Wedding Invites – Top Designs of 2012
Wedding Invites
Wedding invites should be a creative process. Not just some form bought in a store. Your wedding invites should say something about you and your wedding. You invite does not have to be a terribly expensive piece of paper, although you can spend as much money and make it as nice as your budget allows. For a really nice design, check out these ideas so you can be sure that everyone who receives your wedding invite will absolutely love it and keep it in a place that they see every day. Because who does not want their wedding to be remembered day after day?
Wedding Invites – Photography Ideas
One way to ensure a really nice wedding invite design is to hire a photographer to take your engagement pictures (if you haven’t already had them done). After the photo shoot, select a few of the pictures for the cover of your invitation. You can use two or three different pictures so they do not look all the same. Make the design as nice as you can. Use some backgrounds and a nice font with something clever on the outside. On the inside make sure to include all the basic information such as date and time, and also make sure they are clear on the occasion and who is being married! Next take it to a printer. If you search the internet, you can find really good prices from a lot of companies. After you select the printer you want, they will offer you prices on different kinds of paper, number of colors you would like to use, etc. This will give you the final price for the entire batch, and if you find the right printer, a lot of them have specials on free shipping throughout the year. This is definitely something to check on. Your wedding invites will be done within a week or two and shipped to your door. This is how you get very nice invitations at a nice price.
If you do not have such a large budget for invitations, then follow the instructions above, and use a home printer. This might not be as nice, but it is also easier to customize the invitations with the guests’ names on them. And you do not have a limit to the number of colors you are able to use. Also, there is no wait time, although plan on it taking at least a full day of work to get them all done.
Another idea is to use some childhood photos from your childhoods as the cover. If you were friends growing up, find a really cute picture with the two of you, or find the first couple picture that you have.
Your wedding invites should be as fun to create as they are to read, and of course, vice versa. So pull out your crafty skills and get to work. Within the week you could have a stack of wedding invites that you are absolutely thrilled with!
Fall Wedding Invites
Fall Wedding Invites
Fall is the most beautiful time to have a wedding. Weddings during this time usually are themed accordingly. Fall also creates a great theme for the wedding invites. For these invites, gather some colored pencils and a few leaves of paper (or just stay at your computer) to start sketching out designs.
Fall Wedding Invites – All About The Colors
Since Fall includes many beautiful colors, your wedding invites should be just as multi-colored. Draw your favorite thing about Fall. If it is the leaves turning colors o the trees, draw it. If your favorite thing is the leaves falling from the tree, sketch that in. If you really like the pattern the leaves make when blown in the wind, then draw that. Whatever it is, sketch it out on your paper.
As for the paper that will be used for the invitations, try a heavy paper with a lot of texture. This will give real feeling to the images of leaves and trees. Make sure the colors fit the Autumn season: Brown, red, yellow, orange, etc. Remember to include the most basic information: Names, Date, and Location.
You can also use a computer to create this. A computer may be neater and faster, but there are some drawbacks. It will not look as personalized as other hand drawn fall wedding invites. You may not get all the shades of coloring or the texture. You will not get a unique picture. However, if you prefer to use the computer to find these pictures, it will look professional. You will quickly be able to design your invitation, customize it to your guests, and print the entire batch.
It is also possible to look online and find great publishers who make Fall wedding invitations. This will be the easiest and quickest way to get your wedding invitations done. Most publishers will even customize your invitations for you, and will usually ship within a week or two depending on how busy they are. Most publishers will even accept your designs that you scan or create on the computer. They will look at it and offer printing options that you can then select depending on your budget for the invitations.
Fall Wedding Invites – Autumn Wedding
Since your wedding is going to happen at one of the most gorgeous times of the year, people cannot see enough of it. Let them know from the start that this wedding is special because of the season it is occurring in. None of these ideas are hard, but should actually be a lot of fun for you to use all of your creativity to make the best Fall wedding invites.
Cheap Wedding Invites
Cheap Wedding Invites
Weddings are very expensive. Most people are more concerned about securing the bride’s dress, the groom’s tux, the bride’s maids’ dresses, etc. Wedding invites are usually an afterthought even though they are the first thing about the wedding that is seen by a majority of the guests. Printed material usually run between two and five percent of the total wedding budget, so invitations don’t even cost a few percent of the wedding (due to thank you cards, place seating, and programs. However, even though there is not always a lot of time or money to be spent on the invitations, they should be done as well as possible.
Cheap Wedding Invites – Online Discounts
Search online for some good discounts. It is good to understand the competition among printers. They are all vying for your business and want to gain it by offering you good promotions. This means you are able to get good invitations for really cheap. Many printers will offer promotions such as “50 free invitations no matter what size the order.” Shop around, and see what all you can find.
Cheap Wedding Invites – DIY
and printed from your home computer. Although they might not be as nice, you won’t have to mess with things such as color limits or such. You will just have to make sure your home printer is all ready to go with paper and ink for all of your invitations. If you are going this route, consider throwing in just a few more dollars on some thicker and/or textured paper. This will give a nicer feeling to your invites for a good price.
If you want to go really cheap, and don’t have a whole bunch of people you are inviting, consider hand drawn invitations. These will look very nice, and could actually save you a whole bunch of time. If your wedding helpers have (or include) kids, then let this be something easy and fun for the kids to do while the grownups are working. Give them some colored pencils or crayons and set them to work drawing pictures for you. Then all you have to do is write the time and location and you have some precious invitations. Everyone will treasure these invitations forever.
If you and your family and friends are computer people, consider sending E-Cards. You can surely find a nice design that fits your wedding theme and have it sent straight to their email. While this may not be something that can go in a scrapbook, it is cheap and efficient.
Saving every bit of money you can helps when it comes to planning weddings. It is really hard to pull off a really cheap wedding, but you can cut costs pretty easily. Cheap wedding invites are the best way to do so. As long as they are nice looking and get the message across, they do not need to be a thousand dollars apiece.
DIY Wedding Invites
DIY Wedding Invites
DIY wedding invites are pretty trendy these days. What could be more personalized or sweet an invitation? It will be treasured for years to come by all your wedding guests, and will be a fond memory of yours for a lifetime ahead. So whether you are a self-declared Martha Stewart or just a bride on a budget, here are some steps to creating some unforgettable (stress-free) DIY wedding invites.
DIY Wedding Invites – Planning
Planning is always the first step. And like all first steps, it should be a lot of fun and make you look forward to the next steps. So do what any crafty bride loves to do: go shopping! Go to as many bridal stores as you can. Look through all of their card displays, catalogues, etc. Tell the clerks that you are just looking for the day and see if they will help you to find the perfect match for you(just don’t tell them you don’t actually plan to buy). Use all of this research to give you ideas for the invitation you want to design. At the end of this step you should not only have a good mental image of your DIY invite, but you should be able to answer basic questions such as what kind of paper is going to be used, are ribbons or other decorations going to be used, is it going to be a simple picture or a crafty 3 dimensional object? If you can at least tentatively answer these questions, go on to step 2.
Sketch out your design, or if you are ready to go, get it on the computer. Once you have your design nice and neat onscreen, it is time for more shopping. Now, printing at home is probably the most economical way to go about this, but it also may not be the nicest way. If your design is just a simple picture, it would probably be better to go with a professional printer. If you have a crazy 3-dimensional design with a basic printed background, you can do either. Of course, a computer is not absolutely essential, and if you would rather go for the completely DIY spice then more power to you!
Once you have the beginning of your invitation design physically in front of you, it is time to spice it up. If you are using a printing company, this might happen a week later, but you should continue the planning stage. If you are doing a simple image with a few words on the inside, your job is pretty much done. If you are going all out and making a real craft session of this, it’s time to get your hands dirty. Get the scissors, the markers, the tape, and the glue ready and let your imagination go wild.
Your DIY wedding invites will say a lot about you, so make sure that they are just the way that you want them. Odds are, you are having a lot of help from different people. Coach them on the exact way that you want this project done. But be gentle. Remember DIY Wedding Invites are supposed to be fun, not stressful.