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Etsy Wedding Invites and printing at home?

santiago2615santiago2615 member
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in Wedding Invitations & Paper

Ladies:

If I buy a template from Etsy for DIY invites, can I just take them to a Kinkos or upload them to VistaPrint and have them printed that way? I was on Vista Print and there is an option to upload your own design, so I am wondering if that would be the best option?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated :)  

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Re: Etsy Wedding Invites and printing at home?

  • labrolabro member
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    I've never done the VistaPrint option, but I have printed Etsy templates at FedEx Kinkos. Keep in mind that can get expensive fast if you need to use color ink (I'm pretty sure I spent over $100 printing menus, escort cards, and programs). There's also always the option of printing at home but I'd personally be worried about the print quality not being as nice with some home printers. I've heard a lot of great things about VistaPrint...I just haven't tried it myself so I can't give any recommendations or tips!

    The really nice thing about FedEx is they'll also cut your invites for you once you print them. I think it was a couple of dollars per cut but they did a nice job and made life a little easier on me!



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  • ryanandjoe4ryanandjoe4 member
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    Printed mine at stables on the linen like paper, they came out really nice, that was the only thing in the invitation that I had printed, the RSVP card, and Directions card I printed on nice card-stock with a good printer. Envelopes came with them but we used them as the inner envelope and bought larger ones for everything to fit in.
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  • JediElizabethJediElizabeth member
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    I've done this before. You can absolutely upload anything to vistaprint. Etsy vendors will give you high resolution files that (in my experience) look good when printed through Vistaprint.

    I suggest getting the wedding sampler to test the paper styles before you order though:
    https://secure.vistaprint.com/wedding-sample-kit.aspx?GP=11/6/2015+3:32:24+PM&amp;GPS=3658115313&amp;GNF=1
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  • RomanceManagedRomanceManaged member
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    I bought a digital file from etsy that I absolutely loved, however, the invitation is three pieces and one of them is 8.5 x 22 and I'm having an extremely hard time finding somewhere to print it. My goal was to save a little with a design that I love, but I'm looking at about $300 for printing alone. That does not include envelopes or postage.

    So my advice would be to consider page sizes and if they are not standard, to check into price quotes on buying paper/ink to print at home, or cost to have them printed elsewhere.


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  • CMGragainCMGragain member
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    Check your wording before you print anything.
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