DIY Belly Band - HELP!

FYI - pic is sideways

How are you putting them on? Are you folding and gluing the belly band, then sliding it over the invite?

I had the invites all put together, then folded the belly band around it, and the last thing I did was glue the belly band together. That helped with making it tighter. Still frustrating though!

I tried both ways. The only way i can make them tight is if I actually fold the band over and then pull it and glue it so it bows, and then slide it on. But I feel like the bowing is going to go away in the mail and when people open them they are going to not be tight anymore.

Shameless bump. really looking for advice if anyone has made these

Are you making them with ribbon or paper? When I did mine, I put a piece of paper on top of my invite and then wrapped the ribbon around, I used double sided tape

I am using paper. it's just cardstock that I cut to 2" strips and then i scored them and folded, secured with glue dots.

Hey i just finished mine this past weekend!! it was tricky! i found what works best is to not score them, put the band on the invitation then flip the invitation over and use double sided tape instead of glue dots and try to get it as tight as you can without bending the invitation. some took me 3 times to unstick and restick it and try to get it tighter. i ended up bending 6 invitations but luckily had extra. just have a lot of patience!!

I used a light weight card stock also and I wrapped the belly band around the contents. Then used permanent glue dots (in the little roller like white out) and it held together quite nicely. But i have a feeling the heavier weight card stock may be your issue.

I would just roll with it. Really if they are a bit loose are people going to notice?

Yea i have a feeling the card stock/scoring is the issue. And here I thought scoring would make it easier. Grr

I did my own and also didn't score them. I laid the belly band on my self-healing cutting mat and centered the invitation over the belly band and folded the flaps up and used permanent glue dots to seal them then used another two glue dots to put our monogram on top. I used 65lb weight cardstock. I originally was going to use the cardstock from cards and pockets but found it way too thick to fold and hold nicely.

I know this is many years too late, but I just found this tip!

Measure your invitation width, double it, and then add one more inch, so that the ends overlap. The paper has a tendency to stretch, so we like to belly band just the invitation first, and then sneak the other pieces inside so they’re snug.