It’s that time of year—no, not spring—engagement season! Spring semester is over for the college lovebirds, and everyone is getting engaged. That means summer weddings are just around the corner! Ok, maybe I’m being a little biased. I live in Utah, so, even though the most popular months to get engaged are actually December, July, August, and September, it seems like everyone around here gets engaged in the spring. And even though, on average, the length of time a couple spends being engaged is over a year nationally, it is only 3 to 6 months in Utah (fun fact for the day)! Either way, June is still the most popular month to get hitched, and I have the perfect wedding gift idea for you today: a customizable family name print.
I am so stoked to be sharing this with you today! For the past couple years, this has been my secret weapon—my go-to wedding gift. I have a few pre-made designs filed away, and when I get invited to a wedding reception, I alter the colors of the design to match their wedding colors and add their name and wedding date.
I’ve always thought this would be a fun idea to share with my readers, but I didn’t know how to make it easily customizable. Now that I’ve got that figured out, here we are! Unfortunately, you won’t be able to alter the color, but I tried to pick designs that were more neutral for that reason. One is the chalkboard version shown above, and the other one has a white background with a subtle pattern. All you have to do is download the pdf, pick which design you want to use, and type in the names and wedding (or Est.) date.
Note: In order to make the “family name” appear in a large enough font, I had to set it to 200 pt no matter what (as opposed to auto size). This means that super long last names might not fit…sorry. Also, because the “family name” field overlaps the “bride and groom name” field, you might have to click around a bit to start typing in the “bride and groom name” field.
I think my favorite part about this gift is that it costs roughly $10 to buy a frame, and takes less than five minutes to put together! I usually just wrap some tulle ribbon around it and call it good—it doesn’t get much simpler than that. I’ve given this gift multiple times, and it has always been a hit. You’re bride and groom friends will think you ordered this custom for them, and they’ll love it!
Happy designing, and happy gifting!
*I am linking up to these parties
**The script font I used is called CAC Champagne
Mandee is a professional graphic designer, amateur bird watcher, and rollercoaster enthusiast. She is a wife to hardworking high school teacher and mommy to three adorable little humans. She fell in love with graphic design when she started working on a comedy website with a guy she met her freshman year of college. Design wasn’t the only thing she fell in love with, and they were married a year and a half later. She created Designs By Miss Mandee to be a place where she could merge her passion for design with her lifelong love of crafting. 11 Comments on Customizable Family Name Print – Wedding Gift Idea
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Maria
May 19, 2015 at 4:09 pm (9 years ago)This is such a great idea, Mandee. I have a few weddings I’m invited to this summer and this is absolutely perfect for it! Thank you for sharing this. So happy I found your post on Totally Terrific Tuesday!
Mandee
May 28, 2015 at 1:01 pm (9 years ago)Aww, thanks Maia! I know they will love it!!
Mila
May 22, 2015 at 1:38 pm (9 years ago)I’m selfish, I might do that for me, instead as a gift 😉 Ups…
I love it! Hope you will share it with our party:
http://milaslittlethings.com/2015/05/idea-box-thursday-link-party-11.html
Hugs,
Mila
Mandee
May 23, 2015 at 8:50 pm (9 years ago)Haha, no reason you can’t have one for yourself! It could even be a cute anniversary gift. Thanks so much for stopping by Mila! I’ll definitely check out the party. 🙂
Lou Lou Girls
May 24, 2015 at 9:46 am (9 years ago)Hello beautiful! This looks so amazing. Pinned and tweeted. I hope to see you on Monday at 7pm because we love to party with you! Happy Memorial Day! Lou Lou Girls
Emily @ Two Purple Couches
May 27, 2015 at 7:02 am (9 years ago)This is such a great gift idea! Thanks for sharing at Creative Spark; this was the most-clicked link last week! Congrats Mandee! Please come link up again this week!
Mandee
May 27, 2015 at 10:36 am (9 years ago)Yay! Thanks Emily!! Love partying with you guys. ^_^
Diana Rambles
May 28, 2015 at 7:23 pm (9 years ago)Congratulations! This post is going to be featured over at Diana Rambles tomorrow and has been pinned in the Featured at Diana Rambles board at Pinterest and Tweeted.. Please grab a featured button off my button page or via the post guidelines graphic. Thanks for sharing this awesome idea!
Mandee
May 29, 2015 at 11:56 am (9 years ago)Yay! That’s awesome news!! Thanks Diana. 🙂
Simple Nature Decor
June 3, 2015 at 6:17 pm (9 years ago)You are so talented, thanks for sharing this wedding gift idea, really looks so CLASSY
Thanks
Maria
Mandee
June 4, 2015 at 10:08 am (9 years ago)Thanks Maria!