Invitation Help Plz... before I resort to sending out e-vites!!

[Pandabride6]

Hey ladies,

 

I am in the process of looking for invitations but instead I'm becoming frustrated instead. I was orginally interested in passport invites but I felt that it would be too weird considering a number of our guests actually live at our destination (Jamaica). I guess that's my first question... do you think that would be weird?

 

I'm actually looking into invites with a vellum overlay and raffia knot look. But all the invites I've seen with that option don't cost any less than $4/ invite.

 

We're running on a tight budget but I don't want to send out tacky invites either. If you guys have any reasonable recommendations, it will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[Tilly in the Sun]

If you are even a little crafty you could do them yourself. It will take longer, but there are many helpful brides and templates here that could help you, and it would cost a lot less!

[Pandabride6]

Tilly, thanks for the response!

 

I also considered doing them DIY (actually I considered that when I began planning). But I got so overwhelmed with the terms (cardstock, reams) and the machinery needed to cut the paper. I figured by the time I get all of that done, I couldv'e just paid someone for the service.

 

But maybe I'm overthinking the DIY concept so I'm def not ruling it out.

[budgetjamaicabride]

Talk to the Stylish Scribe... I am sure she could help you work on something simple with a vellum overlay and a raffia knot within your budget. She does great work.

 

The passports are so cute, but if many of them live in Jamaica, that could be alittle odd... but I think they are so cute I would do it anyway if you like them.

 

If you want to DIY it, I would be happy to help.

[frazali]

Panadabride - how many are you sending out, and what is your budget? There are a lot of reasonable sites around that may work for you.

[Pandabride6]

budgetjamaicabride- I'll try to contact Stylish Scribe. I appreciate you're willing to help if I go the DIY route. I'll keep you posted if I do.

 

frazali- I am planning on sending out about 100 invites. My budget is about $200. I don't really want to go over that.

[Marne]

I used polkadotdesign for my save the dates and they were amazing. The cards were adorable and the process was really easy. good luck!!

[Vikki]

Check out the Vistaprint thread. I had the same problem thinking about my reception invites (we didn't have guests at the wedding so the reception is the "event"). I was able to get ideas and come up with a design. I posted pictures of what we did and there are quite a few others posted too.

 

I hope that helps :-)