Get Wedding Invitation Graphics for as little as $7.00

Happy Thursday Afternoon Budget Brides!

Did you ever think that you could get wedding invitation graphics starting at $7.00. Well it's true! Print N Things is an amazing graphic design company that designs wonderful semi & full package wedding invitation suites for $7.00 & $20.00 respectively. What's so amazing about this company is that you don't have to have any special programs like Photoshop because you can make your own adjustments to the suite package using Microsoft Word. Isn't that AWESOME!!!! The company offers two types of suite packages a 6 template package which is downloadable and a 14 template package which is sent to the client in CD form by mail.

6 Package Template includes:Save the Date, 2 types of Wedding Invitation Templates (5x7 Invitation and a Triple Fold Invitation), Reply Card, 2 Envelope Templates and A Thank You Card.

14 Package Template includes:Save the Date, 2 types of Wedding Invitation Templates (5x7 Invitation and a Triple Fold Invitation), Reply Card, 2 Envelope Templates and A Thank You Card, these include the graphics which you can edit the wording in a graphics program as well. 7 extra templates in word format for you to edit include; menu, favour tag, church program, table number, wine label, place card, Cd Cover.

Checkout the Print N Things website to see more designs.

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Enter to Win a Set of Table Numbers from Alannah Rose Stationary

Happy Monday Budget Brides!

We are happy to start the month of May off with a great giveaway from stationer Alannah Rose.

So as many of you know creating seating arrangements for your wedding can be both worrisome and stressful. Your mother does not want to sit next to your father and his new wife. You have two friends who no longer get along and would rather die than sit at the same table. Does this sound like you? If so, enter to win our 'Seat the Guests' Giveaway Contest for the opportunity to win a set of table numbers shown in the image below from Alannah Rose at a value of $110 AUD ($80 USD).

Here's how you can win:

Send us an email (contests@thebudgetbrideshandbook.com) with your name, fiance's name, wedding date, color scheme and "Seat the Guests' in the subject line along with a short message of the stress that creating your seating arrangements have caused you. Remember to provide us with all the juicy details of who you are trying to keep away from who and why?

Deadline for submissions:
Monday, May 18th midnight Eastern Standard Time
Contest is valid for mainland United States Only Winner will be chosen at random & contacted on Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Contest Rules:

Contest is open to Brides' whose wedding date is June 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009. Winner agrees to provide The Budget Brides Handbook with pictures of the table numbers in use the day of wedding for a future post.

We were able to win these table numbers through a contest that Alannah Rose had on their blog a few weeks ago. Click here to see the winners announcement.

Images and Prize from Alannah Rose

DIY: Calligraphy

Happy Friday Budget Brides!

Here is a post that i found on "With this Ring.... Comes A Lot of Hard Work". Almost An Anderson is a 24 year old bride who is planning a wedding in Fort Worth, Texas. She came up with a brilliant idea on how to create custom almost handmade calligraphy without paying a whole lot of money. So Budget Brides, let's all give a big THANK YOU to "With this Ring.... Comes A Lot of Hard Work" by Almost An Anderson for helping us to save money.

Calligraphy: 101

• First, set up MS Word using the mailings feature to print addresses on the size envelope I was using.





• Then I entered the first recipient's address and set the font color to brown, just a few shades lighter than the envelope color. I adjusted the printer settings for my 5.25 x 7.25" envelope, and printed the address directly onto the envelope. This took a little more time and practice envelopes than I expected to get the position right, but I finally wiggled it around and got it centered.


• Then, I traced over the address using my white ink and calligraphy pen. You need very good lighting for this step, because the brown ink on brown paper was difficult to see. The brown-on-brown ensures nobody will be able to see if I don't cover the printed lines exactly (except you guys, of course). It actually took two coats of ink to get the right amount of coverage, since the white ink was a little bit opaque.


• While this shortcut was extremely helpful, it still required a bit of finesse while figuring out how to use the calligraphy pen and bottled ink. You need to position the pen at an angle to produce the thinner and thicker lines within the letters, and adjusting the pressure on the pen controls the amount of ink that's released from the nib. I would definitely suggest a few practice runs before you start on your envelopes.


• This technique would also work well with any other ink and paper color combination, and gives that fancy hand-written feeling without the worry of crooked lines or inconsistent lettering.

Information & Images from With this Ring.... Comes A Lot of Hard Work

DIY: Wedding Monogramming

This post is for all my DIY budget brides. As I search the internet for new & innovative products to bring to you sometimes I find diamonds in the rough. Today I stumbled upon Brianna Nichole's Wedding Monogramming Tutorials which features tutorials on how to create a variety of monograms for all of your wedding needs. You can create invitations, aisle & table runners, candles and mores. Brianna Nichole gives you a step by step instruction on how to create the monogram of your dreams for your big day. Making your own monogram is so easy with these tutorials since the instructions are easy to follow and there are pictures for every step. What's even better is that Brianna Nichole's does not charge for expertise in helping all of you budget conscience brides with creating your wedding day monograms; however, she does have a paypal button on her site for any donation that you would want to provide. So with this post we both salute & thank Brianna Nichole from Brianna Nichole's Wedding Monogramming Tutorials for such a thoughtful idea.

Monogram Photoshop Tutorials

Letter Behind Monogram Tutorial

Power Point Monogram Tutorial

Shamrock Tutorial

Triple Box Monogram Tutorial

Twine Monogram Tutorial
How to Draw Lines Tutorial
Reception Menu Tutorial
Mr. & Mrs. Wedding Signs Tutorial

See Below for examples of monograms:

Images & Links from Brianna Nichole's Monogramming Tutorial

Introducing Wedding Paper Divas & House of Brides to The BBH

As always our mission is to bring new & exciting products to our customers. We have just become affiliates of Wedding Paper Divas and House of Brides. These new affiliations mean that all of our Budget Brides will receive the opportunity to have first hand knowlegde of sales, discounts and w product from both of these amazing companies.

Wedding Paper Divas

House of Brides

Save the Date Puzzles

Save the Date cards are always trickly. You never know which way you should go. I have found Save the Date puzzles at WeddingTulle.com. Who would have thought of turning your Save the Date cards into puzzles. There are so many ways to have a little fun with your friends and family by using these puzzle cards. You could send the Save the Date puzzle cards in pieces and have your guest piece the card together to get a wonderful message. It will definitely be the talk of your circle when all of your girls call you to say what a cute idea. Pricing for the puzzle cards are $40 for 10 with a minimum of a 3 pack purchase. Also, check out WeddingTulle.com for Save the Date magnets, wedding invitations and wedding accessories which are all very cute.

images from weddingtulle.com