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Designing them myself (a fairly simple design with a leaf) I'm making pocketfolds with 4 inserts. and spent about $200 on materials for 125 invitiations (similar guest list to yours) I ordered all my supplies from Paper and More and Paper Source. I've also looked at LCI paper and Cards and Pockets
Printing will be approximately another $50-75 (I'm anticipating a little more than one color ink cartidge on my printer) and the rest is the cost of my labor! (and enlisted friends and family)
I've searched for inspiration on Wedding Paper Divas, Paper Source and more...if you want to do them cheap, you can do them yourself beautifully!
I was going to make my own invites, but then time got away from me. Luckily, a friend of mine recommended Amanda. She just started her company recently (Made with Love Paperie). Custom design for a super affordable price. She has multiple options so you can see how it plays into your budget. We originally didn't have budget to have letter press invitations, but now we do. :-)
She's great with phone and e-mail communication too!
I did them my self and I do invitations for all my friends and family. I can give you
great ideas.
I ordered mine from www.Paper-Source.com. It cost about $300 for 100 invitations but that's because we wanted letterpress.
www.WeddingPaperDivas.com has some really nice ones too! One way to make them a little more unique is to mount one of their invitations on a piece of colored cardstock.
HTH!
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I was going to do them myself, too, but realized that I had no time. I asked a friend of mine for any suggestions and she recommended Wedding Paper Divas. They have reasonable prices and lots of nice styles to choose from. I ordered mine and also found out a code for a 10% discount: RMN10 or WPDFRIEND
http://www.weddingpaperdivas.com/?refid=retailmenot001
I love the stuff Wedding Paper Divas produces, but it is a little out of my price range. Honestly, I know that invitations 'set the mood' for the wedding - but I have issues mailing out this $5 invitation to someone who sends back the RSVP card and throws the rest of it away. So, after asking around, one of my girlfriends let me know about Costo.com - they have great invitations and many for $75/100. I am either going to DIY or else go through them or Carlson Craft.com
Hope that helps! :)
I'm using Designerpi of Etsy. Super afforadable and exactly what we were looking for.
There are two vendors on etsy I am going to have to choose from (HeatherCollins 85 and BeyondDesign; Both are absolutely incredible and so talented it's not funny. I find their cost much more reasonable than some of the designers out there and my invites I like are detail-oriented and ornate.
Here's the one I'm leaning towards from HeatherCollins 85 and the sample she sent me below. Heather is prompt in communication, timely in shipping and will go out of her way to show you colors and samples and give her suggestion as to what would look best.
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MissLemon,
Jean M has DIY cardstock, and an invitation kit selection - in a ton of cute, and new colors and designs.
Also, they have single cards - but you can print these really cute designs on them. I got their catalog and I really love the Abby - it's like an art-deco feel, with two ink colors and it was cheap! It was just $120 for 100, and it comes with envelopes - but you'll have to pay to have them printed with your return address. Anyway, there are a number of designs available, by invitation. Still shopping....but I really like this one. Maybe you'll find a single card with a cute design.
I've had a few friends do DIY invites lately, and they said - never again. By the time they bought all the materials, and went through all the angst, they wished they would have bought a printed invite. But, I have DIY-er friends, and they live for this stuff and scrapbooking, so....
Anyway, thought I'd let you know about this vendor - oh yeah, the website is myjeanm.com.
Good luck!
Jaci
I used 123Print.com for my custom wedding invitations. I went with "Romantic Swirl" as the design and I love it.
I used Etsy - seller WhimsicalPrints. We used this design: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20634196
They are a $1.90 each for a set of invitation and response card with envelopes (envelopes are each stamped with your return address). I also ended up getting thank you cards from her as well. She is great work work with!!
I used Carlson Craft (my fiancee's aunt owns a printing company that works with them, so we did get a bit of a discount) and I was pleased with the results.
This is the invite we went with (minus the bow)... good luck!
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One of the bloggers on our site used 1st Class Wedding Inivitations (www.1st-class-wedding-invitations) and she really liked them. I think a lot of their invites are from Carlson Craft like AmandaPSU's invites. Hope this helps!
I'm really undecided, but did see a contest on www.myjeanm.com about winning a segment on t.v. and $4,000 worth of products (including invites) - I'm a sucker for giveaways - check it out!
I wanted basic thermography invitations I could add some DIYs to to dress them up. (Texture was important to me, so I didnt' want flat-printed invitations.) I ordered these from invitationconsultants.com
http://www.invitationconsultants.com/invitation.aspx?p_invitationitem=AE510832
To be perfectly honest, they quality of the invitations isn't 100% amazing, but the price was right, and they look a lot better in my DIY invitation jackets.
I am using Tessa at Evenstar Paperie. I am in NY and she is in WA. I love her! She's incredibly communicative (she blogs every day and updates all her clients on where they're at in her production schedule) and her designs are lovely. Here is the latest draft of ours - not the final one, but close! http://evenstarpaperie.com/Portfolio/In-Progress/Ashley/index.html
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I am working with Leeanna from WhimsicalPrints. Super reasonable. It's the whole package. Save the Dates, Invitation sets, Menus, Programs. I would highly recommend.
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We are doing our own. We got a graphic design from Mike Klay at Powerslide Design. (He doesn't really do wedding stuff anymore, but we convinced him ;) We're DIYing the rest of our stuff from Paper Source. It's so fun, and pretty cool to feel so connected to what we're sending out!
I'm using mygatsby.com. I'm getting 75 invitations, response cards with addressed envelopes, and single outer envelope done in thermography for $180.00. They have a variety of paper colors that you can mix and match with a lot of ink colors, and they have a decent selection of fonts. Used scrapblog.com for my save the dates and although I liked the design I was able to make, the printing quality of the postcards was not as high as I would have liked for the price (about $1 per card!). I think there are better things out there for making professional-looking postcards.
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Mine are from Carlson Craft. I wanted very traditional invitations and the price was good.
My invites are from one of those kits they sell at Michaels. The "Brides" brand has a lot of options, they're super easy to make (took about 2 hours for 60 invites), it was super cheap ($25 for 30 invites with envelopes, rsvp cards and envelopes, labels, decoration, etc...), AND they sell matching thank you cards, table numbers, programs, escort cards, etc... at reasonable prices.
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Try CraftMasterInvitations. My bestfriend got her from there and she loved everything - from the price to the output. She highly recommends it to all our friends. Check it out.
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we did our invitations ourselves and ordered them online from overnightprints.com they're a post card style.... very modern not at all the traditional wedding invitation and it was super easy to do.
Sorry the pictures are backwards but you get the idea!
the first one is the front
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I recently ordered them from Subtle Glances, that I found off of etsy. There really don't seem to be many reviews here of them, so I will be sure to post a review after the fact. :-)
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We are working with Lindsey Ryan Designs, an Etsy vendor. She is totally creative, wonderful, and flexible. She is doing 100 invites for us with a custom design for $200. Check her out! :)
I actually bought mine from Michaels. They are beautiful, and include everythign we need all we have to do is print. I got them on sale for 40 invites for $25, normally I think they are 30-35 dollars per 40 invites.
I am going to buy mine from Magnetstreet.com. They send free samples,which I was very impressed with, and you get a 10% coupon with the sample. Plus you can customize any of the colors, and I think the paper is of excellent quality. I am getting the flat invitations (much cheaper) and then adding my own ribbon wrap around it.
I worked with Kim from Papeterie for the invites.
I used OvernightPrints for the STDs and had no issues.
I am considering Sanskripts from Etsy.com. The designs are unique and beautiful.
We're working with Twin Raven's Press on Etsy. She's great! Granted we're spending a tidy little sum for our invitation suite but I LOVE THEM!
i got my STD froms Costco and was very happy with them. for invitations we are using love at first invite. the prices are very good, but so far i do not recommend her. communication is terrible - no updates ever and I keep being forgotten about. They are extremely behind schedule :( its turning out to be the absolute most stressful aspect of the wedding. but, just as long as you don't get them from love at first invite, i'm sure you'll find something terrific and within budget.
I'm actually going with a local university's print shop. It sounds funny, I know. But several people I know had mentioned going there and loving the product and the PRICE. We designed our own on Indesign (they even have work stations you can use there) and they are printing them. only takes 4 weeks and we're getting 132 invites, response cards, and reception cards for less than $40. pretty awesome deal!
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Hi Hive,
I am ready to start thinking about invitations and I can't aford to pay a ton of money, any suggestions? I will need to order about 200.
thank you!