Where did you get your invites, or are planning on getting them? Did you do do some and order some?
If you got them online, PLEASE PLEASE share the site! =)
Also if you wouldn't mind sharing cost for the amount, that would be very helpful. Thank you!!
I found a design I liked and contacted the artist, Angela Hardison. She printed our letterpress invite, rsvp, and thank you notes - plus matching white envelopes. The price was over 1k, but depending on the paper, number of colors, type of envelopes it could have been less.
Vistaprint - got STDS, invites, reception, directions, RSVP and thank you's with envelopes for 60 invites (100 TY's) for a little under $400 - Vistaprint is ALWAYS running some type of special. And when they make a mistake, they are quick to correct, for free.
A friend of FI's family designed the invitation and enclosures based on discussions with us and images of designs we liked. We had the invitations and enclosures printed through CatPrint.com and we bought the pocketfold and envelopes through CardsandPockets.com. My mom and I assembled them all over Christmas and now FI and I are slowly addressing all of the invitations.
Including postage for the invitation and the RSVP, the invitations will cost around $575 for 125.
I used a monogram from Weddingchicks.com for my invitiations and designed them myself in Publisher. I am printing them from home.
I also designed our STD in Publisher. I used overnightprints.com to print the postcards - GREAT quality. I got 500 STDs for under $75.00... (that sounds funny lol)
I looked at a bunch of different websites, but I had something very specific that I wanted. I ended up finding something at weddingpaperdivas that was pretty much exactly what I wanted so I got everything there.
My good friend designed them for us and then we had them printed at the printers. For 175 invites, envelopes, info cards, RSVP cards and pre-addressed envelopes we paid $130.
I've been on vistaprint a lot and was sure I'd be using them...but.... honestly I havent found anything that kinda matches my colours very well :( There were one or 2 designs I could "settle with", but they are very plain. THEN I discovered "Zazzle" the other day and thay have sooooooooooo many more designs and they are beautiful and not badly priced. When you sign up for an account the prices get cheaper somehow?? lol
But the design Im choosing I think is only like 1.20 each I think? that includes envelopes and obviously printing. I will have to get rsvps as well which will be another buck or so each...
I thought of doing DIY Micheals but Ive had a hand in those before and printing them is such a pain especially if the paper has "texture" to it (some ink rubbed off etc...) so I just want it done for me
I DIYed mine. It took forever, but I was happy with the final product! :)
I got my invitations through Wedding Paper Divas. I ordered the Radiant Names invitation in their Custom Type Collection. They are absolutely gorgeous! One of their designers helped to adjust the color and font until they were perfect. They were extremely prompt over email. I waited until the site was offering 20% off and was able to get around 110 invitations and RSVP cards for a little under $300.
Designed in Adobe Illustrator
Printed through Catprint (love them)
Envelopes and cardstock for belly bands from envelopes.com (also love)
I designd them in Photoshop and ordered the cardstock, envelopes, and pocketfolds from www.cardsandpockets.com
I don't remember the exact price, but it was very affordable. I think they'll print them too, if you want.
We got ours from Minted, and loved them. Great quality, pretty designs, and they got lots of compliments.
This was our design (we did a darker blue lettering to better fit our theme):
We also got the silver envelopes (+$15) and the skinny wrap return address labels (+$45). After a $100 off Gilt Deal, our 100 invites came out to very reasonable price.
Designed the suite (STDs, invites, RSVP, reception cards) myself. Printed through Vistaprint with Groupons. Envelopes through envelopemall.com
We have ordered everything from vistaprint, free postcards which we uploaded our own design for our std's (just paid shipping) used a living social deal for $10 for $50 worth for invites with envelopes and rsvp cards that we blanked out to use for table #'s, (adding calligraphy or printed #'s later).
We will most likely add decorative envelope liners to help add a personal touch (which means we may have to buy separate envelopes from somewhere else since theirs has a skinny tab like top though). interesting thread.
I used magnetstreet.com and loved the results. They usually have deals going on like 20% off right now. I ordered the invites, RSVP, info cards and address labels through them, but then made my own pocket folds.
William Arthur for Wedding Paper Divas
The first time I got married, we ordered William Arthur invitations from a store and it was much more expensive than this time around through WPD and took way more time, but those were the days before such things as WPD existed.
We did the whole suite through WPD. I can't imagine trying to find envelopes elsewhere that were high quality and fit just right.
ETA: for me, quality invitations were non-negotiable. We ordered a bunch of samples to see the variety of quality we could get at different pricepoints, and I was supremely disappointed in everything cheaper than what we got. The invitations set the tone and tell your guests what to expect. Your guests can infer from your invitations (the font, the decoration, the working, the paper quality, etc) the formality of the event, the appropriate level of gifting if they are choosing to gift and are looking for a signal, the appropriate level of dress, etc. A cheap invitations signals a cheap wedding. There is nothing wrong with a cheap wedding, but ours was not cheap, and I wanted my invitations to match the elegance of our affair.
My favorite ones right now are from A Printable Press (https://printablepress.com/category/Wedding/c1). You can either pay for them and print them yourself or pay someone else to print them or have them print them. I will probably just have them print them. It's a little more than I wanted to spend but that's ok.
Otherwise, I like the Wedding Paper Divas site. I haven't tried designing my own but I might if I get the time/energy.
We used Digby & Rose, in D.C they do beautiful letterpress invitations, but they were pretty pricey
We are ordering ours from papersnaps.com. I really like that their invites are all-in-one, so guests can just tear off the rsvp and mail it like a postcard.
http://www.papersnaps.com/wedding/wedding-invitations/all-in-one-wedding-invitations.html
another recommendation for minted.com, although I got mine off etsy and then paid a calligrapher to address them.
I selected the first option (all from mass producer). We're going with an invitation suite from Crane & Co., but if I decide to use a belly band I'll source the ribbon myself.
I designed them myself and had them done through Vista Print. I wish I had splurgd on nicer envelopes. I wound up using gold metallic labels to dress them up. The type rubbed off in the mail, and caused a lot of problems!
We got our save the dates from www.zazzle.com (used one of our engagement photos, formatted it the way we wanted and had them printed and shipped).
We are planning to order our invites and RSVP cards (both come with envelopes) from www.mixbook.com We found a design template we liked and the site lets you pretty much customize everything including colors, fonts, adding or subtracting text, etc. We're waiting to see if we can get a better % off code, but they are very reasonably priced to begin with.
I will be ordering mine through Vistaprint because I have 3 Groupons that I will be using!! ($17 for $70 worth of printing). I got my SaveTheDates and Christmas Cards through them with a Groupon also and was very pleased with how they turned out!
big fan of Magnetstreet. I love how you can coordinate everything (from STD, to invite, menu cards, table numbers, etc) and for a fee they will print addresses on the envelopes too.
Designed, print, cut and assembled them myself. I got my supplies at paperandmore.com. Here's how they came out (cost including $0.65 postage was $2.89)
Zazzle.com. I found a design that I liked, but wasn't quite right, so I contacted the artist. She was able to tweak it. I even negotiated a lower price on Thank you cards because I was ordering so many.
I ordered our Save-the-dates, menus and thank you cards off of Vista Print. They are super reasonable and I loved that I got to customize everything. I got our wedding invites (pockets) including RSVP card, direction and accomodation cards through the Paper Store. They were great to work with as well and I loved how our invites came out.
We ordered an etsy design and had a local printer print them. They turned out great. The colorful part of the design almost looked like letterpress or engraving or something. I was amazed. The design was $25, and printing 50 invitations and 50 response cards cost $50. I bought envelopes for $7 at Hobby Lobby. I stressed out about invitations SO MUCH because I couldn't find anything I wanted. I couldn't be happier with the way they turned out.
The print shop where we got ours does design work too, and they'll ship samples. www.moxyox.com
I drew the image of our initials and date in a heart and then typed up our wedding details. We printed them ourselves at home. We wanted them and the Rsvp cards very laid back, just like our wedding. For invites, RSVP cards, and envelopes for both, including ink... We paid $35.
This is a rough print we made, before we had a location or time, so we had just filled in general info to test what we wanted... But this was the what they looked like.
Rsvp cards response that you can't read says
"sorry we can't make it, heard about the raccoons"
@christinamarie980: I want to print my custom invtes at Vistaprint too. Were you worried about what they would look like when printed? I'm afraid they might now look good. What kind of paper option did you choose? Thanks for the help!
I ordered a small batch first to be sure I liked them. I made minor tweaks after seeing it printed.
I did the Linen finish paper. The subtle texture makes them look much more expensive.
Ordering through Vista Print can be tedious. They throw so many options and offers at you in between ordering... There are a lot of coupons out there for VP, so take advantage of them.
I opted not to print on the back of the invite and RSVP cards...It saved me money, and I didn't think it was necessary. They do have wedding "packages" but I found for me it was cheaper to just order the invite and RSVP card seperatly. I think it all depends on what you need and the quantity.
Right now I'm thinking of getting an all-calligraphy suite from a seller on etsy and then printing them at my local printer. I'll get the quote back today or tomorrow and then I'll figure out if it's worth it $$$ wise or not.
@xlsm: Where did you get your etsy designed cards from? The one place I found has invites starting at $125! Maybe that's because I want them calligraphy though?
My mother's friend owns a print shop, so we made ours through there. It cost about $700 for invitations and the reponse set, plus $120ish for postage.
We're designing ours (and by we, I mean my graphic designer FI), and then letter pressing them. Talk about saving us money!
@chrystie: The etsy seller is ABandIG. This is the set we ordered (the digital design, but she also has a printed option):
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