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Envelope Liners

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    Treasure    09-12-2009  

    Has anyone ever heard of D-I-Y envelope liners?  We are on a major budget for our wedding, so we opted to have the printable D-I-Y invitations. (got em off Ebay by the way great deal too 150 invites, envelopes. rsvp cards and envelopes for 20 bucks!!!) 

    Anyhoo, I was surfing the net and came across a D-I-Y invitation site, and they had photo envelope liners for the invitations, so when your guests open the invite they see your pictures. Has anyone ever seen this on an invite they've recieved?

     
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    Treasure    09-12-2009  

    This is my first test run..Tell me what you think

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    linzella    June 20, 2009   Austin, Texas

    Ha!  I have never seen that before!  I think it is a pretty neat idea, but I just have one thought...if your guests use a letter opener (or even their hand) to open the envelope at the crease, they will be ripping right through your faces.    Is there an option to do it with two rows of smaller pictures?  If you could sort of "tile" several smaller pictures together, you could position it so that one row of pictures falls below the crease, and the next row of pictures falls above the crease.  Does that make sense?

     
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    Treasure    09-12-2009  

    I understand..lol..thats the same thing my fiance'...I'll try that....Thanks

     
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    laurajane    July 25, 2009   Toronto ON

    Good thinking Linzella :D 

    @ Treasure: It's obviously up to you, but I'm not sure you *need* an envelope liner on those since it's a square (and relatively shallow) flap. Have you thought about attaching a "moo sticker" to hold the flap closed as a means to attach your photo? Or putting one of your photos as a "moo card" (ie: business card-sized photo) Just a thought incase your printing doesn't work out.. It's a cute idea though!

    Here is the link to the moo stickers ($9.99/90 stickers): http://www.moo.com/products/stickers.php

    & for the moocards ($19.99/100 cards): http://www.moo.com/products/minicards.php)  

     
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    jcandy    May 16, 2009   Wheeling, IL

    i've seen them before.very cute idea. :-) i agree with the tile format so people won't rip through your faces.

     
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    Miss Pinot Grigio    March 21, 2009   Indianapolis, IN

    I actually made my own envelope liners, to add some color to my invites. I have pictures and instructions on my blog...

    www.weddingbycolor/clbowe

    Hope that helps you with ideas! Happy crafting. =) 

     
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    YSAP2M    January 12, 2007  

    I LOVE envelope liners! The pictures ones are a fab idea! 

     
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    browneyes    June 27, 2009   Seattle

    that's such a cute and unique idea :)  too bad i already lined my envelopes!

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    emmeeay-L    10/03/2009   Chicago

    I am in the process of lining our envelopes- lesson learned from the Save The Dates- try not to cover the envelope seal- and if you do (like if the envelope inside color is different from the outside so the liner has to cover it all- make sure your glue is not too strong.  I used permanent glue dots and it was too strong and people had to rip the envelopes to open them :(  Lesson learned and for our envelopes we makes sure our liners did not cover the envelope seal.

     
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    mixingmommybride    March 20, 2010   Phoenix, Arizona

    i think it's a cool idea. good job on the deal!!!! what was the address to that site if I may ask!?

     
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    littlebigfoot08    15/05/2009   Singapore

    We are DIYing our own liners and it's a tough job (we are doing 300 envelopes). Actually any DIY is tough. But I am a stickler for pretty invites so I am biting my tongue and roughing it through!! :)

     
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    Miss Pinot Grigio    March 21, 2009   Indianapolis, IN

    Oops! My website above was typed wrong...

    www.weddingbycolor.com/clbowe

    Hope that helps everyone with their DIY Envelope Liner projects. It's a little time consuming, but well worth it in the end! 

     

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