![]() ![]() calligraphy names get a box, while serif addresses get a separate box). I prefer to create one text box for each style of text (ie. Once you’ve added your first text box, just click on the outer edge so there’s a solid black line around it, then hit Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V to duplicate it. To remove the black outline around the text box, click on the text box and go to Format > Shape Outline > No Outline. Draw a text box in the center of your document, making sure to leave plenty of room in for postage stamps and a return address at the top. Enter the size of your envelope in the Width and Height fields and click OK. ![]() Go to Page Layout > Size > More Paper Sizes. ![]() Create a Word documentĬreate a Word document that’s the exact same size as your envelopes: If you don’t know what size envelopes you need, this handy chart can help you choose the right ones. If you can’t find that info on the packaging, just break out a ruler and measure.įor our invitations, we recommend A7 envelopes which are 5.25″x7.25” but this could vary depending on the size of your invites. Hopefully you’ve figured this out already, but you need to know exactly how big your envelopes are (in inches or centimeters) with the flap closed. Although it’s fine for business printing, it’s definitely not what you want for wedding envelopes or fancy stationery.įor that, we need to get a little creative. While most word processing software gives you an “envelope” option, I’ve found that it’s usually bulky and basic looking. If done correctly, printing your own envelopes should be exactly like printing a piece of paper. Just follow this tutorial and you’ll never have to address another envelope by hand for as long as you both shall live. Run off as many copies as you need, then re-purpose that baby to work for thank you notes, holiday cards, you name it. At $3+ an envelope, why not put your credit card away and make an envelope template (or snag our A7 envelope template for free!) that you can print at home. I hate to say it, especially since I’ve been known to dabble in calligraphy a time or two, but hiring a professional calligrapher to address your wedding invitations is such a waste of money. Wondering where to buy envelopes? We love Cards and Pockets. To download the calligraphy font we used (you’ll need this to make your envelopes look exactly like ours), scroll down to the bottom of this post and follow the links. To snag our free A7 envelope template for use in Microsoft Word, just click here. This is a really cool thing because you can trace the pattern onto a piece of two sided scrapbook paper, cut it out, and fold it according to my directions, and then you have automatically lined envelopes! Or, you can print a pattern on the side without the directions so you can have patterned envelopes, etc.Ps. I cut out the template, folded it where it says to fold it, added glue to the side areas that needed to be glued, put a card inside of it, and glued down the top flap to seal it so I could address it and mail it. Then I printed out the template I made, put that sheet of paper back into my printer and printed a light damask pattern on the side with no template so that when I put it together the template would be hidden. I then made a clean version in illustrator, and wrote some directions for people who use it on the places that would be cut off so they wouldn’t have text on places that they would be using if they decide to print the template directly on paper. I then scanned the tracing onto the computer. I then closed it up, and traced the closed shape into the middle of the opened traced shape to show where the folds would be. I took apart an envelope carefully and traced the edges on a flat piece of paper (8.5 x 11 paper.) I will also make liner templates for these too, but that will probably be tomorrow.įirstly, I will show you how I made the templates. I have made 2 templates, and one is for an A7 (5.25×7.25) or Invitation size envelope, and the other is for an A2 (4.375×5.75) or RSVP/STD/Thank You Card envelope. I will update this once I am finished with our envelopes, but I thought I would share the template I made for envelopes. □ I’m not sure if there are a lot of other brides out there or not that are wanting to take this on, but this is an extremely good thing to do if you want a special envelope but don’t feel like paying shipping, don’t feel like paying an arm and a leg, or can’t find what you want! I haven’t been able to find an envelope in just the right color that I can get in quantities less than 200/250, and I only need like… 75, so I figured I would just make them. I am about to take on my Save the Dates, because they have to go out Friday. ![]()
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