Party Planning On A (Tight) Budget: Back to Step 1

In the original post, I mentioned a great deal Vistaprint was having on their invitations. There were many cute invitations to choose from, but I was looking for a sweet, pink cupcake theme. I was torn between grabbing a good deal or going with the design I had in my head. I chose to pass on deal #1 and find another one. Here are the two deals I considered:

Walmart- Offers photo cards to use as invitations. They have pre-designed photo cards as low as $.34 per 4x8 card or $.64 per 5x7 card. Use "site to store" to avoid paying shipping. One hour photos will be slightly higher.

SeeHere- With promo code "newbaby," you can get 50 free photo cards. This code works on 4x8 and 5x7 cards. Shipping depends on how many you order. Shipping for 1-24 is $2.49 and 25-50 is $4.99. This site offers a basic design feature allowing you to customize the card to your liking. You can change text, add pictures, move pictures, and add graphics.

And the deal I chose is................SeeHere. It's a better deal at $.10 per card, AND I was able to design the invite to include my sweet, pink cupcake theme. I can't wait for them to come in!

Party Planning On A (Tight) Budget Step 1

Hard to believe...the baby will be 1 year in April! I have two months to put together a great party on a tight budget. My first step was to decide on a location. We decided on having the party at a great park. The park has playground equipment, covered picnic pavillions, lots of room to run, plenty of parking, and ducks (to feed). All of this will be FREE! We just need the weather to cooperate.

For invitations, I came across a great deal at Vistaprint. Currently, you can order 10 invitations for FREE! Shipping will cost approximately $4.50 (depending on size of the card) which comes out to $.45 per card. Keep in mind, white envelopes are free with the order and color coordinated envelopes are a few dollars extra. Since I most likely will need more than 10 invites, I will place 2 orders. What a great deal!