I've been going crazy pricing out Pocketfold invites. FH is also looking into these but it seems soooo expensive (about $10 an invite) For the girls that are doing them how are you keeping costs down? are you keeping costs down? FH got a quote of $1600 for 150 invites!!! That's insane! Do you mind telling me how much its costing you? FM if you'd like. TIA!!!
ejm1219
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It cost me about 4-500 but I had a lot of left over paper!
chrissyandvin
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well it will be less expensive if you have someone do them for you. I got 100 pocketfold invites for a little over 400! I used Pippy's Sweets
FlowerBride
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i did half DIY. i purchased the pocketfolders from cardsandpockets.com - I HIGHLY recommend them. i worked with Becky and she customized the pocketfolders for me and in the end they still only cost around $2 per folder (there was also a flat fee for customizing i forget what it is though). anyway i ordered my invites from a seperate vendor and i have been assembling everything myself. they are still rather expensive cause i did letterpress invites, RSVPs and belly bands - but if you use a cheaper printing method you can prob save a lot of money if you are willing to put the time in to assembling them cause it takes FOREVER!!
Ann 52409
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Cards and Pockets .com has a really nice pocketfold and you can choose plain or matallic colors. It's very inexpensive and you just have to type the invitation yourself on the cards they send you. I ordered the sample and that what we are going to do.
I bought a laser printer and my costs were only like 700 with that! But I needed the printer with other stuff. Without around 350 I would say.
Jennifer907
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I'm staying under $250 for 75 invites by using cardsandpockets.com. Waiting for my order to come in now actually.
qtdimps23
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for 200 invites it came to $3 each. even tho i only needed 160...i had alot of extra paper.
diva7531
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For 140 invites it is costing me around $400. I got mine from cardsnpockets too!
angeleyes11677
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i used cards and pockets also, and with paper, pocketfolds, inner and outer envelopes, rsvp envelopes, and ribbon it costs about 300-350for 75 invites
jessandjimiswedding
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pocketfolds can be expensive. mine were half DIY. i got everything printed up at a printer and ordered the pocketfolds from cardsandpockets.com. i assembled everything myself (there's a thread on them floating around here ) but they cost me about $600. i was quoted at $2000 for 125 envelopement pocketfolds.
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Our DIY pocketfold invites cost us under $200, including the outer envelopes, ribbon, pocketfolds, seals and stamps! ETA this was for 100 invites.
jessandjimiswedding
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Our DIY pocketfold invites cost us under $200, including the outer envelopes, ribbon, pocketfolds, seals and stamps! ETA this was for 100 invites.
how did you swing that?
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Envelopments were $2 each for the pocketfold itself, and 14 cents for the clear envelopes. Everything else we printed on regular cardstock from Staples ($11/250 sheets). Then we bought 60 yards of ribbon. After postage, it's about $500 for 130 invites.
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Our DIY pocketfold invites cost us under $200, including the outer envelopes, ribbon, pocketfolds, seals and stamps! ETA this was for 100 invites.
how did you swing that?
Girl, when you are on a budget you learn to make it work!!!! FH is a graphic designer so we saved a lot of $$$ on the invites, menus, programs, etc. We went to paper presentations in the city to purchase the pocketfolds (they give you a bulk discount for larger purchases like they do on their website), we bought the outers from envelopemall, the seals and ribbon from ebay (250 yards for $10 bucks including shipping), we are doing RSVP postcards instead of the traditional RSVP's (saved a lot of $$$ on return postage), not to mention that more than half of our invites are getting hand delivered, which also saved us a lot of $$$ on postage. I will try to post pics later.
