Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Invitations

Like with everything else, i am planning on being buget conscious with my invitations. I had no idea that invitations cost so much. In the world of invitation, which can be a very confusing world, there seem to be three ways to go about doing your invitations.

1. You can have them done by someone else and have it delivered to you ready to mail out

2. You can semi do it yourself buy buying kits at stores like Michaels, target, wallmart, staples...

3. You can completly do it yourself.


At the beginning of this journey i was convinced i would have gone with option number :
1. I was willing to spend money to avoid the stress of having to them myselves. However, as i am taking a more REALISTIC look at my budget, there is no way i can do that. Keep in mind that i have 300 guests at my wedding, which result to around 200 invitations ( some people are married, only need one invitations per couple), which will cost me around 300 dollars average.
This quote includes envelopes, and respond cards.
What makes the world of invitations, strange is that with option number 2, i am around the same amount. I know, that makes no sense... The trick is to add the price of ink and if you do not have a printer the price of a printer. So here i am , left with option number 3. What you have to understand is that i am not that girl. I am not the girl that likes to color or cut things. No i am the impatient person, that yells at the computer for being too slow. So it is with horror, that i have decided to make my invitations from scratch. It will cost me less, from my research the paper would be around 15 dollars for cardstock paper ( 250 sheets). As far as printing, i will be using my work printer. I will keep you updated on the progress.