Creative Embellishments
For Your Western Wedding Invitation

Tired of the formal, ho-hum invitations that everyone seems to receive? Then it's time to get creative and design or embellish your chosen western wedding invitation. Spark the imaginations of your invited guests with visions of the wild, wild west. Here are some suggestions for adding those creative embellishments

• The easiest thing to do is to make or buy western style invitations. in the shape of a horseshoe, cowboy hat, boot or a covered wagon.
  
  
• Try tying love knots with small, thin pieces of rope and attach them a corner of each of your invitations.
  
  
• Instead of a "regular" invitation, create old western telegrams to announce your wedding. "Wanted Poster" style invitations are also a popular choice.
  
  
• Add a map drawn on parchment paper and burned slightly at the ends so guests will know exactly how to get to the ceremony and the reception. This is especially important for out-of-town guests that may not know your city very well.
  
  
• Print a short western sonnet, one meaningful verse of a country love song, romantic quotes or western sayings onto your invites for a personal touch.
  
  
• Find some country and western style rubber ink stamps and stamp designs along the edges or in the corners of your invitations. You can use ink to match the color of your wording.
  
  
• Purchase stencils and transfer the designs onto your western wedding invitations. You can leave the stencil as is or colored them in with markers. With the increased popularity of memory scrap-booking today, you can find a tremendous amount of various stencils (and papers) to choose from.
  
  
• Create decorative borders with thin rope, braid, or other such items found in the sewing notion sections of department and/or fabric stores.
  
  

Wild West Trio

Yee Ha with Raffia

Tying The Knot