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You can hold the pieces together with a belly band! Otherwise I wouldn't worry about it; you don't actually need to connect the pieces together.
As for the sizes, I would go 5x7, 4.75x6.75, 4.5x6.5... 4x6 tends to look really small for getting the information on.
You can do the same size for the RSVP card and the reception insert... sometimes the reception card is even smaller.
i don't think a half inch (actually i guess a quarter inch) border around each card is too much, but spaniel brings up a good point about getting everything on a 4x6. if you are happy with the 4x6 design, then i do think the sizes you are thinking about is good--if you're going to layer, might as well have enough space for the backing to show up!
the size for the rsvp that you're thinking of is a good standard size. depending on what you put on the reception card, it can be smaller because it doesn't have to be mailed and may not necessarily have a lot of info.
hm, i just saw that you're going to do inner envelopes as well. if that's the case, you may want to bump up the size of your outer envelope so that it has enough room to house the inner envelope, invite (with three layers of cardstock), and inserts.
for keeping them together, a belly band or ribbon is nice but not necessary. also, if you are going to do the inner envelope, i think it's even less necessary to have something to keep them together because people will have the inner envelope to carry around.
I will have to play with how they look printed out. MissPug - Thats a good point about maybe needing to go up a little bit in size due to all of the layers we are putting in the invitations.
I guess the options are an A-8 which is 5.5" x 8.125" and holds max 5.375" x 7.875"
Here is how the invites would look with a smaller border. I would give murch more room for the motif in the corners and well as the words. 
that looks very nice as well--it's just a matter of personal preference. on the second, the ivory part of the invite really stands out with the text and the art, while on the first one you get the strong bold borders. so it's really up to you. either way, you did a wonderful job! let us know what you end up deciding.
Yeah, I like the smaller border better. :)
You won't need anything other than A7 and A7.5 for these, though... I just made my rehearsal dinner cards this way and there was PLENTY of room to spare. :)
I used the sizes in your first picture. I really love my invitations in the 4x6 and I like the color that the borders add.
A lot of people that don't do pockets tie all the pieces together with raffia or a belly band.
frenchpaper.com has super cheap envelopes. I paid $35 for 250. They have tons of colors. They sell many sizes of paper that match the envelopes too. They make it very easy!
I used A-2 size envelopes for the RSVP, which made the response card 4.25" x 5.5"
I would post pictures, but I'm picking them up from the printer's this afternoon!
Ok, I have also designed two potential reception cards to include in the invitation suite. Tell me which one you like best:
Option 1: Larger image, most of the wording at the top. Not sure if it reads funny.
Option 2: Smaller graphic so that it will all fit
Thanks for the comments!
Also, my invitation will be 5x7, what size should these be? 3.5 x5?
I like the first reception card more. My invite was 5x7 and our reception card was 4x6.
I would do all ivory envelopes. Easier to write on, and you can use the same pen/marker since you won't need to make sure it can be read on a darker envelope.
We didn't do any sort of belly band or ribbon, we just put everything in the envelopes. If you have three layers on your main invite, that can get pretty thick so the pieces will probably stay put.
For the invite, what if you did a 1/2" green border, then a 1/4" brown border? So the green would be 5x7, the brown would be 4.5x6.5, and the ivory would be 4.25x6.25. I am thinking of a matted photo, how the mat is wider but then there's sometimes a thinner contrasting mat nearer to the photo.
Lovely work!
Definitely play around w/ it a little. We've been doing mock-ups w/ our home printer, just using regular printer paper to test things out. The sizes that we decided on are:
A7 (5x7) for the invite
4-bar (3.5 x 5) for the reply card
5x5 square for the map insert.
That way everything has a base dimension of 5 inches, and only the height differs between the 3 pieces of the invitation.
I also like the first reception card. And I don't think you need a belly band or anything like that if you're going to have inner envelopes. I've used www.paperandmore.com to order a ton of samples to play around with. They've got lots of envelope options and samples are usually $0.50 with a flat rate $1 shipping and they ship super fast.
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Hi there.
I have been doing some research on the invitations. I am hoping to design and print them myself. I know what I want to do, but not sure how to go about doing it.
Invitation Idea:
This is an image, so that is why it is blury
The total size will be 5" x 7" (Green cardstock layer)
The Brown cardstock layer would be 4.5" x 6.5"
The invory cardstock layer with print would be 4" x 6".
Is half an inch of boarder too thick?
If you have any other comments about the size/font/wording etc, please share!
So, these will fit into A7 envelopes which are 5.25" x 7.25". I have found that PaperWhitesPress.com has A7.5 Envelopes for Outer envelopes for A7s which are 5.5" x 7.5", just a quarter inch bigger than the A7s.
I also will include a response/RSVP card. I am hoping those will be in 4Bar envelopes that can be ordered and are 3 5/8" x 5 1/8" The recommended size for inside a 4Bar envelope is 3.5" x 4.875" card or folded notecard.
I think I also need to do an insert for the information about the reception. I am not sure what size is approriate for this. Maybe post card size?
Since I really do not want to do anything with pockets, how can I hold these pieces together in the inner envelope?
What is the appropriate color scheme for the invitations? Maybe an ivory outer A7.5 envelope and a Green or Brown inner A7 envelope? Other Suggestsions? What about the color for the response cards?