You have been planning your wedding and now are ready to make your wedding invitations. You don't want to invest a lot of money in them. Where do you start?
First, remember that you do want nice invitations. You will send these to your family and friends. They should be neat and clean. If you want a theme perhaps just using some special clip art will do the job.
Decide on your wedding style. WIll it be formal or informal. Do you want a theme wedding? Will you have a big wedding and reception, or a small wedding and larger reception? All of these should be considered when deciding on your invitations.
Now once you have made those decisions you can start planning your invitations. Get a list together. If you put them in a data base you will be able to address your envelopes to match the invitations. This gives a clean look and will be in the same style as your invitations. You will get a good idea of how many cards and envelopes you will need also.
After you have a list, get supplies together. Going to your local craft store can be a good start. They usually have packages of cards and envelopes. You can also call your local print shop. They may have some left over envelopes and you can get card stock cut to size. They will charge for cuts but usually not much.
You can get two sizes of cards and envelopes. Larger for the invites and smaller for the wedding RSVP cards. Get some flat cards cut for reception cards. You want to have at least one set to make and see it is what you want.
You want to make sure you have a nice printer for your invitations. Don't worry about investing a ton of money in a printer. I love my seventy-nine dollar Epson printer. It prints a nice clean image. The ink is smudge proof and waterproof. Definitely a great buy. I have used Epson printers for years because of the ink. You do need to buy Espon ink though. The refillables are not water proof.
Okay, now you need to learn a good word processing program to make your wedding invitations. If you don't know how to use one, don't worry they are easy. I recommend Microsoft Works. It is an affordable program at around forty dollars. I have noticed though that almost everyone I know has this on their computers. I know several who love it over Microsoft Word.
Try to find some wedding clip art and a nice font. Put this all together and you will have a nice clean inexpensive wedding announcements.
Don't give up the idea to make your wedding invitations. It can be cheaper and better.
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