Ask DIY Bride: Printing In White?

Posted by Khris in Invitations, Programs, + Stationery

This pressing missive comes from Julie:

I saw some killer invitations that were dark purple with white printing. How can I print in white with my inkjet or office laser printer?

DIY Bride Answers:

Though home and office printers have come a long way, none of the ones on the market print in white ink. What you see with most commercially-printed invitations is most likely an inverted printing technique. The designer will create a design with white text on a color background in her layout program. She’ll then print the design on white paper. Because home-office printers can’t print in white, only the background color will print, leaving the text areas open. The wording/design will show as white because there’s no ink on the areas the printer didn’t put color on the white paper. Make sense?

If you truly want white ink on colored paper, you’ll need to do a labor-intensive manual process something like using a rubber stamp, letterpressing or screen printing where an opaque white ink is spread onto a stamp, plate or screen (respectively) and then applied directly to the paper. And, for what it’s worth: getting a solid, opaque white ink is notoriously hard. Be prepared for lots of experimentation and extra printing!

Featured DIYer: Raechel (And Her Invitations)

Posted by Khris in Invitations, Programs, + Stationery

We love it when you guys and gals want to show off your rockin’ DIY projects!

DIYer Raechel sent in her handcrafted invitations that she made with her cousin Marion of mayanrocks.com.

Congrats, Raechel! We hope you had an amazing wedding day!

Fab Fonts Finds: LD Cursive, Fontleroy Brown, DT Flowers

Posted by Khris in Invitations, Programs, + Stationery

It sounds cliche but your choice of font can make or break your stationery design. With the hundreds of thousands of fonts available, finding the right one can be daunting. Don’t fret, pretty people! DIY Bride will bring you a weekly dose of the best free and commercial fonts.

FontleroyBrown – Free

LDCursive – $3.00

Note: Lettering Delights is offering free product when you sign up for an account right now. Click on image  [affiliate] to learn more.

DT Flowers- Free

Fab Font Finds

Posted by Khris in Invitations, Programs, + Stationery

It sounds cliche but your choice of font can make or break your stationery design. With the hundreds of thousands of fonts available, finding the right one can be daunting. Don’t fret, pretty people! DIY Bride will bring you a weekly dose of the best free and commercial fonts.

Lauren Script {free}

IM Fell Flowers {free}

Nelly Script by Tart Workshop {commercial}

Real Yudu Project: Alie’s Save-The-Dates

Posted by Khris in DIY Projects & Tutorials, Invitations, Programs, + Stationery

DIYer, Alie from Borrowed Turquoise, was kind enough to share her gorgeous DIY save-the-dates she made with her Yudu screenprinter.

Alie printed vintage hankies for inclusion with her STDs. How utterly beautiful are they? She also gave a good review of the Yudu. Please check out her full post here.