Invitations - Take 1

It's a hot and sticky day here so I took advantage of that by staying in and doing some experiments with paper and glue. I said in the previous post that I was going to use Illustrator to do the layout for the invitations, turns out there is an error with the system and I can't save or print anything. So! Saving the graphic as a png I went to trusty Word. Many people hate Word but once you learn how to manipulate it to do what you want it can be quite useful.

I looked at a lot of blogs and websites to see what I liked and the effect that I wanted. Here is trial 1!

Here's the front, the ribbon goes all the way round and will keep all inserts (directions, places to stay, registry details) inside the card. Keep in mind that the paper and red card I used isn't great quality and I used a crappy paper cutter to get a straight line, the glue is craft glue which is why it's bumpy, but once I settle on a design I will get better card, paper, cutter and glue. The front bit has the same icon as in the front (close up of it later) and our names on it. I might just leave the icon and take off the names, or put initials.

In the inside I stuck the main part of the invitation to one side. Obvously some of the details aren't decided on yet and I have to settle on the correct wording. You can see the ribbon that will keep all inserts together in the card, they will be printed on proper paper and glued onto red card (like the thing on the front)

Here's a close-up of the icon that features on the inside and cover. It's the same red as the text but with 50% opacity. I found the font ages ago online, it's called Jane Austen, for this trial I used it throughout the whole invitation but I might limit it's use because of readability.