valeriieee
02-04-2005, 07:51 PM
Hi. I'm just getting started in planning my wedding. I've read a lot of posts here from people either looking for ideas or offering suggestions.
For engagement announcements, I picked up some very cheap, plain Christmas photo cards (cream colored with gold embossed stars and a place to put your own photo) at Target for literally under $4 for 30. I designed and printed them myself including a photo of the ring on my hand as a semi-transparent background with the announcement text over the top. I received LOTs of compliments on them, and they were so cheap and easy to make!
For invitations, I haven't decided yet if I'm going to buy pre-printed ones or print my own, but what I plan to do is get the simplest/cheapest of either kind as possible and them embellish them myself. I recently purchased the embossing tool called Empunchlar and will be embossing my invitations, place cards, etc. by hand. I'll be saving lots of money by doing the detailing myself! Depending on how I decide they'll be laid out, I may also add ribbons or charms myself, too, for a fraction of the cost that the companies charge for those specialties!
Let me tell you, I'm not crafty, but it's so easy to cut corners by doing the details yourself! And the end result is worth it, too: knowing you put your time into something so important to you, and hearing the compliments people will give you once you've finished! The best part is, when I'm all done, I can turn around and resell my embellisher on eBay and make a little money back! You won't be making any money back using detailed invitations a company sells you.
For engagement announcements, I picked up some very cheap, plain Christmas photo cards (cream colored with gold embossed stars and a place to put your own photo) at Target for literally under $4 for 30. I designed and printed them myself including a photo of the ring on my hand as a semi-transparent background with the announcement text over the top. I received LOTs of compliments on them, and they were so cheap and easy to make!
For invitations, I haven't decided yet if I'm going to buy pre-printed ones or print my own, but what I plan to do is get the simplest/cheapest of either kind as possible and them embellish them myself. I recently purchased the embossing tool called Empunchlar and will be embossing my invitations, place cards, etc. by hand. I'll be saving lots of money by doing the detailing myself! Depending on how I decide they'll be laid out, I may also add ribbons or charms myself, too, for a fraction of the cost that the companies charge for those specialties!
Let me tell you, I'm not crafty, but it's so easy to cut corners by doing the details yourself! And the end result is worth it, too: knowing you put your time into something so important to you, and hearing the compliments people will give you once you've finished! The best part is, when I'm all done, I can turn around and resell my embellisher on eBay and make a little money back! You won't be making any money back using detailed invitations a company sells you.