Budget Friendly Wedding Stationery

Getting the word out about your big day can cost a lot of money.  In fact, invitations can be one of the most costly expenses of your wedding.  If you are planning your big day on a budget, you likely do not have a great deal of money allotted for invitations.  You will have to find a way to announce your wedding day without dipping into other areas of your budget.  Is this really possible?  Can you truly have amazing wedding invitations on a tight budget?  The answer is yes!  The tips below will help you create beautiful wedding invitations for very little cost. 

DIY

Do-it-yourself is not just for home remodeling projects!  It works perfectly for brides who are looking to save some money when planning a wedding.  Search the web for free wedding invitation templates that will allow you to enter in your wedding information.  Purchase high quality card stock and envelopes to print the invitations on.  Your guests will not even realize that the invitations were completed by you. 

There are countless ways to add a special touch to your very own invitations.  Rubber stamping, flowers, and stickers are all ways that you can jazz your invitations up for very little money.  There are also DIY invitation kits available at your local craft store.

Picture Invitations

Have your wedding day announced by sending each of your guests your engagement picture.  Get a two for one deal by turning your engagement picture into a beautiful invitation and a keepsake for your guest.  Have the picture on the front with the event details listed on the back.  This makes framing the invitation easy for guests such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc.  Visit photo printing websites and explore their options for wedding photo invitations.  This is quickly becoming a popular way to create unique invitations on a budget.

Finding Unique Ways To Invite People

This involves thinking outside of the box a bit when it comes to inviting.  If you are having a fairy tale wedding, create miniature scroll like invitations written by hand.  For a beach themed wedding, you can send each guest a message in a bottle.  Another interesting way to announce the big day is to have a balloon made for each guest to blow up to find the event details.  These are all cost friendly ways to invite guests to your wedding.

Creating invitations on a budget can actually be very fun.  The tips above are great money savers that will have your guests raving about your invitations.  Which one will you choose?

Olivia Nicholas is a writer and blogger with Storkie.  She has been writing articles and blogging for the wedding industry over 10 years and is always happy to share her passion for life and experiences through her work.