Weddingbee boards

Sooo I finally finished a mock-up invite and love it!  Does everything look okay...I have been looking at it for too long to notice the little things so I need your help and/or advice! 

Thanks in advance! :)

Thanks! @neontl the RSVP card is postcard size so the postage is cheaper and so I didn't have to spend more on RSVP envelopes :)

@lillindy- i did design them myself...what company did you use?  I saw similar designs, if not the same, on blogs but never was able to find the company who made them.  I guess now that I am done, it was worth it and I probably saved money since they come out to be about $2 per invite! :)

@lillindy: Yes we did (or will)!  We are having a larger wedding and will need approximately 250 invites so I didn't want to spend a lot on each one since it will add up quickly with that many!  I have read on the boards that cardsandpockets.com isn't always the easiest to work with or that not everyone was happy with the process, but they usually got what they needed in the end.  I was just going to make sure to order the pockets far enough in advance in case anything does happen.  I think I only found one other site that was close in price for pockets, but I just decided to go with cardsandpockets.com because I also liked their envelopes.  When I first started looking at the whole pocketfold thing I thought about buying everything through them, but I found paper for a lot cheaper at Hobby Lobby and I am just going to cut it all myself!  Who knows how that will go haha...at least I still have a year!

Thanks! :)

@mandealee & ella: I actually first saw the damask image on an invite my in-laws received and I loved it.  I looked all over the internet for it and couldn't find it.  I did find a company who made invites with the same design, but I didn't like the layout of the invite and that couldn't be changed.  So I just decided to scan it from the invite.  The quality is actually pretty good.  I did edit it and changed the resolution in photoshop to make it a little better.  

@mandealee: I am also a student and worked on these a little bit every so often and finally finished them!  So like I said above I just found an image that I liked and I knew I liked the pocketfold style invite.  After that, I looked all over for reasonable black pocketfolds-- I think I did find one site that was cheaper than cardsandpockets.com but I also liked the envelopes from cards and pockets so I decided to stick to one place to make everything less hectic.  I ordered a sample pocketfold, envelope, and color swatch from cards and pockets (you can order a sample invite that includes the pocketfold, invitation, and inserts or you can order samples of individual items-- I just wanted to see the quality of their paper and their Ivory color incase I decided to get inserts from them also).  I priced out how much it would be to make 250 invites, not including printing, if using everything from cards and pockets and then if I were just to order the pockets and envelopes from them and did the inserts myself on different paper.  It was sooo much cheaper for me to just order the pockets and envelopes from them and do the inserts myself-which I figured!  Then I started looking at different types of card stock and found a shade of ivory that I liked.  I don't know if you have a Hobby Lobby nearby, but the textured ivory cardstock I found is only .15 per sheet when it is on sale 50% off!  So, from here saw approximate dimensions on their site that helped me with making the inserts.  I did everything in microsoft word, which is ridiculous because I have the whole adobe creative suite (photoshop, illustrator, etc), but didn't know what I would end up doing with then in the end as far as printing.  I can fit two invites per page and all three inserts on another page so I am only using two sheets per invite.  I saved so much money doing it this way and it was fun too!  

Incase you are interesting or wondering, here is the price breakdown (not including printing, shipping, or tax):

--Pocketfold 5x7 Signature ... $ .98

--Invite 4.75 x 6.75 ............ $ .08

--Inserts (all 3) ..................$ .08

-RSVP: 3.5x5 

-Reception: 3.5x6

-Directions: 3.5x7

--Envelope  ...................... $ .17

Total .............................. $1.31

The cards and pockets shipping isn't too bad-- I think it was approximately $13 for 125 or 150 pocketfolds and envelopes.

I hope this helps!  Let me know if you have more questions, but I would definitely recommend doing them yourself! :)