A lot of brides to be that I encounter want to DIY (do it yourself) some portion of their wedding invitations. Whether its cutting out envelope liners, properly inserting the liners into the envelope, addressing, stuffing the envelopes or even designing the invitation themselves, today’s brides have become a central part of the wedding invitation process.
However, I also know the stress and anxiety that can come with attempting to DIY 100+ invitations alone. So I wanted to give you 5 ideas about how to plan, organize and carry out a DIY party that not only makes your life easier, but can be a whole lot of fun too!
Choose Only Your Closest Friends
Pick a group of people that will work well together and get along. Unless you know they will mesh well with the group, friends of friends or ‘obligated’ invites should be avoided. You do not need 15 people, smaller groups (4-7) work the best.
Plan in Advance and Stick With that Day
Do not try to throw a DIY party the night before you have to send your invitations out. The added stress takes all the fun out of the project. Also, this is not your wedding day, it will be alright if a couple of your friends cannot make it. Continually postponing the time trying to match everyone’s schedules is difficult. Pick a day well in advance and stick with it.
Assign Everyone a Job
While it is a party, it is a ‘work’ party. Everyone should be given a task and provided with the necessary tools and instructions on how to complete the task.
Provide Food and Drinks
Everyone works better on a full stomach. An easy way to motivate your friends to come (and to work) is to give them something delicious to eat. And of course a Cosmo or two never hurt the work morale 
Have Fun
And long as you follow the first four steps this one should be a no brainer. Give yourself enough time so you are not rushed and that way you can all enjoy yourselves during the working process!
Good luck.
Written by Nick
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