Five Advantages To Homemade Wedding Invitations

If a wedding is in your near future, you need invitations. Have you considered homemade wedding invitations. There can be many advantages to making your own wedding announcements.

Here are five reasons that homemade wedding invitations can be a great solution.

1. You can set everything up and wait til you are sure of everything before you print them. Because you won't have to wait for them to come you can be more prepared.


2. You can see what the font will look like. If you want to see most wedding invitations ahead they charge a fee to send a proof. This way you can print out your invitation and see if it is what you like. You can change your mind and print out another to see. You might not have to print it just look at the screen. This can be a great advantage.


3. You can print on demand. If you forgot Aunt Millie you can quickly print another set of invitations and get them out asap. We always have someone that slips through or that you didn't realize you forgot. This is handy because you won't have to order 25 extra to make sure you get those three or four you forgot.


4. You decide on what to put on them. You can add ribbon, charms, puff paint, die cuts or what ever you want. You can even experiment to decide what looks good. It really can be fun. You also have the advantage of changing some. You might want different wording on five or six of them. You can easily do this with homemade wedding announcements.


5. You can custom address the envelopes to match your wedding announcements. By doing all the other stuff you can easily custom address your wedding envelopes to match everything else. This gives a professional, elegant look.

By making your own homemade wedding cards, you have control. If a theme wedding is being planned, add accents to start that theme.

With so many scrapbook items out there you can really have fun. There are die cuts for almost everything. You just use the punch to make a nice cut out. Hearts, borders, stars are all easy to find. You may even do a fun edge with special roll cutters. Even special scissors can add a border.

You have so many options out there that making your own homemade wedding invitations doesn't limit you. Your choices are endless. Go to a craft store and see what is available. Learn a good word processing program and you are on your way to making your own wedding announcements!