Invite opinions!

xoxpipahxox

I like this invite that I saw on Etsy.  I've realized it's very easy to recreate in Word (very very easy, actually).  Do you like this?  I don't think I could pull off a pocket fold, so this is the next best thing (in my eyes). For those of you who did your own invites, did you find that it was really a lot less than you would have spent otherwise?  I'm putting together my paper orders with envelopes etc. and I'm thinking it might be a bit costly even by doing it myself.  http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=27713402

Arez16

I think they are really pretty! Can't help with your other questions....but I am curious to hear the answers as well!

danto

Those are really pretty!  Cost depends on the design, but generally, I've heard ladies who DIY usually spend about the same as if they ordered them professionally, they just got more control over the design.I did one of those, buy kits, print at home deals that's the least expensive way to go.GL!

Steffy3217

The invites are beautiful!!We did our own invites.. We got the print your own packs and also got vellum paper to go on top of them. Also I wanted RSVP cards and Reception cards so had to buy extra packs with just the rsvp cards. All in all I think we spent about $150 on 150 invites. (we still have a bunch left over because we didn't take into affect that we didn't need 1 per guest haha). I definitely saved money and got exactly what I wanted. But that's not always the case.

Blldandi

I am designing, printing and assembling my own everything paper.  I spent about $200 to order my pocket folders, vellum, envelopes, cardstock, and specialty papers, as well as adhesives and such.  This should make me 30 invite & STD ensembles, as well as the place cards, wish cards, thank you cards, and programs.

san76dals

I love those! Personally, I wish I had mine ordered. I did spend waaay less ($75) but I am not happy with how they turned out. FI designed them and I looooved them. But, when they printed on paper it just didnt look the way I envisioned. The font was lighter, and it just looked blahhh. Sorry, hope this doesn't freak you out ; )

livandrich

Here's an idea that we used for ceremony programs and saved a TON of money: Our invites were ordered from etsy seller inkylivie (PIB) and absolutely fabulous...but pricey. When it came time to do table numbers and ceremony programs, we really wanted them all to co-ordinate because our guests were obsessed with the invites. I asked inkylivie to quote prices for them, and they were also pricey. Then I was very upfront with her and said we could not afford to have her print and assemble both, but asked if she would be willing to sell us the digital design for the programs and we would buy the table numbers from her as quoted. She said that while she normally didn't do that, she understood, AND discounted the table numbers. We ended up with gorgeous table numbers and then I just emailed the ceremony program to Staples and had them printed in an hour. The quality was very good (not as nice as the invites but who cares) and they ended up costing approx $2.25 each (including double sided color printing on cardstock, cutting to 8 x 8 and the design fee) as opposed to $4-5 as quoted. Sooo this became very long, but how about contacting the etsy seller and asking about buying her digital design? And if that's not an option, how about doing an alchemy request on etsy for digital invite designs and having them printed somewhere like staples?

xoxpipahxox

Well, I can recreate the design quite easily (in fact, I already have and it looks just as good as the one on Etsy).  I suppose I was just curious to see what everyone else thought of them and I was curious to see if Knotties were finding that DIYing them is almost as expensive as simply purchasing them. I priced out the paper, envelopes and supplies and I'm expecting to pay around $200 for that (two kinds of metallic cardstock and black linen cardstock add up).  I know it would be less per person, but I'm trying to decide if it's worth it or if I should just look into buying a box kit.

AmiG41209

I'm doing my own and its going to be about $100 for 100 invites including paper and envelopes.  I don't have matalic paper or paper with a design.  I just have to different colors of solid paper and white card stock.Thinking that this is something that will most likely sit on a fridge and then go in the trash for most people helped me put it in perspective about how much I was willing to pay.

rco118

Not to be the el cheapa-a-roo, but we're doing our invites b/c we wanted to save big bucks.  Our card stock came from Joann Fabrics and it was $2.50 for 50 8.5"x11" cards which should yield 100 invitations.  We're going to buy another smaller pack for RSVP cards and hotel info cards.  For the paper, we are printing them on parchment (aka old resume paper) and glueing them to the card stock ourselves.  Our sizes were based entirely on the generic envelopes we bought at staples.  I'm working on the invites in powerpoint now.  I'll use the paper cutter at work (guiatine (sp?) thingy) and I'll fess up...I'm just using the color printer at work...  (shame, shame, i know...)In the end I think we should spend $40-$50 on our invites and for us, this wasn't were we wanted to spend our money so this was the best route for us.  GL!