We provide everything you need to make your own invitations that look professionally made, including our luxurious earth-friendly papers and envelopes, unique embellishments, plus easy instructions with paper guides and free printable wedding invitations templates you can download below. View our recommended wedding invitations or mix and match to create your own design. As colors may vary from your monitor, we recommend ordering wedding invitations samples. Click for helpful wedding invitations info to help in the process of selecting, ordering and mailing your announcements.

Create printed overlay with our free wedding invitations templates, or hire a calligrapher to create the master, then photocopy onto overlay.

Print onto Overlay Paper

The text for our layered wedding invitations will be printed or copied onto 8.5"x11" overlay paper, the standard sized sheets are provided for ease of printing (small pre-cut overlays would be very difficult to setup and feed correctly). Each sheet will provide four 4.25"x5.5" overlays. Choose from translucent vellum to reveal the background card underneath or crisp opaque white to contrast the darker background cards. Either overlay will print on most printers; however, the vellum is made specifically for inkjets, laser printers and copiers. We recommend ordering a sample to test and purchasing water resistant ink jet ink or using a laser printer or copier, for better durability. Click to download our wedding invitation templates from list below:

Document settings:

Our wedding invitations templates are formatted as shown below. The overlay is setup for 11 lines of text using 29pt line spacing...the first line is blank to adjust for the embellishments requiring holes. You may need to make adjustments depending on length of wording and the embellishment chosen.

3.25 " width 4.5" height 1" width 4.5" height   3.25" width 4.5" height 3.25 width 1" height   3.25 width 1" height 3.25" width 4.5" height 1" width 4.5" height 3.25" width 4.5" height

Change wedding invitations wording as desired and experiment with different typefaces to get the look you want. Be sure to print on test paper before printing on the overlay. Cut as indicated on paper template (exactly in half vertically and horizontally), use a paper trimmer or cutter for best results.

Attaching the embellishment to your wedding invitation

Fine Paper Sash and Belted Invitations: Attach the white overlay to the background card with two paper thin glue dots or extra strength, acid free glue stick. Wrap the sash around the card and seal in back with included Super Adhesive Dot.

 

Decorative Brad Invitations: Punch holes in the overlay and background as shown on the provided template. Put ends of brad through holes from front and open tabs on back.

 

Faux Wax Seals: Our faux wax seals are made of a unique material that looks and feels like wax, though it will not crack or break and is safe to mail, unlike traditional wax. Attach overlay to background card with glue dots or extra strength, acid free glue stick if desired. Peel off wax seal from backing and attach included Super Adhesive Dot, for permanent bonding, to back of seal and press onto overlay and background card.

 

Satin Short Tie Invitations: Punch holes in the overlay and background as shown on the provided template. Cut the ribbon in 7" lengths on an angle, thread ends from the front to back, cross ribbon and thread through the opposite hole from the back to the front. Pull the ends and trim.

 

Sheer Ribbon Bow Tie with Metal Charm: Punch holes in the overlay and background as shown on the provided template. Use the provided white wire to attach charm by shaping in a "V", threading charm, then inserting wire ends from the front to back and twist. Cut the ribbon in 14" lengths on an angle, thread ends from the back to the front, tie, adjust bow and trim ends.

 

Skeleton Leaf with Unryu Sash Invitations: Attach the white overlay to the contrasting background card with two paper thin glue dots or extra strength acid free glue stick. Wrap the sash around the card and seal in back with included Super Adhesive Dot. Tuck skeleton leaf between sash and overlay.

Miniature Silk Flower Invitations: Punch holes in the overlay and background as shown on the provided template, then simply bend wire stem in half and thread through holes from the front. If you do not want the stem to show pull flower through one of the holes, thread stem to front in opposite hole and wrap wire around the base of flower to hide, as shown below.

Sheer Ribbon Bow Tie Invitations: Punch holes in the overlay and background as shown on the provided template. Cut the ribbon in 14" lengths on an angle, thread ends from the back to the front, tie, adjust bow and trim ends.