My boarding pass invites!!!

[monicabrandon2008]

My Mom and I spent this past weekend making the boarding pass invites. I wanted to share with everyone how we made them. I know there are new brides out there that are interested in making the BP invites but don’t have a clue just like I didn’t when I first started! I kept going back and forth. I knew I REALLY wanted the BP invites but felt there was no way I could possibly make them. I’m not creative nor am I good with computer stuff = )

 

I can’t remember where I got the template so I can’t thank them = ( but I can thank Carly! I got ideas off of her on where to get the paper and the overall picture. Thanks!

 

I’m going to break it down into steps.

 

1.) I will attach the template I used.

 

2.) I got all of my paper from paperpresentation.com

I used the Crest- Natural Light 8.5 X 11 Cover 80lb. for the boarding passes.

I used the Stardream Mars 8.5 x 11 Text 32 lb. for the ticket envelope that is reddish, pinkish.

I used the Stardream Starburst #10 envelopes for the outside envelopes.

For the RSVP envelope I bought No. 6 ¾ envelopes from Office Max.

Since I perforated the BPasses, guests can tear off both sides of the RSVP invite and the middle part with the RSVP info. will fit perfectly in the No. 6 ¾ envelopes. I really wanted to do the postcard idea for the RSVP but couldn’t figure it out LOL Told you I am not savvy at this stuff. I think what I did will be fine.

I think I spent about $80 on paper and envelopes.

 

3.) Printing:

I saved my BP on my flash drive and went to Fed Ex Kinkos to have them printed on my cardstock paper. It was 49 cents a page.

I spent about $35 on printing.

 

4.) Tools I used for cutting & perforating:

I bought a cutting and perforating system all-in-one from Michaels. It was on sale for $20.

I first perforated all of the paper where the dotted lines are. Then I cut the passes apart from each other. Then, I used a small pair of scissors to cut the little notches out. I used my Mom’s corner cutter for the round corners. If you don’t have one they sale them at Michaels.

 

I bought raffia ribbon from Hobby Lobby for about $2

 

All in all I spent about $140 and made 65 invites so that equals about $2.15 an invite. It took about 8 hours to make 65 invites. Not too bad. I had my Mom come visit me to help me conquer these. I live away from family and friends but if you have BM’s nearby have them help you!

Hope this helps someone out there = ) Again, thanks to everyone else that shared their boarding pass invites so that I could create mine!

 

 

 

 

 

 

monica's good boarding pass.doc

[JennyK]

love it!! Good job :)

[Kat81]

Great job!! Love them!

[boscobel]

They look great! I am loving that reddish color you used. Glad I was of some assistance as well!

[Bride010101]

Very cute! Love them

[JessicaM]

Great job, they turned out great!!

[MissyR]

Those look awesome!

[meltanirie]

Great Job did you make the envelopes for the BP as well if so can you provide intsucs on how to do that as well. Also did the Cutting equipment caome with all the blades..perforating etc or did u have to buy those sep?

[twinkletoes]

I think they turned out great! Thanks for putting detailed steps as to what you did to complete them. That really helps a lot.

 

Congrats on getting them finished!

[niels408]

Your boarding passes look great! You really did a great job! These are what I am looking to get started on next since we just finally got a date set at Dreams Tulum. I am not sure if I don't have enough points or what but I can't open the template you attached on there?? Would you be able to send it to my personal email at [email protected]? Also, any pointers you have on making these would be great!

 

Thanks ahead of time!

 

Laura