Within seconds  make your own decorative and intricate Homemade, not Handmade, Paper for invitations, note cards etc… using nothing other than what is already in your home: Found Objects and a Copier Machine.

I, along with three other bride’s maids, were in the honorable position to host our Bride’s first wedding shower. Unique in her own personality, our party theme was one-of-a-kind, in turn, as a This Couples “Favorite Things” shower. Rather than holding her guests hostage to registry for the traditional desirables of Crystal Clears and Lacy Linens, our Bride and Groom- to -Be preferred their friends shower them with what we each independently and personally found relative to their start: Hand carved salad bowl? Pillow made of retired linen napkins? Bottle of wine?

Needless to say, finding a pre-made invitation to suit was taking more time then just making our own…so I did, and easily at that! All it takes is a few found object relative to your “subject” and a copier machine.

First, I made my invitation. I then gathered construction paper and leftover fabric, assembled them in to place behind my invitation, and one trip to the neighborhood copy store later, I had 35 unique and “homemade” invitations, $0.35 each, ready to send out to set the unique, one- of- a- kind tone for our celebration to come!

If you want to make your own stationary etc, simply place a blank sheet of paper in front of your designs (instead of the invitation) where you would like to write in the future, and copy away!…

What I like about this concept, artistically, is that it creates an intriguing look of contrast from the three dimensional textures and shapes captured on a one dimensional  sheet of paper, as well as replicates the festivity of design detail from the objects being photo- copied!

I look forward to seeing what you all use to copy your own custom paper… Toy soldiers? Jewelery? Flowers?…

Enjoy!

-Palmer