Do-It-Yourself Wedding Invitations

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Once you’re engaged, one of the first purchases you will make is your wedding invitation.   The wedding invitation, in many cases, reflects the tone of the wedding.  Future guests may assume your wedding will be casual, elegant or whimsical by the style of your invitation.  In the past, when selecting a wedding invitation, couples went to card stores or bridal shops and searched through huge, heavy books filled with invitations.  Today, however, wedding invitations are sold online and in discount stores such as Walmart. 

People even choose to skip ordering professionally printed invitations and opt to design and print their wedding invitations at home. For a large wedding guest list, purchasing professionally printed invitations can be expensive.  By designing your invitation on your computer and then printing your wedding invitation on your personal computer, you can save money.

Within Walmart’s Best Occasion bridal line is a group of blank bridal invitation cards.  You can choose from more than ten different boarders, styles, colors, and artwork.  You receive fifty invitations and fifty response cards for $19.00 in Georgia.  Don’t let the low price fool you.  The invitations aren’t bad looking at all.  In fact, many of them are elegant wedding invitation cards.

Other stores sell do-it-yourself wedding invitations, too, such as Michaels and Office Depot.  Look around at some of these invitations before your hire a professional printer.  A professional printer will save you time, but the money you save on doing your invitations yourself can be put toward flowers, attendant gifts, hall rental fees, or your nest egg.

August 4th, 2009 by Yolanda D. Young | Posted in Uncategorized, Wedding Planning | Comments (0)