Pretty in Pink Kitchen Tea DIY Invite

"Will you be my bridesmaid?"

Earlier this year one of my friends from high school asked me to be her bridesmaid. I was honoured to take on this momentous occasion and help her along the way with the all the hustle and bustle with the wedding preparations from start to finish with the dress fittings, colour choices, a shoulder to cry on and to laugh with, hens night planner and my recent project was to be art director behind the Kitchen Tea invites.

Front: Kitchen Tea Invite

Being stuck in an office behind a computer 5 days a week has made my creative flair slightly rusty but with the help of Pinterest and some nifty DIY bridal blogs I was inspired with My Two Butterflies easy DIY Bridal Shower Card blog post I gave it a go myself with my own twist.

Pretty in Pink Kitchen Tea DIY Invite

Things you will need:

1 x packet of stick on diamante
1 x blank card stock and envelope (purchased in packs at your nearest craft/office supplies store).
1 x packet of small sized doilies (assortment of sizes at your dollar shop)
1 x double sided tape
1 x Scrapbook paper designs (purchased at your nearest craft/scrapbooking store)
1 x printed template of a dress (I found my template on Pinterest here)
1 x decorative craft shaped scissors (optional for elegant borders)

Step 1: Trace and cut from template to the doily

1. To start, using the dress template carefully trace the dress onto the doily and cut out your pattern.

Step 2: Scrapbooking paper attached to the card stock

2. With the Scrapbooking paper, select your desired print and cut out a rectangle to just fit inside the card stock card. My card stock was size A7 hence, I took in 1 cm in from all sides of the scrapbooking paper so the white border was visible on the card.

3. Carefully stick the scrapbooking paper to the card stock using the double sided tape (make sure they are even on both sides).

4. Stick some double sided tape to the back of the doily and attach it onto the card.

5. Add a diamante to the middle of the waist line of the doily dress.

6. For the finishing touch, print out some "Kitchen Tea" tea wording to some light pink paper. Using the decorative craft scissors cut around the wording and gently stick it just below the doily dress.

Final result: an assortment of 'Pretty in Pink' Kitchen Tea invites

7. On the other side of the card you can add the invite details such as time, location, rsvp, names of the hosts.

I hope this quick DIY card tutorial has inspired you to turn a simple piece of card stock into an elegant invitation for your guests with your personal touch.

Jen xoxo