DIY Invitations?

Julie2013

Anybody making their own invitation or STDs?  I'm an avid scrapbooker and am seriously considering it.

Julie

Janna2012

Technically I suppose we are making our own invites. However, what is really happening is that our friend who went to school for fine art and work creating invites for years is custom designing ours. I would say go for it, however it has also been a very big undertaking so far so be aware. 

091109brIANna033013

We made our own save the dates and save the date magnets. We sent them out in June and everybody loved them. They thought they were really nice it was really cool that we made them ourselves. We decided to buy our invites from David' Bridal. They have round invites with a lace pattern that came in all our wedding colors and were under budget, so we fell in love with them.

Julie2013

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_march-2013-weddings_diy-invitations?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:2fb7282e-ed53-4794-84c9-f5617fc97f8bDiscussion:40e59039-69d6-47fc-9a4b-16366f5cb158Post:fd3d023b-6cae-4508-8e0a-034e0e6bd684">Re: DIY Invitations?</a>:
[QUOTE]Technically I suppose we are making our own invites. However, what is really happening is that our friend who went to school for fine art and work creating invites for years is custom designing ours. I would say go for it, however it has also been a very big undertaking so far so be aware. 
Posted by Janna2012[/QUOTE]

Janna, how wonderful to have friends with skills, huh?! <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-laughing.gif" border="0" alt="Laughing" title="Laughing" />  We only need about 20 invites and we aren't doing STDs, so that's the only reason I'm considering it. If I had more than that, I'd probably not bother! LOL

Julie

Julie2013

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_march-2013-weddings_diy-invitations?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:2fb7282e-ed53-4794-84c9-f5617fc97f8bDiscussion:40e59039-69d6-47fc-9a4b-16366f5cb158Post:58ec72cc-0468-4448-bc3e-30cbac1f0c82">Re:DIY Invitations?</a>:
[QUOTE]We made our own save the dates and save the date magnets. We sent them out in June and everybody loved them. They thought they were really nice it was really cool that we made them ourselves. We decided to buy our invites from David' Bridal. They have round invites with a lace pattern that came in all our wedding colors and were under budget, so we fell in love with them.
Posted by 091109brIANna033013[/QUOTE]

Magnets? What a neat idea!!

Julie

Beachy12

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[QUOTE]Anybody making their own invitation or STDs?  I'm an avid scrapbooker and am seriously considering it. Julie
Posted by Julie2013[/QUOTE]

Julie,
I found a great post on Pinterest for DIY invitations and I think I'm going to try them.  Here is the website.  We only have about 50 or so to do, so I'm thinking this will still be cute but easy.  Hopefully!
Jaime

<a href="http://www.projectwedding.com/wedding-ideas/diy-wedding-challenge-wedding-invitations-from-scratch" rel="nofollow">http://www.projectwedding.com/wedding-ideas/diy-wedding-challenge-wedding-invitations-from-scratch</a>

jennipea382

We are doing ours with the "help" of a paper store in Minneapolis. Bascially they give us the supplies and use their die cuts for the main part of it, then we cut, glue and print however we want. We might print ourselves or go to Kinko's or something, haven't decided yet. Here is what mine will tentatively look like:

Julie2013

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[QUOTE]In Response to DIY Invitations? : Julie, I found a great post on Pinterest for DIY invitations and I think I'm going to try them.  Here is the website.  We only have about 50 or so to do, so I'm thinking this will still be cute but easy.  Hopefully! Jaime <a href="http://www.projectwedding.com/wedding-ideas/diy-wedding-challenge-wedding-invitations-from-scratch" rel="nofollow">http://www.projectwedding.com/wedding-ideas/diy-wedding-challenge-wedding-invitations-from-scratch</a>
Posted by Beachy12[/QUOTE]

Beachy, that is one of the neatest invitations I have ever seen!!!! Now I wish I had more inserts so I had a good excuse to do those!!!

Julie

madsenm2

I am making my own.  I brought a kit from Michaels and am printing them up myself.  It works best if you have time and patience.  I am planning on doing most of the items before we confirm the details with the catering hall.  I will probably have the response card, response envelops and the addressed envelops done by middle of Aug.

Julie2013

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[QUOTE]We are doing ours with the "help" of a paper store in Minneapolis. Bascially they give us the supplies and use their die cuts for the main part of it, then we cut, glue and print however we want. We might print ourselves or go to Kinko's or something, haven't decided yet. Here is what mine will tentatively look like:
Posted by jennipea382[/QUOTE]

Really nice, Jennipea!  I am loving these tri-folded invites with the inserts!  Like I told Beachy, I wish I had some inserts to justify getting them!

Julie

Janna2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_march-2013-weddings_diy-invitations?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:2fb7282e-ed53-4794-84c9-f5617fc97f8bDiscussion:40e59039-69d6-47fc-9a4b-16366f5cb158Post:c373241b-90d7-4ba4-8321-cbd41ec5e150">Re: DIY Invitations?</a>:
[QUOTE]We are doing ours with the "help" of a paper store in Minneapolis. Bascially they give us the supplies and use their die cuts for the main part of it, then we cut, glue and print however we want. We might print ourselves or go to Kinko's or something, haven't decided yet. Here is what mine will tentatively look like:
Posted by jennipea382[/QUOTE]

Is the store in Minneapolis "The paper source" If so that's where my friend used to work. So I'm guess I'm getting the same deal.. it is very nice to have friends to help!

Julie2013

I kind of like these http://www.diynetwork.com/videos/wedding-invitations/4682.html

Julie

jennipea382

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: DIY Invitations? : Is the store in Minneapolis "The paper source" If so that's where my friend used to work. So I'm guess I'm getting the same deal.. it is very nice to have friends to help!
Posted by Janna2012[/QUOTE]

It's Paper Depot, though I think there are some other places that are similar around there. I haven't heard of The Paper Source, I should check them out!

s_hazeleyes

We (I) are making our own STD's and CD Invitations. I am using Adobe Dreamweaver anf Illustrator. 

I had no clue how to use either, but my friend is helping out a bit! They look better than the best pro could have made them! 

I just finished my STD's, and will post when I figure where to get them prinited!

Julie2013

Looking forward to seeing them, s_hazeleyes!

Julie

Beachy12

Made our own Save the Date's today!  We're doing a beach wedding so went to the beach and wrote in the sand.  We are photography hobbiests, so we took the picture and then did the things we needed to here on our computer and then sent it to a local printing company to make postcards.  They were only $25 for 100 postcards!  LOVED IT!

Julie2013

Your STD are adorable!! Love them, Beachy!!