question/survey about invitations

hmmsarcasm · June 2010

*this was also posted in my local board*

Hey all,
sorry I haven't been on as much as i would like-but moving was helltastic and as always I don't get to go online during the day at work or anything like that--but i've been trying to catch up on reading through the posts.
anyhooo-
i was just wondering where everyone got their invitations and if they wouldn't mind putting a ballpark figure on how much they spent on them? if you rather email me personally-i'm at crespo.alexis@gmail.com -i know thats sorta rude to ask-but hey thought i'd try!
i'm having a hard time picking some out-and it's really getting down to the wire here--i just can't seem to find any that I like that are not in the 1000's of dollars-and the fi is so ridiculously picky its soo annoying!
phew-got that off my chest!
TIA!
-alexis
also since this is the retro board i'd thought you guys would have some amazing vintage styled invitations I can look at.

rikachika · June 2010

I am doing my own and so for the quote I was given, in NY from a local printer is 170.00 but I realize the forgot to add in teh response care and envelope so I will go back and get another quote - mine is plain - 2 envelope and 1 invitation.

future-mrs · June 2010

I love the invites on Etsy but they do run anywhere from $500 to $1000 or more. Zazzle has some awesome vintage invites that you can get for a much lower range. Also Magnet Street has some awesome stuff that you can personalize more. Depends on how many you need though and the style you are looking for.

Nukke · June 2010

Ours cost $250 including tax and I can't remember if shipping is included or not, but whatever..

We're having ours designed by a seller on etsy we found through an alchemy bid. She's designing and printing...

5 x 7 inch flat invite X 50
RSVP X 50
envelope liners X50
thank you cards (small enough to fit into a 4 bar envelope) X 50 (we will probably ask her for more in the future, though)

She's also including an outer (raspberry) envelopes and (merlot) RSVP envlopes. She's also return addressing the RSVP envelopes with a calligraphy stamp in white ink that she's giving to us also.

I also told her I'd provide my own 4-bar envelopes for teh thank you cards, because I have so so many.

You can check my bio if you're interested in what's been done so far.

Just Jen · June 2010

We did our own, and while we love them, we spent a solid week of our lives printing, cutting and assembling them. That doesn't even include the work I did designing them ...

We got the cardstock from Cards and Pockets, and just printed them on our home printer...

KlassyWithaK · June 2010

I'm getting mine from an Etsy seller. We're not sure what the final price is going to be. .She's actually a friend from one of the Nest boards, so I'm getting them at cost. The samples she sent us are fantastic, I posted about them a couple of days ago.
Depending on how expensive they are we want her to do the programs and thank you cards as well.

graysquirrel · June 2010

I got mine for about $50 at Michaels. Came with labels, ribbon, jackets, invitations, reply cards, seals. Will print them at home. I can't justify spending more. People will just throw them away.

Ingamckinley · June 2010

I also would have gone the Michaels route but I couldn't find anything I loved.

We also made our own and we spent about $120 to order the cardstock (outside & inside) vellum response envelopes and mailing envelopes. We got them from paper and more. That price also includes the printing at Kinkos (which should have been $60 but I got it for $20) This is for about 150+ invitations.

mrscarter052011 · June 2010

Not positive yet but we are most like going with Carlson Craft (one of my friend's sisters is a retailer). Not exactly what I could have designed but there are lots of nice simple designs at good prices so I had to have the talk with myself that people are going to throw them out and I don't have the budget for super fancy cards nor do I have the hours to do it all myself. http://viewccproducts.cceasy.com/ Hope that helps. I'd love to know what you end up going with.

hippie4yahweh · June 2010

We spent about $250 for a little over 100 invites... but we did all of the hard work ourselves.

Pocketfolds from cardsandockets.com, panels for inside the pockets (about 5 x 7) printed at Kinkos (we were going to screen print them but we got down to the wire and didn't have the time :-/), 3 inserts per invite (printed on cardstock and cut ourselves- again, cardsandpockets.com- I love their colors), an RSVP postcard printed at Kinkos (again, designed and cut by us), with the envelopes, ribbons, etc to finish them up.

(Could have been a little cheaper, but we printed our panels and RSVP postcards on glossy cardstock)

hmmsarcasm · June 2010

wow thanks guys!

there are a lot that I found that I like i just thought i'd be able to find something that I truly loved that went with our theme (vintage halloweenesque) and wasn't over $500--plus I wouldn't mind doing a lot of the work myself but...

this will sound horrible--but the FI doesn't trust me to do any major DIY "just in case".

but i'll def post what I end up going with--since we have to pick this week if I don't want to be rushing the invites out.

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