101 Ways to Save Money on Your Wedding – Part 2: Invitations
December 23, 2008 by BellaB
101 Ways to Save Money on Your Wedding- Part 2: Invitations
Here are 8 ways (Saving Ways numbers 12 to 19) to save money on your invitations and announcements. The first of our money saving ways is to cut down your guest list. You probably heard this before and it is worth repeating. The guest list not only dictates how many invitations and/or announcements should you buy or make, it also dictates how much food and drinks you will need, not to mention the size of your reception venue. All these costs M-O-N-E-Y! So, do keep this in mind. On to our money saving ways for your wedding preparations:
INVITATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Do-It-Yourself Wedding Invitations
12. Cut down your guest list. The quickest and easiest way to save money on your wedding is to cut down your guest list. Have a small wedding with only family, or only invite very close friends. Cut the people you never talk to, or all of your coworkers from the list. If anyone is offended explain that it was a very small and intimate affair.
13. Skip engagement announcements and save the dates. These extra touches are cute, but no longer completely necessary. Take the time to make a personal phone call to the most important people in your life and let work of mouth do the rest. Or, if you must get the word out, use an email instead.
14. Design and print your invitations at home. You can buy blank invitations at any craft store, Target, Wal Mart or online. Here is a site I found that gives great step by step instructions on how to make your own invitations: Do-it-Yourself-Invitations. This next site sells cheap, but elegant DIY Invitation kits that starts at less than a dollar a piece: Formal Invitations. If you or someone you know is handy with Adobe Photoshop or graphic design you can even create a very personal picture or logo for all of your wedding correspondence.
15. Print your own announcements. If you did this with your invitations as well, it will be especially easy to make them match. Invitations only need to be one simple card.
16. Eliminate the RSVP card. Have your guests RSVP by phone or online. This will save you the expense of printing the response card and including the extra envelope as well as on postage for the return envelope.
17. Opt out of an inner envelope and tissue paper. The inner envelope and tissue paper are sometimes considered an outdated inclusion. You can easily get by without one or both.
18. Include only the basics. Save on your invitations by only including the very basics on the paper invitation. Put ceremony and reception information on the same invitation.
19. Get an inexpensive personal wedding website. Provide the web page address and include the invitation and all the details online. To get more information on choosing the personal wedding website for you, read our blog “Creating A Wedding Website“.
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Top row: Formal Invitations; bottom row: Do-It-Yourself -Invitations
These are great ideas. I agree that you can skip the other pre-invitation cards. I’ve seen some free online save-the-date cards. They’re just as beautiful and still serve the purpose. I also think that the less inserts you have in your actual invitation, the better. I find it more elegant and tasteful.
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