When my sister-in-law asked me to help design her wedding invitations I was thrilled! She had been dreaming of her wedding day, knew what she wanted and had lots of ideas. The color scheme was white, silver and all shades of purple and the decor included crystal, fairy lights, wood accents and centerpieces made from sisal plant shoots (Agave americana) locally know as Garingbome (they are from the Karoo).
She wanted to have ring-bound ‘booklets’ for the invitations, but even the smallest ring-binders would have been too thick to mail easily and with only 4 pages in the invitation would have been quite over powering. We toyed around with many other binding options, but couldn’t really find any commercial options that suited our needs.
My DIY solution: ring-binding with organza ribbon! It worked out perfectly and suited the classic theme and colors well. And the bride loved it (always the most important part). I have created a tutorial on the process and specifically on the ribbon binding.
I purchased all the paper and the envelopes from Something Blue in Irene and laser printed the designs.
Matching Violet Petallics DL envelope with silver filigree peel-off. Only the names were printed on the labels for hand delivered invitations, full address for the mailed ones.
Other than the invitations, I also helped to create the following paper based projects for the wedding:
Match boxes that formed part of the guest favors – Got to love the bride’s caption: “Perfect Match”
Menus with 3D die-cut butterflies, using metallic vellum paper
Small cones for the lavender confetti
Large cones used to serve the pre-reception appetizers along with the delightful purple cocktails
It was such an honor to help with the wedding preparations and be part of their special day.
Me and the beautiful bride – we had the greatest time bonding over all the long distance arrangements!
KunsBlom 
