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After hours upon hours upon hours of researching and working on designing my invitations, I have a rough draft. I'm not done yet, but I wanted to see what you guys think about them so far. These are 100% DIY.

Starting with the envelopes... oh the envelopes... I didn't take the advice that I had seen a few times to find envelopes before I designed the invitations. I knew that I wanted 6x6 invitations, but I didn't realize how hard it would be to find a 6.5 x 6.5 inch envelope! (Let alone inner/outer - that's a whole different ballgame.) I did spend a few days stressing out about having to spend close to $1.50 each on custom envelopes. I finally decided to just make my own. It cost me $8 for 100 sheets of white 8.5 x 11 cardstock, and about an hour of trying & revising to come up with a design that worked. I think I finally have it figured out, and on the bright side, this way I can customize the look of them.

I plan on using red thread, a straight pattern versus the criss-cross I'm using here, probably going across the top as well, and brushing up on my cursive skills:

Same wax stamp I used for the STD's. I need to brush up on my waxing/stamping skills as well. ;)

I'll probably put the return address on the back flap. I can't decide whether I'm going to do a liner yet. If I do, I will need to change the design of the envelope a little so that you can see more of it.

Here's the invitation itself. I'm just experimenting with the ribbon/square. I need some way to add a little bit of decoration and also hold the invitation to the info booklet underneath. The ribbon doesn't seem to work all that well, though, and it looks a little to frilly. Any other ideas?

My co-worker actually designed the flowers for me. I love them! I'm not totally sold on the body font that I'm using, but I can't find anything better. Any ideas? I like the header font. (Frebooter Script, which I found free online thanks to my fellow bees!)

Now, he's my DIY info booklet. I made this all from cardstock & using a paper cutter. It really isn't hard, and was super affordable. I still haven't figured out how I'm going to decorate the cover. I'm just using a scrap piece of vellum here:

Once you open it, I'd like to add some sort of front page that mentions our website and maybe includes a poem, or something special to the wedding:

I made the covers out of a 12 x 6 piece of paper (standard 12 x 12 cut in half) and then attached the pocket on the left using heavy-duty double-sided tape. It was very difficult to get it to line up correctly. And, I didn't realize this until it was too late - it's barely tall enough for the RSVP card/envelope. 

After putting the booklet together, I then printed and sewed the white 12 x 6 page in:

I still have some work to do on fonts/sizes/colors with the booklet. 

And, that's it! Thanks in advance for any suggestions you might have. :)

p.s. the cost for these is around $1.50 each so far... that'll be closer to $2 once I factor in ink and the couple of additional things I'll probably end up adding. Still a whole lot better than the $8-$10 price tag each I was seeing at invitation shops! And more fun. :) But we'll see how I feel about this after I'm done with putting all 50-60 together!

Cute. I definitely agree without the ribbon! Really silly but have you checked the whole suite fits inside the envelope? And I think a liner would look awesome.

If you are spelling out the date, should it be two thousand and ten? (I am not sure of the right answer, I am just thinking aloud!)

JoeyEmma - Yes, the entire suite fits. Thanks for asking -- it's definitely something that's easy to overlook!

ccranetobe - Thanks for your feedback! I'm not very skilled at sewing, so with the stitch I'm just kind of trying until I find something that looks ok. Do you have any suggestions on what type of liner? I've spent tons of time at Michaels looking through their cardstock, but haven't had any luck. And, good idea on changing the map to red -- looks a lot better that way.