Budget Cut: Make Your Own Wedding Invitations

One great way to save on your precious budget is to make your own wedding invitations. With the technology conveniently available at home, anyone can make tasteful and pro-like invitations in less time without sacrificing money that could have gone elsewhere on the wedding checklist.

Guest List

Cutting down on major expenses for the wedding begins with careful listing of guests. This also dictates the number of invitations you will need to make by yourself. The guest list can also give you an overview of what type of people are expected to be at your wedding, so you can plan on how sophisticated or subdued you would like the invitations to be.

Choose A Theme

Before making any decisions on invite designs, pick a theme that represents you and your partner. This will dictate the size, design, and feel of the invitations you will need to make and more importantly, this will give you an idea of how much effort and money you can allot to the invitations.

Paper

Scout local print shops to see what paper materials are now being used at weddings. When you find the exact material you want, you may check your bookstores or school supply chains to see if they have the paper you are looking for. Make sure you have at least three design choices and various price availabilities to choose from.

There are many blank invitations in the market today that you will only have to fill out or print with and they come in many textures and colors. There are also blank invitations that already have themes that might be close to what you have in mind. Check out online listings of businesses that can ship out blank invitations or papers and decorative trinkets.

Wordings

There are many suggested invite wordings available online but if you and your partner would like to personalize the invitation, give it a heartfelt touch. Write poems or mini-vows for each other and affix them into the invitation or ask someone from the family to create one for you.

Considerations

There is much time constraint involved at planning weddings. Set aside a few hours each day to make at least 2-3% of the number of guests you have on your list. You may also want to allot a day for each step, for instance: printing on day one; cutting on day two; labeling invites on day three; finishing touches on day four and so on.

It is customary to send save the dates, invitations, RSVP and thank-you-notes but they’re not necessarily followed to a “T”. If you have concerns on finances, consider sending email, save the dates and thank-you-notes instead of printing all these separately since papers and decors could be costly.

Make at least a couple of samples of what your invitations should look like then ask family members or friends to do the rest for you. If you are intent to plan your own wedding, do not hesitate to make your own wedding invitations as well – it gives a more personal touch to your big day and it would definitely save a few dollars that could be allocated to expenses such as dinner or the wedding dress.

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