Thankfully, your wedding invitations are one of the areas of your wedding that it is easy to save money. Here are a few suggestions on trimming your wedding invitation spending.
Like most other things in life a great way to save money on your wedding invitations is to shop around. While various wedding stationary boutiques without a doubt specialize in wedding invitations they are not your only option. You may find that you can save a packet by shopping online or at a more general stationary supplier.
Using thermography as a printing technique will give you a very classy invitation that is generally cheaper than many other printing techniques. Engraving is perhaps the most high end printing technique, but also more expensive. Thermography gives an effect very similar to engraving but without the high price tag.
Without a doubt one of the easiest ways to save money on your wedding invitations is to dumb them down a little. Simplifying the design of your invitations, getting rind of unnecessary bows, jackets, embellishments and inserts will not only make the invitation itself cheaper but save you on postage as the invitation will be much lighter without the extras.
Traditional wedding invitation etiquette states that an RSVP card and envelope should be supplied with the invitation. Ask yourself whether this is really necessary. You could just as easily put a postcard RSVP in with the invitation, saving the cost of the extra envelope, or simply place your RSVP information at the bottom of your invite. You will find that no matter what you do, you will still have to call some people up to see if they are going to attend or not, so do not go overboard with an RSVP card, it will just add to your costs, and forgoing one all together could save you greatly.
Similarly, do not include a separate reception card in with the invitation, instead do the following: After you have written the details of the ceremony, it's time and location, simply write "reception to follow at" and then the time and location of the wedding reception. Again, by simplifying the contents of your invitation you will cut down your costs.
Finally, while you may want to make your invitation as personalized as possible, if you are really strapped for cash you may want to opt for a standard template invitation. You can generally find these at any stationary store and some can even be bought online and printed yourself.
By Amanda Jane
No comments:
Post a Comment