First impressions matter, most especially if you're holding an event. Aside from promotional materials, such as flyers, an invitation is one right way of establishing a sound impression and warm greetings. Informing your specific guests about your event should come with good design and layout. With this said, we present to you our vast collection of customizable and downloadable Rustic Invitation Templates in Adobe Illustrator. Take your rustic-themed event to the highest level, for we programmed our templates with editable features, from content down to the design that is high-quality and presentable to cater to your needs. So, why look for other template files when we installed these samples, exclusively for you? Download now!
How to Create a Rustic Invitation in Adobe Illustrator
Simplicity is indeed a beauty, especially if the motif is a rustic one. Although one would say that rustic design is too undecorated, you cannot disregard its effectiveness in alluring one's interest, primarily if we refer to the design principle. In a published article by Medium on design aesthetics, they suggest that simple and stable aesthetics guide the potential viewers to a steady psychological pleasure.
Knowing our laid facts about the design fundamentals might convince you to have a rustic-themed invitation for your upcoming event. As your reference, take a look at our simple guide below on how to create your rustic invitation card.
1. Establish your Invitation's Purpose
Since you opt to have one rustic invitation, the first step that you need to take a look into is your invitation card's nature. Identify if whether you want it for your upcoming dinner event, wedding invite, or such. Through this process, it would be easy for you to point out an idea of how are you going to structure your invitation's content and design.
2. Pick a Card Size
Did you know that there are various invitation card sizes that you can opt to utilize? Invitation sizes such as 3.5” x 5”, 4” x 6”, 4.25" x 6", and 5” x 7” inches are your size choices for your flat invitations. However, in picking the right size for your invitation card, we highly suggest that you have to choose the standard invitation size like 4” x 6”, 4.25" x 6", and 5" x 7" inches. Keep in mind that your card size will determine the amount of content that you are going to subsume into your event invitation.
3. Construct the Wordings
Your invitation's wordings serves as the soul of your card. For you to communicate with your guests, you need to craft your invitation's wordings that composes of the necessary details for your event. Start this process first with a draft outline, using a separate blank sheet. Then, carefully sort out the essential event details, such as the name of your event, location, time, and date. Upon writing your invitation details, bear in mind that you need to keep your wordings short but straightforward.
4. Digitally Craft your Invitation
Unless you want to craft your invitation card via DIY, you cannot obtain your invitation if you don't layout it using design software. Together with your chosen design app and your actualized content, transfer your flyer elements into the software's layout board. As for the design motif, since you opt to have a rustic invitation, make sure to pick a color scheme, design object, and font that are relevant to your theme. Carefully sort your invitation's content and design wherein it follows a design balance for you to achieve a presentable and aesthetically pleasing card. If you want to have a reference on how to craft it, our simple and creative sample invitation card templates can help you.
5. Enhance your Card's Presentation
Printed invites are meant to impart a sense of importance. With this said, you need to make sure that your invitation's presentation is on-point by enclosing your rustic invitation card through a presentable envelope. If you're looking for a pre-made template of it, you can opt to have our high-quality envelope templates.