#wedding papers

We got our Save the Date cards a couple days ago, and I’m super excited about how they turned out! We had our engagement photos done about a month ago, and I used one of the photos to create Save the Date cards in Photoshop. One great thing about being design-savy is that we can save money on having invitations made for us. We just have to pay for printing. I love looking at sites like Minted.com for inspiration, and I absolutely love all of their designs. Their Save the Date cards will run you $1.98 per card if you buy 100. We used Overnightprints.com and uploaded our own design, and we only paid $.40 per card! Minted is a great option if you would like to spend a little more money on your invitations (they have matching Save the Dates, invitations, envelopes, RSVP cards, and more...so cute!), but if you or your fiance are good with graphic design, you might want to consider making your own and having them printed for a cheaper price. Also, you may have a family member or friend who would like to design them for you! Just make sure you take them out to lunch to thank them ;) 

We also bought some envelopes to match our wedding color--mint green! I found a great website called Paper-papers.com where I got 250 A5 envelopes for less than $35! (I’ll be able to use them for both the Save the Date cards and the invitations!) They make envelopes of all sizes, so I’m considering buying the smaller envelopes from the same site to send with the invitations for guests to send back their rsvp cards. I’ll be posting photos all of these items once the wedding is over and I have several cute matching papers to put together! We may even have our photographer take a shot of our Save the Date, invitation, RSVP, and wedding program together with some of our wedding decorations.