DIY Happily Ever After: Make Your Own Invitations

Invitations can be expensive, one you consider envelopes and shipping, it can be one of the most expensive details. However brides have another option, making their own wedding invitations. Invitations can be found to fit any wedding theme and colors can be adjusted to go with any colors. For my friends wedding we made her RSVP cards, invitations, programs, and thank you cards. We looked online for inspiration. Once we picked a invitation we figured out a color scheme and searched for paper at reasonable prices. For her invitations she chose vellum to print on, that turned out to be trickier that we anticipated. Once that was done we had trouble figuring out sizes for paper and envelopes. However even though we had to test everything a few times and needed extra ink, it still saved her money by making her own invitations. If your not a super crafty bride you can pick simpler invitation or if you want to experiment you can pick different designs until you find the one that fits your wedding theme.