Price for Invitations

prokadima · September 2009

I am considering DIY-ing my wedding invitations and response cards as I haven't found anything resonably priced that I absolutely loved. I know that there are a TON of variables to the price, but I would love to know the price you all paid for your set of invitations with envelopes and response cards. I priced one set I did like at about $600 for 150 invites, response cards, and envelopes. Is that average or expensive? Thanks!

Future.Mrs.Shawty · September 2009

Well, I can tell you that I made my own pocketfolds with 3 inserts, rsvp envelopes, and mailing envelopes and paid about a little less than $200 for 60 invitations. Had I chosen to have them made by a company it would have cost me a LOT more than that. BUT - depending on what you're doing - $600 for 150 invites seems reasonable since that's 3 times the amount of invites I did AND it's 3 times the cost. PIB of what I did.

econner42 · September 2009

I'm doing pretty much the same thing as pp, and I think it will end up costing me around $150-$200. I designed my invites and information cards in Photoshop on my computer, made a postcard (in Photoshop as well) for our RSVP card (saves on postage) and will most likely have them printed and cut at Kinko's.

mindiosu · September 2009

I designed our invitations with the help of a friend of ours who is a graphic designer. We got 150 each of the flat invitation and postcard response card, in color, on very nice card stock, and envelopes printed for $108. If you are able to design them yourself, Ric Strobl at Minuteman Press. Best prices in the city, that I found and very good quality.

hrparker · September 2009

I made mine as well, and honestly, I can tell you that if you find something you love out there that's close to your price point at all, buy them. Just buy them and save yourself the headache.I was unemployed when I made mine, so I had the time to work on them, and the ones I wanted would have been close to $20-25 EACH (for just the invite - no postage or calligraphy) had I purchased them, so DIY seemed the way to go.As it was, we ended up spending right around $12-13 per invitation ($1250 total for 100 invitations), including cardstock for the pocketfolder and bellyband label, silk dupioni to cover the pocketfolders, ribbon for the bellyband, letterpressed invite and four inserts, special sized envelopes, special postage, incredibly nifty calligraphy, and all the tools for making them (cutting board, cutting tools, adhesive products, etc.). Six hundred for 150 invites with response cards and envelopes is entirely reasonable if the invitations are of good quality.

hccpsu · September 2009

Have you tried looking online and ordering catalogs and samples from vendors like Rexcraft, Invitations by Dawn, The American Wedding, etc?I didn't want the hassle of DIY invitations--I've received too many of them with smeared printing, uneven edges, etc. I ordered from Ann's Bridal Bargains and spent $177 (including shipping) for 125 invitations/reception cards/response cards. That price included having my return address printed on the outer envelopes, which cost I think $25, so I could have gotten them for even less had I skipped that.

kam2210 · September 2009

I ordered some samples from American Wedding because I thought it would be super cheap, but by the time you purchased RSVP and reception cards seperately, the price really went up. I got 100 DIY invitations from Hobby Lobby including RSVP cards for $30. They are pretty basic, but I decided I didn't really care much about them (we are on a budget), so that worked just fine for me. If I had bought the ones on American Wedding, they were about $115 for the invitations and an additional $50 for response cards and $50 for the reception cards.

kschaulin · September 2009

We did semi-DIY for our invitations, and they were about $4.50 each. I had someone else print them for me and cut everything to size, so all I had to do was assemble. I also added my own directions enclosure that I designed/printed/cut myself. It still took FOREVER. They are a handmade kozo paper outside, with mulberry paper sunflowers in two different spots and hand tied with hemp twine. Really gorgeous, but they took me a good week to assemble. If you can afford it, have someone else do it for you.

kris10michelle · September 2009

I went with Jean M and ended up with a 100 pocket invites for about $250. I then bought nice ivory paper to make my own insert cards to save money and printed them myself! Definitly take a look at Jean M. They have some gorgeous invites for very reasonable prices. They also have 2 costs for them. One cheaper cost if you will assemble them yourself, and a more expensive one if you want them to do all the work! They even send you what you need to put the invites together! www.myjeanm.com

clearheavens · September 2009

For brides on a super budget, you should consider going to Michael's and checking out their BRIDES line where they sell all things paper. They have coordinating sets if you want to add an STD, escort card, or program cover. And the paper quality is sturdy. The design is simple and elegant. The templates are online so it's easy. Just make sure you have a good printer that produces clear and crisp letters.My friend did this for her 8/12 wedding. It costed her under $300 for about 200 guests. Had she grabbed a 40% off coupon for one regular priced item I think she could've gotten for even less. She just didn't have time to collect the coupons and go into the store 6 or 7 times because the invitations come in packs of 30 or 40, I think.

jroflow · September 2009

I would truly check out Blustery Day Design. They did all of our paper (for 200 people approx) for uunder 600 dollars. That includes programs, table numbers, escort cards, rsvp postcards, invitations all custom designed and amazing. This prrice includes printing (they did the printing). We worked with Jessica and it was all done online. Amazing. Check out their website at blusterydaydesign dot com.

centrefrenchie · September 2009

I custom made my 150 invites for $200, sans postage. They were gorgeous pocketfolds, and we received so many compliments on them.

jarmstrong23 · September 2009

While we did not purchase a complete "set" of invitations, I have the amounts that we paid for our stationery listed on my bio, if you're interested

HTH!

mrs.dilligaf · September 2009

That seems high, but I'm cheap. These were ours: http://www.sandstone.cceasy.com/order/WE_ViewEns.cfm?prev=1&TempPrev=0&blnPreviewRequestSubmitted=0&recordsperpage=8&CompletedOrder=0&sBasketID=0&sItemCode=WedEns7505&FromHome=1&alogo=1&menu=none&morethanonepage=YES&HostDomain=www%2Esandstone%2Ecceasy%2Ecom%2Forder%2F&FirstTimeThrough=1&option=WE_ViewEns.cfm&format=WedEnsCCaWe ended up paying $250 for invite, envelope, and response card/envelope. We did print our own hotel and direction card on plain white stationery found on clearance at Walmart. I found what I liked, googled and googled until I found the cheapest (I still don't remember the name of the company we used, but I had never heard of them. No problems whatsoever). I just thought, as long as I like them, I'm not going to spend a fortune on them considering it's a throw away item. It was $1.00 to mail them, but I figured we'd be spending at least half that with any invite. When it was all said and done (stamps and return stamps), we were at $400. I found others that were cheaper, but the $50 took me from okay with it to love them.

kelklump · September 2009

I might be kind of late on the post, but I used Yochi designs here in the city. If you google them you can see a few knotties invitations. They will pretty much do whatever you would like. I ordered 120 invites and I paid around 550. That included invite, reception card, response card, thank you cards.

ayamm1123 · September 2009

I worked with a freelance designer to get exactly what I was looking for minus the computer skills and hassle of printing them at a super reasonable price ($3-4 range)… I highly recommend Jennifer Crawford - metzcrawford@hotmail.com – she is worth checking with before taking on the DIY project yourself. She has gotten consistently rave reviews from several knotties who have worked with her!

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