26. Skip the Tissue Sheets of tissue between layers of invitation packages were used in the past to prevent ink smudging. They’re likely unnecessary for your modern invites, and you can even skip the interior envelopes for most invitation suites.

29. Choose a Promising Newbie “We got lucky and found a wedding photographer who was still building her portfolio,” Manchester bride Katie S. commented. “If you reference her current pricing, we saved 70%.” .Always try to use a newbie photographer.

27. Sign, Don’t Seal, Deliver Use a postcard for each guest’s response instead of a card with an envelope. The cost to print these is about the same as an enclosure and envelope, [but] the big savings is in the postage.

28. Send Guests Online for Details Services like The Knot and eWedding offer free wedding websites where you can list accommodation options, directions and a link to your registry. List your wedding website on your invitation or an accompanying note, and you’ ii be able to skip a few of those extra cards people usually lose from invitation packets.

30. Go With Your Gut It’s better to hire a local newspaper photographer. They show up early, stay late and they know how to cover an event. Many high-end wedding photographers were newspaper photographers first.