DYI Invites

I've gotten a bunch of quotes, but have recently considered making my own. The problem is that i'm not artistic at all!!! How did you girls do it? Is there a website that really helps you through the process? I dont want to spend an arm and a leg on invites since they will eventually end up in the trash anyways.
Please help! :)

I did my own pcoketfold invite and I chose to use the envelopments brand of pocketfolds which were more expensive than the cards and pockets ones. The ones I used were bigger and had a larger pocket on the right which looked better. I spent about 450 to do them. Here are pics for some inspiration. i have all the templates, including the format, dimensions, costs, etc. and always willing to share if it helps! Good luck!

I did 100 pocketfolds for $256 (pics in my album) and this was with me over ordering paper. This is what I did:

LCIpaper.com:
50 8 1/2 x 11 pastel blue vellum: = $9.50
100 8 1/2 metallic beargrass paper = $20.00
100 4 7/8 x 6 7/8 Serene blue paper = $21.00
50 12 x 12 Serene blue paper = $14.00
100 RSVP envelopes = $13.90
100 A7 (5 1/4 x 7 1/4) = $24.00

Envelopers.com
100 5 1/4 x 7 1/4 Star Dream Iris Blue Pocketfolds = 139.00

ebay.com
100 yards of 5/8' antique blue ribbon (seller: milestoneoccasion) = $10.75
144 blue 3mm rhinestones = $4.00

Vectorstock.com
2 images for invitation design and decal from user WaD = $2.00

Office Max
50 copies of invitations = $25.00

GRAND TOTAL: $283.15

I actually could have saved more money too because I only used 50 sheets of the metallic paper and I'm not using the vellum. I had to repurchase my outer envelope because it was too snug. I had to reorder 'jumbo envelopes from LCIpaper.com for $20.'

Also, google coupons for LCIpaper.com. I found some that gave me free shipping.

Feel free to FM if you need any help. I have all the the weights of the paper I used and they went through my ink jet printer just fine. I found the only one that I had trouble with was the metallic paper because the ink didn't dry well (I used office max to print on the metallic paper because toner is not wet).

I made mine as well. There are in my album

For all of the materials, printing and postage we spent 815. That also includes our rehearsal dinner materials and postage b/c we bought them at the same time. All from cards and pockets.

I got mine at Micheal's. 50/box $40 - - with 50% coupon was about $22 and I needed 2 boxes. that and maybe 1 cartridge of ink, you can't beat the price. I'd highly suggest that you check out the selection there. then all you need to do is print them up. On my style I had to thread the ribbon too. everyone thought they were lovely and couldn't believe I did them myself.

These are mine! FM for details!