Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Introducing Our Labor Of Love - Invitations

What a process our invitations were! They seriously took me months but they were worth it!


These were the pieces that I created:
  • Invitation 5X7
  • RSVP card 3X5
  • Info card 2X4
  • Map 4X6
  • Tag 1X1
[INVITATION & ENCLOSURE]

[RSVP CARD]

[INFO CARD]

[MAP]

[TAG]

What I bought:
  • Printing - all printing was done on my home Epson All-In-One Printer
  • Wood Grain Paper - from Gmund Germany - GIFT
  • Vellum Envelopes (100) - bought from Envelope Mall for $16.75 for 100
  • RSVP Envelopes (100) - bought from Envelope Mall for $12.95 for 100
  • Enclosures (100) - bought from a paper store in the city $14 for 10 - total 140
  • String (8 packs) - bought from Craft 2000 (similar to Michaels) for $6.00 total
  • Stamps for RSVP - each cost $.44 - total $44.00
  • Stamps for whole thing - each cost $.61 - total $61.00 for 100
TOTAL COST: $281 or $2.81 each

For the final packaging we went with dark brown enclosures and decided to use vellum envelopes.

[ENCLOSURES WITH INVITE AND RSVP]

[THE ENVELOPES ALL PUT TOGETHER]

[THE BACK OF THE ENVELOPES]

12 comments:

  1. i love em. esp the variety and textures

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  2. i am so impressed!! they look so beautiful!

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  3. Carolyn! These are gorgeous! You did an awesome job! I love them!

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  4. Nice set design with the doilies and ball of twine :)

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  5. The fonts are Albemarle Swash and Americana BT. Thanks for all the great comments!!!!

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  6. they're lovely!! diy invites are tough - but totally worth it for the savings!

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  7. Don't you just love that Gmund paper?! I found it a month or two ago and fell in love!

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  8. Carolyn I'm in love with your invitations! Are the tree and birds stamped onto your invites, or are they from a digital file? Is it available for order?

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  9. These are by far the best dIY invitations I've seen! And I've been searching a lot. I just copied all your instructions down. Beautiful!

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  10. Not sure if you still get these comments but I figured it was worth a shot! I saw on your weddingbee blog that you used an epson printer to print on the gmund paper, which I am using too but it isn't taking the paper. Would you mind telling me what model epson you used? I am at my wits end trying to get these suckers to print!

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  11. Anyone figured out how to print on this paper? I too bought a sample and my printer would not take it because it is too think. Any suggestions?

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