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This is a spin-off from another post.
I am looking at invites and all the ones I like are way $$$ so please share with me your DIY Invites or ones that are not as pricey
We did these completely our selves. Had them printed through Catprint. The inserts were tucked in inside a pocket on the back of the main invitation backing..
Here is another shot including our DIY STD
Those look fantastic. Did you design them yourself?
I designed mine and got them letterpressed and foil stamped through a boutique printer rec from weddingbee. They will end up being about $5/each. They definitely would have been less if I had not chosen to get them foil stamped as well.
@Meowkers: OMG they are super duper cute.
I am so not creative like that at all
Can I ask how many invites you need and what your budget is? $$$ to one person might be cheap to another...
@louisianablue: We designed the packaging and inserts completely ourselves and took some inspiration for the main invitation elsewhere, (but executed the actual design on our own).
@sexxysheddy: thanks. it was really a work overtime. DH and I just kept coming up with things and changing it around as we went. you can do it!
We made our invites from scratch. We designed and printed them with the help of our friend. Please excuse the horrible photo:
@Showers: I am looking for about 85-110 and would like to spen about $250. All the places I look at are charging you seperately for the invitation, RSVP cards and envelope.
this is what I really love but really can't see my FI letting me spen that much on the invites.
http://www.magnetstreet.com/details/market/517/productId/42061
I just bought mine at Michaels today- we're going to print them ourselves, I had 40 and 50% off coupons so I asked them to do separate orders so I could use a coupon on each and instead of being $39.99 for a box of 30 invitations (they also have boxes of 40 that are very cute) 25-20 each plus tax. The box also contains thank yous/rsvp cards and maybe something else I forget... :) Also, depending on your location and their stock, in the clearance ailse there are usually a few print your own kits on clearance as well that are pretty nice- There were pretty ones for $20 and $30.
We looked all over for budget pocketfold invitations. We ended up buying the print-your-own Brides invitation kits from Michaels. I bought them all with 40% or 50% off coupons. I think it ended up being about 70 cents apiece. I was afraid they would look cheap, but we ended up getting a lot of compliments on them! These are the ones we used:
Designed by me, printed on my laser printer on paper that cost $20 for 100 sheets! (and I made 2 invitations per sheet, 4 rsvp cards per sheet, so I had tons of paper left over for other projects!)
The moo cards were $25 for 100 and the envelopes were around $30 for 100 of each size. I only made about 70 invitations.
@DeathByDesign: can I hire you...hee hee
@xokaleneox: where did you get those?
@MaraBeth: they so o not look cheap at all
@yellowshoe: they look really good
you ladies are giving me hope and courage
I designed, printed, cut, glued and assembled these all by me onsie.
I got this from 123print.com. I paid 87 for 100 printed invitations and reply cards with envelopes. Here is the invitation. They are great quality. I'm really happy with how they turned out.
@sexxysheddy Michaels :) see my above post, and if you need coupons there are tons online just google michaels printable coupon and print out the 40% ones make sure you do them in seperate purchases though! one per order ;) or if u have a smart phone they can scan the barcode on there now :) good luck!
just one warning about michaels, I had to run to 2 stores bc I needed 200 total and they didn't have enough in stock (but I have 3 within a 40 minute radius) annoying but doable so you may have to do a bit of running to get enough depending on how many you need
@xokaleneox: I plan on bringing my 2 younger sisters with me...I cannot wait to see wha they have to offer...thank you
you ALL are crazy talented and if you ever need a side gig-----design should be it!
@DeathByDesign: do you have a pic of how you packaged it w/the sting and pics...?
@MrsTCB: they all have left me speechless...they all so good
@Meowkers: Those are gorgeous! I just ordered my invites from catprint... How was the quality? I've only ever heard great things about them!
This is my DIY STD (not really an invite, but I think it counts!). I know some of y'all have seen the first iteration--this is the second edit, with the last name erased.
@rubyroad10: super cute...do you have any idea what your invitations are going to look like
@sexxysheddy: I'm not exactly sure yet. I'm a graphic designer by profession so I know that my invitations are going to be super labor intensive and I will probably never be satisfied with them. Haha. I really like these invitations, though, and might use them for inspiration:
This has been my recent project...We had a friend do the design for us, and then we did the printing and cutting at home. We have an airline ticket for the wedding and a luggage tag on the back for brunch the next day. The RSVP ticket stubs are removable for people to send back to us. It's taken a lot of time, but we are saving a ton of money. I have a friend who is having passport-themed invites professionally done, and she is paying about 4 times the amount more than we did.
@sexxysheddy: Im buying mine from etsy from InvitingMoments. They look so great and for 1.60 a set I received one invitation, envelopes, rsvp or reception card or postcard (I opted for the postcard) and a return address label. I am going to spend 270 for 200 sets. This was the most amazing deal I could find. Etsy has a ton of other shops, some are crazy $$$ and others are reasonable.
@natbug21: yes catprint quality is great and the customer service is wonderful. We had some snafus with the file type we uploaded and some other issues. I called them up, (it's really one guy, Greg), and he took care of everything immediately and overnighted it.
I created mine on mixbook.com They should be delivered today can't wait
@LovebirdsSC: I will have to go on there and look.
@rubyroad10: I am sure they wiill be amazing. I am not as creative as you by far. You will be my inspiration when I am trying to my invitiation.
ok ladies, you all have inspired me. I went to michaels and got the DIY kits. I got them at 40% off so paid about 26 bucks for a box of 40 and I need about 100 so I spent about 80 bucks for my invitations before printing. that is about $1.50 an invite. I will post pics one I start making them!
@MaraBeth: we bought the same DIY invitation kit as you did!
I am making a few changes... I am adding a purple matte behind the main invitation and am buying purple ribbon to replace the white. We are also going to add a monogrammed wax seal to the front.
It can be done!!
i think we will go with 123print.com. we did save the dates from vista print and it was 110 bucks after shipping for 250--- i ordered way too many... i think i will be ordering 150 invites will be less the 85 dollars with coupon codes
I got my whole invitation set off Vistaprint for less than $40. It was nothing fancy, just the invite, the rsvp card and matching inner and outer envelopes. I was pleased with the quality of the printing and paper.
Here's my DIY invites. And a link to where I explain how to make them and cost breakdown. http://diy.weddingbee.com/topic/my-diy-pocketfolds-1
@peasantsong: Wow, less than $40? How many invitations did you order?
I came up with the design, my husband drew it, and I printed and assembled them. They were free because I used stationery I already had, we just paid for postage.
@simplifiedbride: I love these! They are amazing :) Great work to both of you.
i used cardsandpocket.com to order everything - you can spend a little extra for precut sizes of cardstock, or you can do what i did and order cardstock in 8.5x11 and cut them down yourself. they are the cheapest i could find while still maintaining the level of quality i wanted in the paper. my order actually just arrived today, so i don't have a picture of a completed invitation yet
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