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you'll have to print the invite panel on white cardstock, then buy navy cardstock to mount the invite onto. then you'll need some kind of green paper to cut into strips to make the belly band, and a piece of ribbon to tie around the belly band.
then you need blue paper to make the envelope liners.
eta: the picture just changed to a different invite set...and people already told you how to make this invite yesterday.
@kitzy: I accidently put the wrong pic on at first so I had to edit and place the correct one on here. I realize I had some help with this yesterday but I didnt know if it would change much if I purchased the file. Is it worth it to purchase the file?
Personally, I wouldn't purchase the file because it seems like it would be very easy to do your own version.
Thanks. She actually offered to sell me the invitations at half price if I assemble them, which seems to be more up my alley. I dont know if I could handle the DIY with all the stuff I'd have to buy. Im waiting to hear what assembling them involves.
This is what she wrote about assembling:
wonderful! I'd purchase all the materials (envelopes, card tock, twine, liner paper) and I would print and trim your invitations, cut your envelope liners, and trim the belly bands and twine to size. And ship everything to you. You would then have to adhere the envelope liners to the envelopes and the printed sheets to the card stock, attach the belly bands and wrap and tie the twine. It's fairly simple, just a bit time consuming, and I would provide you with complete instructions.
What do you think? Should I do it?
So, I would say no to the digital file because I find that that is quite expensive. Now, it would depend on cost per invite for me. Since they are all cut to size, that could cut down on a lot of time (for me anyhow, who fumbles with craft stuff).
I love them, btw! But perhaps another bee can instruct how to do at home. I have no computer skills with photoshop or even publisher...would love something classy and simple like this for myself. What size are the actual invites? Do you mind sharing what etsy seller so I can take a peek at her other stuff?
I like the idea of getting all the items pre made by the etsy artist and preprinted so all you have to do is assemble it. but i think it depends on how much she's charging you.
you could easily buy the paper at a store or online and have staples or some place cut all the paper for you to the right size. only thing i could see having to be cut by hand is the envelope liners. everything else is straight edge cutting that staples can do.
@elliegraye: laurenalexab is the artist. Invites ar 5 x 7"
@Ms. Purple: I am just worried that it might be too much for me to have to find, measure, make perfect! Are they pretty easy for people who dont normally participate in crafts or DIY stuff?
@missmichigan: The assembling part is easy as its just gluing. the buying paper in bulk and getting it cut is all based on math. you have to calculate how many invites you can get out of a sheet and then buy the appropriate number of sheets. from there you just instruct the staples people how big you want the invitations to be and how many they are to cut from one page.
oh Miss Michigan, if only you lived closer i would help you assemble this stuff!
@Ms. Purple: So maybe I should just purchase the envelopes (with the liners in place) from the Etsy artist and DIY eveything else? Hmmm
So then she says this :
It'll be $3.25 per piece. Everything would be printed for you (add $1 if you want digital calligraphy on your envelopes) I could place the liners in the envelopes, you'd just have to tape them in. =)
Thoughts?
@missmichigan: thats works too!
i guess the thing you have to ask yourself also is do you have the time and energy to find all the paper, envelopes, belly band paper, etc? I found that looking for paper and pricing it all out took a while.
if you don't want to DIY, i think half the price of the basic invitation cost (including printing) on her site is fair.
to give you an idea, my envelopes were .60cents, paper was $1 per (8.5 by 11) sheet, all the paper for my belly band and envelope liner paper was $15-20, printing was .40cents per side (i did double sided), etc. so you can see how this can all add up and then you have to include cutting fees.
@missmichigan: sorry just saw your new post! for the price she quoted its not assembled right?
I ordered my invites unassembled and put them together myself. It was time consuming but it wasn't difficult. I saved $1.50 an invite so the deal you're getting sounds good to me.
@missmichigan: i think its a fair price if you don't want to DIY everything yourself. what do you think of the price? is that what you were looking to spend?
@Ms. Purple: to be honest, I'm having a hard time deciding on what is appropriate to spend on invitations. we are inviting around 150 guests. My parents will be helping us buy the invitations and I really don't want to take advantage of their help. If we send out 90 invitations, it will cost around 300 bucks...not bad, right?
Honestly, I would never pay $6.50 per invitation for such a simple design. It doesn't make sense to me. Even if you aren't particularly "crafty," cutting paper and gluing the items -- as people have point out before -- is not hard at all.
(If it was me...) I would buy the file and that's it. If you want to take out some of the DIY elements, get them printed and cut at Staples (or somewhere else). Assembling the bellybands is very easy, it only requires cutting them the correct size and gluing/taping them all around. As far as the envelope liners are concerned, if you don't want to go through all the trouble of cutting them and assembling them yourself, then you buy premade liners or pre-made lined envelopes.
With these steps, basically all you'd have to do is: mount the invite on the cardstock, put the bellyband on, and mail the invites. Easy, I think.
Please look for tutorials. They're all over this site. Then you can really judge if you can do it or not. Only you can determine what your creativity/patience/DIY level is.
Once again, good luck.
@missmichigan: i agree with the previous poster, that if you think you are capable of DIYing it, it might be the better way. but remember you gotta source all the items out yourself too. pricewise, i still think the unassembled price is still fair.
let me know what you end up doing!
@Ms. Purple: I'm probably going to buy them and assemble them myself. I think $300 is a good price and they look really nice. I don't really want to have to do all that myself. Thanks for you help through this! It's nice to have support!
@missmichigan: no problem!! if you ever need anything just pm me. i'm just happy that it all worked out in the end!
@Ms. Purple: You are so nice! Would you consider flying to BC to help me? :) Ahh, I love the Bees on here!
Whoa, Nelly!
The assembled version is quite nice, but it only works so well because of the mounted cardstock, twine, and belly band. Basically, all of the materials that you will have to purchase are what make this work...the digital file is overpriced, in my opinion. I think even $6.50 apiece for an assembled version is steep, personally. I know you are paying for someone's time, but the design itself is so simple.
I think of it this way...I designed my invitations, and they took ages, but that's because I had to look for the designs in old books, then I combined bits of several different prints and placed them one by one onto the invitation. I spent a long time playing with the placement of everything. So if I were to sell my designs, I would take into consideration the hours that I spent on all the different elements. I feel like this design (which is lovely in its simplicity, don't get me wrong) would not take more than half an hour to design. It's basically just text placement.
@azure6700: Can we see your invites? I also want to find something from old books but have no idea how to do it. I'm having trouble. I see what you mean about the above invites just having text placement. I think 75 is really steep.
Yeah, I am now realizing that 75 bucks for the digital files is too much. Plus, I would still have to do all the work. I have been working with Lauren to customize these invitations to fit my theme. She has been super helpful and supportive, as you can see I have a hard time making decisions! We worked out a deal that she would get everything ready for me and I would assemble it for half the price. Works perfect for me.
@elliegraye: Yes, I just need to get a good picture of them! I'll put one up here in the next day or so.
That is way too much for just a digital file for such a simple design. I'm glad you came to an understanding.
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Hey Gals! So I fell in love with these invitations:
I emailed the Etsy artist and she offered the printable digital file for $75. If I purchase the file, what will I need to do to get these together? It that a good price? What else would I need to purchase to bring them to life?