Templates for Rehearsal Dinner Invites & Wedding Programs & menus

Re: Templates for Rehearsal Dinner Invites & Wedding Programs & menus

• [Deleted User] member

  

  February 2014

  I found some nice invites at Michaels Craft Store that came with a template through their website (the company that made the paper) that I used for the rehersal dinner. I think I spent about $10 on those. They were simple cards about the size of an index card, I didn't include an RSVP card, just my phone number & email address for head count (wasn't sure if all SO would be able to make it)

  For my programs, I bought a kit which included a link to a website that had the template. If you want to do your own paper, check on Microsoft publisher for option to print a bulletion/flyer

  For my menu cards I got heavy stock paper from Office Max that had a little texture to it to add a little more dimesion and not seem so plain (my taste). I used Microsoft office I think and used the columns option to be able to do two menus per piece of paper, by using the column option it centered wording very nicely. I then printed it & using a paper cutter I cut the sheets in half & then also cut the length on them to make them a better size for how we were using them. Then I had gone to the craft store & hit the scrap booking section and found a corner cutter/punch which I used on all four corners of the menu to give it more decorative & professional look. A few of my guests asked me if the venue provided them or if I had them printed up & they were shocked when I told them I did them myself. It took a lot of time because I picked a pretty fancy corner design & if you mess up one corner, the whole piece was ruined, but they looked wonder.

  A key to doing this all yourself too is make sure you have a fresh ink cartridge in your printer so the color is solid & bold and use fonts that are easy to read. Good luck, hope this helps.

   

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• vmj23 member

  

  February 2014

   Not free, but I've bought templates on etsy for $8 each then printed them myself on cardstock. 

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• mrsbanany member

  

  February 2014

  Staples sells program/menu templates. I can't remember how much they cost but you print them at home and they come with a free template so they are definitely cheaper than paying to have them printed elsewhere. You go online and they give you a blank word document with sample writing and margins so all you have to do is change the wording and you know it will fit on the paper they gave you nicely because the margins are already set.  So it should only cost you the price of the card stock from Staples (less than $20/package 50 programs) and the cost of the ink.  

  
  

  I used these to make programs for my FI's sister's wedding and they were super easy to do. We just googled wedding programs and kind of mixed and matched the wording that we liked.  It was so easy and really cost effective, I totally recommend it if you want to DIY or are on a budget. 

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• soontobemrsbuccheri member

  

  February 2014

  Thank you thank you thank you! I plan to hit up Michaels and Staples (and ACMoore/Joann's) to see if I can find anything I like.  We printed our own invites from invite kits from Joann's.  I may just go the route of getting pretty card stock to do the menus....the programs may be from a kit and same with the rehearsal dinner invites.  I'm going to my mom's today and hopefully she'll have some sort of ideas....fingers crossed.

  
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• manateehugger member

  

  February 2014

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