Money Saving Invitation Idea

My son's birthday is coming up in early May, so we are at the planning process. I won't get into all of the details, but Helaine and I were discussing invitations. Actually, she was doing most of the research and I was the sounding board.

Invitations can be costly. The cheap ones were 50 cents each (blanks), and others cost more than 1 dollar a piece. This party is going to cost me enough without shelling out some real money for invitations.

My mother-in-law has this software that makes greeting cards and then she prints them. She enjoys making them and Philip really likes getting the very customized cards. I thought about going that route, when I had a vision.

Why not use some photo editing software that I already have and make a picture size (4x6) invitation? All I have to do is find a picture of my son that we like, easy enough to do, and then add the appropriate text. Once I'm done, I then put the image on a memory stick and head off to Costco. They charge 15 cents a print. Now we're talking I price I can live with.

Helaine loved the idea and was very happy with the final product. Philip thought it was really cool and I was just happy that I was able to please everybody and it didn't cost me that much at all.

( I removed some of the info off the photo, but you get the idea....)