However, whether you're operating on a tight budget, want to cut down on costs, or simply feel empowered to take on more of the tasks yourself, you may decide to make your own wedding invitations.

Step 2: Cook Up Your Own Design. If you don’t care for the look of the templates — or have a specific design in mind for a small business or other venture — create your own unique letterhead.

Make Your Own Stationery With Eduardo Xol. By ABC News. October 5, 2006, 2:51 PM — -- 1. Wipe clean with damp paper towel. 2. Press between two heavy books, wrapping leaf in newspaper.

Take regular piece of 8 1/2 by 11 size paper and cut it in half lengthwise. Now you have two pieces of paper, 4 1/4 by 5.5 inches. This is a nice size for a short letter, a thank-you note, what ...

Make stamps using an eraser and craft knife and whip up a set of social stationery. In this age of email and texting, personalised paper is sure to leaf a lasting impression ...

If your guest opens your invite and a hilarious picture of you and your loved one falls out, they will be enticed to come and see what crazy fun the wedding will bring. Step 5: Make the invites ...

Warning: Clicking on the Penny People Designs link that you see before you may result in a serious addiction to beautiful custom stationery. Don’t say I didn’t warn you… A few years ago, I ...

Mail Designer comes with a handful of its own templates, as well as a blank canvas in case you’d rather start from scratch. A broad set of layout, graphic, and text-editing tools allows you to ...

To design your own template, create a new Word document just as you normally would and set it up as letterhead with your name, address, logo graphics, headers and footers, and anything else you want.