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Designing and printing own invitations
Morning ladies,
I am toying with the idea of designing and (maybe) printing my own invitations and response cards. I would be okay to with have the design sent to a printer, hoping that it would still cost less than having the invitations designed and printed by a company. Has anyone done this before? If so, do you recommend any printers? I live in the Birmingham/Royal Oak area.
Thanks!
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Re: Designing and printing own invitations
After my friend designed everything, she sent the files to Staples and I took the paper there. They just charged me for printing and cutting. For 120 invitations + 120 belly bands (for this I bought the paper from Staples), it was about $150. My paper from Cards & Pockets was about $200, but I bought enough for 150 invitations and also bought envelopes.
Frankly, it was worth it to me to have them printed at Staples instead of trying to mess with printing them on my home computer, especially because I had 4 different sizes of inserts I was working with.
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Invitations were not something I was particularly invested in. I found lovely invitation sets at Michael's for $5 for 50 on the sale table even before we set our date. I liked them, they set the tone for our wedding, and I just printed them at home.
I did a lot of DIY printing at home (I have a laserjet), not color, which didn't matter because our colors were black & white. I printed on vellum, cardstock, resume paper that had a texture to it.............everything was fine. I did have to feed the pages individually for some of these, and had to have the vellum dry before assembling the invitations, but other than that it was pretty easy.
Good luck.
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you get 3 real mementos from your wedding day - your pictures/video, your marriage, and your invitation. Your guests only get the pictures they took...the parting favor...and your invitation. If your favors aren't stellar - at least give them some hope in the invitation. It is about so much more to me than just finding a deal.
The idea of having them personally designed is incredible. I wish I had the talent to do something like that myself - but working with a professional will do just fine. I personally wouldn't risk taking on a project of this size and importance to my wedding day if I hadn't done it before. These set the tone for your event and everyone has been anxiously awaiting their arrival. In most cases - they are carried out through the thank you cards, and some times even in the individual menu's, place cards and bar menu's.
Just be sure you're sure!!