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Computer-designed Wedding Invitations Submitted by: Michelle O. of Norton, MA When my fiance and I got married, we were looking for ways to save money. I had gotten a card for my birthday from my grandmother that she made on her computer through the American Greetings Gold Software. I loved it so much that I thought that we could use it to make our own wedding invitations. When I browsed through the selections, I found the perfect picture used as a birthday card. It lets you erase the wording and input your own. I matched our invitations to our style of wedding perfectly and for about half the cost too! My wedding stationery all matches - from the invitations to the table cards!! I purchased my paper at the local office supply store. It works wonderful!

Postcard Reply Cards Submitted by: Aimee of Piscataway, New Jersey For the reply card, we used postcards! All you need is a computer and Avery postcards from an office supply store. You save both on the stationery and on the postage. Also, no paper cuts from opening all those envelopes!

Follow up on RSVPs Submitted by: I. K. of Las Vegas, Nevada We were married two months ago and had a beautiful wedding. There was only one bad spot in the whole day. About ten people, who had almost literally "begged" to be invited and who had RSVP'ed, never showed up. Needless to say, I felt that was quite tacky, because we DID NOT invite some people who we wanted to be there because these folks were a "sure bet." I now recommend to brides who are following up on their RSVPs to consider calling their invited guests. Most of the time people don't mean to be rude; they're just forgetful. I hope this saves another bride from watching a lot of food, cake, champagne and favors go to waste unnecessarily.

"Saving Time" Submitted by: S. Brunskill of Kansas City, Missouri We are printing our own invitations and "Thank You" cards simultaneously. One neat thing about doing them at the same time is that we are addressing them both! What a time saver! Now we won't have to continuously go through our guest list (about 275) to find the gift giver's name and address!

"Make Your Own Invitations" Submitted by: Autumn of Mendocino To cut costs on our invitations we made our own with the computer. Most print or copy shops sell paper and matching envelopes in a variety of sizes and colors.

Purchase Wedding Invitations Online Submitted by: Laura in Denver, Colorado I did not think that it could be done but I have started seeing web sites pop up with full online ordering of wedding invitations. My friend purchased her invitations from one of these sites and they were beautiful. What a simple way to take care of a somewhat difficult task for those of us who are strapped for time.

Divide The Guest List Submitted by: A Bliss!™ Reader from Missouri Immediately after you become engaged, compose a sample invitation list and rectify it with the number of people you will want to have at your reception. When making out the real invitation list, allow your fiancé to invite 1/4 of the total number of guests invited while giving yourself 1/4, your fiancé's parents 1/4 (may include your fiancé's family if he's got important friends, business associates he must invite), and your parents 1/4 of the guest list. This precludes any "casual" inviting on your parents' parts to people you and your fiancé don't know in the slightest.

Homemade Wedding Invitations Submitted by: Michelle of Raleigh, North Carolina If you want to make your invitations, there are computer programs that can make it really easy. My fiancé and I found one called "Create Your Own Beautiful Wedding Invitations" that even came with the right size paper and matching envelopes.

Buying Invitations "Off-site" Submitted by: Amy of Pleasanton I had a great experience buying my wedding invitations. I played around with the wording and the fonts on an internet invitation site and then ordered my invitations from Party City. They were 30% off the price in the catalogs, and they came back absolutely perfect in 8 DAYS!

Printing Invites Submitted by: Crystal of Virginia, USA I have discovered that local colleges and even high schools will print your invites at nearly or no cost to you. You just need to ask ahead of time. They are more than willing to work with you to design a one of a kind invitation. This is a great opportunity for the students, too!

Flowers Into Invitations Submitted by: Ray of Burke We recently got engaged and were looking for unique wedding invitations and found a service that turns flowers into paper! We sent them our engagement flowers and they turned them into our wedding invitations! Hand made paper with our flowers in them... very nice indeed!

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