Looking for the perfect wedding invitation? Or trying to save money on wedding invitations? Either way, Do-It-Yourself Wedding Invitations are easy, fun, fast...and cheap! For my wedding I have been looking for any way possible to save money. Even saving $10 on something gets me excited, so when I thought about making my own wedding invitations, I was thrilled. There are 3 easy steps to follow and it's so easy, a caveman can do it (hope I can write that).
Step 1: Go to your local superstore or craft store, whether it be a WalMart, K-Mart, AC Moore, or Michaels. Each of these stores have a bridal/party section. This department is filled with wedding invitation kits. Many of these kits can cost $40 for only 25 invitations, so make sure you look carefully at the amount of invites included. You also must make sure you look for wedding invitation KITS! These kits oftentimes include 50 invitation, 50 envelopes, 50 response cards, and 50 response card envelopes. Again, this can get tricky, so make sure you read what it written on all boxes to make sure you have the amount of invitations you would like, as well as the kit that makes printing these invitations at home a cinch!
One more tip in this area - go to these stores with an open mind. You can usually find a really cheap box of a fairly plain wedding invitation kit, and just remember you can spruce up the invite later. From past experiences, I would recommend Wilton Wedding Invitations. Very easy directions to follow and I felt as though I couldn't make silly mistakes!
Step 2: Search the internet for different wording you would like your invitation to read. I had found so many different ways to invite people to our wedding and all were lovely. We were having a very casual, but nice wedding and I steered away from the more conservative wording and stuck with a softer, sweet, and casual invite. However, making all these decisions alone was not easy, so I sent the 3 different types of wording I liked most to my maid of honor, mother, and friend, and had them help with this decision. All 3 types were very similar, but sometimes you need someone to make that final decision.
Step 3: My favorite part! This is when you get to be a little creative and you will have to run back to superstore/craft store to look for a little piece of pizazz! I found my invitations at Walmart on clearance for $10. They were cream colored with a gold braided border. Very boring, and even bordering on the ugly side, but for $10, how could I say no?? I picked these up and made several trips to AC Moore and Michaels to find the perfect bow to tie on the top to liven up these invitations, however, after my 4th trip I realized a bow just wouldn't do it.
I started looking in the scrapbook section. I had no idea there were so many beautiful pieces of art that would look perfect on my invitation, while tying in my raspberry red color. I found a flower with a little piece of pearl right in the middle. I chose to place this 1' flower on the upper left corner of my invitation, bordering the gold border. The raspberry, gold, and cream looked great together. I couldn't be happier with my invitations, totaling about $20!
AC Moore is a store that you must bring your coupons to! Every weekend there is a 40% - 60% off coupon on one item, and my little flowers came in packages of 18, so I went back three times to get 40% off each packet. It takes time to save money, but if you are willing to commit to saving money, you can certainly save a bunch of money on invitations!
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