Budget for Invitations

sammi102 Posted: Mar 17, 2004 03:29 PM

Budget for Invitations

Hey ladies,

Quick question for you. How much are you budgeting for invitations? I feel like you might be able to get some for around $500, including thank you cards, reply cards and so on. But then there are others that you have to pay $500 just for the invitations.

How much are you all paying? (if you don't mind)

nylisa Posted: Mar 17, 2004 03:32 PM

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Here are my invitations. I paid $300 for 150 invitations, 2 sets of envelopes, RSVP cards, reception cards and seals.

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dita531 Posted: Mar 18, 2004 12:37 PM

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nylisa- I love yours! Where did you get them?

nylisa Posted: Mar 18, 2004 12:40 PM

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Jodi from Simplicity Planning. They are a birchcraft invite.

violet Posted: Mar 18, 2004 12:42 PM

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Mine must have come out to somewhere around $330 before tax. I got 125 invitations with inner and outer envelopes, reception cards and response cards with response envelopes. I got this one.

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beachbride22 Posted: Mar 18, 2004 01:26 PM

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I found this fabulous woman on the internet who customized my invites for me. With a response card, reception card, invite, all envelopes and printed return addresses I paid $550 for 105 invitations.

www.jjinvitations.com

I am also having her do our thank yous.

beachbride22 Posted: Mar 18, 2004 01:28 PM

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Sorry, here's the image

beachbride22 Posted: Mar 18, 2004 01:32 PM

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my file is too big to upload

Anyway, she is just fabulous and totally worked with our budget. We are able to use a picture from the place we first met. Check out her website!

no stress bride Posted: Mar 18, 2004 01:33 PM

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sorry i'm making my own!! $125.00 with tax and shipping!!

dm24angel Posted: Mar 18, 2004 01:37 PM

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My budget is much lower...I'm only allowing $250 for it all..and have found some nice ones in that range....

violet Posted: Mar 18, 2004 01:39 PM

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If I would have just gotten 100 invitations which'll probably be enough, but I didn't want to chance it, it would have only been like $275 for everything. That's why I really didn't want to order 25 more. But if I order 25 more now of everything, it's only $55 more. But if order 25 invitations later on having to put in a new order, well it is going to more than twice as much.

DrmnBlnd Posted: Mar 18, 2004 01:52 PM

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I paid $330 for 100 invites, inner envelopes, reception cards, response cards and thank you's.

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luvsun27 Posted: Mar 18, 2004 02:04 PM

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My budget was $300...and I spend about $350 for 75 invites and response cards. I did the envelopes myself on the computer...no money left for professional calligraphy.

AtticaQT Posted: Mar 18, 2004 02:04 PM

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I'm budgeting $1,000 for the invitations and calligraphy -

These are the invites -

kel2004 Posted: Mar 18, 2004 02:06 PM

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I paid about $700 for 125.

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violet Posted: Mar 18, 2004 02:09 PM

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Those look like they're worth the $700! Wow. The one with the bows are pretty too. I think the bows is what adds so much money onto it.

Is it better to handwrite the addresses or get a calligrapher? I can have nice handwriting. How much does calligraphy add on

cocoa Posted: Mar 18, 2004 02:50 PM

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i'm making ours. supplies cost us about 30-40 dollars, the crafty things to make them cost about 40, but i will also be able to use them for many years to come, so i don't count that stuff really, stamps will be about 50-60 bucks and i will be doing my own calligraphy.