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    nico      

    Any chance anyone knows where I could get these or something very similar to these for a little cheaper?

    http://www.paper-source.com/cgi-bin/paper/3430210051.html?cm_id=2550.010

     
    Thank you so much! 

     
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    holmest       Canada

    I would suggest making them, what this would entail is taking a 12x12 piece of cardstock, then cut the piece in half, you would then have a 12x6 piece of cardstock.  What you are wanting is an 11x5.5, so trim accordingly.  Once this is created, fold down the centre.  You now have what looks like a 'card', you would then take another piece of 12x12, and cut into 5.5x5.5 squares, once you have the squares, make a diagonal cut.  You would then take your triangle piece, and with a craft glue, put a very thin line of glue along the outside, this would create your pocketfold. 

     The nice thing about this option is you would now have a number of paper color choices.

    A piece of advice though, make sure that you buy thicker cardstock, and make sure that you buy a good glue, the one that I use is by Scoctch and is called "Quick Dry Adhesive".  It is also acid-free so it is not going to ruin your paper. 

    You should be able to walk into any Scrapbooking Store and buy this glue, and also buy your Cardstock.  You can also then buy your 6x6 envelopes that you would need to place your invitation in. 

    Then your insert cardstock would be 5x5, if you are planning on having your invitations printed, the printer should be able to print and crop for you.

    Hope that helps, if you have any other questions just let me know. 

     
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    holmest       Canada

    I would suggest making them, what this would entail is taking a 12x12 piece of cardstock, then cut the piece in half, you would then have a 12x6 piece of cardstock.  What you are wanting is an 11x5.5, so trim accordingly.  Once this is created, fold down the centre.  You now have what looks like a 'card', you would then take another piece of 12x12, and cut into 5.5x5.5 squares, once you have the squares, make a diagonal cut.  You would then take your triangle piece, and with a craft glue, put a very thin line of glue along the outside, this would create your pocketfold. 

     The nice thing about this option is you would now have a number of paper color choices.

    A piece of advice though, make sure that you buy thicker cardstock, and make sure that you buy a good glue, the one that I use is by Scoctch and is called "Quick Dry Adhesive".  It is also acid-free so it is not going to ruin your paper. 

    You should be able to walk into any Scrapbooking Store and buy this glue, and also buy your Cardstock.  You can also then buy your 6x6 envelopes that you would need to place your invitation in. 

    Then your insert cardstock would be 5x5, if you are planning on having your invitations printed, the printer should be able to print and crop for you.

    Hope that helps, if you have any other questions just let me know. 

     
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    MissV    June, 2008   Seattle, WA

    How is the quality of the paper source paper?  I was looking at their flat cards this morning--their sizes & color selection are great but I wasn't sure how nice the paper is.  I'm hoping it's better than typical construction paper?

     
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    nico      

    Thanks so much for the ideas... now to decide to DIY or not to DIY.... Either way MissV, I'll let you know how the quality of the papersource stuff is!

     

     
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    pancy    06/13/09   orange county/los angeles

    envelopments has some similar things and right now this site is offering 10% off for the month of november. 

    http://www.divineink.com/envelopments.htm

    something to keep in mind if you do go with the paper source option - and i only mention since you were talking abotu saving money - the square envelope is going to cost more in postage to mail out. but i do think it is cute! :)

    good luck!

    ps - i personally think that the text paper at paper source is too thin for invites, and that the cover paper is better - it is a thicker quality. the envelopes that i am looking at (regular A7 size) are regular envelopes, regular weight.  hope that helps! 

     

     
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    robin    January 5th, 2007   Portland, OR

    I would say for Envelopments that Paper by joy

     http://www.paperbyjoy.com/

     would be the one. Not only did they give me 15% off for ordering online, but I received the order in 4 days (4days!!!) with standard free shipping.

     

     
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    nico      

    Thanks again! you guys were way helpful!

     
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    I would make them, but I wouldn't buy the 12x12 cardstock, I'd go to www.anchorpaper.com and ask them to send you samples of the color cardstock you want. Then they can custom cut it to 11x16.5, and you can cut the diagonal section off yourself before folding it all up. Less gluing that way.

    It really doesn't cost much to get custom cut paper, and they'll give you the scraps to make other wedding paper goods out of! I got my cardstock for pocketfolds from them and had enough leftover pieces to make 80 programs and 130 placecards.

    To be fair, Paper Source sells those pretty inexpensively. You won't find pre-made ones much cheaper than that. But if you order from Anchor Paper and make them yourself, they'll probably end up being about half the price. Up to you whether it's worth it or not...

     

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