Weddings are a very special occasion and who wouldn’t want to preserve every second, minute, hour of that big day? You would want to preserve the memory so that in the years to come you can share the story to your children. Every item from your wedding day is an important memory of what transpired. Along with your wedding gown, or your precious heirloom, I know you would also want to preserve your own wedding invitation as a memento along with your order of service and order of the day card.
Printed materials through the years suffer from wear and tear. Eventually your wedding invitation will fade. Here are some tips that you could take advantage of to help preserve these precious keepsakes.
Lamination
Plastic is always a sturdy material. You could have your wedding invitations laminated to preserve the ink and colour of the stationery and to protect it from wear and tear. There are affordable laminating machines that you can purchase so you could laminate the items yourself. You can purchase a laminating machine for £20.
Framing
After the lamination process you could always have your keepsakes laminated so you could also display it on the wall. Just remember to keep the frame away from direct sunlight so that it doesn’t get damaged. You might want to be creative on how you frame your keepsakes. You could even use confetti or petals from your bridal bouquet or other scrapbooking materials.
Photo Album
If you want to collate all the items in one location you could always compile your keepsake in a photo album instead of framing it. There are a lot of fancy photo album designs that you could choose from. One advantage of compiling all your keepsakes in a photo album is that it gives you added mobility.
Keepsake box
There are a lot of beautiful boxes available in the market today which you could use to keep your mementos. You can even go ahead as far as decorating the box yourself. If you do decide to keep your wedding mementos inside a box you might want to consider to laminate it to combat wear and tear.
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