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Designing Save the Date Postcards for Origami!
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DIY At Home Wedding Stationary Studio
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Origami Crane Save the Dates
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Pilot Testing the Origami Save the Dates
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Completed Origami Save the Date Cranes!
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Completed Paper Crane from a Postcard!
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Printable: Postcard Front (cut along black lines)
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Printable: Postcard Back (1/4" bleed margin)
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Step 1. Print postcard fronts
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Step 2. Flip paper around and print postcard backs
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Step 3. Cut postcards out, according to front bounding box
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Step 4. Cut postcard out of cardstock
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Step 5. (As a recipient) Cut off along scissor line
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Step 6. Fold along all 4 lines (2 diagonal, 2 perpendicular)
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Step 7. Fold along diagonal line, fold right corner inside
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Step 8. Fold left corner inside
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Step 9. Flip around and pre-fold side corners inwards, and top corner downward.
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Step 10. Pull one side upward, folding along pre-fold lines from previous step
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Step 11. Repeat for other side
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Step 12. Fold wings in and upward, fold remaining corners to center line (on both sides)
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Step 13. Open up edges and fold head and tail inward and upward
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Step 14. Fold down head and you're done!
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Completed Paper Crane from a Psotcard!
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0 Practice calligraphy letters beforehand
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1 Cut out capital letters of calligraphy
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2 Trace first letter with ballpoint pen onto cardstock
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3 This leaves an impression for tracing
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4 Trace over impression with brush/calligraphy pen
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5 Complete rest of address/text with fine point pen
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6 Apply theme-appropriate postcard stamps