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I like to scrapbook so I tried to make my invititations like little scrapbooks instead of just single sheets or pocketfolds, etc. I embossed the covers by hand since I didn't know cuttlebug made embossing plates you can use to run the paper through a machine. Let's just say I had blisters on my hand for a few weeks :) But it was still a fun process for me. What made it tough was I only had about a month to make 55ish invites (which is a lot when you're embossing by hand!). You can view photos on my blog:
My DIY Wedding Invites!

Wow, girls! You are so talented! I asked for a Gocco for my birthday next week, so I hope I can join the ranks of the DIY Queens!

These were mine, I made the pdf's in Illustrator and InDesign and then had them printed at OfficeMax.  I assembled all the rest myself.

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I (and my friends/family) made my 125 pocketfold invitations by hand.  I didn't know about the wonderful Gocco when I was planning them, so we hand-stamped cherry blossoms on each invites (and the three inserts!), but it was totally worth it.  I love how they came out, and we've gotten lots of compliments.

You can see pictures here on my blog.

My invites are at the printer, so I guess that wouldn't count as a total DIY project, but my save the dates were totally DIY and I really liked how they turned out!

I designed the tea length save the date card myself. I purchased the midnight blue envelopes, japanese silkscreened paper for the backing, and the red silk ribbon from Paper Source. I printed out the invites themselves on heavy weight off white cardstock on my ink jet printer and cut them down to size. Using my trusty xyron, I made the cards themselves adhesive, attached to the backing paper and trimmed the edges. Each card got a little flourish of ribbon. I then designed a little magnet using one of our pictures, printed them off in large sheets, xyroned onto a magnet backing and cut them down to size. At first I tried cutting little slits into the card to slip in the magnet, but with the small size it was pretty cumbersome so I just used clear photo corners and those worked perfectly. The last touch was rounding off all the corners. I then designed the wrap around label and printed it on 8.5x11 label paper. The designing, printing, and cutting didn't take too much time...the assembly was the longest with all the tying and attaching, but the finished product definitely worth it!