subject: Advice For Amateurs Creating Custom Invitations [print this page] Creating great custom invitations may take some hard work, but for the determined amateur, it is not too hard or impossible really. All you need to develop amazing invitations is of course some wise and useful counsel when it comes to design. So for all you amateurs out there, we have provided here with some great advice for creating custom invitations here in this article. You can just follow the tips below to easily ensure that you can maintain a good sense of quality and professional design in your prints.
1. Match the contemporaries first. Your mindset when it comes to designing these invitations should be, match the contemporaries first. This means that before you go all out and be creative and distinct with those invitations, try to at least create a good base design that actually looks and is competitive with others of its level.
Basically it must look as great as its contemporaries. In this way, you know you have achieved something on the right level that will of course give you sure results already. Keep this in mind once you start developing your design.
2. Get those standard templates. For an amateur, it is recommended that you use standard invitation templates. While restraining in some way, the set dimensions and fold configurations from these templates should keep you out of trouble with your layout.
Your designs should be more accepted and of course you will not have conversion or compatibility issues in printing since all are from a standard used template by all. You can still customize a lot of the layout for your invitations. Just the main broad strokes and structures of the template will be the same to keep things standard and easy for all.
3. Use a coordinated color scheme. Remember that you should not be too colourful with your invitations. Most people today find colourful and intense invitations to be amateurish or at least childish. For childrens birthday parties this would be okay, but for important events and conferences, something more sleek and professional is needed.
That is why you should use a coordinated color scheme with only 2-3 colors with variants. By minimizing the color palette, you can get a more coherent look and design that will add personality to your envelopes. So try and make sure you decide on a good coordinated color scheme.
4. Be concise with the content. For invitations, it is a bad idea to make them too long. People will not read through pages of different invitation content and details of course. So keep your invitation content as short as possible while still delivering all the important and relevant content.
The key here is to not go off tangent and keep to the goal of the invitation. Tell people all they need such as the what, who, where, why and how of your invitation. Afterwards add only some other important details and you should be fine. This is not a novella you are creating.
5. Use good quality paper. Nothing can make an invitation look better than good quality paper. Even if you made the worst amateur design, you can still compensate for it by using great quality paper.
With thick and smooth finishes in your invitation paper materials, you will see that your designs will have that touch of elegance and posh that will still make them quite appealing for readers. So always spend on the good paper whenever possible in invitation printing.
Now, review all these and make sure you print them out. Once you start designing these invitations, it would be good to review and follow these tips.
