DIY: Envelope Lining
So you think your envelopes are way too plain? Spruce them up by adding lining to the interior of your envelope flaps.
This is just a preview of our personally designed invitations. I won’t show the contents until after our invitations go out, because that will just ruin the surprise. 
You’ll see from the pictures below that there are black and white envelopes, the white one is the exterior envelope and the black one is the interior envelope to keep everything together.
We are using 5.5″ and 6″ square envelopes. However, this can be done with any type of envelope, but your stencil will need to be created according to the shape of your flap.
Materials:
- Envelope
- Scissors
- Glue Stick
- Pen
- Stencil
- Decorative Paper
Steps:
- Choose your paper for the lining (Image 1, we chose our dining room wallpaper which is the inspiration for our wedding theme, I will post something about this later)
- Create a stencil to hug the interior of the flap. As you can see in picture two, I created two stencils. The one on the left is for the black envelope. The one on the right is for the white envelope. Since the white envelope is slightly translucent, there was no way for me to create a shorter stencil and only go half way in the envelope like the black stencil. This one needed to fit the envelope like glove. So depending on the colour of your envelope you may be able to get away with a shorter stencil.
- Outline your stencil onto the lining paper. (See Image 3)
- Cut out the outlined lining (Image 4)
- Apply glue onto your cutout lining. (Image 5)
- Paste the lining into the envelope and ensure it is on straight.
- Fold your envelope flap
Tags: DIY, Invitations