(Closed) Invite faux pas?

posted 6 years ago in Paper
  • poll: What do I do about the 2 extra invites
    Order new ones from the printer? : (0 votes)
    Buy envelopes as close to fitting as possible? : (9 votes)
    90 %
    Buy new DIY invites from Michaels, making them have different invites than the others? : (1 votes)
    10 %

    10 votes

    • Post # 1
    Member
    986 posts
    Busy bee
    • Wedding: November 1999

    So, I have worked my butt off getting the perfect custom made invites.

    After all was said and done, calligraphered, stamped and mailed, 45 invites cost me about $1500.  I had ordered 50, but with errors and loss, I only have 2 invitations left with no envelopes. 

    My Mom, (now that I have sent them out) was shocked that I hadn’t invited 2 aunts that live about 2000 miles away.   We know fully, they will not, and can not afford to attend.  I didn’t want to send them invites, because I didn’t want it to look like I was looking for a gift from them.  

    My question is…what to do about the invites.   I don’t have more envelopes, I’ve checked with the company and it would be like a new order.  I would have to order a min of 25.   I have all the other bits, just not the envelopes.   So it would cost me an additional $219 for the envelopes. 

    So, do I do it?  They will take a couple of weeks to come in.  Or do I go to Michaels and buy some make your own invites and make new ones myself? Or do I find an envelope that is close to fitting but might not match (they are an odd size)?

     

    Post # 3
    Member
    7609 posts
    Bumble Beekeeper

    Don’t make a new order, your aunts won’t know that they received different envelopes!  Just find something plain that fits.  🙂

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