Survey: How much were your invites?

HammysGirl

How much did you spend on your invites, exlcuding postage?

Did you DIY or order them through a company? (if through a company, which one?)

How many invites did you make/order?

My BFF is trying to decide if a quote she's gotten for invites is a good deal and I'm trying to figure out how much I should budget for my own! lol :-)

Thanks!

amymoidl

I ended up spending about $5/invite.  That included:  Invite, Details Card, RSVP, and envelope.   We ordered 125.
I had them custom designed on etsy --- I paid extra for a map to be created for the details card and she designed a graphic for me (which was also extra).

I read a similar post on another wedding-related board and it seemed like the average was around $3/invite.

JessWG

I am in the process of DIY'ing my envelopes - PIB.

The price for paper, printing, RSVP cards, envelopes, stamps, RSVP stamps, etc, EVERYTHING is looking to be around $150.  We are mailing around 80 envelopes, but preparing around 100 to account for mistakes and scrapbooking.  So less than $1.50 each.

vallsass

I had a friend design them for me, and we are having them printed as a 5x7 panel at FedEx Office (this was FI idea, since he works for FedEx, he thought we could get a good dicount. As it turns out, it was so reasonably priced we didn't even need a discount to help make our decision!) They are printing on extra heavy cardstock and cutting to size our 150 invites for about $20. We are purchasing 150 envelopes from xpedx store for about $7 and I am having response postcards printed through vistaprint in a matching design for about $25. 
They won't be really fancy but I feel like they look good and I am on a tight budget so I am THRILLED that we will have 150 invites, including postage, for about $100.

bethr5

We are DIYing ours.  We ordered all the paper supplies and envelopes from cardsandpockets.com and will be printing and cutting everything ourselves.  The total cost for 110 invitations was about $225, so roughly $2 apiece.  That includes a pocketfold, the invitation itself, 2 enclosures, RSVP postcards, envelopes, and ribbon.

One note though - printing, cutting, and assembling really do take A LOT of time, so if that's an issue you might want to steer clear of the DIY route.

Bens_Amanda

I bought the Brides DIY damask invites from Micheals.  I bought each set one at a time to use coupons, and ended up spending about $70 for 90 invites (includes everything).  They were originally about $120 for all 3!  My aunt is printing them for me b/c she is crafty.  I ordered my STD's from vistaprint and adress lables for those and spent about $40 w/ shipping.  I haven't bought stamps yet, but I think a roll is $40ish and I will am sending around 70-80 invites and STD's.  My invites are very classy, but I hardly spent anything on them.  I would rather spend money on other things rather than paper!!
*edited b/c I said 140 and meant 70 invites!

Bens_Amanda

I am trying to edit, but its being wierd...I meant to say I am sending around 70-80 invites, not 140! 

sarabeth14

Ours were $409 (including shipping) for 131 invitations. I thought that was a pretty reasonable price. I ordered them through Etsy.