I am having them done by computer by encore invitations. They cost 1.75 versus by hand for 2.50. If encore makes a mistake they don't charge me for extra envelopes if the calligrapher makes a mistake I have to buy more envelopes. I decided to make it easier on myself and just have the computerized version done. People throw away the envelopes and everything is getting very expensive so I saved a few bucks this way.
Teri
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A relative did mine for free, but I gave her a gift certificate anyway. When I called places for quotes, I was getting $1.5-$3 per envelope!
It is time consuming to write them all out, but $3 per envelope is pricey! If you have a printer and download a nice font, you can make your own very nicely. That's what I did for my RD invites and everyone thought they were professional
jennbaby
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My FSIL will be doing mine on her pc. I will buy her a gift for doing these for me.
Niecey
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I did mine on the PC. I liked how it came. The inner envolpes are tougher because they were thivker (inner lining).
octobergirl
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Mine were done by machine and were $1.25 each. They did a beautiful job. The font matched exactly to the font on my invite and the color was almost a perfect match!
Sonicstef
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I love,love, love calligraphy but the only kind i really wanted was the very decorative scrolly type and that was going to be even more $$$. We had spent enough on the envelopes that I didn't want to break the bank again for this. So I used Bickham Script font using a laser printer and I think they came out pretty nicely.
shamma
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A lady did ours and they came out to about $85...I was very pleased!!
Valenia
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I got mine digitally-done by Inkspun (http://www.inkspun.com) for 39¢ for each outside envelope, 20¢ for inside envelopes. They came out really beautiful, and fast!!! Let me know if you have any questions.
Novembergirl
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I am paying $1.10 per line for beautiful hand calligraphy. My invitations could not be done by computer. The outer envelope is quite thick with a moire lining and aparantly the lining causes a problem. I had planned to use Rebecca from Favorite Things and she assured me everything would be fine, but last Sunday night, when I was expecting to get them back from her finished, she told me she was not able to do them. She recommended some hand calligraphers for $2.00 an envelope but I wasn't at all impressed with their writing. I wanted to match the writing on the invitation.
I had hoped to send my invitations out last week and then I had to find a hand calligrapher to do them quickly. I found someone and so far they are beautiful, but I will end up spending about $500 and that I hadn't budgeted for.
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We did hand calligraphy. I think it was 2.75 or $3 and invitation. We booked the calligrapher through the invitation store. I think that either one is fine, but it's a personal decision.
dora
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I used www.calligraphylady.com - I got hand calligraphy for $1.50 for inner & outer envelopes. I got romantic script - but she has a bunch more styles on her site. I highly recommend her -- she was a doll to work with!
I did them myself...if you know a little and buy a good pen...they can turn out nice...
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I used 'Favorite Things' she advertises on this site, I waited till the last minute to call her, she came to my house to drop off & pick up & had them done in 3 days, I had extra names & needed to order more envelopes and she did those for me as well! She was running a special for $1.00 inner & outer, she is soooo nice & I'm still getting calls & commoents about how beautiful my calligraphy is. She matched my invite font perfectly!
JennJ
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diamondgrl1
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for our engagement invitations we had them done by a lady who did them on her computer,and they turned out wonderful.we paid $1 an envolope the inner was already done by encore so we had her match the same font. it was perfect you couldnt even tell. and she did them within a day so it was definatly worth every penny b/c i didnt have the time and saved on stress also!!!!
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JennJ- please STOP insulting us. We are NOT this stupid. If you want to advertise just buy some space on the board. Honestly! Your wedding is not until 2004. No one has their invites down 2 years in advance. Not even the most organized bride So please make this your last post pretending to be a bride.
Back to the topic- I had my invites and envelopes done by Debi at www.bloomingquill.com She is an amazing vendor to work with and I highly recommend her.
Michelle, I couldn't have said it better. Also, your invites look incredible! My sad news: I was able to get the outers done on the computer, some of them smudged, some corners got bent... I haven't even attempted to do the return addresses on the response cards... do you think it would look terribly tacky if I bought a clear label to put on them? I'm desperate!
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We did the calligraphy via computer on our own. It was time consuming but we did save a lot of money and they came out great. My fi is a computer guy...so he knew what to do.
