Invites?

[dirtywordplay]

I was planning on making my invitations, but I didn't realize just how busy I'd be with school, and I don't want to end up late on them. Show me your (d.i.y. or otherwise) invites and where you got them/how you made them. Budget friendly is always best :)

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[schexyschteve]

I picked up 3 invite kits from Michael's. They ran $30/kit (I think they were on sale from $40/kit). The only other thing we paid for with them was stamps for the invite and RSVPs. We left off the ribbon that as included because otherwise, it would've cost like, twice as much to mail them. We sent off just under 100 invites, so it wasn't too expensive.

We printed them ourselves. It was really easy in Microsoft Word. I just set the margins/page size and typed it up. I designed the maps using Microsoft Word and Paint. The maps probably took the longest. I used plain old Century Gothic and then I downloaded a handwriting font from the Fonts for Peas website (the girl who runs it turns actual handwriting into usable fonts).





RSVP cards. Instead of writing guests' names on the cards, we assigned each card a number on the back, and then made an Excel spreadsheet. Each invite that went out corresponded to the number, so it was really easy to check which ones came back. Does that make sense?



These were actually on one card (front and back). Again, just set the page size and margins.



I didn't even bother to hand write the addresses. I got lazy. ;) So again, just set the page size in Microsoft Word to the size of the envelope, and typed the addresses.

[ladyinred667]

Your RSVPs are cute :)