Diy invitations

What do you mean by "make"? Like, glitter, glue, and construction paper?

I found print your own for $4 pack of clearance invites in walmart.... I didn't like how they looked at all. I couldn't get past the "homemade" look. looked cheap.

just submitted my order with Vista print for less than 55$.

worth it.

I found the cutest site at http://somethingturquoise.com where you can go online and see different types of DIY invitations. They have a couple different designs to choose from, and they are free to download. You simply choose your paper and the rest is up to your imagination! Happy DIY'ing!

How many invitations will you need to make?

Yes, go DIY! It's not that hard. FH and I didn't want to spend $5+ per invitation suite, so we decided to print at home on our laser printer (Brother HL-L2340DW). I admit that I was a bit skeptical at first, but it handles the card stock (even small 3.5 x 5 cards) very well, as well as envelopes. It also prints two-sided, which really helps with RSVP postcards, envelopes, and programs. We bought the printer specifically to do the invitations, and it cost about $96 (toner included). Obviously, we get to keep it after the wedding so it's not a sunk cost.

If you're thinking about buying a printer to do this, definitely go laser. Toner is way, way cheaper than ink, and it's faster and less likely to smear. Also, look for a printer that features a flat-feed tray, meaning it will print without bending the paper around a drum of any kind. This is a must for envelopes and small enclosures.

As for paper, I did not want to compromise on quality. I really wanted a professional look. I looked at Papersource (at our local mall) to get ideas for color, but discovered that paper is much cheaper online. (Papersource's prices are a little misleading... The flat cards seem reasonably priced. Don't fall for it! They really get you on the envelopes.) I considered Envelopes.com, which has a pretty good selection. Then, I found Cards & Pockets, which is what I ended up using and what I would recommend.

Cards & Pockets has tons of colors, as well as different sizes. You can also order custom-cut paper at a reasonable cost. (This means you can pick a non-standard size for, say, your programs and it's no problem.) I didn't go this route, but they also sell 'pocket' invitations that you can print at home, so you can get that fancy 'stationary store' look. What I liked most about them, though, is that you can order any quantity you want, instead of having to order in packs, so you don't have to pay for what you don't need! Before ordering, I ordered a variety of samples. You have to pay for them, but it was well worth it for me to see the quality and colors in person. (And shipping is free!)

Going this route, we ended up with professional-looking invitations I love for $0.92 per piece, far less than what equivalent invitations would cost if professionally printed. (That includes two-layer invitation, RSVP postcard, envelopes.) I am extremely happy with it, and I feel like DIY allowed me to get the custom, professional look I wanted without breaking the bank.

Here is our invitation. It will go in a brown (kraft) envelope. We also did RSVP postcards!

Sorry to triple post, but also... If you DIY, you will probably eventually find yourself in the very overwhelming world of custom fonts. Check out Google Fonts! Good variety, and they're all free.

I designed my own in Photoshop and printed them through VistaPrint with a coupon. Paid about $84 for 100 double-sided invitations, return address labels, envelope seals and 100 details cards.

My only advice if you're talking about mocking them up yourself is to start early and use a program you're comfortable with. Then have people look them over to proofread/make sure nothing is uneven.

If you don't have photoshop or don't understand it, other users on here have used PicMonkey and Canva.

I would need around 80 of them, so I figured 100 incase of screw ups. But yes I'm thinking card stock paper, glitter and glue

Personally, I made this custom one on the Internet, and I'm going to a cvs or Walgreens, and I'm going to print them off as pictures for only 20 cents a piece! than plus them onto brownish paper and put some ribbon around it

With some research, either on these forums or through google, you can find beautiful invitations for a reasonable price. You still have some time to watch for a good sale. Best of luck!

By DIY invitations most people mean making their own design in photoshop and having them printed. Or buying a template and printing at home. I would definitely not pull out the scissors and glue for wedding invitations even if you only needed to make 5.

Do you have a mock up we can see?

I printed mine myself. I'm having a rustic country wedding so I printed them on brown card stock and glued them on mint green card stock. They will be wrapped in lace and gold ribbon.

I looked for weeks online for invitations that worked for what FH and I were looking for. I finally found some that I really liked but they were a bit more than we were willing to pay at $8.45 an invitation for everything we wanted, including a pocket invitation with backer, RSVP insert and attire insert with multi-layer seal on the outside and a single envelope. This was the design we loved but our wedding colors are charcoal grey and flame orange...

I am doing my own as well. I won't be doing any glue and glitter but the cardstock.

@Michelle-They look great!!

We found Cards and Pockets and made our own invitations, completely customized with this amazing laser cut out of a logo we designed ourselves as our seal and got our invitations, with a 2nd envelope and tissue paper inside, for only $5.56 an invitation. Still a bit higher but also completely perfect for us.

P.S. Yes, I know I screwed up the date and time, as it should be spelled out, but the samples we were looking at from the design we were emulating had the date listed this way and I didn't know better before I printed them. I still love them.

Envelopes are both a lovely smoke grey. Costs didn't include the ribbon we purchased but did include all the samples of paper we went through to choose the right ones, the laser cutout and setup, the glue dots, zip dry glue, and envelope sealing thingie. We bought everything by piece and I've glued and put together everything myself and it's what I'm the most proud of with everything we've planned for the wedding so far. There's even a small magnet that holds the invitation pocket closed, hidden.

@holly I don't know if it's just the picture, but I noticed a few things: I can't read the text at the bottom of your invitation. Also, 2:00pm is not in the evening... you may want to change that to afternoon.

Also,- IMO I don't care for the language "please come to the wedding of" at all.

"The honor of your presence is requested at the marriage of B & G" or something to that effect sounds better I think. Or "you are cordially invited to the wedding of"

ETA: I thought about DIYing invitations but I'm too neurotic. Ordering a template from a company and printing at home is kind of a compromise?

I would save the trouble and get it through zazzle. I saw you need 80 invites. Is that 80 people or 80 households? I got 40 invites plus rsvp cards and the envelopes that came free for both all under $40. That was free shipping and black friday sale but zazzle has 50% off sales quite often. Save the hassle of diy. I did a lot of diy and it's honestly not that much cheaper.

We DIY'ed our invitations. My mom has a Silhouette machine that cuts out designs. We are having a DW wedding in Florida (I live in Virginia), so we did a beach theme with sand dollars and starfish.