Weddingbee boards

I have been going through the boards for this, but I want to know what everyone is quoted at which site for just the printing alone. I will be designing my own with probably one or two color, but need help on which place does them the cheapest.

and do they consider different % of pantone as one color?

i will be needing everything to be done. invite, rsvp, place card, program, direction, menu, thank you, etc.

I've heard a lot of good things about Mercurio Brothers and they are pretty inexpensive from everything I've seen. They also allow you to play around with numbers, colors, etc. to get an idea of how much everything will cost. I ordered samples from them and they looked really nice. 

I used The Aerialist Press for my invites...love love love them!

I only got invites (instead of an entire suite) because of how expensive letter press is. I think I paid $435 for 100 invites. But, you pay by the piece and for how many colors. I did 2 colors.

I would def recommend them. They can also do the design for pretty cheap (it was included in mine).

I have also heard people say, just do the invites in letterpress and the rest can be digital or printed to save on $$$.

Good luck!

Yeah, it is still expensive, but the price per invite goes down the more you have. You can get 125  one color letterpress invitations for 240, which isn't bad at all in the letterpress world. I was going to go without letterpress, but I've decided this is one of the things I must have so it is a treat to myself. :) I'm only going to do the invite though. The RSVP etc will be digital. 

Yeah, I was worried about paying $1,000s for letterpress which definitely wasnt in my budget. So, when I found The Aerialist Press... I had to do it!

Having letterpress invites was one of the most important things for me too, so I was willing to spend a little extra to get what I wanted.

Good luck! Let me know if you have any questions about the process or anything.

UPDATE: Guess what I did this whole weekend!!!? Made my invites! I got the L Letterpress for $93 bux on amazon, originally $160. Made my design and sent it over to boxcarpress to get plates made for $65. i ordered 4 ink colors, but i really only used 3, but that came out to $30 bux. and i ordered $70 worth of envelopes (75 pieces) and paper (100 sheets). And $15 bux for fancy pattern paper for the inside of the envelopes. Grand total of $273.

And all the supplies I needed I already had from when I was in college. Had 2 other graphic designers help me with the process. The only thing I have left to do is imprinting our return address on the envelopes.

So a total of 55 invite, info card, rsvp postcards, and envelopes are done.

And I will probably do the program & menu this way too. I just have to buy more paper.

i will post a picture when i get home :-)