Do It Yourself Wedding Invitations Will Save You Money

Having set the wedding date, your mind won't immediately think about do it yourself wedding invitations. Instead, it's only natural for you, as with any bride-to-be, to find yourself thumbing through the wedding stationery albums in the bridal department. With so many different styles and many of them fitting what you want, it's easy to get caught up in the moment only to have the dream shot down to earth when you look at the price list. The reality for many brides is that these fancy designs are likely to cost the same amount, if not more, than your wedding dress!
Don't give up on the idea of fancy co-ordinated stationery. A budget wedding doesn't mean doing without. It means finding another way of achieving the same outcome. Take a closer look at the professional wedding stationery catalogues. What are they offering? Basically it's the same words on each design and some kind of illustration. Anyone with a printer can do that, and what's more, if you're making your own, they can be personalised using a photo of you and your partner!
What kind of do it yourself wedding invitations do you want to create? Do you want something classical with perhaps a champagne glass illustration and the words "Wedding Invitation" on it? Or do you want to have something very personal - perhaps a photo of you and your fiancé? If you or any of your family members/friends know how to use the graphics packages on their computer, one cute idea is to use a photo of you and one of your fiancé when you were very young. Depending on the colour scheme of your wedding, you could manipulate the colour on the photos so that they either print in black/white tones which looks Floral wedding invitation on white cards, or sepia which looks great on cream cards.
Using clipart and fonts you can add names, dates, words to the invitations, and then print them out on card. Once printed, you can fold them and then add embellishments such as a small silver horse shoe (found in craft stores) or a little bow ribbon. Instead of printing the word "Wedding Invitation" from the computer, you could leave that area blank when printing and then stamp it using special embossing powder to give a professional finish.
With the use of a computer, and crafting supplies, you don't need to be skilled to create great Rose wedding invitations. Keep the design of your invitations simple and by using a common graphic, you can create all of your wedding stationery just as you would have ordered it from the professional invitation suppliers, only better because not only will it keep within your budget, it will be completely unique.
Making your own wedding invitations really is very simple. There are plenty of freebies available on the web that will make your life easier and literally hundreds of free printable wedding invitations. Alternatively, you can make your own from scratch. Here are some simple ways that you can do this:
Use dingbats as little illustrations on your invites. (In case you don't know, a dingbat acts like a font, you just find one that you like and download it to your font folder. Then just insert it into your document). So if you're making a beach wedding invitation and need a seashell illustration, then search 'free dingbat seashell' on Google and you'll find a whole host of free dingbats will come up.
Use free fonts to make your wedding invitations look stylish. Like dingbats, there are hundreds of free fonts around. All you need to do is download them and then use them in your invites.
Add ribbon, charms and other embellishments for depth and style.
Use an image from an image bank and print out your invite on photo card. Alternatively, use an image of you and your partner instead.
Start experimenting and you'll soon discover that you can make your own wedding invites easily.