 format. Print them out and cut them. Print the word “Invitation” on the back.
- Prepare paper tags with the names of the guests.
- Now you need to “age” the paper. In a large bowl, dissolve the coffee in warm water (the liquid should be rich in color). Completely dip each piece into the solution (one at a time), and hold them in the bowl for about a minute.
- You can add vanillin and cinnamon to the solution, then the scrolls will have a pleasant aroma. Remove them from the bowl carefully, trying not to damage them. Place on the surface and dry with a hairdryer.
- After the scrolls and labels have dried, burn the edges with a candle; they should become charred.
- Use a hole punch to make a hole in the corner of each tag.
- Roll the invitations into tubes. Cut the twine into small pieces. Thread pieces of thread through the tags and tie the resulting scroll with it.
- Fill the tails of the twine with sealing wax and seal them. Wait for the sealing wax to cool. The invitations are ready!
If you prefer elegance and restraint, do not use abundant decor. Make scrolls from thick high-quality paper, possibly with gold or silver embossing, tie them with a plain ribbon of a noble color (for example, dark blue).
Wedding invitations in the form of scrolls can be packed in elegant boxes designed in the same style as the cards. Or place tube letters in beautiful bags.
The font used for the text of the scrolls should resemble handwriting, capital, and be calligraphic. The modern electronic office provides a wide selection of beautiful antique fonts. By the way, you can read more about writing text for postcards here.
As you have seen, it is not difficult to make a wedding invitation with your own hands - the “scroll” is easily obeyed even by unprofessional hands.
Wedding invitations in the form of a scroll on antique paper
- Place A4 sheet on a baking sheet
- 1 tbsp. randomly scatter instant coffee onto paper
- Leave for 3 minutes
- Blot the sheet with a damp paper towel
- Dry the paper outdoors in the sun (take care against the wind)
Summary
Such cards will always compare favorably with the usual cards and will fit into the concept of almost any wedding. Show your imagination and don’t be afraid to embody your wildest ideas when designing scrolls - as they say, paper will endure anything. And guests will be pleasantly surprised by such a sensitive attitude towards each of them and a creative approach to organizing the holiday.
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A wedding invitation should delight guests not only with its appearance.
You can make unique invitations using good chocolate bars. The text of the invitation can be written on a separate sheet of paper (card) and attached to a chocolate bar, but young people often order special packaging for sweet invitations. The invitation and address to the guests is written on the chocolate wrapper.
Of course, the chocolate will be eaten, but the paper in which the sweet bar was packed will remain as a keepsake.
Such an invitation will remind you of the sweetest holiday where guests managed to have a lot of fun.
