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Who Says You Need To Buy Wedding Invitations?

There are many different software packages out that allow you to create customized holiday cards and what-not. These types of programs have been popular with the average computer owner for many years and there are so many that most of the available titles will cost you less than the latest video game. You may even own one already, either something you purchased a while back or perhaps even something that came with your computer.

Now I know what you're thinking. You've seen homemade greeting cards made with a computer and they look, well, quite obviously homemade to say the least. Right. But that's all changed in the past several years. For one thing the cheap printers that are being given away with new computer packages these days are usually capable of some pretty decent photo-quality printing even if the machines themselves aren't that durable. If you actually went out and deliberately bought yourself something halfway decent in the last year or so chances are your printer is more than adequate for the job.

But of course, who wants their wedding invitations printed on silly little pieces of white copy paper that's been folded four times to make it a little less flimsy looking. No one. These days amateur desktop publishing is so sophisticated that you can get nearly any size, thickness, style and color of paper at a reasonable price -- and a lot of this stuff is made specifically for use in inkjet printers. So you can pick out something with the texture, thickness and color you want, in the size and shape you want, use your greeting card software to create a custom design that you love and print it out using the inexpensive inkjet you probably already own.

Sure, it's not that easy. You might have to hunt around for the perfect paper if you've got something really specific in mind, and you will probably have to spend a little time learning the ins and outs of your greeting card software, but if you start today and put your heart into it the reward for your hard work and dedication will be getting exactly what you've always dreamed of and saving money at the same time.

Helpful Tip: When you are figuring up the cost of your wedding invitations, don?t forget to include postage expenses. It makes sense to assemble an invitation (with return card if applicable) inside the envelope and take it with the to the post office to have it weighed. This way, you?ll make sure you apply enough postage. It would be heartbreaking to find all of your wedding invitations returned for insufficient postage and have to resend them.

Best of luck in the journey towards your wedding day!

Alex consults for an online gift shop specializing in http://www.giftsandotherwise.com/shop/bridesmaids-gifts--gifts-for-her-c-249.html and http://www.giftsandotherwise.com/. Alex is recently married.

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