Savetz, a longtime Web publisher has launched a new Web sites featuring free printable wedding invitations.

PrintInvitations.net are designed for value and convenience. Site visitors can choose from professionally created classic or cute wedding invitations. Quarter-fold and half-fold versions are available. There are also birthday party invitations for children and adults, graduation party invitations and more. Quarter-fold and half-fold versions are available. The invitations are free in PDF form, or $6 for editable .DOC versions.

FreePrintableGreetingCards.net and PrintInvitations.net were created by Savetz Publishing, Inc., a company devoted to creating useful and informative web sites of interest to consumers and small businesses.

Kevin Savetz states, "Everyone is busy, and people don't always have time to stop at the store before a party or other event where a greeting card is needed. This way, you can simply download a card, print it and you're good to go."

"Any time someone downloads a premium card or invitation for one of the sites, they can use that design again and again as many times as they like," Savetz explained. "For example, you could download one baby shower invitation design and use it for all baby showers you happen to throw in the coming years."

With today's tight economy, any kind of purchases must be carefully considered very carefully.  Everyone wants to give as nice a wedding gift as they can afford and a new but not well-known "reverse auction" site could be just the answer to your quandary.  

The new "reverse auction" website is Dubli. Unlike auction sites such as Ebay, the prices do not go up with each bid, they go down.  With the purchase of Dubli credits, worth 80 cents each, the price on your auction item goes down 25 cents. Other people across the country and around th globe are also bidding the price down with their Dubli credits until it reaches the point where one of the bidders likes the price and presses the "buy it" button. Prices can end up being 90% off in the "Express" auction price and in the "Zero" auction, the idea is to be the winner who pays "zero".

How can the company give away items? Well, with each 80 cent Dubli credit .25 goes towards the retail price of the item and the other 55 cents goes to the franchise owner of the website.

There are many, many products which would make excellent wedding gifts.  Take a look at some recent examples:

If you want to save money on your wedding and wedding reception, large amounts of money can be saved on wedding flowers.  How? Make your own tissue paper bouquets and wedding rcenterpieces.  This is labor intensive, but could be well-worth your time in saving money and the uniqueness of the bouquets.

Here is how you do it. A bouquet takes only an afternoon. All you need are a few supplies and your own loving hands. Purchase supplies online or at crafts or floral-supply stores. If using a rotary cutter, work on a self-healing mat.

How to make wedding flowers and leaves:

A bouquet like this one requires about 25 flowers and 10 leaves. Once you have arranged them, cover the stems in wide ribbon.

• You will need tissue paper:

• a rotary cutter or scissors

• 24-gauge green cloth-covered floral wire

• white craft glue in a bottle with a needle-nose tip

• two Styrofoam balls (1-inch and 1 1/2-inch)

• artificial stamens

• green floral tape 

Double Leaf: To make three double leaves, stack tissue in three hues of green. Cut 2-by-3-inch rectangles through all layers; fold in half. Trim tips into points; unfold. Twist each sheet at center. Fold 18-inch floral wire in half, slip over center of leaf, and twist. Fold tips toward each other, and curl.

Long Leaf: Stack tissue in two hues of green. Cut 2-by-3-inch rectangles through both layers. Apply glue along the upper third of a 9-inch piece of floral wire; sandwich between tissue layers. Let dry. Cut a leaf shape. Separate layers of tissue.

Folded Petal: Cut several 1 3/4-by-2 3/4-inch and 1 1/4-by-2-inch rectangles from tissue paper; fold each in half lengthwise; cut one end to be rounded, and twist other end to shape. For the center, roll white tissue paper into a tiny ball; cut out a square from white tissue paper, and wrap it around the ball, twisting tissue at its base. Attach the twisted end of the ball to a piece of floral wire by wrapping with green floral tape; add petals one at a time (start with small petals and end with large ones), taping twisted ends onto floral wire. Trim floral tape; spread out petals.

Bubble Petal: Each bloom requires 12 (or six pairs) stamens attached to floral wire with floral tape and five 4-by-2 1/4-inch pieces of tissue paper. For each petal, wrap tissue halfway around 1 1/2-inch Styrofoam ball, forming a half-sphere; twist ends, and remove ball. Attach one end of a petal to the base of stamen with floral tape. Add the other petals one at a time. Trim pointy ends. Gently pull petals away from center.

Tips for beach wedding venues:

• Do some research first so you can apply for the necessary permits if you are setting up to have a big celebration.

• After consent, ask for information on specific rules on the beach so you can do your wedding planning accordingly. Also inquire if you can light up candles on the beach.

• The wedding photography will be a lot less formal than the traditional wedding. Provide the photographer with a checklist of important shots.

• Pick a location near a cove to avoid strong winds. It is advisable to use wedding decorations that may not likely be blown away by the wind.

• Check the tide tables on your wedding day so you will not be surprised by high tides.

• Have an area that is out of the sun if you are planning to have your wedding during the day. This prevents heatstroke especially for the elderly and children.

• Do not stage your wedding in midday if the beach is a public location. You don’t want to see strange faces in your wedding photographs later on. Early morning or near sunset is the ideal time to hold the wedding ceremony.

• Select music and a good sound system that will work well with the sound of the environment.

• Do not forget to put flooring under the chairs and tables of the guests. It may sink in the sand as they sit down and eat supper. Flooring comes in a variety of materials from parquet to carpeted which can be very affordable.

• Use microphones during the wedding ceremony so you will be heard by all of your guests. Although a beach is often a quiet place, you may possibly contend with the sound of seagulls, children playing and the sound of the surf as you recite your vows.

To make it easier you should consider having a ceremony that includes only a few friends and family and moving the whole entourage in an indoor reception after. There also a lot of creative ideas you can add to the reception location to create a romantic beach atmosphere without actually holding the wedding on the beach. Either way, a beach themed wedding can be dreamy and unforgettable for you and your guests. By planning ahead and preparing for possible problems, you can have a beautiful wedding.

Look at some of the most beautiful and unique wedding cake designs ever! This will give you plenty of ideas to help you make a decision on what type of wedding cake design you would like.

• Save 50%-80% of your entire wedding planning expense to have the exact same wedding. And it doesn't matter whether your wedding budget is $5,000 or $50,000.

• Never forget even the smallest detail and you never have to worry about any possible disaster or blunder.

• Save hundreds of hours managing all guests, budget, vendors, gifts, seating, honeymoon, and more...

• Learn wedding planning tips for getting a ceremony and reception together in the shortest time possible... whether you currently have a full time job or have only couple months to go before the wedding.

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Are you a chocolate lover like I am?  You don't have to have a white wedding cake. Find lots of inspiration for chocolate wedding cakes designs here.

Whether your wedding is luxurious, funny, relaxed or formal, unique wedding cake toppers make a personalized statement.

 

Katrina Chalifoux of Rockford, Illinois won the “2008 Cheap Chic Weddings' Toilet Paper Wedding Dress” Competition. There were 564 entries in this ultimate cheap wedding dress competition.   Katrina spent 2 weeks making this gorgeous sheath dress with a raised flower pattern from molded toilet paper. She took home a $1,000 gift card for her ultimate cheap wedding dress creation. (Katrina's niece wears the dress in the photo.)

I wonder if she could create a wedding dress with real material and how much it would cost.  Interesting!

Here are some winners from 2007 also beautiful and creative:


 

han ah Kim, 2007 winner, Amber Lee

To make basic cheap wedding invitations pop out and be unique when your friends and family open them, here are some ideas on what you can add:

• Bind a single rose matching the type your fiancée gave you on your first date

• Add some glitz to the invitation by creating a border made up of beads, jewels, or rhinestones

• Add a personal touch that will give your guests a little taste of you and your fiancées personalities.. get thinking and get creative.

Make sure you don't do too much when adding a bit of dimension to your invitation packages... you don't want to distract from the actual information inside the envelope.

In this video the Virtual Event Designer is demonstrated to show how to lay out an event such as a wedding ceremony and wedding reception. The Event designer gives an overall view to plan where to locate wedding reception guest tables, cake table, buffet, the DJ or band. It is a great resource to organize your wedding venues for ceremony and reception. View testimonies and success stories.

View unique wedding invitation ideas.

A beautiful wedding reception idea: Make a beautiful centerpiece for the head table, Lights of Love.

Tulle wedding decorations on wedding ceremony and reception seating really at the extra touch for your special day. Get creative and see how you can employ techniques from this video to dress up your wedding ceremony and reception.

Make your own wedding reception table decorations. Watch celebrated event designer and wedding planner Preston Bailey as he makes a flower centerpiece. His clients have included Donald Trump, Mideast Royalty and Oprah Winfrey. Add your own special touches.