Seashell Wedding Invitations: How To Make Your Own

You won't need to comb the beaches trying to dig up guests when you create your own seashell wedding invitations. You can create the following invitation in one of two ways:

Using The Computer:

First, using a graphics program set your image size for 4" x 6" or 5" x 7" (or whatever size you wish your invitation to be). Then cut and paste a seashell background onto one side measuring no larger than 2 inches wide (or you can paste in individual seashell graphics along the side border instead).

Center your text wording in the remaining white space. Save the image as a .gif or .jpg graphic. You can then import it/insert it into a greeting card software program or publishing program and use it to print out your invitations.

Because of the large variety of such software programs out there, and as I don't have a clue which one you might choose to use, it is beyond the scope of this site to get into instructions on how to set up your image and print it out properly. Please refer to the directions that came with your software program.

Making Them By Hand

You could also make this design by using heavy paper stock as your background. Cut a border of seashells from scrapbook paper or from a photocopied photograph of seashells.

Glue the border to the left side of the stock paper. Carefully handwrite your invitation or print it up on your computer with a word processor then run the invitation through to print. This may take a bit of tweaking to get your wording exactly where you want it on your invitation, so I would suggest trying this out on cheap paper first that's been cut to invitation size and just draw a penciled-in outline of where your picture will be located on the cardstock.

You could then get it copied at a photocopy center or scan it into your computer and print off invitations on good quality white paper using a color printer.

Add an embellishment like a seashell sticker or small token charm from a craft store. Another option is to tie a color coordinated ribbon around the card and knot it at the front (secure to the back of the card with a dab of glue).

Where To Find Seashell Designed Invitations: If you're not comfortable with creating your own stationary, you can order some beautiful seashell wedding invitations from: