I get a lot of questions from customers about how they can "liven" up their DIY fans. Here are a few suggestions:
Adding a fun brad or eyelet
You can find these at your local scrapbook store and at places like
Michaels and
JoAnn craft stores. The eyelets we use for our custom fans are most similar to the
fabric ones because we buy them in bulk, but any of the fun ones work great too!
I definitely recommend a
Crop-o-dile as the easiest way of setting the eyelets - this is a great tool that punches the hole and crimps the eyelet and it can be found almost everywhere, Wal-mart or Amazon, to your local scrapbook store
(hint: you barely need to press the handles to crimp the eyelet, to hold the fan together with this machine...too hard and the petals will not turn)
Playing with fonts and graphics
You can find some cool FREE fonts:
http://www.dafont.com/ or you can purchase some nicer ones:
http://www.veer.com/products/fonts/ or
http://new.myfonts.com/
Find FREE graphics
http://www.vectorstock.com/home/ or you can purchase graphics:
http://www.fotolia.com/ or
http://www.istockphoto.com
Adding embellishments
Adding rhinestones, charms or different color ribbon will give your program a different look and is the easiest way to match your program to the rest of your wedding. Ebay is a great place to find these embellishments and is quite inexpensive for bulk items.
By using these tools to transform your programs you will be able to personalize and create the perfect program. Your guests will appreciate seeing some of your personality in them as well. And remember to have fun!
We now also offer pre-printed and perforated petals to use as cover accent pages. These petals are pre-printed with either the aqua filigree or wildflower design (more designs to come). DIY fans are printed and perforated 2-up on each sheet with 25 sheets per pack. You can choose to use the pre-printed sheets for your entire fan or just for an accept cover page.
We get asked a lot if we can do a program or invitation that is exactly like one pictured on our gallery but in a different color...and the answer is YES! Everything we do is custom (hence our name) so if you can dream it we can do it!
Here are a few samples of our 2 most popular fan styles, the filigree and the wildflowers fan designs. As you can see we can use any color paper as well as any ink color...just ask!
Find FREE graphics http://www.vectorstock.com/home/ or you can purchase graphics: http://www.fotolia.com/ or http://www.istockphoto.com
Perfect Petals™ DIY Fan Program Kit and Template
Perfect Petals™ DIY Fan Program Kit and Template
It has been a while since my last post - but we have been busy around here coming up with some new ideas...in an effort to help all brides hit by these hard economic times we have just released 2 new fan programs - a 4 panel fan for $3.00 each and a 3 panel fan for just $2.50 each - although these fans are not as sturdy as the 5 panel version for actual fanning purposes, this is a great way to still include these unique fan programs in your ceremony...and stay in your budget!
