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A great Calligrapher for my 07 girls!!! WITH PICS

SeptBride70 Posted: Jun 13, 2006 11:51 AM+

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Posted: Jun 13, 2006 11:51 AM

A great Calligrapher for my 07 girls!!! WITH PICS

Since most of us have yet to send out our invites b/c we are 07ers (strong and proud!! lol) I thought this would really come in handy... My sister is getting married in two months and she did a TON of researching vendors to find the best price/ quality/ service for hand calligraphy.
She posted pics of it on BHB and one of her 06 girls told her that she had paid the same price for computer printing! So I just wanted to pass this along so if anyone wants they can save this on their computer for when the time comes for invites!! I hope this helps all of my 07ers who love a good deal-- b/c I sure do!!!

CHECK IT OUT W/ PICS!!!

Nina Posted: Jun 13, 2006 11:55 AM+

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Posted: Jun 13, 2006 11:55 AM

Re: A great Calligrapher for my 07 girls!!!

Wow those are beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I don't know the first thing about how much that should cost...so 1.50 per envelope lets say...and I have..I don't know...350 invites.. thats $525 dollars to do the calligraphy?

I think that would be a bit much for me for invites...although I wish I could afford that..thats gorgeous!!

Love4Eva Posted: Jun 13, 2006 11:59 AM+

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Posted: Jun 13, 2006 11:59 AM

Re: A great Calligrapher for my 07 girls!!!

Posted by Nina

Wow those are beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I don't know the first thing about how much that should cost...so 1.50 per envelope lets say...and I have..I don't know...350 invites.. thats $525 dollars to do the calligraphy?

I think that would be a bit much for me for invites...although I wish I could afford that..thats gorgeous!!

NINA!!! i was thinking the SAMEEE thing .. ok so for abt 200 invites - might be a bit costly for me!! I think Im gonna comp print them myself!

Nina Posted: Jun 13, 2006 12:01 PM+

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Posted: Jun 13, 2006 12:01 PM

Re: A great Calligrapher for my 07 girls!!!

Yeah............there is a calligraphy font on the computer right? I actually haven't put much thoughts into invites yet. I know there is an etiquette to it.....but would it be bad to print out the inner invites in calligraphy?

Sorry to hijack Dani..........now my wheels are spinning

Love4Eva Posted: Jun 13, 2006 12:03 PM+

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Posted: Jun 13, 2006 12:03 PM

Re: A great Calligrapher for my 07 girls!!!

Posted by Nina

Yeah............there is a calligraphy font on the computer right? I actually haven't put much thoughts into invites yet. I know there is an etiquette to it.....but would it be bad to print out the inner invites in calligraphy?

Sorry to hijack Dani..........now my wheels are spinning

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Im gonna print the inner invites in calligraphy also .. so you wont be the only one!

Nina - my last solution is clear labels - and i KNOW its not proper ettiquette - but i think i do a REALLY awesome JOB at them!!!! (did them for my e-party)

SeptBride70 Posted: Jun 13, 2006 12:08 PM+

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Posted: Jun 13, 2006 12:08 PM

Re: A great Calligrapher for my 07 girls!!!

well, she charges normally $1.00 for the inner and outer ALL TOGETHER where all of the other calligraphers charged something for inner and a seperate fee for outer. now, my sister's was 1.50 for the whole thing because she chose a very intricate font style. but that's the MOST she charges--- i have seen up to 3 and 3.50 per invite.

but compared to the prices that we got on here from vendors and in general-- they were TRIPLE at best the price that she got for this. she ended up spending 292.00 (about) to get this done-- by hand, it probably took the girl god knows how many man hours to do-- when she got quotes for so much that it would have been anywhere from 600 and up to do the same amount!!!

so she was delighted to find this girl-- i mean, usually computer done is always going to be less money but one 06 girl spent the same to have computer-- at that rate, get the hand b/c there's nothing like hand done if that's what you are into. so i thought it would be nice to share so that those who want the hand done get a good deal on it. god nina-- with some of the other vendors we priced, with your guest amount you would be spending like 2 grand on calligraphy alone!!!

SunBride07 Posted: Jun 13, 2006 02:27 PM+

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Posted: Jun 13, 2006 02:27 PM

Re: A great Calligrapher for my 07 girls!!! WITH PICS

Thanks for the info! I'm definitely putting it in my notebook for future reference

Athee07 Posted: Jun 13, 2006 03:03 PM+

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Posted: Jun 13, 2006 03:03 PM

Re: A great Calligrapher for my 07 girls!!! WITH PICS

Wow those look absolutely amazing and the price is def worth it!!!!

Im cutting corners wherever possible so I think Ill pretty much do them on my own on my computer but if i had a few extra bucks to spare i would DEFINATELY consider using her!!!

kam0813 Posted: Jun 13, 2006 03:44 PM+

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Posted: Jun 13, 2006 03:44 PM