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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[aihoshi]

http://www.projectwedding.com/wedding-ideas/diy-wedding-challenge-pocketfold-invitation-using-8-5x11-paper

This is the tutorial we used for ours. I don't have a picture of our actual invitations, but as long as you allow the time, just pop in a movie and DELEGATE =D

We also created our own inserts and printed everything at Office Max, and had them cut the inserts for us <3

[dirtywordplay]

Wow, those turn out pretty incredible. And wouldn't take toooo long assembly line style. Thanks!

[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).

[ladyinred667]

Your RSVPs are cute :)

[lumpyhead]

I personally am a big fan of invitation kits to use as a base and you kind of embellish from there. Paper quality and amount of inserts will usually dictate your price.

Places that sell kits off the top of my head:
Target, Michael's, Office Max, Office Depot, Staples, Paper Source, Papyrus. Also check your local scrapbook or stationary store.

Our invitations were based off a kit we purchased from http://www.invitesite.com.
I love their paper quality, the fact that it's recycled card stock, and look very different from most kits I've seen out there.
The kit we got:

[lepapillonvert]

You never cease to amaze me!

[lumpyhead]

A couple other examples to give you some ideas:

This one all the supplies were gotten from Paper Source. I like these guys because much of their stuff is pre cut, so you don't have to do a lot of slicing. These were Thanksgiving invites, but the same ideas could be applied to a wedding invitation. The base form was their matchbook style invitations. I then took card stock and created layers for the invite, FAQ card, map card and RSVP. The colors were inspired from a scrapbook sheet I saw in the store which I used to make envelope liners.

[lepapillonvert]

[lepapillonvert]

I should add that our envelopes were purchased on clearance at Sam Flax in Atlanta. That helped to keep down the costs.

[lumpyhead]

So pretty! I love the envelope liner and the black and white just looks so elegant.

[lepapillonvert]

Aw, thanks! The liners came from vintage wallpaper. I found two rolls on eBay and was going to also use it to make May Baskets for the chairs and for the entrance to the property, but the paper is a tad fragile at this point. I'm actually taking all of the pieces I cut for the baskets, covering them in packing tape and punching out price tags this week. Gotta do something with them!