How to use calligraphy to make wedding invites [+video] (2024)

Wedding invitations are usually the first impression guests will have of the big day, so creating a stunning invitation with calligraphy will make a big impression. A logo is generally the couple’s name; this logo can be used throughout a wedding to achieve a consistent feel or theme when creating wedding invitations. You need white cardstock envelopes to match the color of your ink. watercolor ink brush pens filled with water pipettes and a paint palette before we begin, we need to consider whether your wedding will be elegant or casual, modern or vintage, or relaxed.

This will set the tone for your design. There are lots of different types of calligraphy, from the more traditional styles such as Spencerian and copper plate to the more modern styles such as modern brush lettering. So before we work on the logo, we always try and do sketches to see what works best. Today we’re going to work on Nicole and Mark’s wedding logos.

It has a lot to do with placement and how you want it laid out on your wedding invitation, and you don’t really know how it looks until you try the different themes in different combinations. Sometimes names look better when they’re written horizontally on one line, and sometimes you find that it works better when they’re placed vertically.

• I like to add the ampersand in last so that I can see how it fits in better.
• Ampersands can be a creative feature on your wedding invitation.
• Feel free to play around with different dimensions to see which style you prefer.

It’s important to practice writing the names over and over again to see what you like and what fits in with your wedding theme.

Before we begin, we always start by practicing our brush strokes. So put pressure on your tip and go down for nice big strokes, and when you do your up strokes, try and keep as little pressure on your paper as possible to do your hairline strokes. Repeat this over and over again to build your muscle memory. Fick going down puts pressure on your tip, and thin hairline strokes going up put less pressure on your tip. Another good drill to do a curve, so again you go thin on your appliance and dick going down.

Some people find it easier to hold their brush on a bit of an angle to create the thicker strokes, and then hold it more upright to create the thinner strokes. We discussed placement and decided that putting Mark on top of Nicole would better balance the work and allow me to fit the invitation with calligraphy. When joining the letters together, it’s always important to consider what the next letter will be so that your tail extends to where the next letter will begin. For Mark and Nicole’s, we decided that the ampersand looks best here, and we used thicker strokes going down, thinner strokes going up, and really pressing down on the nib or brush to give it a more dramatic thicker lines. With modern calligraphy, it’s not common to handwrite the entire invitation.

Here, we’ve printed the invitations and left enough room for the wedding logo. It’s always nice to have a combination of printed font and calligraphy where your calligraphy just pops when people see your invitation.

• So again, pick down strokes, put more pressure down, then up strokes, put less pressure, and wrap.
• Now this is ready to send.
• Calligraphy is a great way to personalize your wedding invitations.

If you’ve got a small guest list, you might like to handwrite each of them individually, but if you’ve got a larger guest list, you might like to scan your design and have them printed.

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