A Cheap Wedding That Will Look Like A Million BucksA cheap wedding? That sounds like an oxy-moron and a word that just does not exist in today’s wedding society, doesn’t it? Planning cheap weddings is planning dream weddings but with cash left over. Wouldn’t you rather have money to put down on a house, buy a car or take a fabulous honeymoon? Well, having a cheap wedding seems to be the wave of the future. Gone are the days of spending your life’s savings on your big day. You and your fiancé can have an elegant, beautiful wedding without breaking the bank and draining your account dry. By searching on the web and doing proper and thorough wedding research, you can find suggestions for great weddings…and lots of tips for cheap weddings. Having a cheap wedding does not mean you have to give up your own personal style or traditional sentimentality. It means you will have to use your imagination and creativity and put your own hands or the help of friends and family to work. By using your imagination, you will be able to have a budget friendly wedding that will be the highlight event of the season…and the planning all starts with your choice of inexpensive wedding invitations. Creating your own inexpensive wedding invitations is a great way to keep your wedding costs down. Buying a printable wedding invitations kit at a local craft store or paper specialty store allows you to give all of your personal touches to your invitations. These do it yourself wedding invitations come in several different styles. The usually come in white or ivory colors. Some invitations are plain and basic without any dimension to them. Perhaps, once you have printed up your invitations and you have allowed enough room, you can jazz up your personalized wedding invitations by taking a hand held whole punch and punch two holes at the top of the invitation right next to each other, about two inches apart. Next, take a beautiful ribbon that ties in with the color palette of your wedding (bridesmaids dress color, etc.) and loop it through the wholes. Textured or patterned ribbons like plaids or gingham checks add a fun and quirky flair to a simply designed wedding invitation. A deep plaid in reds, greens and gold’s tied into a rich ivory invitation would be a perfect accent to a wedding around the holidays. A pink or pastel colored gingham or floral colored ribbon with a crisp white invitation backing would be ideal for a spring or summer wedding occasion. Once you start your wedding planning off with inexpensive wedding invitations, your cheap wedding options are endless. When you see how easy and fun you can make these invitations in such an inexpensive way, you will be inspired to see what other budget friendly ideas you can use to make your wedding as beautiful (and as cheap!) as you can. |