Today’s brides more often are electing to eschew the stress and expense of a formal wedding and instead are opting for a more casual, relaxed ceremony. Making this decision does away with the need to find a stationer and printer to create and produce high-dollar invitations that can run into hundreds of dollars (or more!).
By going with a more laid-back wedding ceremony, a bride-to-be can make invitations herself by purchasing blank envelopes and card stock and either writing the text and decorating the invitations by hand or by using a computer software program. If the wedding guests number more than several dozen or if the wedding date is in the very near future, it’s only logical to relinquish the idea of trying to handwrite them yourself and go ahead and buy them ready to print.
Invites Galore
One good place to purchase casual wedding invitations online is Invites Galore. This site offers this type of invitation in a wide array of different designs and styles, all within the most frugal bride’s budget. Most are in the $100 range with a few priced at only slightly more and a few somewhat higher.
At $458.90 for 100, their most expensive invitation is a kit featuring a handsome, leather “suitcase” filled with themed, imprinted seals (five different ones!) along with blank base cards and double white envelopes. The invitations include imprinted verse and all your pertinent information in a handsome style of lettering.
Party-Invitations.com
At www.Party-Invitations.com, casual wedding invitations can be purchased with your personal greeting imprinted (no limit on the number of lines!) at no extra charge. You can choose from any of the site’s 13 ink colors or 36 type styles. Party-Invitations.com even gives you clear instructions on how to compose the wording for your invitations as well as a link to a site that features verses you can use.
Wedding Clip Art
If you’re simply bound and determined to design and print your casual wedding invitations yourself, you can do the whole thing online from www.WeddingClipArt.com. Here, with a 14-day free trial, you can access hundreds of designs as well as text tools for the wording. The designs include borders for the cards, wedding ceremony art, thematic art, and more all in a huge variety of colors and styles.
These are just a few ideas of where to go to find casual wedding invitations or materials with which to make them yourself. But no matter where you go, make sure you give yourself enough time to pick and choose exactly what you want. Consider where your wedding is going to be held, for example.
A cute, beach-themed invitation with seashells, palm trees, or even flip-flop sandals might work great if you’re planning on marrying at an ocean venue. Or if the wedding is to be held in a botanic garden, anything flower-themed will look terrific. So go ahead and look awhile, and then make up your mind to find the best invitations at the best price. It’s only a click away!