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As with most things, it can totally range. I paid a little over $200 for 70 invitations and RSVP cards, which come with corresponding envelopes. However, I will be paying extra to get different envelopes because I don't like the ones they came with.
I got mine from Weddingpaperdivas.com. I'm not really a DIYer with this kind of stuff.
I went to 123print.com and got 100 for about $75 and they're really nice! It included 100 invites with envelopes and 100 rsvp cards with envelopes.
I think we're going to spend about $300 for 100 invites. We're ordering from Paperterie.
I went Vistaprint and redesigned a save the date. For 75 invites and envelopes it was $45. I then added a bow, and the ribbon was about $15, although I know you didn't ask I thought I would put that out there :).
I am making them myself :D and for about 67 families we are spending 265 (including calligraphy costs)... The invite will involve stamping, ribbons, wax and rhinestones and possibly feathers, so it's the extra umph that is making it more costly. It is basically a culmination of every invitation that I have ever liked excluding pocket folds (i love them but I don't think we can afford it)
We are spending $850 for 150 invites with envelopes, RSVP cards with envelopes, accomodation cards, and reception cards. I am getting them from Etsy.
We were originally going to DIY but I found these letterpress invites and they were just so gorgeous that I couldn't pass them up.
Thanks Ladies!
I'm going to check out 123print.com. I've looked at weddingpaperdivas, and the ones I liked were super expensive. We're hoping to not spend more than $200-250 for invites and RSVP cards.
I'm on the other end of the spectrum. We're DIY-ing with a kit from Michaels. Since I used 40% off coupons on each of the boxes (I needed 3 to get 150 invites), they are pretty inexpensive. I also bought ribbon because I didn't like the ribbon that came with the kit. I think when all is said and done, it will be around $75 for 150 invitations. And the DIY consists of printing on the vellum paper and joining the vellum with the underlay by tying a ribbon. So, not too labor intensive.
Of course, they won't look as opulent as the more expensive invites, but for me, invitations weren't a splurge item. I'd rather spend the money elsewhere. And when I opened the boxes this weekend, I discovered that some of the boxes had white envelopes and the others were ivory. Again, it didn't bother me too much - I'll just send the ivory ones to my family (because that's about how many envelopes were different) and no one will be the wiser ;-)
I'm going to spend a little less than $300 total for RSVP, invites, envelopes, and little cards with our wedding website on them.
We bought our invitations at Joann's yesterday. They were on clearance for $7.47 a box, we needed two boxes, and we used a Michael's 50% off coupon so we got all our invitations, reply cards, and envelopes for under $10!!!
We paid $180 for the invitation paper, RSVP cards, reception cards, envelopes, and printing costs for 150 invitations. We ordered them through a family friend who was able to get us the paper at wholesale price and charged us less for printing. So it came out to be $1.20 per invitation! Yay! We really wanted to save in this area, we figured most people toss em anyway, so we went with a very simple design.
For invitations, envelopes, RSVP cards, RSVP envelopes, reception cards, direction cards for 100 invitations, we are spending $2250. This isn't counting the cost for calligraphy, programs, thank you notes, place cards, etc. Our overall budget for stationary goods is a little under $5000.
I spent $200 for 35. They were so worth it though!
For 90 invites we are paying $75. This includes everything we need for them (response cards, directions, etc)
I spent $60.00 on Thank you postcards with a custom design. I'm all for post card since they have a cheaper postage. I got my cards from www.lilasphotosanddesigns.com she did my wedding photography too.
They can even get you the custom stamps and even address them for you and send them out for you, if you give them a mailing list.
I almost choked on my pizza for the $5000 stationary budget. I hope you are getting some Betsey Dunlap calligraphy out of that!
We're getting custom designed letter press invitations, and for about 125 invitations and RSVP cards, it'll probably be around $1800. STDs ended up being about $385.
I was going to take the bite and buy them online, but just yesterday I was at Target and found some that I though were really nice (pix attached). I spent $95 for 100 of them. I am going ot make a few changes to them though like adding a bow and switching up the card stock. But it still should all not cost me over $150! I'm super excited because I finally feel like Ive saved some mullah!
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For 120 invites that were DIY, we spent around $85. I bought brown damask cardstock from Michael's, set up everything in a word doc and had it printed at OfficeMax on ivory cardstock. I added metallic paint detailing to it, and held it all together with heart shaped brads. The RSVP's are perforated so people could tear them off and send them as postcards. It was a lot of work, but I am so proud of them! Attached is a mock-up scan (not painted).
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ours will be along the same line design wise as our STDs (pictured below) adn will include:
invitation
rsvp card and envelope
inner envelope with custom liner
outer envelope
direcetion card
reception card
velum wrap (like STD)
and we're spending about $1,000 for 100 invites.
We actually placed a hold on some invites and then two days later we found some at Michael's that we LOVED. Well, to be fair the $1000 we saved deepened the love. The set we bought was roughly $40 for a box of thirty - includes invites, ribbon, envelope, RSVP & envelope, and direction card. Plus there are always 40% off coupons out there. We bought them one box at a time, each reciept had a coupon. . . we'd go back the next day and get another box. LOL
We are having 2 color letterpress suite made with 3 pieces (invite, reception card, and rsvp) done for about $300 from an Etsy seller who is AMAZING. All custom :o)
My invites which will look like the pic below are super expensive if you get the company to print and assemble them. But if I get the paper and get them printed myself and assemble them it will take 60% off the price... which makes my dream invites realistic :)
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What are you spending on invitations alone? Not postage, STD or Thank You cards.
I had no idea wedding invitations were so expensive. I very briefly considered printing and assembling them myself, but I don't know if I'm up for it. My Mom sent out the STD ( I got postcards from zazzle.com for like $120 for 125 or so), and it took her forever to send them out.
What is a good average to spend for simple invites?