10 Budget Ways to add a DIY WOW factor to 2023 Wedding Invites

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Have you seen these? Yes, personalised stamps are a thing, and you can use them for both making your wedding invite or for adding a return address on the wedding invitation envelopes. You can find a huge variety of custom rubber stamps on Etsy or have a look at all the ones we found here.

1. Get your Own Personalised Stamp

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Adding ribbon to your wedding invite is a gorgeous little extra and also the perfect way to keep all the other elements you are including together such as travel information, RSVP cards etc. Add a little tag for an extra special touch.

2. Put a Ribbon on it

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Make fancy corners or edges on your wedding invitations with a special punch or stamp cutter. They're available in a variety of different sizes and designs from craft stores and online. It's really easy to use, just give yourself a bit of time and make sure you have a good table and a steady hand (don't do it while tired or you'll end up with patterns that are off.)

3. Creative Edging with Punches

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It's been a while since handwriting classes in primary school, but if you want to make an impact with your invitations, start with addressing them perfectly (not in your own day-to-day scrawl!) Up your calligraphy game with one of the many calligraphy classes or DIY tutorials you can find online. Use your new skills to write your invites or do beautiful addresses on the envelope. Check out some amazing tutorials on Style Me Pretty, LCI Paper and tips from Bridal Musings.

4. Address your Invitations beautifully with Calligraphy

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A very easy way to recreate those beautiful watercolour invitations you see on pinterest -  create simple wedding invites and print them on watercolour paper. Give them a beautiful watercolour wash for an expensive arty effect! Don't overdo the watercolour or the paper will be misshapen. As always practise makes perfect. Find great DIY watercolour ideas on Minted.com, Something Turquoise and The Pretty Blog.

5. Add a Wash of Watercolour

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A nifty little trick that will make simple white invitations look very expensive is to add a touch of glam with a golden edge on either your invitations or envelopes. It's actually incredibly easy to do - you can find out how to do your own over on Something Turquoise,  Damask Love or 100 Layer Cake

6. Gild the Edges

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Perfect if you are a fan of the rustic wedding look, adding some twine and a custom kraft paper tag gives your invite the perfect personalised touch. Just like the ribbon it also serves the purpose of keeping all the other elements together inside the envelope.

7. Tie with Twine and Tags

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You can't help but smile when opening an envelope that has a pretty liner hidden inside. There are lots of DIY tutorials online on how to do your own but our favourites include these ones from Snippet and Ink, Evermine and Apartment Therapy

8. Add an Envelope Liner

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Take your envelopes from 'plain ole' to 'pretty wow" with a personalised embosser. It's a really subtle and elegant touch that won't escape your guests. Looks super expensive, but only you will know your secret! You can pick up custom monogram ones from Paper Source and Etsy.

9. Use an Embosser

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Nothing says olde worlde luxe more than a wax seal on the envelope of the wedding invitation. You can pick these up in specialist paper or craft stores as well as on Etsy. Before you embark on doing 100 of them at once, conveyor belt style, take a few minutes to practise - too much wax can look like a mess. Take the time to get it right and then you'll fly through them.

10. Seal it with Wax

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