Free Ideas for Making Wedding Invitation Cards

What You Need

• Time, but probably not as much as you'd think. You can get your wedding invitations designed and printed in an evening if you really set your mind to it. Using templates will make it incredibly easy. If you're artistic and plan to design from scratch, it could take longer.
• Creativity (and not really much of that since you can rely on the internet and books, so don't fret if you don't feel like you have much!)
• A computer, preferably a laptop if you plan to multi-task
• A good color printer, or at least know somewhere you can access one

Finding Free Ideas for Making Wedding Invitation Cards

As usual, Google is a beautiful thing—almost as beautiful as a wedding. You may even want to kiss it once you see how much money it will help you save just by providing links to free ideas for making wedding invitation cards. Check out these listings:

• Southworth.com has free downloadable templates. The default text is Times New Roman, but you can choose from graphics like Rose, Ring, Flowers, or Bouquet. Choose to send them from the parents of the bride or the couple. You can also get reply/response cards, table place cards, and stationery templates.
• Find-me-a-gift.co.uk is another well-wisher of your union. They offer scroll invitations, folded invitation, and simple card invitations. There are also menu cards and thank you cards.
• Leave it to an art store to have free online invitations. Michael's has a list of projects and they're even marked based on difficulty. If you don't feel very crafty, just look for one that's marked "Adult 1 out of 5" and get to it. You'll feel like an artist in no time.

If the Internet Doesn't Provide…Books!

There are also many books designed to help you create your own wedding invitations without making them look cheesy or cheap. They can still be stylish and say a lot about your personality as a couple. Here are a few to check out at the library or buy online at stores like Amazon.com.

• The Artful Bride: Wedding Invitations
• Easy Invitations: Use Your Home Computer to Create Stylish Stationery for Weddings, Birthdays, and Other Occasions (beware the need for extra software that's not included with the book.)

Where to Find the Time

Planning a wedding takes a lot of time. Add in your job, school if you attend, social obligations like showers and just fun nights out, and you barely have time to think about creating invitations—-even with free ideas for making your own.

Here are a few suggestions for getting them done without it seeming too much like a chore:

• You and your fiancé can have a night in. Grab a bottle of wine and get those invitations going. If you'd like (and you're okay with multi-tasking), rent a movie and play that in the background.
• Have a gathering with your bridesmaids at a café and set up shop at the table there. If you need the internet, lots of places have WIFI now. If you have a portable printer to hook up to your laptop, even better. It's a time to bond with your girls and get something productive done.

Free ideas for making wedding invitation cards can make your life so much easier. Take those hundreds of dollars you save and put them on your honeymoon! A little bit of time spent now will give you an even more memorable experience later.