Cool Idea for Your Wedding: Beach Invitations
You’re going to be married on the beach with the surf providing liquid music in the background. You’ve selected your date and you’ve settled on the perfect place to hold your wedding. Beach invitations are the ideal way to let your guests know about the joyful occasion. Your hope, of course, is that your wedding invitations will entice those you care for to attend and participate in your special day.
You want to create an invitation so beautiful that your guests will frame it as a memento of your ceremony. Of course, you’ll also want to keep an eye on your budget. Did you know that the average couple spends 5% of their wedding budget on invitations? For a $20,000 wedding that’s $1000. You don’t have to spend that much. Instead of turning the task over to a graphics designer, why not design your own?
At first, it might seem like a challenge. Fortunately, there’s no reason to be anxious about it. Many different types of paper, colors and fonts are available to choose from, so you can easily create invitations that display your own style perfectly… and you’ll be able to do it without spending too much of your budget. This is your opportunity to be creative, so have fun with it!
Use these tips to get your creative juices flowing:
Design online: Type “design your own wedding invitations online” into your favorite Internet search engine, and you’ll be presented with dozens of websites that allow you to create invitations for your wedding. Beach invitations are offered in a variety of ready-made designs. You can start from scratch or choose one of these ready-made versions and then customize it to your heart’s desire…for free. You won’t be charged for the invitations until you have them printed.
Shape and Size of Invitations: You might want your invitations to have a custom shape, such as a palm tree, a sea horse or something else that’s related to the beach. Custom shapes are popular, but they do have some shortcomings. The printer will need to specially set up their equipment to cut the paper into the shape you choose, and this will come at an extra cost. You may have additional postage costs, too, because the post office sometimes charges more for oversized or oddly shaped envelopes. If your budget is tight, you are better off staying with square or rectangular invitations.
Invitation Graphics: What images pop into your mind when you think about the beach? Wedding invitations can incorporate pictures of sand dollars on the beach, swaying palm trees, sailboats on the horizon and other beach-related images into their designs. You can create a tasteful background for your invitations by repeating the same image of a tropical flower, a starfish, a sunset or a dolphin. You can also use a favorite beach photo or painting in your design.
Choose Your Paper: You might not be sure about what type of paper you should use. 30 to 50 pound card stock is the perfect choice. It’s thicker than regular paper and prints well, and it’s strong enough to resist bending and creasing while in the mail. If you’re environmentally-aware you might want to use recycled paper. If you’re going for elegance, try linen and cotton paper. To save money, use a cotton blend instead of 100% cotton.
Type-style: The website where you design your invitations will offer a variety of fonts to choose from. You will want to choose a font that reflects romance, the beach, and of course, your own personality. One of the most popular and pleasing-to-the-eye fonts for wedding invitations is called Edwardian Script. Renaissance and Vivaldi fonts are good bets as well.
You can make your invitations catch even more attention by including a favorite poem or quote, or the words of a song. Is there a favorite saying that your soon-to-be spouse repeats often? If so, add it to your wedding invitations to give them a warm, personal touch that your guests will treasure.
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