Wedding showers are a fabulous opportunity to try something a little fresh and out of the ordinary for your guests. If you want to throw a wine or vineyard themed wedding shower where the guests all bring wine or vineyard related gifts for the bride and groom, then try making these fun and easy Wine Bottle Wedding Shower Invitations.
Wine Bottle Wedding Shower Invitations are the perfect opportunity to incorporate your coffee wedding shower theme, show your personality, and even save a little money making them yourself. Click here to check out more ideas from Rebecca.
Here is a Wine Bottle Wedding Shower Invitations project that is beautiful, classy, and easy to do. If you are having a large wedding shower with quite a few guests, I highly recommend asking some of your fellow bridesmaid and even the grooms men to help make these wonderfully unique Wine Bottle Wedding Shower Invitations.
For this Wine Bottle Wedding Shower Invitations project you will need:
Heavy grade watercolor paper
Watercolor paint or acrylic paint
Water
Sharp Scissor or Exacto Knife
Pencils
Photos of Wine Bottles or Wine Bottle stencils
This is an easy Wine Bottle Wedding Shower Invitations project if you break it down into a number of different steps and don’t let them overwhelm you.
The first step is to find some Wine Bottle images. Look at fabric as well as photos for inspiration. Look for different shapes and large sizes. Wedding shower invitations traditionally have quite a bit of information printed on them, so your coffee mug will need to be big enough to include all of the information you want on there. You can also use real Wine Bottles as inspiration for your wedding shower invitations.
Once you have found a variety of Wine Bottles and images you will want to lay them out on some regular drawing paper, trace them and cut them out. You can make a variety of different Wine Bottle Wedding Shower Invitations or stick with one pattern. Cutting them out allows you to see how well your coffee themed wedding shower invitation information will fit on the specific mugs.
Now you are ready to lay your chosen Wine Bottle patterns out on your heavy water color wedding invitation paper. Trace them lightly with pencil and then cut them out. For super sharp edges onto your wedding shower invitations I highly recommend using a very sharp exacto knife. You may need to change the blade if you are doing a lot of Wine Bottle Wedding Shower Invitations.
Tip: When you are deciding on a shape for your Wine Bottle invitation you should stick to only the mug and handle part of the project. If you want you can lightly hint at steam rising off the coffee.
Once your Wine Bottle Wedding Shower Invitations are cut out you are ready to start painting. I like to take a paper plate and lay out a palette of vibrant and pastel paint colors from my watercolor paints. You can use any colors you want. Before I paint my Wine Bottle cutouts I always practice a little on a piece of scrap watercolor paper. This way I don’t waste a lot of my Wine Bottle cutouts trying to get the look I want.
For a crisp look try buying some watercolor gum medium. This paints on like glue and dries like rubber. You can paint on the paper to outline your Wine Bottle lines. When you paint it will keep those areas from absorbing paint. Then when you paint dries you can rub it off and reveal crisp whit outlines to your Wine Bottle Wedding Shower Invitations.
Now, use some of your water to dilute the watercolor paint and gentle start brushing it along the edges of your Wine Bottle Wedding Shower Invitations. Slowly work your way in to the middle of the coffee mugs. I like to add more water as I work my way in so that the paint becomes more sheer and translucent towards the center of the invitation. This allows your information on the Wine Bottle Wedding Shower Invitations to really stand out.
Allow your Wine Bottle Wedding Shower Invitations to dry thoroughly then you are ready to add your writing. I personally like to write in calligraphy on these beautiful Wine Bottle Wedding Shower Invitations, but you could also print on them as well. I have printed directly on them before from my computer and I found it better to print first with waterproof ink, then cut the coffee mugs out and then paint. To do this I typed and printed my wedding shower invitation information first, then printed them. Next I laid my Wine Bottle cut outs on top and carefully traced around them.
In the card section of the art supply store you should also easily be able to find watercolor paper envelopes. I often see these plain or with already colored edges. Choose the envelopes that work best with your Wine Bottle invitations. I have seen these watercolor card envelopes at Michaels Arts and Crafts Store as well.
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