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I am so sorry you are having such a difficult time. It seems that all of the bride's I've worked with that made their own invites ended up having problems or spending a whole lot more $$$ than they would have had they just gone ahead and had them professionally printed. I don't know what you can do at this point to salvage the invites that you've made already. Do you think that anything can be done so they can be used? I hope so.
@elliegraye: I had quite a few invitation problems also. But so many people have said "if that is your only problem with the wedding, then you're golden" which was the nicest thing ever to hear after I thought it was such a mess
Ugh, I'm sorry you're having a hard time. I made my own invites too, and as much as I love scrapbooking type stuff... yeah, definitely no money savings, and only fun for about the first 10.
Not something I would ever recommend too loudly to anyone.
I'm sorry you are having such a rotten time with the invites :( This sounds like a paper nightmare, I hope it gets better for you. * HUGS *
That sucks so much! I have found if it is a major printing company, sometimes they will re-print for free, especially if there is a problem on their side. Not with my wedding invitations but tons of school projects. Also, you can buy vellum (and a ton of other types of paper) from paperandmore.com the paper is still a little pricey but if you read around, taking your own paper to the printers makes it WAY WAY cheaper. I don't think anyone will notice a super thin almost pencil like line if you want to just go for it, wedding website mess up and all. Good luck!
I made my own invites without issues but I think it's b/c I stuck to a simple design and used regular cardstock. When you start using the fancy paper and complicated design, I think it's best to stick to the professionals.
Have you considered ordering from Anns Bridal bargains? They are really cheap and with a little bit of work you can get your inivites to look expensive. I ordered my invites from Anns bridal bargains. I ordered just the invite and got the envelopes for free and free shipping it cost me $145 for 150 invites. Then I had my information card printed at staples for $7. I lined my own envelopes with gift wrap and stamped the envelopes myself and lots of people called to ask me about th invites and think I spent a lot on them. They were a partial DIY project
This might not be what you want to hear but sometimes you just need to take a step back and breathe. Your wedding isn’t until July, so you should still have some time to get them redone. Did you go back to the printers to see if they can redo it?
Otherwise, you might just have to let it go. I just got through sending out my invites and have had numerous hassles getting it printed. They look okay, except for the invite. The huge ampersand in the middle of our names is cut off, but I was running out of time, so I just had to let it go. I know there is a strong desire to be perfect, but sometimes things are out of our control and it doesn’t pay to make yourself crazy over it.
Ugh, I had the same problem. The first printer I went to after messing around for an hour and a half, started printing, first page okay, second page, printer starts eating my mettalllic embossed shimmer paper. It ate a lot of the paper before I stopped and went to another print place. They printed it well BUT printed the wrong accomodations card (the one with the slight spelling mistake). By then, I was done done done. No one has noticed the mistake and the printer cut my paper for me. I could have printed it at home but it's okay, all's well that ends well. When doing DIY, when you are not a DIY queen, it's better to keep it simple. I had a graphic designer design my invite. Someone printed and cut them and I just had to assemble and mount. I don't know what you can do now. Is the line so visible that it CAN'T be sent??
Ugh, I had the same problem. The first printer I went to after messing around for an hour and a half, started printing, first page okay, second page, printer starts eating my mettalllic embossed shimmer paper. It ate a lot of the paper before I stopped and went to another print place. They printed it well BUT printed the wrong accomodations card (the one with the slight spelling mistake). By then, I was done done done. No one has noticed the mistake and the printer cut my paper for me. I could have printed it at home but it's okay, all's well that ends well. When doing DIY, when you are not a DIY queen, it's better to keep it simple. I had a graphic designer design my invite. Someone printed and cut them and I just had to assemble and mount. I don't know what you can do now. Is the line so visible that it CAN'T be sent??
This might sound dumb, but could you erase the faint line? There are ink erasers that can work wonders (you have to be careful not to over-do it though, they are a bit grittier than regular erasers and can tear the paper if you're not gentle enough). I'd recommend the Sanford (might be Papermate now?) "Union" eraser, it's a pencil and ink eraser combo that I use for everything... =)
It's a bit more work, but a MUCH cheaper option!
@Ambrocked: Oooh that might be an option! Totally looking into this-thank you!
I emailed and they said that they didn't notice the line and they had to open up anew program for my pdf and didn't notice that it changed the forward slash but if I come in, they could see if they can help me.
There isn't an option to reprint since I'd have to buy all new invites GRRR. I'm going to try to go take a pic and see what you think.
OH NO!!! Breath... I can see how this has been super frustrating. That is not acceptable. They are closed now which is maybe for the better so you have a bit of time to cool down before you talk to them. Things will get worked out... Ask the printing place to either replace your invites, or do the next round of printing for free.. if not both.. Good luck!!!
I am currently in invite hell too. I feel your pain.
best advice I have at this point is not to go the DIY route next time *face palm*
@elliegraye: you're most welcome!! I hope it works- good luck!!! =D
Sorry, I am not sure how to resize these. I tried to block out our personal info but you can see how they didn't lay it out properly and the exclamation mark. The second pic and third show the faint line. It's exact on each. ALSO, they printed the invites upside down (supposed to be a little cherry blossom corner on top, a big corner on bottom). I even had the sample for them. UGh.
@kermie: Ya, if I ever have to do invites again for something...(ya, probably not though!) I will order them or go online!
Aww, they're SO pretty! What a shame that you're having so many issues with them! =(
I know (again) that this isn't ideal, but if I were in your shoes, I'd test out some pens and markers on a similar sheet of paper (or if you have any spare invites that would be best) and try to find something that looks close to the printed ink and just make the exclaimation point into a forward slash. The bright side is that it's easy to fix, instead of say, an ampersand or something, right? =)
Ooh! I just noticed you have to fill in the number of seats you're giving each guest- that's a perfect place to test out your pens! (unless you weren't planning to use black for that...)
How about wrapping a pretty ribbon around the top??? you can find really cute little fabric flower buds at Michaels that you can use where the ribbon meets.... just a thought. It would cover the line (which I would be extremely upset about and someone would either be reprinting at no charge, or giving me a refund).......
ohhh and Vellum inside industrial Ricoh printers is a huge no no. the Ricohs get extremely hot and can actually melt the vellum around its rollers..... trust me, I did this ;/
I noticed on Friday at my local Michael's that they had a bunch of the Brides invites on clearance... I dunno if these were part of the sale or not (and it might vary by store too of course), but I thought I'd let you know in case you're not able to fix these...
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I'm in an invite nightmare. We were trying to be as cheap as possible and it's working out to be exact opposite. I feel so sad and upset. This has been going on for a month now. Here's a quickie breakdown:
First two sets invites on sale $20. Yay, excited.
Tried printing vellum at home-jammed and no luck.
Drove two nights back and forth 35 minutes to try my mom's office printers (2)-kept getting jammed and not sticking onto the vellum (flaking off). Then it had smears on the vellum. I hate these.
Go to Michael's and buy two boxes of Bride's printable cherry blossom invites (35 and 55 dollars since one was 40% off).
Try our printer. Crap. Half ink on, half missing. The paper is not flat-it's like a rough embossed cardstock. The trial on the flat smooth back looks great though.
Drive to mom's office again 35 mins away and try on Ricoh printer. Ugh, roller marks. Smears.
Try on other smaller printer-ink smears and splatters. Ugh.
Mom calls tech guy to ask for help. They check it-says very clean, toner good etc. They say do not use Vellum again, it can wreck printers.
Come back in, try the second time for our second batch. It is NOT printing out. I am slowly going crazy.
Tell Fi to please have them ready for print as a pdf for me to check over. Um, he got half done.
I take to printers today. They mess around for like an hour.
They print one, looks great! We say the rest, yes! And rsvp card...
I go and they charge me $50 for it (labour and print costs).
I briefly look over, looks good.
Pull out at home, WHAT!?!?
The invites ALL (no back up ones left mind you) have a faint line at the top an inch down. Looks like a photocopy mark. Looks similar to like a thin pencil line. Every.Single.One.
Then the rsvp card...looks alright...wasn't spaced properly on the bottom one but looks okay. WHAT!?!?
On our wedding address-the forward slash (.com/nameandname) is an exclamation mark (!) SERIOUSLY. Every.Single.One
I check my pdf and it was right (forward slash) so what happened? They are closed now so I cannot call.
*Cry*
-one splatters ink, one left roller marks on them.