Lightinthebox Invites?

shaylagirl

I know they're a knock off site for dresses, shoes, etc.

But, there are some neat invite designs that, from a semi-brief glance through are cheaper than other places I've been looking at.

I was thinking of them just shipping me blank invites and paying to have them printed locally because I don't really care very much for any of the 'verses' on their website.

Anyone?

QueerFemme

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[QUOTE]I know they're a knock off site for dresses, shoes, etc. But, there are some neat invite designs that, from a semi-brief glance through are cheaper than other places I've been looking at. I was thinking of them just shipping me blank invites and paying to have them printed locally because I don't really care very much for any of the 'verses' on their website. Anyone?
Posted by shaylagirl[/QUOTE]

Honestly, I would not order from them. The quality you get is probably going to be pretty crummy.   Even if you have them printed locally, if the paper is crap, you wasted your money. 

there are dozens of reputable, reasonably priced invitation websites. I would keep looking for a design you like at one of them.

try:

Vistaprint.com
theamericanwedding.com
weddingpaperdivas.com
123print.com

shaylagirl

Figured I'd at least toss it out there.  Even if they're dreck for invites, it would help others. 

I keep pawing and pawing and pawing through sites, but as of yet...I haven't stumbled across the invites I want. 

Or at least not in my price range anyways.  *sigh*

Thanks! 

JoanE2012

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[QUOTE]Never order an invitation from people who do not speak the language in which your invitation is written.
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</div><div>Agree.</div><div>
</div><div>And welcome back CMGr!  How was your trip?

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ohmrs2014

Try etsy.  I found some great and different out of the box designs.  Some sellers offer a PDF or JPEG file so that you can print it yourself and they just create the file and email it to you.

Ella and Pedro

I think the quality of the paper is very important on invitations.  I would not order any paper less than 100 #.  If you are on a huge budget with invitations (as I am, actually) you should consider a business card printing company.  Most have a limited but still reasonable range of fonts, will print on colored paper, and do actually do invitations. This is an idea I just came up with tonight.  I sent an e-mail to a American Business Cards (based in NJ) and we will see how it goes.

You could also look into www.papersource.com for high quality paper included patterned paper, and use that to print on, yourself, maybe just get bellybands, funky colored envelopes, and envelope inserts from a place like papersource, but keep the paper simple and on the cheaper side with the business card printers.  This is probably what I'm doing.   I have done professional graphic design. If you need some tips or pointers, please let me know. I can help.

Both of these ideas would render better quality invitations, IMHO, vs. lightinthebox.


Good luck! 

fuerst37

I ordered a bunch of samples from different companies, and we ended up at David's Bridal. We wanted really simple invitations, and I'm sure depending on your vision you can pay plenty, but all that to say ours were about $70 for 100. They are beautiful, and I can't wait to frame one.