One part of your wedding planning is deciding on your wedding invitations.
Even if you are on a budget there are many ways to save money on your invitations and on your thank you cards.
If you have decided on a specific wedding theme and have your colours for the big day, you can integrate these into your wedding invitations.
There are many different ways to prepare your invitations, from utilising the web, designing them yourself, printing them out yourself, or maybe getting a creative family member to help and then adding embellishments to match your theme and colours.
To compare prices with your local printing companies, you can have a look online and see what is on offer for wedding invitations.
It may be that you find a design online that you like and fits your theme and then you can build your own invitations or order some online for less money than buying from a retail store.
Your wedding planning should consist of some comparison of costs for your invitations, so you can find what you want and at the budget you need to keep too.
It may be that by creating your own special invitations, all your guests have email.
So you can send special e-cards directly to them and ask for a reply on line.
This is just another alternative way to sending out your invitations by post and a way to secure a quick response.
You could also do a mix of both approaches.
Using a design for the invitations, that you have created, you can use the same for your thank you cards and for the name plates at the wedding.
It all depends on your budget and theme for your big day, so build all this into your wedding planning from the start.
Think about what you want to do yourself or with your friends help - adding ribbon and other embellishments to invitation cards can look pretty and add a personal touch if you are planning to send out cards in the post.
Also, you could add a small photo of your husband to be and yourself, to personalise even more.
The main thing is that you choose or create invitations that you love.
Mixing and matching in a way that allows you to put your money into the pieces that are more important to you.
Your wedding will be unique and beautiful, and within your budget.