Make your own wedding invitations…
Lacey |
Thoughtfully composed by Lacey Filed under: Wedding Invitations |
The best way to save money on your wedding is by Doing It Yourself (DIY). One way to DIY and know you’re going to save a bunch is with your wedding invitations. Some custom printed invitations can cost you as much as $3.00+ per invitation. Imagine a wedding of 100 or more guests… that’s crazy!
You may want to make your own wedding invitations even if you hadn’t considered it before. There are literally are a lot of things you can do with home made wedding invitations that you can’t do by getting them done professionally without spending a lot of extra money.
As it turns out, DIY wedding invitations have become such a big trend that the options have greatly improved and now with printer quality as good as it is it’s hard to tell the difference. Not to mention that by creating your own, you get to really add your own personal touches.
*There are a few keys to having printable wedding invitations that look professional:
Start with good materials – use high quality paper, envelopes, or a printable invitation kit with matching paper, envelopes, sleeves, seals, and so forth.
*Use a good printer set for the highest quality printing. If you have access to a laser printer, that is absolutely your best option for crisp reproduction of fonts. Inkjets tend to handle color better, but this is probably not a factor for your invitations.
*Layout – Get formatting software or templates from somewhere like uprint.com. Trying to set up the printing yourself is usually an exercise in frustration without help from programs like these. Once you get it right, test it out on regular paper before you use the expensive stuff.
*Forget the idea of raised lettering (thermography). It’s just not an option right now for do it yourself invitations.
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