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CREATE Your Own Unique DIY Wedding Invitations Easily
Mar 4, 2025
Learn how to create your own beautiful wedding invitations with this tutorial. Making your own wedding invitations can be a fun and creative way to add a personal touch to your special day.
With a few simple materials and some basic design skills, you can create stunning and unique invitations that reflect your personal style. In this video, we'll show you the steps to create your own beautiful wedding invitations.
By creating your own wedding invitations, you can save money, add a personal touch, and make your wedding stationery truly unforgettable. So why not give it a try and create your own beautiful wedding invitations?
Link for Canva Wedding Invitation Template: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGeDCe7PUA/rJ74P6qCD5HKJdW_Uo-lsQ/view?utm_content=DAGeDCe7PUA&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink&mode=preview
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hi if you are planning your special day
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the first thing your guest see are the
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wedding invitations so let's make them
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special you don't need a huge budget you
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don't need to pay for professional
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printing I'm going to show you how to
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make your own they're really cute like
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this you can add any decoration you like
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the basic concept of the folder that you
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open
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up and there you've got all the
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information perfect
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so I'm going to show you exactly how I
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made these without any expensive
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crafting equipment it's all the basic
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supplies that you can pick up really
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inexpensively and Equipment you have at
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home already so let's get
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started these are supplies that you're
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going to need you're going to want some
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ribbon I'll talk to you in a little
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while about how much because it depends
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on the size of your
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invitations you're going to need some
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card to make the actual folder it
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doesn't need to be really thick but I
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don't think paper sufficient
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and it's going to fold in two places so
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just make sure you get some card that
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you're happy with now I'm working all A4
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obviously you're using whatever size
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you've got and then you want your actual
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invitation now this here is available as
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a template on canva so you can get the
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one I've used and edit it so I will put
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the link in the description below and on
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the screen but you don't need to use
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that you can do whatever you like but
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you are going to need some way of
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getting all that information and getting
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it in into your folder so now we know
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what we're doing let's get started so
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the first thing you're going to have is
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the actual invitation now however you've
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done this you've got a certain size and
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you've got a certain style and design so
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you're going to make it print it off and
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cut it out and it's important it's got
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all your information on it and that
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you've thought about the theme of your
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wedding because you want to make sure
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you're in ations match the theme of your
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special day and then once you've got
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that we can think about making the
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folder to go around it you also need to
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be thinking size right from the
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beginning you want this to fit in your
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envelopes that you've got
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planned so let's get started with that I
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have cut mine out as if by Magic and I'm
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now going to place them now I'm using a
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piece of A4 card so that limits me but
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I'm also thinking envelope size now I've
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got some en Vel opes that are 5 in by 7
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in so I'm going to be thinking long and
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hard about making sure it fits and you
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can see how these are going to go
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leaving that point at the
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top so I'm just going to have a little
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think and a mark out now it's too wide
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it looks too wide and it's too wide for
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my envelopes so 17 in really 17
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cm is the width of my envelopes just 7
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in if I make them that wide they will
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not fit in so I'm going 16 and 1/2 CM
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wide so that 3d effect will not be a
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problem so I'm making a note going to be
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16 1/2 CM wide and I now need to think
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about the position of those and how big
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that flap's going to be on the top now
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how big it is doesn't matter but
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obviously it needs to be enough to not
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be so short it doesn't really work so
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I'm just putting my ruler there having a
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feel I think we're going to go for 24
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cm and then the flap will be on the bit
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at the
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top so what I won't do is put the fold
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halfway up that 24
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cm because if I do it won't fold up very
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well so I'm probably going to go 11.8 CM
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i e just a little bit less than half so
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that when it folds up it fits under the
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flap really well and I always make a
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note of these things and I do recommend
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that it's just getting you to think
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about it and then not have to think
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about it again so obviously the point at
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the top is just going to be halfway
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along and you can see I've already
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marked it out and then I've cut it out
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with a thick piece of cardboard so this
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is my template and I can just draw
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around it on every single piece of card
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I've got some little Nicks there for
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where the fold's going to be so you can
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mark that and you can mark the center of
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the hole at the top
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and then you know where you're
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punching so just draw around Make Your
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Mark it's just going to make it so much
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easier you're going to get them all the
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same now would say do one all the way
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through don't print them all off don't
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make all 40 however many you need do one
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and when we've done one adjust it to
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whatever you really wanted when you
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realize it's not quite right and then go
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again so you cut that out out and you've
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got your folder and I would recommend at
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that point punching the hole but you'll
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see in a minute I didn't so this is one
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that I'd done earlier and that's why
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it's not got it hole punched it was just
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so that we had one ready now I would
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normally use a single hole punch like
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this but mine's not working properly and
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loads of people don't have one anyway so
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what you can do is take an ordinary
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double hole punch that you'd use for
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paper that you've probably got from
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office supplies
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and use that but it's harder you've got
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to make sure you line it up really
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carefully now I'm not going to do it now
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cuz while I'm showing you it's really
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hard for me to get my head in the right
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place the next thing is to think about
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the folds now you want to score them
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don't just start trying to fold so mark
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this if you haven't already from your
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template mark it at the height you want
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it and Mark it at both
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sides and then you're going to score it
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now you can either get a r ruler and run
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a pair of scissors along the edge of the
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ruler and that'll just give you a nice
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little score
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line or if you're lucky enough to have
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access to one you can use a scoring
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board like this one now I borrowed it
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for wedding invitations we were making
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cuz I don't have one maybe that's an
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investment I should be making and if
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you've got one of these you just run
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along with the scoring tool and you get
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beautiful bends every time and there you
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can see it just folds up
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l so we can start assembling it we know
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all our Dimensions we've made it
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according to it check it fits in the
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envelope I haven't shown you that but
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check it fits and then you can see how
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these are going to
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go very pretty but don't stick them down
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just yet we need to get that ribbon in
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place so I'm just going to put those to
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one side and get my ribbon so you need a
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piece of ribbon that's long enough that
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it can come back together through the
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hole in the center of the flap and form
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a bow and the best way of doing it is to
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just keep practicing mine's 85 CM now I
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know I normally work in inches and all
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of this is in cenm but this is how we
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were working at our house so that's how
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it is and just glue that ribbon in place
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in the middle you'll see I'm using tacky
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glue it really doesn't matter but
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whatever glue you're using don't use too
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much you don't want to make your card
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all soft and wibbly and start
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bending so the next thing is to put that
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top part of your
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invitation over the
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ribbon and just make sure you get glue
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close enough to the edge that it's going
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to stick down well but not so close it
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squeezes out if any does squeeze out
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just get a bit of kitchen paper and wipe
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it off quickly you don't want any on the
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front cuz it could smudge it and make a
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right mess so then position it so you're
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going really for Central I was told by a
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graphic designer a long time ago and I
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do mean a long time ago that your Gap
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above a picture should be slightly
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smaller than the Gap below a picture
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when you're sticking it in like this but
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Central is just fine and
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dandy and then make sure it's sticking
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down
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flat do the same with the other half now
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when you've got both stuck on I do
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recommend placing it under a heavy book
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or something similar just just so it
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sticks nice and flat and you don't get
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any warping if you haven't got time
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don't worry but if you have it's a good
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idea and then you could add any
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embellishments if you want to add some
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little flowers or beads or sequins or
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any other details in there just glue
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them in place I'm going to glue Two
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Little Flowers on just to add that extra
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special
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touch and I've got to say I do think
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sticking extra bits on does make a real
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difference especially if you don't put
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too much on just enough and I've
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magically punched the hole as well
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you'll see not quite in the
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middle and then it's up to you if you
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want to decorate the outside at all
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obviously you can use rubber stamps you
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can use stickers you can use anything
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you like and then it's a case of folding
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it down fasten it up with the ribbon and
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then if you're going to add something
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you can do it then you can see exactly
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what space you've got so you've seen
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I've got a little flower that I'm going
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to attach
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just teing my bow people can tie
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beautiful bows and I can't so I tend not
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to I must confess on the ones we were
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doing I didn't tie any of the bows that
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was not my area of
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expertise um perhaps we need a video on
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how to tie a bow and I need to be
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watching the video so I hope you're
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enjoying this and if you are please give
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it a thumbs up so it spreads to more
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people and lots of people can make their
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own wedding
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invitations and then you can now see
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what it's going to be like so like I'm
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going to attach the flower to the bottom
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corner and you know feel free little
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seals on them stickers on them draw on
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them write on them depends how artistic
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and creative you are oh that hasn't
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stuck down very well you'll notice I'm
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just adding glue right to the center so
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it keeps its 3d effect and if it's not
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sticking down you can just use something
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to hold the center so I'm just using the
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end of a pencil nothing flash tool wise
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and there you go you're all finished and
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once you're happy with it fits the
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envelope go ahead and make them
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all I hope you enjoyed making your
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wedding invitations and if you're still
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looking for more things how about video
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that's on the screen which is going to
10:47
show you how to make confetti cones and
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enjoy your special day
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