Our LOVED Invitations

[Kari]

Did you make your own? Buy them? Buy them and add your own touch to them?

Show us pics!!

[Kari]

Aubrey, yours are my most favoritest wedding invitations, EVER!!

I so love them!!

[Aubrey]

:D Thanks, Kari!

[wendy9879]

Here are our invites. We ordered them from notfromabox.com. This is the proof they sent. The ink color and background sheet will be similar to the one below our invite.

6 x 6 square ~ 2 layer invite

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/whebert/SubAlbum%206/invitationcopy.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/whebert/SubAlbum4/notfromabox_com.jpg

[christinas2006]

Bought these from American Wedding Album
http://images.snapfish.com/3464%3B6558%7Ffp346%3Enu%3D3265%3E463%3E93%3B%3EWS NRCG%3D323357%3A994583nu0mrj

[StaceyG]

our invites were bought

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/smusero/WEDDING%20PICS/invite.jpg

[Angela]

Aubrey, I LOVE yours!!!

Here are ours.....very simple, classic, and elegant:

http://www.exclusivelyweddings.com/catalog/Detail/864-0141.jpg

[belle67]

Everyone is so talented!

Here are my pocketfolds:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y166/belle67/inside2.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y166/belle67/inserts.jpg

[nikkiana]

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b215/dance798/img_0579.jpg

[Kari]

Here are our Invites: (I made them with a Gartner Kit and added cardstock and ribbon)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/Kari777/invites007.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/Kari777/invites002.jpg



http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d60/whateverbish/DSC00695.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d60/whateverbish/DSC00703.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d60/whateverbish/DSC00698.jpg

[RadishWife]

These are all so pretty!

[-->Kat<--]

very nice... love those pocketfolds belle

Kari... nice job sprucing up those invites (ps - you blanked out your last names every where except on the picture that shows your accomodations) :kimgrill:

[Kari]

Kari... nice job sprucing up those invites (ps - you blanked out your last names every where except on the picture that shows your accomodations) :kimgrill:

thanks for the heads up!

*poof*

GONE!

[*Diane*]

Kari is magic!!

I am always amazed at how incredibly beautiful handmade invitations turn out. Are they difficult? What is the hardest part *besides choosing the invitation, duh!* ?

[Kari]

:pixiedust:

[Cindy]

Everyone's invitations are so pretty and unique! Since we changed our date, I'm re-thinking ours. I'll post a pic when I get one made!

[~LeAna~]

Belle I just love your invitations! They have become my inspiration!!

So, so pretty!

[katieandalex]

Aubrey and Jennifer....your invites are my absolulte favorites! They are both so cool!

Our invites were a kit that I purchased from Michael's and printed the vellum overlay (3 times now!). I knid of wish I would have spent the money and ordered the ones I really wanted from a company, but that would have cost about $200 more....but I am really pleased with how my invites turned out given I printed them myself and they were super cheap!
http://www.weddingannouncer.com/gallery/files/4/1/7/IMG_3059.JPG

[rowanmayfairs]

we bought Wilton Invitations

We printed them on our computers and assembled the bows.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v519/rmendaann/Wedding/OurWeddingInviteComplete.jpg

[lunarmagic]

Here are our wedding invites, bought invite, printed on the wording myself:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/lunarmagic/Wedding/invite-pic-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/lunarmagic/Wedding/invite-set-1.jpg

And our second reception invites, my design, printed myself:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/lunarmagic/Wedding/2nd%20Reception/Invite3-informal.jpg

[SmilingHoney]

Here are my wedding invites. They were inspired by OneCuteLadyBug and her aunt. They posted the invites they did and the instructions. A big thank you to them.

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/smilinghoney/FullInvites.jpg

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/smilinghoney/InviteFull.jpg

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/smilinghoney/Envelopement.jpg

[Cindy]

Pretty invites!

[*meghan*]

Since I can't get onto Photobucket at work, this link will have to do :)


http://www.mustloveweddings.com/forums/showpost.php?p=22611&postcount=128

[*Diane*]

Here are my wedding invites. They were inspired by OneCuteLadyBug and her aunt. They posted the invites they did and the instructions. A big thank you to them.

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/smilinghoney/FullInvites.jpg

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/smilinghoney/InviteFull.jpg

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/smilinghoney/Envelopement.jpg

I would love to see those directions! Can you share?

[SmilingHoney]

Hi Diane, I don't mind sharing at all. That's what we're all here for!

Here's the link to the website w/ the templates
http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/cr_scrapbooking/article/0,2025,DIY_13776_4417259,00.html

The outer parts are made w/ scrapbooking paper. The invite card and RSVP cards were from a kit I bought from Hobby Lobby when they were having a 75% off sale. The scrapbooking paper was bought at Michael's when they were having their 12x12 paper on sale for 4 / $1.00.

3 Kits @ 5.00 each
200 pc of paper $50.00
4 rolls of ribbon @ 1.99 ea.
Faux Wax sticks (100 sticks) 6.99

Total cost for materials $79.95

I will give you some hints.

1. Try to find paper that have a design on the front and back. The instructions tell you to take 2 different types of paper and glue them together. This took me a long time, but it may have just been me. I even used the spray adhesive in a can and the overspray was messy.

2. The darker paper I bought tended to crack where folded. You could see the white of the paper pulp. It was okay for mine b/c I had a more rustic look to my red paper to begin with. But if that's not the look you want, then I would go w/ lighter colors.

3. Monotype Adhesive was easier for me to use to glue down the flaps and ribbon. I would totally recommend it again.

4. For my wax seals, I made them separately and then I glued them onto the invites. I didn't trust myself to not mess up on the actual invite :) Also, I superglued them to the invite incase the Post Office was being rough with them.

5. I forgot to mention, my invite cards were larger than what the directions were made for. I had to change some of the dimensions so the template didn't work for me. But if you do what the directions say, it will be just as easy.

Hmm, I think that's it. :lol: I love how they turned out. I would recommend any bride to make their invites, but............ If your mom is like mine and keeps asking for more. Well, I would prolly do the pre-made ones. I went from having to make 50 invites to 100!!!!! :happysigh:

[Kirsten]

Here are mine. . . c/p from another thread.

Here's the front:
http://www.geocities.com/kirsten319/_images/our_invite_front.jpg

Here's what it looks like when guests open the invite:
http://www.geocities.com/kirsten319/_images/completed_invite.jpg
Here's a closeup of the invitation:
http://www.geocities.com/kirsten319/_images/invite_closeup.jpg
The mapcard. Because I'm sending out 1/2 announcements and 1/2 invitations, I used the leftover RSVP cards to make the mapcards:
http://www.geocities.com/kirsten319/_images/mapcard.jpg
This is all color coded: different types of roads get different colors. Interstate=red, State highways = blue, etc. etc.
The RSVP. At the last minute I decided to make the "RSVP" hunter green:
http://www.geocities.com/kirsten319/_images/rsvp.jpg

[Cindy]

Kirsten - I love your invites. The directions card is really impressive. How did you get the roads different colors?

[Jaci]

Mary, you did a great job with those! I remember the ones onecuteladybug posted, yours look just as nice!

[*heather*]

I know mine are old now, but I still love to show them off! We made them all ourselves. Sorry for the crappy quality of the scans!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/hcmccga/img037.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/hcmccga/img036.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/hcmccga/img033.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/hcmccga/img039.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/hcmccga/img038.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/hcmccga/img035.jpg

[SmilingHoney]

Mary, you did a great job with those! I remember the ones onecuteladybug posted, yours look just as nice!

Thanks, Jaci! :floating:

Heather, I love how yours came out!

[Jaci]

heather, yours look great! Whimsical even (Elizabethtown anyone? :D), very nice!

[*Diane*]

Heather- unique and beautiful just like you. :)

[Kari]

heather, you and Aubrey were my inspirations to make my own. Of course, mine aren't even CLOSE to what the two of you did, but I had fun :)

[Kirsten]

Kirsten - I love your invites. The directions card is really impressive. How did you get the roads different colors?
Thanks, Cindy. I got the direction cards done with a Google image, Photoshop and some patience! Basically I laid a new layer over a Googled map then drew in the roads using different colors. It was a tedious process, but I think the maps came out pretty nice.

[Cindy]

Clever! I would have never thought to do that.

[*heather*]

Thanks everyone! You made my day!

[Cindy]

Here's one of my "ideas"

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6d909b3127cce8bee569638fc00000015108IbtWLFu2ci

[Rebecca]

heather---love your invites and they are something I have never seen! Beautiful and unique!

[Kelly]

I had the same as Kari and Lunarmagic(natalie), bought them at Office max I think.

[destinationbride07]

Jaci-

Thanks so much for posting the websitte...

[Jaci]

you are welcome! Tell them I sent ya!

[destinationbride07]

i really want to do that i may order a sample and see...it seems so much neater than just folding up a piece of paper and sticking it into an invite lol

[Jaci]

well, I have templates if you decide to go with the Signature C pocketfold, pm me if that's what you decide.

[TeenieBeanie]

Your invites are awesome Jaci! Very professional looking. :)

[LVCRose]

I can post mine now! They're not completely done, but almost there!

Outside
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6d725b3127cce8cd81830f44100000016100EZuW7Vu0YsU

Inside
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6d723b3127cce8c2bb5ac874300000016100EZuW7Vu0YsU

Invite!!!
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6d723b3127cce8c2bb5c4872b00000015100EZuW7Vu0YsU

Inserts
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6d723b3127cce8c2bca14466c00000016100EZuW7Vu0YsU

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6d723b3127cce8c2bcaf6468e00000015100EZuW7Vu0YsU

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6d723b3127cce8c2bcb2006c000000015100EZuW7Vu0YsU

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6d723b3127cce8c2bcb2187f100000015100EZuW7Vu0YsU

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6d723b3127cce8c2bcdf0872300000015100EZuW7Vu0YsU

Sorry some are blurry!

ETA: The finished outside of the pocketfold

[*meghan*]

Joanna, those invites are beautiful! Great job! :thumbsup:

[LVCRose]

Thanks Meghan! If only I could get them finished and in the mail. I'm so slow. :heee:

[Stacy]

Here are mine. They were a kit that you print yourself. I got the template from Microsoft templates and then just made the wording what I wanted

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m303/FIFgirl1/IMG_2611.jpg

[stephjhudson]

http://www.invitationsbydawn.com/pics/EasiestWeddingPics/Dawn/W04711_004lr.jpg
i think we are doing these

[*TanyaJeanne*]

I love those steph!

[Carrie429]

our non-DIY invites (I love all the pocketfolds posted! I would have loved those but I don't think i have the patience to have made my own)

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b214/CarrieAnn9300/Paper%20Products/Ourweddinginvitation.jpg

[destinationbride07]

my invites finally came

here it is un-assembled

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/sherriq30/weddinginvite1006-1.jpg

here it is semi assembled
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/sherriq30/weddinginvitesemi1006.jpg

here it is assembled (not in envelope)

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/sherriq30/weddinginvitefull1006.jpg

now who wants to help me assemble the other 49 :laugh3:

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/sherriq30/puttingthemtogether1006.jpg

[MemphisMom]

I remember when you were deciding on "island" invites, those are just beautiful!

[destinationbride07]

thanks :)

[Bri]

I love these (http://www.invitationsbydawn.com/We_ViewEns.cfm?sItemCode=WedEns0157&sCatalogCode=WedEnsDD&iStartRow=1&lCriteria=243&strcontinue=yes&strsearch=yes&format=WedEnsDDa).... I think these may be in the running, :lol:

http://www.invitationsbydawn.com/pics/EasiestWeddingPics/Dawn/DDF10223lr.jpg

[crystalh20]

Here are our invitations:


http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/crystalh20/Wedding/of50590442-1.jpg


http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/crystalh20/Wedding/i2.jpg

[stephjhudson]

those are the same invites I am thinking about!! fun!
beautiful!

[Deidre98]

Here are our invitations:


http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/crystalh20/Wedding/of50590442-1.jpg


http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/crystalh20/Wedding/i2.jpg

These are the same invites my mom and I like!

[jillian]

I don't know how you ladies have the patience to make your invitations. I would never have mine done.

Anyway this is ours.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a109/missbride/invite.jpg

[crystalh20]

stephjhudson & Deidre98... the fall leaf invitations are so pretty in person! I fell in love with them online and loved them even more when I finally got them. I hope you use them! Everyone I sent them to thought they were gorgeous! Post pictures if you do!

[stephjhudson]

Thanks for the recommendation! We are debating between those and making our own through cardsandpockets.com...
it makes more sense financially and timewise to buy the leaf ones...
im just not sure about what color to do the lettering...the sample one came in gold, but i thought it was hard to read...

[Deidre98]

I ordered a sample this morning and can't wait to see it! I know for a fact we aren't going to DIY for the invites so it's either this one or something else if FH hates it. (he better not!) Where did you order yours from?

[carolinalady67]

We just go ours, we bought them.

the front when folded
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6cf06b3127cce8fc5f450fbcd00000016100EYs3DVs4YsU

the full invitation when open
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6cf06b3127cce8fc5f4597af400000015100EYs3DVs4YsU

RSVP
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6cf06b3127cce8fc5f442fbdf00000016100EYs3DVs4YsU

[Poloke]

aww the rose invites are cute! I like how they fold up and then you see the entire invite!

[Mandy]

Ours were very simple. We wanted something kind of understated. It was my first invite design. I've since gotton a bit more complicated ;) .

This is actually our first mock-up. For the final ones, our names were much larger.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7df38b3127cce80a4b493e62900000016100AbOWzZu1YtG JA

[lalalola]

Mandy, those look very nice!

[Rebecca]

I finally get to post our finished invites! Finished putting them together last night after many, many hours of stamping, cutting, folding...then cutting more! I made everything from paper I bought from a local paper supply company.
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k52/rdbloom/invites017-1.jpg
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k52/rdbloom/invites024.jpg
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k52/rdbloom/invites025.jpg
And finally DONE!!
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k52/rdbloom/invites026.jpg

[Jaci]

lovely!

[Renny]

I never posted mine after following this thread the entire time

I just made them from the invite kits you get at Hobby Lobby ($10 kit because I got it during a 50% off sale :D )

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7dc33b3127cce81d54cf2afe100000035138AasWjdkzZOA

RSVP and info card
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7dc33b3127cce81d54ce32ec000000026128AasWjdkzZOA

[carolinalady67]

they turned out great Beth.

[Raychel]

Heh Beth...me & you bought the same kit...only yours turned out a bazillion times better than mine!

I don't love my announcements :lol: So I'm not posting them here. I half assed it and had to get them done in a hurry unfortunately so I got stuck with what I got stuck with. They serve their purpose though I suppose.

[Renny]

thanks Raychel and Lisa.

[Christa]

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g213/Christanje/31107008.jpg

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g213/Christanje/31107009.jpg

[That Girl]

The "Billy Special"....he picked them out! :lol:

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/blackdahlia99/Wedding%20Ideas/picofinvitetop.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/blackdahlia99/Wedding%20Ideas/picofinvite.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/blackdahlia99/Wedding%20Ideas/responsecard.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/blackdahlia99/Wedding%20Ideas/receptioncard.jpg

[carolinalady67]

Christa those are really pretty.

Michelle, your's are so cute

[That Girl]

Michelle, your's are so cute

Thanks! Everyone loved them and knew Billy had something to do with selecting them. :hehe:

[Renny]

The "Billy Special"....he picked them out! :lol:

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/blackdahlia99/Wedding%20Ideas/picofinvitetop.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/blackdahlia99/Wedding%20Ideas/picofinvite.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/blackdahlia99/Wedding%20Ideas/responsecard.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/blackdahlia99/Wedding%20Ideas/receptioncard.jpg

Those are adorable.

[lmhcmm]

Here's the stock for ours

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c272/lisacorey/wd0058.jpg

When I went to print these, our printer just wouldn't cooperate so we orded our invitations on line. I love them!!

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r187/karma070707/DSC00497-erased.jpg

[Aramelle]

I just finished our invitations tonight. I'm SO glad to have this project marked off of my to-do list. :)

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a252/Aramelle/Paper%20Items/Final-AllCards.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a252/Aramelle/Paper%20Items/Final-WithoutBlueCover.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a252/Aramelle/Paper%20Items/Final-Outside.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a252/Aramelle/Paper%20Items/Final-Inside.jpg

[jillian]

Came out great Aramelle. I love the color.

[KathyandJer]

My invites are almost completely done now :woohoo:

Outside:
http://www.jerandkathy.com/kathy/UW_Photos/Misc_Stuff_Bought/Mar16/CompletedInvite.jpg
Inside:
http://www.jerandkathy.com/kathy/UW_Photos/Invitations/Inside1_smaller_MLW.jpg

[Ally]

i love your invites Kathy!! those turned out great!

[*Kim*]

Aubrey and Jennifer....your invites are my absolulte favorites! They are both so cool!

Our invites were a kit that I purchased from Michael's and printed the vellum overlay (3 times now!). I knid of wish I would have spent the money and ordered the ones I really wanted from a company, but that would have cost about $200 more....but I am really pleased with how my invites turned out given I printed them myself and they were super cheap!
http://www.weddingannouncer.com/gallery/files/4/1/7/IMG_3059.JPG

these are the same invites that I had when i married my ex husband! I thought they were so pretty and they turned out great (once you figure out how to print on the damn vellum though)

[-->Kat<--]

wow Kathy... nice job :thumbsup:

[Christa]

Kathy- you invites look great!

[Jaci]

Kathy, your invites are very nice!

[PurpleFlower]

Here are mine

Outside
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7df09b3127cce8172bdbbf69700000016108AYsWzhm4YuD

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7df09b3127cce8172bdba77a600000016108AYsWzhm4YuD

Inside

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7dc04b3127cce819902f3fced00000016108AYsWzhm4YuD

with inserts
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7dd04b3127cce8229e1fa801100000016108AYsWzhm4YuD

[Ally]

those turned out awesome Heather!

[Jaci]

beautiful Heather!

[carolinalady67]

Kathy and Heather both of yours turned out really nice.

[ginny]

All these are beautiful! It's making me get antsy to order mine and get mine done! :)

[Mandy]

So many talented people!!

I just wanted to post these. They arn't mine, but I am doing this pack for a friend of mine. This is the pic from the website, but we're doing the same colors/theme. I think it's beautiful!!

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7dd11b3127cce82f3a523b23300000016100AbOWzZu1YtG JA

[*grasshopper*]

Oooh! Mandy, those are my colors, too! I looove that design. Where did you get those?

[Mandy]

The stationary is from www.mountaincow.com. I am designing the layout and everything though. They've got some pretty awesome prices...check 'em out! :)

PS- LOVE the color combo! ;)

[Christa]

I love those colors too!

[Allyson]

Mandy those are beautiful!!

[Hughto]

Our DIY invites- A bit of me, Aaron and my friend Linda. Linda did the calligraphy, Aaron formatting, and the idea and the rest me!

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7da39b3127cce836adf3df36d00000016108BasmjRyxak

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7da39b3127cce836ade73b3bb00000016108BasmjRyxak

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7da39b3127cce836ad8deb31500000016108BasmjRyxak

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7da39b3127cce836ac756723a00000016108BasmjRyxak

[soulmates]

Our DIY invites- A bit of me, Aaron and my friend Linda. Linda did the calligraphy, Aaron formatting, and the idea and the rest me!

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7da39b3127cce836adf3df36d00000016108BasmjRyxak

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7da39b3127cce836ade73b3bb00000016108BasmjRyxak

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7da39b3127cce836ad8deb31500000016108BasmjRyxak

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7da39b3127cce836ac756723a00000016108BasmjRyxak

Love them!!!

[Rosebud]

Katie - those are absolutely GORGEOUS! :jawdrop: I'm doing the same layout and hope that mine come out half as nice as yours.

[carolinalady67]

Mandy, love the blue and brown together.

Katie, you did a great job on yours.

[Hughto]

Awww... thanks ladies!

Rosebud, you will be surprised that they do. We knew our would come out nice, but we are thrilled with how much nicer we thought they were going to be. We are both very pleased!

[AlmostMrs.Australia!]

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m23/jmlw87/WEBINVITE.jpg

In case you can't see it, it's two intertwined hearts in silver (our theme) at the top with a matching silver border. It's simple and elegant, which is also the tone of the wedding.

PS- our real invitations don't say "Mr. and Mrs. W." lol.
I just did that for web safety!

[laurak83]

Just finished DS-taping ours together, they still need to have the return envelopes addresses + stamped (and the response cards numbered, I've heard that is a must-do), have ribbons tied on them, be stuffed into envelopes and shipped off! I can't wait to mail them. Sorry for all the pics, they took a ridiculous amount of time and I'm kinda proud of them!

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1404/1133052828_e5d01ef00f.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1072/1133052802_d13bae0d42.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1393/822805464_cbeb1185ba.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1069/867725116_1ec9f45146.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1431/867725158_c6e7055f1c.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1153/867698412_b344ea3e2f.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1076/822805888_e6e8eabbac.jpg

And one more, as proof that (albeit scruffy looking) FI did help me!
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1283/822805552_d22a9db8dd.jpg

[Poloke]

laurak your invites look great!

[hellobethie]

Those are awesome!! Any idea how many woman hours you spent on them...for how many invites?????? I am thinking about the same idea and just wondering what sort of undertaking it would be!! :)

[KelciAlexandra]

oh wow laura! where did you get your invitations from!? im looking for something like that and so far thats pretty much the only thing i've found that i actually really like...

[~LeAna~]

Here are ours! I LOVED them!! The monogram on them became the theme to our wedding!

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g99/Leticia82/Our%20Wedding%20June%202007/invites.jpg

[*Diane*]

LeAna and Laura- your invitations are so spectacular! :thumbsup: They look completely professional. How much do you think you saved by doing them yourselves?

[laurak83]

oops sorry kelcie and bethie, never answered your questions. i don't know how long it took to design them since I changed it so many times, but it probably took about 4 weekends of off-and-on working on them to finish silkscreening them.
I bought the supplies from cardsandpocketsstore.com. They were the least expensive place I found, but I'm not sure I was totally happy with the quality. Some of the inserts had a big wrinkle in them that wouldn't come out, and the envelopes had a huge "recycle" watermark on them that was distracting. So I guess you get what you pay for :-). I've heard papersource has good quality stuff, but it's also more expensive.

Edited to answer Diane also: I don't think I saved any money making DIY pocketfolds vs. ordering single page invitations. If I had to compare DIY pocketfolds vs. ordered pocketfolds, we probably spent $300 (ink, screens/lamp for silkscreening machine, paper, ribbon, stamps) when it would have cost $700 to custom order them.

[*Diane*]

Here are some pictures of the finished product:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1103/edhodge/AugSept07043.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1103/edhodge/AugSept07044.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1103/edhodge/AugSept07045.jpg

[laurak83]

Those are lovely, I really like the circles/dots. Very retro looking!

[KathyandJer]

I love them all!

Laura, you can see the time and effort that was put into those invites - good job :thumbsup:

Diane - I've told you before, but you and your whole fam-damily are awesome :yes: All of you did an amazing job!

[*Diane*]

oops sorry kelcie and bethie, never answered your questions. i don't know how long it took to design them since I changed it so many times, but it probably took about 4 weekends of off-and-on working on them to finish silkscreening them.
I bought the supplies from cardsandpocketsstore.com. They were the least expensive place I found, but I'm not sure I was totally happy with the quality. Some of the inserts had a big wrinkle in them that wouldn't come out, and the envelopes had a huge "recycle" watermark on them that was distracting. So I guess you get what you pay for :-). I've heard papersource has good quality stuff, but it's also more expensive.

Edited to answer Diane also: I don't think I saved any money making DIY pocketfolds vs. ordering single page invitations. If I had to compare DIY pocketfolds vs. ordered pocketfolds, we probably spent $300 (ink, screens/lamp for silkscreening machine, paper, ribbon, stamps) when it would have cost $700 to custom order them.

That is about what we came up with, too. :)

[MsJessica07]

We used cardsandpockets.com, but ordered the pocket inserts seperately. I.e. we ordered cardstock from paperandmore.com, and got it cut to our specifications. It worked nicely. We would have saved more on it had MIL not insisted on her guy printing them. But she paid for them, so I don't mind.

[Kathy]

While I'm going through photobucket, I might as well post pics of my invitations. The invitations and response cards had a silver border, the invitations also had an intertwined heart design. The reception and diections cards were both plain white card stock that I took to Brian's school to use the paper cutter. I printed everything myself, added silver snowflake stamps to the reception and directions cards, and applied glue and glitter to each piece to give them all a unifed look. While I love the way they turned out, I would only recommend doing all of this to someone that has a whole lot of time on their hands.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n303/mellokat/100_2471.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n303/mellokat/100_2473.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n303/mellokat/100_2474.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n303/mellokat/100_2475.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n303/mellokat/100_2476.jpg

[Kara_kw]

Those invites are beautiful Kathy!!! Nice work!

[Kathy]

Thank you Kara :)

[Trinia]

Lovely,Kathy!!

[Mandy]

Just bumping this thread up again to see if anyone out there has some more ideas to post!

[Amy]

Everyone's invitations are so incredible! I love how so many of you were able to take a fairly simple invitation and make it look so amazing! You have all giving me so many ideas and I'm finally starting to get excited about making my invitations!

Thanks everyone!

[blondelildevil]

I have seen a place where you can get silver paisley paper... I can't remember the name of it at the moment, but when I think of it, I'll let you know.

Here (http://www.rhinestonejewelry.com/buwh.html?source=overture&keyword=rhinestone_buckle&OVRAW=rhinestone%20buckles&OVKEY=rhinestone%20buckles&OVMTC=standard&OVADID=693997022&OVKWID=3943950522) is a place online that sells the buckles. They are a little pricy, but pretty.

[TeenieBoggs]

Thanks for that link Amanda! :)

[Mimzy]

http://www.hopeyoureinvited.com/images/products/weddings-fancy/wedding3-silver-with-ribbon.jpg


http://www.hopeyoureinvited.com/images/products/weddings-fancy/wedding7-square-vellum-with-ribbon.jpg

[*Diane*]

Those are gorgeous, Mimzy! Lush and sophisticated and statement makers- wow!

[Amanda&Hugo]

I know mine are old now, but I still love to show them off! We made them all ourselves. Sorry for the crappy quality of the scans!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/hcmccga/img037.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/hcmccga/img036.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/hcmccga/img033.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/hcmccga/img039.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/hcmccga/img038.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/hcmccga/img035.jpg


Anyone know how these were made? Like, how did they make the pockets and how did they attach the invitation? I have NO idea and trying to help someone!

[Liz&Cailen]

How does the ribbon attach to the invitation to hold the inserts. Tied, glue, magic?

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a252/Aramelle/Paper%20Items/Final-WithoutBlueCover.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a252/Aramelle/Paper%20Items/Final-Outside.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a252/Aramelle/Paper%20Items/Final-Inside.jpg[/QUOTE]

[QueenElizabeth22]

Here are ours! :) I never posted them in here...this one belonged to MLWer Sara! :)

My mom and I made them, I designed (with lots of inspiration from other brides!!) and printed, then cut out all the pieces, my mom helped put them all together... pocket-folds are from cardsandpockets.com! It was a lot of work, but I loved them and they were worth it! :)

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b7db00b3127ccec17e03131a1600000010O00BbsWzJy4YsQ e3nwc/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b7db00b3127ccec17e5b2a9b3300000010O00BbsWzJy4YsQ e3nwc/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/

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http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b7db00b3127ccec17fe764bb6f00000010O00BbsWzJy4YsQ e3nwc/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b7db00b3127ccec17fd18fbb9f00000010O00BbsWzJy4YsQ e3nwc/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/

[*Diane*]

Those are fabulous, especialy the celebration card. Thanks for sharing! :)

[jillian]

You did a great job!

[QueenElizabeth22]

Those are fabulous, especialy the celebration card. Thanks for sharing! :)


Thanks Diane!

Thanks Jillian!

:)

[Sk8ermaiden]

These were mine.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b272/Sk8ermaiden/Copy2ofimg002.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b272/Sk8ermaiden/DIY007.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b272/Sk8ermaiden/Copy2ofinviteinside.jpg

They weren't actually blurry. :lol: I just couldn't photograph them worth a darn.

[QueenElizabeth22]

I really love those colors! :)

[Raychel]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VjfMoErxlu4/SYOGwCV-gFI/AAAAAAAAAd8/3L1oYugEAcs/s400/DAMASK_yellowaccent.png

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http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VjfMoErxlu4/SYOGdkFIaUI/AAAAAAAAAdU/U5Dvw2gBj7M/s400/DAMASK_bluefolder.png

[Kathy]

I just found this one (http://metalmother.com/motherboard/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/invite_scan_fnl.gif) via Twitter. Hilarious and awesome!!