The Wedding Series: Invitations

Hello everyone! Many may not know, but I got married this last June! My husband Joshua and I got engaged December 5, 2014 and immediately started wedding planning, as we only had six months to get everything ready. Unlike many, Joshua and I paid for the wedding ourselves. We definitely had some help from my parents, but the majority came straight out of our pockets. Because of that, I made it my mission to have the most perfect wedding for the least amount of money as possible. The Wedding Series will be a collection of posts showing you how we had our dream wedding for approximately $2,000. 

When I started planning, my first concern was invitations. We skipped save-the-dates because we thought they were a waste of time and money, in all honesty. Plus, the wedding was only six months away. Save-the-dates probably make a lot more sense when your wedding is a year or more down the road. I did some exploring on the internet for invitation templates, but everything was SO EXPENSIVE. The ones I liked were up to $6 a piece. That multiplied by about 100 invites was way more than I was willing to spend. I did some looking around on Pinterest for some different options, and came across a free template for wedding invitations!

These are some of my favorites!

http://www.bestdayever.fi/free-printable-rustic-invitations/

http://ahandcraftedwedding.com/free-wedding-invitation-template/

https://mibodadiy.wordpress.com/2014/03/05/papeleria-rustica-imprimible/#more-4184

To match our rustic theme, we purchased brown paper bag looking cardstock, printed one out, and made copies at our library. The total cost was less than a sixth of the price of the invitations I first found online. Plus, I was able to make my own modifications to it to make them match our theme exactly how I wanted them to. Pinterest also has some cool ideas and fonts for handwriting the addresses on the envelopes.

Using a free template definitely took some extra time, but it was worth the money that I saved for other parts of the wedding that mattered more than the invitations. This is the main idea of wedding planning on a small budget. Save your money for the things that really matter, the things that you will remember forever, and spend very little on the rest.

I hope that this will help you start to save money while you begin planning your wedding. Stay tuned for more posts on how to plan your perfect wedding on a budget!