Budget Saver – Invitations

Posted on 10. Aug, 2010 by in Budget Saver

With invitations, you are already spending hundreds of dollars just to let friends know your wedding date and invite them to your wedding. And you haven’t even gotten to your actual wedding yet! Save some much needed cash with DIY invitations! And get the chance to create them exactly how you like.

Several options are open for you to use when creating your own invitations.

Do you have a close friend or family member who is talented at design? Have him create your invitations on the computer and then print them out. This could be his wedding gift to you.

If you are into stamping, drawing, embossing, or other creative card work, why not make your own invitations from scratch?! This could be a very time consuming project if you have many guests to invite, but the invitations will be extremely special. Enlist a creative friend to help or start working on your invitations early enough to get them all out in time. If you have a smaller guest list, this would be a very feasible option.

Print invitations online. This isn’t quite as creative as making them yourself, but you can still pick colors, font, wording, etc. Check out DIY invitation websites, such as Invitation Kits Direct, where you can print off invitations for under a dollar a piece! Or Formal Invitations for invitation templates and ideas how to embellish. (Note: if you are using vellum, be sure to give the ink plenty of time to dry after printing the wording out)

Send out wedding postcards. Though postcards are simple, they can be elegant or playful, depending on the design of the card. Include your engagement picture for an added touch. Postcards are extremely economical. They are cheaper to mail and you cut back on the cost of envelopes. Because postcards don’t have much space for details, be sure to include your wedding website. Then on your website, give the extra details which usually go on all the extra paper included in invitations, such as the location, maps, gift registries, RSVP, etc. This drastically cuts down on paper and postage costs!

While save-the-date cards are growing in popularity right now, consider skipping them. You will be saving money and another wedding detail to figure out. If you want to send out announcements before your invitations, consider using email or ecards.