Nowadays popping the word "wedding" in front of something raises the price by what sources say is roughly 500%....WHAT?! Can we all just take a hot second to question the audacity and complete craziness that is a 500% mark up by one seven letter word? HOLY. COW. I read somewhere that the average wedding in today's world costs around $36,000. That's literally more than my car... When I got engaged I made it my mission to not get caught up in spending my money in places where I could be saving it by doing something myself. This includes the insane amount of money that wedding invitations cost.