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What are the advantages of doing my own wedding invitations and stationery?

Print your own wedding invitations and stationery

• The biggest advantage to printing your own wedding invitations and stationery is saving money!

• Wedding invitations and stationery printed by a professional printer or Invitation Company, are very expensive.

• Do you know how many are you going to need?

• Once you start working on you guest list, it’s very common to discover that you did not order enough.

• So, now you have to order additional invitations and stationery at additional expense!

• Most professional wedding invitation companies set minimum orders. So you may need to order a much larger number than you need.

• There’s also the risk your printed invitations, announcements and / or stationery won’t arrive on time. This is a real BIG problem!

• What if they arrive misprinted. Well, You will need to request a replacement. If they agree to replace your order, it will take more time before you can mail your invitations.
  

If you print your invitations and wedding stationery: 

• you can print as many pieces as you want and add when you need more.

• You use your own computer and printer and create exactly the invitations you want.

• Actually, rather than just form wording,

• It takes extra time but, since you print the stationery, can even personalize them for the most important people whom you expect to  make it a keepsake.

• Family member may even make each invitation, program, menu, thank you note, Save the Date card, place card CD-ROM label, etc a keepsake.

• Let’s face it–printing your own wedding stationery is definitely more time and trouble than just walking into a store, placing an order, and writing a check–what else is new? But,

• Printed stationery has gotten so expensive, that it’s now worth the time and trouble it takes to do it yourself. (Actually it is not that much trouble, because it is fun.)

• As a side note: I found my husband’s parents wedding stationery, license and marriage crtificate and even the contract between my mother in-law’s father and the carerer. All related to their wedding in 1932. WOW, What a treasure! I have great grand kids. When they receive it, it will be handed down for 5 generationsI
  

  I know what invitations and announcements are. But, what do you mean by wedding stationery?

In addition to invitations and announcements you need to consider: Save the Date Cards, Response – R.S.V.P. Enclosure Cards, Rehearsal Invitations, Reception Cards, Place Cards, Menus, Programs, Thank You Note Cards and Guest Book pages.

Will my stationery look Home Made?

On the contrary! You have to choose the right blanks to print onto. You must have a  reliable  computor laser or inkjet color printer. Follow instructions carefully and your invitations, announcement and stationery will look very professional.
Printing your own professional invitations, announcements and/or other wedding stationery, takes some effort on your part but it is fun and savesyou a lot of money.. –not much, but some.  We can help because our templates include comprehensive printing instructions.

How is an invitation, announcement, wedding program, wedding menu, or other types of cards worded?

There are various  styles of invitations, mostly depended on who hosts the reception. For in stance:

• “Parents of the bride”, Mr. & Mrs. (bride’s parents) …   

• “Both sets of parents”: (bride’s parents)  and Mr. & Mrs. (groom’s parents) …

• “Bride and Groom” : Your full names bride’s first.

Will my printer produce the raised lettering I’ve seen on some wedding invitations?

No, an ordinary laser or inkjet printer is not capable of that.

How do I know what paper to choose?

Following are facts you should know about paper:

• Standard everyday correspondence paper measures 8½ by 11 inches and is 20 pound to 25 pound weight.

• Wedding invitations typically range from 65 to 85 pound weight.

• The single raised panel cards that are not designed to be folded are usually 85 pound weight.

• Invitations announcements and stationery that is designed to be folded, are usually 65 pound weight.

• For more luxurious paper appropriate for Wedding invitations announcements and stationery look for paper with a high content of linen or cotton.

• If you opt for plain paper, you can get 65 pound plain bond in any stationery store. Just ask for cover stock.

• You may want to consider buying un-printed wedding invitations and stationery. Many are pre-designed but you can choos plain too. Pre-printed invitation kits give you choice of paper, are scorred for easy folding after you print them and come with envelopes too. They are available on the Internet, most office supply stores carry them and you still save a lot of money.

Before you purchase blank wedding stationery:
Be sure that you know the weight and content of the paper. Often, Paper that appears to be a bargain may not be!
Check the outerbox before you purchase pre-printed invitaions and/or kits to make sure that the stationery you’re buying is designed to be printed on the printer you have. You’ll get quality printing if both paper and printer are made for each other. If you have a Laser printer, purchase paper designed for a Laser printer. If you have an Inkjet printer, purchase paper designed for an Inkjet printer. Many kinds of paper indicate that they will print well on either.
If you are planning to purchase card stock at an office supply store, Be aware! Some card stock is designed for commercial printers and may not print well on either a Laser or an Inkjet.