Comments on: Savings Tip #7: Make Your Own Invitations http://www.savingforawedding.com/2007/05/02/make-your-own-invitations/ Our attempt at saving $5000 and successfully preparing for our wedding ceremony and honeymoon. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:11:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: zen http://www.savingforawedding.com/2007/05/02/make-your-own-invitations/#comment-14 zen Thu, 03 May 2007 15:28:32 +0000 http://www.savingforawedding.com/2007/05/02/make-your-own-invitations/#comment-14 My Wife and I printed our own cards (blank stock with embossing) and I did the same for my dad's wedding - we spent about $5-10 on the cards themselves and it took me about an hour to design them, get them printed correctly on the cards, and set the printer loose. Oh, and always test if you print - I printed a couple indiviudals to make sure I had them lined up correctly. My Wife and I printed our own cards (blank stock with embossing) and I did the same for my dad’s wedding - we spent about $5-10 on the cards themselves and it took me about an hour to design them, get them printed correctly on the cards, and set the printer loose.

Oh, and always test if you print - I printed a couple indiviudals to make sure I had them lined up correctly.

]]> By: Cailin Coilleach http://www.savingforawedding.com/2007/05/02/make-your-own-invitations/#comment-13 Cailin Coilleach Thu, 03 May 2007 08:05:30 +0000 http://www.savingforawedding.com/2007/05/02/make-your-own-invitations/#comment-13 Actually, there's one more option that you haven't covered yet :) It's the option we used for our wedding invitations... Most shops that carry office supplies also have a wide assortment of very cool paper. Naturally they've got the basic, white paper and all sorts of colours, but they also carry standard A4 paper (or Letter-size in the US) that looks like parchment or papyrus. Buying a hundred sheets of that particular paper is bound to be a lot cheaper than buying real cards. Using "normal" paper will allow to get all creative on the computer (like I did) and get very nice looking cards at a decent price. One last bonus of doing it this way: aside from selling packets of the paper, most of the shops also sell single sheets of these special papers. That way you can take home a few samples and print your design on them to see which looks best. Good luck to you guys! Actually, there’s one more option that you haven’t covered yet :) It’s the option we used for our wedding invitations…

Most shops that carry office supplies also have a wide assortment of very cool paper. Naturally they’ve got the basic, white paper and all sorts of colours, but they also carry standard A4 paper (or Letter-size in the US) that looks like parchment or papyrus. Buying a hundred sheets of that particular paper is bound to be a lot cheaper than buying real cards.

Using “normal” paper will allow to get all creative on the computer (like I did) and get very nice looking cards at a decent price.

One last bonus of doing it this way: aside from selling packets of the paper, most of the shops also sell single sheets of these special papers. That way you can take home a few samples and print your design on them to see which looks best.

Good luck to you guys!

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