Say Yes To The Do It Yourself Wedding Invitation
For a very long time the notion of printing up professional looking wedding invitations was the exclusive domain of the professional printer. Then computers came out and some people decided to invest money in quality printing equipment specifically designed to print up nice looking invitations. Since they did not have the overhead of the printing companies, they could print your invitations at significantly lower prices.
Now that technology has marched on to the point where color laser printers cost less than the newest video game system many people are trying do it yourself wedding invitations. The best part about do it yourself wedding invitations is that you can buy a kit for do it yourself wedding invitations at your local discount party supply center and, with a little patience and experimentation, you can easily get involved with do it yourself wedding invitations and make them look just as professional as any printer.
What You Need
The first two things you absolutely need for do it yourself wedding invitations are a computer and a laser printer. You don't need a color laser printer but if you intend to print in color then you should have a color laser printer. Ink jet printers are no where near the quality of a laser and you can get a decent black and white laser printer for the same cost as a decent ink jet printer nowadays. Compare the cost yourself.
Go to the local discount party store and see how much the do it yourself wedding invitation kit is, add in the cost of an inexpensive black and white laser printer, and then go see how much invitations would cost you to get printed. Even if you break even you still wind up with a new laser printer and complete control over what is said on your wedding invitations.
Always Test First
The do it yourself wedding invitation kits are not cheap, but they are also a lot less expensive than buying printed invitations. So be prepared to waste one pack of a do it yourself wedding invitations kit on testing it out and setting it up. Find the fonts you want to consider and then print those fonts out on regular paper and see which ones look best to you printed out. Then when you have it narrowed down to a couple print out test invitations to see how they will look. Once you have the font you want the rest is easy.
If you screw up do it yourself wedding invitations then all you do is reprint them. No waiting weeks for a printer to respond and make the corrections, no frustrating phone calls, and no wondering if the invitations will be done on time. You are in complete control and you save money at the same time -- perfect!
