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I got mine on etsy. We only ordered 30 and it was $120 and that included shipping.
mine are 4.50 each and are verticle pocketfolds with 3 inserts
Don't forget the cost of postage. My invites were square in shape and cost me more to mail them because the dimensions exceeded the standard letter size. I paid $1.05 or .88 cents in postage just to mail them depending on the enclosures. I paid $2 per invite, but including the postage for the response card and the cost to mail them...the actual cost is $3.49-$3.32.
for our invites, not including postage, i spent 21 cents each one. i found this crazy deal at wal-mart for invitation kits on sale for $7 each - i bought 3 for 100 invitations. if you count the paper i bought for the bands, the glitter stickers AND the postage for both reply card and envelope, they were still less than $1.25 each. this was my biggest steal!
Mine cost $3 each but that included everything from invites to Thank You Cards. I got them at a great discount at Costco.com but had to preassemble everything, which including tying all the bows. But I'm sure they would have been at least $5 each (just for the invitation) if I had them made and had them delivered to my home.
Made them myself, so I didn't count the cost of the printer ink... they were just under $4 each, several inserts, ribbon, embossed pocketfolds with vellum envelopes. A labor of love for sure!
I made them all myself. Pocketfolds with inserts and embossed invites. I had about 85 to mail, and including postage it came out to be about $3.75 per invite.
There's a more specific price on my blog, but that's just from my memory.
Ugh, I don't even want to think about how much mine will be. I have a serious paper problem so anything less than awesome will be a disappointment. Awesome sometimes costs beaucoup $$$, don't cha know. Not always, but sometimes I like to go above and beyond.
I made my invites myself and they were pocketfold with 3 inserts and some embossing. They came to about $4 per invite with postage.
I'm printing my own, the most expensive bit was actually the postage at $.88. The cardsandpockets.com pocketfold was on sale for $.78 each. I think it came out to just under $2 since I am DIYing everything. Oh, well I forgot about the RSVP stamp, so maybe $2.50 each.
Mine came up to $1 each, including postage. I DIY'd them and didn't do RSVP cards. Our thank you's were also about $1 apiece, including postage
My TOTAL paper cost was $308. This included 125 invitations, outside envelopes, gold lined inner envelopes, pre-printed return address on outer and response envelopes, response card, reception card and accommodation info card. I went with an online company called Invitations By Dawn and they were SUPER helpful. They had a fantastic help number that made all the changes (like increasing font size) that I couldn't do alon on the website for no extra charge. It always feels risky going with an online company, but I was SOOOO happy with the result! Everyone tells me how nice they look, and I honestly just wanted cheap!
I own a wedding invitation business. Cost is dramatically affected by the number of invitations that you need and how many print pieces you would like to include. $2 per invitation set is not unreasonable if you have reasonable expectations. For example, in that range for 50 invitations or less you may be looking at a main invitation on heavy cardstock, a coordinating reply post card and a printed outer envelope all done in laser print.
The price per invitation set goes down as the quantity increases. If you are doing 100 invites, you may be able to include envelope liners or even do single color thermography printing. If you have any other questions ~ let me know. Paper is my passion!
I'm going with theamericanwedding.com. It was acutally one of the first wedding decisions we made. It will be around $130. We found an invite we loved, and nowhere else has them cheaper in the style.
I did diy. For about 90 invites it was $1 each for everything except postage.
www.whimsicalprints.com has beautiful designs if you don't mind a simple card style.
There are some good sites where you can find digitally printed invitations as opposed to letterpress (we are going with digital to save money) - I have found pretty good deals under $2/invitation at:
- Hello Lucky http://www.hellolucky.com/
- Modern Girl Invitations http://www.moderngirlinvitations.com/
- Wedding Paper Divas http://www.weddingpaperdivas.com/
Another really good site that I also found but is a bit more expensive is http://www.minted.com/wedding
Hope this helps 
If you go with any online retailers ~ be sure to get a sample first. I was really surprised to see that some of the invites that appear to be black or chocolate brown with white lettering are just basic WHITE cardstocks with the color ink printed on them and the negative space makes up the lettering. When you flip the invite over, it will be white.
Mine were $5.89 (including the postage) for each invite. I knew I wanted to DIY from the get-go, hoping to save some money; I budgeted $500 for the invitations but they ended up costing $555 including the stamps. While it definitely cost a lot more than your typical DIY, I still think I would've spent a lot more had I had someone else do my invitations how I wanted them.
I don't regret the money, even though I am sure all but mine and maybe our parents' invites were tossed in the garbage. I was so happy with the way they turned out and even though they were "just paper," I would've regretted not doing what I wanted- even with knowing they would be thrown away.
For a while I considered hiring Anna Bond to do our inviations, but after the quote I received I know I would've been sick knowing I spent $2000 on invites that were thrown away. So I guess I am happy with the result :)
My stationery includes a save the date (w/ lined envelope), invitation (double envelope, inner lined), rsvp card, reception card, rehearsal dinner card, website tag on ribbon band, programs, escort cards, and thank you cards. So it's a 9-10 piece set, or more if you count all of the envelopes.
It's a DIY project, but it's coming out amazingly. I used 130# paper, gocco printing, and am embossing everything. It's coming out to about 80-85 cents a piece, INCLUDING postage. I couldn't be more thrilled.
I'm doing my own invites...and for envelopes, invitations, an insert card AND postage, the per invitation cost is $.91...no lie...and I love them! They aren't just printed on plain cardstock and boring, they have ribbons and embossing and look pretty fancy. So, I guess if you have the time to DIY and also have time to play around and try a few designs, you'll save a TON of money.
Mine are a little over $5 each if you include the cost of shipping and extra envelopes - 150 invites total. they are pocketfolds with 3 inserts and letterpress seals.
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I know prices can range dramatically... just wondering what the bees out there are spending PER invitation. FI and I are currently trying to make a budget for them. They're not all that important to us, so we're trying to get them for $2/each or less (are we nuts? is this do-able??). Obviously, we are not looking for anything fancy like letterpress.
So, what did/will you spend PER invitation??
Anyone out there find some rocking deals??