When all the planning for a wedding starts to become overwhelming and very expensive, try to tone it down and think of cheap and easy ways to create your special day.
Much of the sophistication and love can be created by doing things yourself instead of spending money buying them.
You can make very cheap wedding invitations for example that are stunning and have more detail and personality than bought ones.
Here are some ideas for great ones: 1.
Choose a bold color scheme.
Go for something like black and white with silver edging or use lime green with gold ribbons and inlay.
There are many colors that you can put together to create a stunning invitation for next to nothing and it will look amazing.
2.
Use your creative talents.
Even if you are not very creative, making something is always great fun and you can't really go wrong if you keep it simple.
By taking a plain shimmering card you can stamp an elegant image or pattern onto it in gold or bronze to make a fabulous cost effective wedding invitation.
3.
Use ribbons and other add on accessories.
This makes the entire look complete and very elegant.
Cheap ribbons can be purchase in bulk and then cut into very simple lengths and glued across the cornier of each card.
You can also use the ribbon to tie the card once it has been folded and this creates its own envelope so you don't need to buy envelopes.
4.
Write them by hand.
If you have a friend or family member that is good at creative writing or calligraphy, you can ask them to help write your invites instead of having them printed.
This will save a ton of money and look very fancy.
5.
Think outside the box.
Instead of making invitations on card, think of something unique to send people.
You can make little fridge magnet invites.
These are easy to make and use less paper and are very cheap wedding invitations to send people.
What about sending a blank mini CD with the invite just written on the cover for music lovers.