Wedding Planning Made Easy With DIY Printables
There’s a lot to think about when planning a wedding. Food, decor, rings, dresses, florals, photography, seating charts . . . the list goes on. It’s no wonder that many couples get overwhelmed, go over budget, and quickly lose track of their original vision.
But wedding planning doesn’t need to be complicated. Believe it or not, DIY wedding printables like save the dates, invites, and menus can make the process smoother and more affordable. Save time with premade wedding templates, save money by customizing the printables yourself, and maintain complete creative control from start to finish. With BeFunky, you can even print high-quality stationery directly from the platform.
Designing and printing wedding sets from home has never been easier. Don’t let the word DIY scare you – with the templates and tools provided by the Graphic Designer, you won’t really feel like you’re doing it all by yourself!
Designing Your Dream Wedding
Before you begin creating wedding printables, consider the big picture of your wedding day. What theme are you going for: Traditional, rustic, modern, vintage, boho, or something else? The aesthetic you choose will dictate the style, color scheme, and embellishments of your DIY wedding set. What’s the general vibe: Is it casual, formal, intimate, a big party? This will help you decide the perfect wording for invites and thank you cards. Consider creating a mood board to stay on track – though don’t worry if some plans change and evolve along the way.
Wedding Planning Checklist: Design Edition
Wedding planning checklists are popular for a reason: There’s so much to do over such a long period of time that without a checklist, it’s easy for some tasks to be forgotten! The same is true when it comes to designing your wedding. Note that “wedding design” doesn’t just include graphic design, but anything that impacts the style, theme, and color palette of your big day.
- Save the dates
- Invites
- Wedding sign
- Seating chart
- Table numbers
- Nameplates
- Menus
- Thank you cards
- Florals
- Centerpieces
- Cake
- Catering
This may seem like a lot at first glance, but everything marked in bold can easily be created as a matching set in the Graphic Designer. Other elements, like florals and cake, can be left up to the professionals – just let them know what colors and style you’re looking for.
How to Design and Print Wedding Printables From Home
The Graphic Designer features over two dozen different wedding template sets, each of which includes a save the date, formal invite, menu, and thank you card. Customizing a design is as simple as a few clicks: Simply open up the Wedding Sets category – under Events – and pick a template to get started.
Step 1: Customize Any Wedding Template
The most important part of any wedding printable is the message, so start by personalizing the text and font in the Text Editor. The Designer offers hundreds of typefaces from classic serifs to elegant scripts to modern block lettering.
Next, adjust the colors of graphics to better match your wedding color palette, and/or add new elements from the Graphics Library. If necessary, change the background color in the Customize tab.
Just like that, this DIY wedding invite is ready for printing!
Step 2: Print and Share Your DIY Wedding Design
Click Save at the top of the canvas and click Print Products to send your new wedding printable directly to Zazzle, BeFunky’s integrated printing partner.
Here, you can choose from a variety of items to print your design on; in this case, we’re printing our save the date as a vertical postcard. You can order just as many pieces of stationery as you need, with your choice of envelope included.
As you can see, it’s really simple – in just a few minutes, this custom save the date is ready to be added to cart and delivered straight to our door.
More DIY Wedding Essentials to Print From Home
With the Graphic Designer, the above process can easily be repeated for invites, thank you cards, and even signage and wedding favors. When creating printables outside of BeFunky’s available templates, you can use your customized design as a template instead. Designing all your printables together using the same colors, graphics, and fonts will give your entire wedding a high-end custom feel. Here are just a few examples!
Invites & Thank You Cards
The Graphic Designer provides matching wedding invite templates and thank you card templates for the ultimate efficiency in creating your wedding set. Use BeFunky’s color management tools to make sure your color palette stays consistent across designs!
Welcome Signs
DIY printables aren’t limited to small cards and favors! Create a wedding sign for the big day by using your invite as a template. Print it on a large foam poster board to welcome guests and direct them to their seats.
Wedding Favors
Use an Artsy effect like Oil Painting GFX to create a beautiful handpainted couple’s portrait. Using the same fonts used for your other wedding designs, add your names and date to create a special commemorative coaster or magnet.
Make Your Wedding a Dream Come True With BeFunky
Wedding planning is notoriously stressful, exhausting, and expensive. But not everything about it has to be! Designing your own DIY wedding printables can not only save you money, it can also be a fun activity for both you and your partner, and allow you to customize the look and feel of your wedding in ways you wouldn’t be able to do otherwise. Start customizing your wedding today in the Graphic Designer!
