What’s in a name? Well, if you’ve ever shopped for paper, quite a bit of confusion and ambiguity.
Okay, that made me chuckle. But really, paper terms are confusing, right?
We’re taught from a young age that paper is paper. But when it comes to actually buying paper, you’ll hear words you never knew existed, like grain, finish, mill, and weight. It’s no wonder my clients and customers have a hard time choosing the right paper for their needs. There’s a million different options and a million different terms to describe each one.
That’s why I put together this comprehensive list of common paper terms to help you wade through the jargon and choose the right paper for your project.
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So you’re planning a wedding (ooOoh, exciting!) and you need to start thinking about invitations. That means you’ve probably got a few burning questions on your mind, like “how many wedding invitations do I need?” and, if you’re making the invites yourself, “how much paper should I order?”
I’ve gotten lost in the math a time or two myself, so over the years I’ve come up with a simple formula to help you figure out how many invites you need.
Spoiler alter: you don’t need one invitation per guest, so don’t start sweating the budget just yet!
Then once you’ve got that magic number in mind, I’ll help you figure out how much paper to buy so you can DIY them, if you so choose.
Sound good?
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Ps. To snag our free A7 envelope template for use in Microsoft Word, just click here. To download the calligraphy font we used (you’ll need this to make your envelopes look exactly like ours), scroll down to the bottom of this post and follow the links.
Pps. Wondering where to buy envelopes? We love Cards and Pockets.
I hate to say it, especially since I’ve been known to dabble in calligraphy a time or two, but hiring a professional calligrapher to address your wedding invitations is such a waste of money. At $3+ an envelope, why not put your credit card away and make an envelope template (or snag our A7 envelope template for free!) that you can print at home. Run off as many copies as you need, then re-purpose that baby to work for thank you notes, holiday cards, you name it.
Just follow this tutorial and you’ll never have to address another envelope by hand for as long as you both shall live.
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Fun fact: Pipkin Paper Co. got its start because of expensive wedding invitations. When my husband and I were planning our wedding reception, I longingly poured over those beautiful custom invitations you see online. But even though we didn’t have a ton of guests coming, it was still too expensive to buy the invitations we really wanted, so I decided to make them myself (after spending hours and hours on Google). And today I’m going to show you how to make wedding invitations for your own shindig, too.
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