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Steal Your Wedding: Invitations
How is it even possible that we’ve gone this long without discussing how to save on wedding invitations? Not quite sure. Unlike save-the-dates and wedding announcements, wedding invitations are not something you can forego. How do we save and invite at the same time?
Check out the DIY kits. There are endless supplies of DIY kits out there. In your crafty stores, in your chain stores, in your gift stores, and online. There is an endless supply of them and doing it yourself can really save you money! Before you consider this option, thoroughly do your research on the product. And my suggestion is to buy more than you need. You are bound to mess up on a couple (you’re human) and you don’t’ want to run out prematurely.
See what you can cut out. It’s tempting to load up on the paper when you’re ordering your invitations. And I understand, you want everything to match. Adding the menu, directions to the ceremony and reception, link to your wedding website, etc. Really, the basics that you need are – the invitation page itself, the RSVP card, and the envelope for the RSVP card.
Check for hidden costs. They aren’t hidden when you ask about what each thing will cost you. Even when you suspect it won’t. Want a different color ink? Want your return address printed on the envelope? Ask about it! Most likely, anything different than what you are presented as basic will be extra. That includes a more sturdy paper or adding ribbon. You don’t be sorry that you asked!
Let’s touch on some things that I don’t think are a good idea (personally).
Evites, emails, facebook invitations are certainly ways to cut out the cost of the paper invitation, but I don’t think we need to go that far. I may be an old-fashioned gal, but I think that if you are sending out wedding invitations, it must be done through paper. Keep in mind that this is most people’s first impression of your wedding – and we don’t want to send one that’s tacky. You can jazz up an evite as much as possible, but it’s still going to come across as tacky. Try to avoid it.
Also, I think we can all agree that putting things inside the invitation that explode out (such as sparklies, sprinkles, confetti-like gems) not only cost you extra money, but it’s also a bit annoying for those opening it and now have a bunch of confetti to vacuum up. If they are anything like me, it’s already too late because the dog has wolfed down the majority of whatever just fell out of your invitation. It will likely cut a bit out of your expenses and a bit of annoyance from your guests.
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Wedding Invitations: The Awful Truth
I’m going to tell you what none of the wedding advice/information websites will tell you about wedding invitations. You are in for a world of total chaos when you start assembling and addressing your wedding invitations. I was very excited to pick up my invitations and bask in their perfectly scripted glory. All that ended when I started the task of assembling and addressing them and all the glamour was over. First of all, make sure you buy at least 10 extra invitations for mistakes. I’m not even halfway through mine and I’ve already wasted at least that many on mistakes. Thankfully, I have 25 extra. I’m holding my breath. Another good thing to do is put a couple of your invitations together to see if you will need to do anything extra for assembly. For instance, I need to tie and glue a ribbon to my invitations. I knew that I had to tie the ribbon myself, however before I did a practice run, I didn’t realize I would also need to be gluing them down. This took me several days work. I’m still not done with this project. A word of advice: do NOT use crazy glue on ribbon or paper, it seeps through both and renders them completely unusable. Go to Michael’s or any craft store to get special fabric/paper glue before you ruin your invitations. It has also taken me several days to learn how to tie the ribbon the way it appears in the picture on the website. Before I learned how to properly affix the ribbon, the invitations looked ridiculous and about 95% of the words on it were blocked. Lesson learned. Another good idea is to take an assembled invitation to the post office to find out how much your invitations will cost to mail. Then, take them to another post office to confirm this amount. I went to 3 different post offices and got 3 different amounts. I’m going with the highest amount for safety purposes. Lastly, get your invitations well in advance to prepare for all these unexpected road blocks. You will become frustrated. You will mess up on them. Don’t take your anger out on the invitations. Press on, and keep addressing them. You will make it!
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