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we just went and order our invitations... mmmhhhh... now i dont know what to think or do.... my fiancee is taking care pretty much of all the charges of the wedding...poor guy... we started off with simple invitations with exclusively balck ink for an estimate of about $500... we ended up with red ink, black ink, and motives here and there for a ground total of $838.00!!!!! What the HELL! i feel soo bad because he paid for it and we agreed we would have stayed in our budget... he was ok to pay that much money, but i dont know if he agreed cause we were not alone and we were surrounded by people or because he really thought it was a good price considerating that the invitations are going to be REALLY PREATTY and the short notice we gave...
how much did you spend for your?
do you think 838$ isnt too much for 100 wedding invitations, with reception cards and rsvp cards?
I think that's exhorbantly expensive, but I only spent $120 on ALL my paperies for the wedding =\.
Trim the budget elsewhere to make up for it? If you don't trim corners somewhere, you'll inevitably end up over budget. then you WILL feel bad!
Holy moley! I spent about $50 on my invites, not including stamps. ($26) We designed and printed our own out. I just needed to buy paper. It would have been around $100 if my MIL didn't have extra ivory envelopes from my SIL wedding. What can I say, I am a scavenger.
Umm, no. I think that is about the average price most people pay for invitations. My guess is that you went somewhere like a Papyrus? If so, the paper quality is among the best.
Truth be told, many times with paper products, you do get what you paid for.
I know a lot people who spent more than that. If you can afford it and you love them, I wouldn't sweat it too much!
haha!! i know! i guess we are going to cut money off on flowers.. that sucks, cause i rather have better flowers than nice pieces of papers...but i can not explain how we eneded up to agree to pay such money! UGH! i guess we kinda got worry about being late on ordering the invitations....
Oh my!! That sounds very expensive to me. I have not ordered mine yet, but plan on spending $100-$200 on 150 invites.
lol. but I I would like to add that nonetheless it still is just one of those horrible outrageous wedding expenses.
blah. My heart goes out to the ladies that were able to spend a few hundred on their invites and be thrilled with them! I aspire to be more like you! :-)
Yeah, IMO that's a lot of money for invitations. Although I want pretty invites too I don't want to spend too much money on something that people will just throw away. I'm a bargain shopper and pretty happy with all the great deals I've scored on our wedding. For instance--my dress was $330 with tax. ;)
BUT, if you love them and really want them then it's your choice to spend that much. I agree though, you might need to cut back in other areas if the budget will suffer considerably.
I'm doing letterpress, and having reception invites, invites, inner and outer envelopes, rsvp card, and rsvp envelope for less than that!
WOW!!! I wish I had the money to spend like that on paper. My dress alone is less than that and it fabulous! My family would kill me LOL
Holy expensive! For something people are going to toss in a corner after your wedding and forget about. Im all for nice looking, high quality invites, but that is wayyy to much.
I bought my wedding paper stuff on etsy. I am pretty happy, as they did a custom letterpress design. It was also relatively cheap given everything I had done. However, I am a total perfectionist, and wished they would have done my letterpress a little differently.
yeah! That's $8/invite! That's insane. I would never spend that much on a piece of paper someone would throw away. Mine were under $200 for 100 invites. That includes all the postage though. You probably haven't even included that in your price above, which will greatly increase the cost too!
OH well. Take it as a lesson learned. You didn't know HOW you avoided going over the cost, so just work to prevent it in the future. It's too easy to let it all add up, then at the end you get this big bill and go "whoa...why is it so much?"
That doesn't sound too crazy to me actually, as sad as that is. Invitations were something we were going to go easy on since neither of us really cared about them at all....until my dad revealed the inner Martha Stewart beast inside of him and said "But I want people to run their fingers over them and feel an indent!" and this led to further discussion about his desire for perfect invitations. WTF? What can we do, he's subsidizing them. So we ended up with thermography invites that totaled about $895 for 125 invitations, but during the shopping around process I've seen prices go spiraling up into the thousands easily.
mine are costing more than that (~$10/invite suite), and that's after i got a 20% discount by ordering them through the same store that i bought my dress, so that doesn't sound like too much to me. but, every budget is different
Thanks bees! i feel kinda stupid though...i cant believe i let this happen!!! i was the one who didnt want to spend that much money! my budget was half of what we spent! oh well i guess i wont do it again for my second wedding..just kidding...lol
yeah, that seems like a lot. i diy'ed ours so they were only $86 for 90 invites (including envelopes, address labels, everything but postage), and i really wanted to keep cost down because i'm a firm believer that they will just get thrown away.
but if you're fi said yes to the price, than i'm sure it will be fine. why don't you ask him what he thinks now that you're not in front of all those people? maybe you can change the order?
I honestly think that given the luxuries and upgrades that is a pretty average price. I am a paper whore and honestly am only going to use a linen and do the printing myself (i don't think anyone is going to notice the paper but me lol)... but if i was in another city omg i'd be cringing sending only a cover stock linen...
I got really nice paper from Papyrus. I just decided to design my own, and print it myself. I work for a company that uses high color promotion. So I just did the printing there, with their Ok. I only had 60-75 invites. My SIL got her's done at Papyrus and spent a ton of money on them, and had extra envelopes. So I used those, they were the extact paper material and fit into our wedding scheme perfectly. I still wouldn't pay $800 for invites, but that is just me. If you feel Ok, and are able to afford that. Then awesome, I just think it is another outrageous price of the wedding mafia.
Me: You want how much for flowers?
Sales Person: Your First Born Child.
Me: Are these said flowers encrusted in gold, and spew forth $100 dollar bills?
Sales Person: 0_0
I am pretty sure I am going to end up spending $1000 on paper stuff. God I'm so annoyed at myself.
In total, including postage and our DIY inserts, I think we spent around $350. We budgeted for $400 which was a lot to me, but it seemed to be reasonable. Our budget just would not have allowed for over $800 to invitations. But hey, I bet they're beautiful! Be sure to keep one for yourself.
That price is definitely on the higher range of invites but I've heard of people spending that much. I am spending about $4 / invite and I think the average for printed is around $5.50. Good luck planning!
You know, a lot of people are like OMG TOO MUCH but if you loved it and were willing to spend it, then it was worth it to you.
I think you need to talk to your FI about feeling guilty though. Definitely trim some little things that you don't need! And good for you having awesome invites, wish I could say the same!
I got a quote close to that when I was looking at invites and it scared the beejesus out of me! And the girl that gave the quote told me how one couple said their invite budget was $3000, and was all shocked someone could spend that much on paper, I was kind of shocked that she wanted me to spend almost a $1000 on paper! I found a woman from my hometown who just started her business from her home and did mine for half what the big company quoted me and they turned out GORGEOUS! But, if you have the budget and you love them, I say there's nothing wrong with that!
i spent around $800... originally i was going to cut back on the budget with the invites and do something with digital printing, but after i researched the options i realized that the invitation really sets the tone of the whole event. it's the first time the guest gets a peek at what the day will bring. i decided to find a middle road and went with a beautiful letterpress invitation that i completely love.
Wow...that does seem like an insane amount to me. Don't forget about the postage!!
That's a lot just for paper. We got 125 invitations and RSVP cards with all envelopes for $300. I thought THAT was a lot for paper goods. If your FI can afford it and he was okay with it, then let it be. What's done is done... there's no changing it now. One piece of advice though... as you continue your wedding planning, don't just settle for whatever price someone tells you. Speak up if the price seems ridiculous! And just because there are other people around, it's always ok to say "sorry that is not within our budget, but thank you."
Wow! The estimate I got for everything (colored ink, printed return address, liners, thank you notes, everything!) was about $500. I think $838 is WAY too much!
If it sounds too good to be true..
You get what you pay for with paper. If you have experience as a graphic designer/printer, you can DIY and save a ton of $, or pay what you paid and not stress out over the complicated software and printer malfunctioning, it's not centered, why is the ink so dark.. you see where I'm going.
Yes, invitations just get thrown in the trash, but you will keep it forever as a momento of the wedding. And it's the calling card that sets the tone of the evening.
We are buying expensive invitations but having them mailed to PA to save on tax and get a reasonable price for calligraphy.
At Papyrus I'd say that's a pretty standard price. Some of these companies are just insane - Cheree Bee (who has lovely work) quoted me $12 an invitation for a 2-color invite, response card, envelopes, and a reception card. Don't get me started on the Mr. Boddington's studio's of the world.
Is it too late to cancel them and go with someone more reasonable?
I think brides outside of the DIY world pay that much, on average. Nice paper is expensive and you're not just paying for the labor, but the design process, plus the convenience. I honestly wouldn't feel so bad about it. It is expensive, but you weren't robbed. You're getting a luxe product.
@AprilBride10, wow, I think I would've used Cheree Berry had I known that :) It's more than what I'm paying, but I've had to design everything myself and her stuff is sooo beautiful. Darn.
I don't think that's that much, to be honest...Yes, you can get them for cheaper but most of the time, it's not quite the quality that you would get at a place like Papyrus...I know ours are going to run us a bit more than that but it's for 150 invites, so probably average out to about $6.00/invite...
There is obviously a huge gap in prices people are willing to pay for invitatoins. for some, paper is a priority, and others feel that calling people on the phone to inform them about their wedding is appropriate.
personally, thats about the average cost estimate i was getting when i was shopping around for invites. Im paying almost $13 per invite for letterpress and calligraphy because thats what i ahve always dreamt of, I love it, and ivitatoins are important to me.
Unforunately yes they can be that expensive. Ours are going to be about $350/per suite for 50 suites (envelopes, invitation, reception card, escort card +envelope) but it's a custom letterpress suite.
@scissors where the heck are you getting your letterpress done, because i think we'd like to know! Good for you!
Cheree's designs are amazing, but I'm using an etsy designer who's creating a custom suite for me and even after I get them printed (and a few semi-diy touches on them here and there) I will have everything done (std, monogram, menus, invitations, enclosures, rsvp, and even a cake flavor card) for less than that.
But, RSVP does have nice nice invites. I like that place alot! I don't think you're paying an exorbitant amount.
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