I had my 200 wedding invitations bought and printed for less $75. By today’s standards, that’s pretty darn inexpensive. Today I’m going to share the 2 ways I was able to do this.

1. Buy invitations at 1/2 price.

Most craft stores such as Michael’s and Hobby Lobby sell packages of wedding invitations, usually in sets of 50. I needed approximately 200 invitations, meaning I needed 4 boxes. Well, I found the style I liked at Hobby Lobby, with pretty silver hearts on top. Once every couple months or so, they put their wedding supplies on sale for 50% off, so that’s when I was sure to buy them, along with other wedding supplies. Michael’s doesn’t usually offer those kinds of sales on their wedding supplies, but they do frequently offer coupons for 50% off one regular item. So, to get the same deal at Michael’s, acquire a few ads, clip the coupons, and bring a few friends with you (one coupon per customer.)

2. Local printing

Now, those 200 invitations I bought? They were blank, of course. I considered printing them myself on our home printer, but ultimately decided against it after my test page came out crooked. So one day I talked to someone from a local printing company that my work uses. They came back with a quote for around $20 to print all of them. I doubt I would have been able to do it at home for that low of a price. Plus, it saved me the headache. I sent the printing company the template of the wording and font; and the invitations turned out beautifully.

With these two tips, you too can save lots of cash and still have gorgeous wedding invites!

How did YOU save money on your invitations?