Here is a great way to save on your wedding and customize store bought invitations!
Weddings are expensive.
Weddings are really expensive.
My parents have been very generous with their wedding budgets for both me and my sister, but we like to save as much as possible where we can! Dad won’t give a penny more than the set budget! 😉
Our latest money-saving trick for my sister’s wedding is buying store-bought wedding invitations, but customizing them to fit her vision!
Aren’t they pretty? They’re even prettier without things blurred out, but I want to respect their privacy! 🙂
My sister chose these invitations from Michael’s.
They were $40 a box, but with a 40% off coupon, they were only $25ish a box!
(We used 4 boxes = $100)
We printed off the invitation and response card using 2 fonts:
Coneria Script and Fanwood. Both can be downloaded for free!
Next came the embellishments!
The purple ribbon came with the invitations. Lisa wanted to add a strip of burlap and a monogram.
We found 12″x12″ sheets of burlap in the scrapbook paper section of Michaels for $1 apiece (on sale). Using my paper cutter, we cut them into 1″ strips. We used 12 sheets.
(Add $12 to my running total!)
Using my beloved Silhouette Cameo, I created these monogram circles.
We probably spent $5 or less on scrapbook paper to make these labels.
*If you don’t have a Silhouette Cameo, you could make something similar by creating a monogram circle on a Word document, then using a circle punch to cut them out.
We used a combination of Zots and double-sided tape to put together the bands and attach them to the invitations. Estimated cost of Zots and tape = $15.
Aren’t they beautiful?
So, we spent less than $150.00 on wedding invitations!
That’s kind of amazing.
Seriously.
Have a great day!
Great job! They look professional and didn’t cost you much at all. You’re so talented. 🙂
Thanks, Jess! We had fun doing them! 🙂
Beautiful! So excited for Lisa.
Thanks, Kels! We’re really excited for her too! 🙂
They turned out SO cute! My mom and I made a lot of stuff for my wedding and I loved it because it felt so personal. If these are any indication of what the wedding is going to look like, I know it will be gorgeous!
~Abby =)
I love your ideas! I’m going to pin this to my Wedding Stationary board. 🙂
The Monogrammed Circles, did you print them with your silhouette cameo? And what font did you use on the circles, and did you use a cameo sketch pen?
Yes, I used my Silhouette Cameo. I didn’t use the sketch pens, I just used the “print and cut” setting on the Cameo. You create your design on your Silhouette Design Studio program, then print it off from you home printer, then cut it on your Cameo. I’m so sorry, but I don’t remember the font. 😉