DIY Wedding Stationery

DIY is an easy way to get the wedding stationery you love for half the price (when compared to our standard price for 20-50). All our designs are available DIY so choose your favourite and get going.

What do I get with DIY?

Everything you need is provided. The outer card with the design you have chosen, the insert paper already cut to size, envelopes and either a glue roller, trims or ribbon. The ribbons come in all kinds of colours, click to view ribbon colours. We include a few extra insert sheets so you can do tests. The ribbon is provided on a roll. Glue is provided for orders where the stationery will remain plain (without a ribbon or trim). Our templates are all here on this page and include suggested wordings for you to follow.

These templates are 'Word' documents which have been set to the correct paper size and with the text positioned to print in the appropriate position. Slide the feeder tray guides on your printer to the narrower size (126mm) and the paper will then feed through an A4 printer.

How do I do DIY?

All our designs are available DIY so choose any of our designs, even our personalised designs come as DIY. Click to browse designs. When you receive your samples you will see that there is an insert sheet inside the invites. It is this page that you print yourself. When you order the paper is already cut to the right size, all you do is type your own details into our template and print! Then just fold and slip the insert into the outer card and either stick it in if you are having your card plain, or hold it in place with your ribbon or trim.

Can I change the fonts and colours on the templates?

The template is simply a word document that has been sized to match the insert papers we supply. It has sample wording on it that has been positioned to print in just the right place. You can play around with fonts and if you like one that we use which isn't on your computer, give us a call and we'll give you it's name. Many fonts can be downloaded for free or purchased for a small cost. Type 'fonts' into your search engine. You are in charge of the design now, so once you have chosen your font you can play around with colours until you are completely happy. You may want to keep the main text a neutral colour like black or grey and go for colour in your names or have contrasting colours, it is up to you! For more wording suggestions click here.

Will I be able to print on my home printer?

The insert paper is already cut to size and is narrower than A4, you just have to slide the feeder tray guides in. Every sample we send out has an example of how your wording could look. Give it a go yourself before you order. Take the samples we send you and pull the inside page out, then use the template to print onto it. Does it work? Great, now you know you can do it! If not, give us a call, there must be a reason, so we will talk it through with you. Alternatively cut a piece of paper to our insert size; 126mm x 252mm (size for invites/save date/thank you) and try printing the template onto that. Order of service/order of the day and menus are 146x288mm. Once you order, remember to do a test before you print your whole order to make sure the positioning is correct as settings can vary on different printers. Some of our specialist papers don't print on Ink Jet printers, that's why we check which type of printer you are using when you order. We can then insure you get papers suitable for your printer.

Is tying ribbons easy?

The Eco and Satin ribbons are very simple, just tie them around the card and do a double knot! The organza bows are more complicated, but you soon get the hang of it! It is just like tying a shoelace, again tie around the card, start with a knot then keeping your finger firmly on it, make a loop. Fold the other end under the first loop to create another loop and pull firmly. Come on, you remember- just the same as tying your shoelaces! We cut our ribbons to about a 45cm length to tie around invites, save the date cards and thank yous. Finish by trimming the ends in a 'v' so that they don't fray. If all that is too involved, why not go for a metallic trim or keep your stationery plain?

Can I get the ribbons already tied?

Yep! We can provide you with the ribbons already tied. This is an extra cost but it does mean that you can just slip them straight onto the cards. The ribbon needs to be tight so you can't just slide them on to the cards. Instead, slightly bend the card in your hand so that it is an arc shape and then slide the ribbon on and into place. Once you release the card into a flat position, the ribbon will be tight so it holds the insert in place.

What if I am having a design that has my names on the front?

You will still have the outer card printed by us, complete with your own names and wedding date. You just print the insert page yourselves and tie the ribbons.

What if I want more info within my invites?

By ordering some extra insert pages you will get all your extra information to fit neatly within your invitations.

What about addressing envelopes?

If you don't fancy writing all your guests addresses out by hand but would prefer not to stick a white address label onto them and spoil the look, we can supply clear address labels. That way you can print your addresses onto them via word but still have an envelope worthy of your wedding invitation. There are 21 labels per sheet and we are happy for you to buy them by the sheet, so you don't need to over order.

How about printing Order of Service?

This is the most complicated item to get right as there is a lot of information within an order of service booklet, plus you will need to print onto both sides of the page. Take a look at our sample pdf and the template to get an idea of how it is done. To put your order of service booklet together you would need a saddle stapler, the ribbon is not enough to hold this item together because there will be more than one page to be turned and read. Your ribbon will tie around the front as decoration but it is the staples that will be holding the pages in place. If you can't get hold of a stapler long enough (it will need to reach 15cm) then you can always go for our metallic trims. These will remove the need for staples and happily hold all your order of service pages in place.

Three or Four page order of service

Using your word template to set the text in the correct position: (Using 1 sheet of insert paper)

Print page one onto your insert paper then turn this over and print page two and three onto the back of page one.
If you have a page four, print this onto the same side as page one.
Fold the insert sheet into the outer card. If your order of service is only three pages long, you will be able to stick the insert pages into the outer card, as the back page will not need to be read.
If you have a fourth page of text, you will need to staple the insert sheet into the outer card using a saddle stapler, so that the text on the fourth page can be read.

Eight page Order of Service

Using your word template to set the text in the correct position: (Using 2 sheets of insert paper)

1/ Print page one onto your first sheet of insert paper then turn this over and print page two onto the back of page one.
If you have page seven, print this onto the same side as page two.
If you have page eight, print this onto the same side as page one.

2/ Print pages six and three onto the second sheet of insert paper, turn this sheet over and print pages four and five onto the back of pages six and three.

So therefore you will have:

Insert 1 - Page 1 and 8 on one side, Page 2 and 7 on the reverse
Insert 2 - Page 3 and 6 on one side, Page 4 and 5 on the reverse

When you think you have all your text in the correct order, please print a test sample, fold it into a booklet, staple it and dress it (i.e. add a ribbon or trim) to make sure that the order of the pages is correct and you are able to read all the pages of text.

3/ Fold the insert sheet into the outer card. Lastly, using a saddle stapler you will have to staple the insert pages into the outer card and then dress with your ribbon. The ribbon needs to be placed around the outer card only, so that the text on pages three and four can still be easily read.

For the eight page order of service, we would strongly recommend using our metallic trims, as the trim holds the pages together without any need for stapling.

To personalise your insert further, create your names, wedding date and venue in your theme colours as a title page.

Please ensure you print some test sheets and check the position of the text on each page very carefully, as we are not able to guarantee the accuracy of the centring, as we cannot determine the settings/margins that your printer is set to.