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5 Tips for Saving Money on Party Invitations

by Deborah on May 15th, 2008

Party invitations are a big business. Even if you’re purchasing store bought invitations for a kids’ birthday party you can spend $10 to $20 after they’re all mailed out. Plus, if you’re having a small party, save five or so kids, you end up buying a whole pack of invitations, most of which you won’t use. Fortunately, there are a few ways to save money and waste.

1. Use Evite or another online invitation service. Evite is free and sends a custom designed (by you) invitation to your guests’ email addresses. You can set it up to ping you every time someone RSVPs or to send out reminders to those who don’t respond. I use it for the women’s club I belong to as it makes it easy to keep track.
2. Make and print your own invitations. You can find hundreds of patterns online or you can add your own decorations or clip art. If you send a lot of invites and greeting, you can even buy a program to help you design your own cards.
3. Don’t use envelopes. Instead roll the invitation and tie it with ribbon or twice.
4. Hand deliver invitations. My son is not allowed to give out invitations at his school because we’re only inviting a few kids and we don’t want anyone left out. Instead, we’ll be dropping the invitations off in his friends’ mailboxes, saving us the postage. Kids who are allowed to bring invitations to school can hand deliver them there as well.
5. Buy from the clearance bin. Clearanced invitations and blank cards are just as good as the latest design. You can save 50% to 80% buy buying items on clearance.

What ways can you think of to save money on invitations?

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