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MY DIY Pocketfold invitations w/PICS!!!!

Original post by neener1211

I made our invitations for the wedding. I made everything from scratch except the ribbon and the main invitation with the lillies on it. The main invite has the font Avalon on it as well as on the inserts. I used Scriptina for the words direction, accomodation, reception and rsvp. I also used a regular printed font for some things to be read easier. This is where I got the fonts: fonts and templates

This is the invite all closed up. On the back, I did feed the ribbon through two slits so that the ribbon is showing in the back of the invite, and so that it comes out the side of the pocket and ties in the front.





This is the invite when you open it up with all of the inserts in it.




This is with the inserts taken out, you can see the curves I had to cut on each invite. I also had to make the pockt portion of the invite. FH works as a drafter for an architect, but they also have a draft shop, so one of the guys cut the curve that FH designed into a piece of wood. So that I could have the same curve on every single invite. We did this with an exacto knife.






These are the inserts. I found pictures online and did a washout on them, then put text boxes over the picture and had to make sure the direction, accomodation, reception and rsvp words all lined up.



Here is the rsvp envelope



Here is the outer envelope, sorry had to cover some things up, but here is the idea




If you want to know about square invites, I just bought .63 cent stamps and these are square 7.5 x 7.5 invitations.
happygirl07 Posted:

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You did a wonderful job!!!

I'm really impressed!
kahlua716 Posted:

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Posted by D's Girl


Holy Crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Those are AWESOME



My thoughts exactly! How long did this take you?
neener1211 Posted:

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Posted by kahlua716


Posted by D's Girl


Holy Crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Those are AWESOME



My thoughts exactly! How long did this take you?



I wish I had written down how long it took me...I did them over a 2 month span, but in total it's taken me if I added up the time, 2 weeks. This is doing them after work etc.
tink79 Posted:

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Wow they look great!!

metmymatch Posted:

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they're beautiful!! great job!

enjft Posted:

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I love the invites!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How did you get the curve on the pockets?

neener1211 Posted:

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Posted by enjft

I love the invites!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How did you get the curve on the pockets?



my DH is a architectural drafter, and he designed the curve on Autocad-which was fairly simple. Then he took that print out and gave it to someone in the wood mill shop that he works with, and the guy made 2 cut outs on wood with a band saw that matched the curve. Then I just put the wood block onto the paper, and used an exacto knife against the wood template to cut the curve.
enjft Posted:

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Posted by neener1211


Posted by enjft

I love the invites!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How did you get the curve on the pockets?



my DH is a architectural drafter, and he designed the curve on Autocad-which was fairly simple. Then he took that print out and gave it to someone in the wood mill shop that he works with, and the guy made 2 cut outs on wood with a band saw that matched the curve. Then I just put the wood block onto the paper, and used an exacto knife against the wood template to cut the curve.



yeah I seen this after I posted

Thanks
Bailey07 Posted:

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Looks good
Vicky423 Posted:

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OMG what a great job!! You should be extremely proud of yourself... it looks perfect....I agree you should do this for a living.
aprlflwr Posted:

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Wow! They are beautiful!!! Great job!!!!!!
neener1211 Posted:

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Posted by Vicky423

OMG what a great job!! You should be extremely proud of yourself... it looks perfect....I agree you should do this for a living.



then i would actually have to work!! lol
suzzi7404 Posted:

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omg those are beautiful. I can't believe you did them yourself. You should go into business!

Future Mrs R Posted:

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I love them!!!!
JIFFY Posted:

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YOU MADE THOSE!!!? OMG!!! They came out beautiful Great job. You should do them professionally.
snydl40 Posted:

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Awesome job!!!!! I may actually try this.
lisalisa27 Posted:

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nice

tricia3381 Posted:

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those are sooo nice!!! i wish i was crafty like that!!

PeteysBride Posted:

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These look fantastic. Thanks so much for psoting a step by step of where you got the items from and about how much it all cost you. I really find that helpful when you're working on a budget and want to know from the getgo if something is worth looking into ior not because no matter how pretty something is, if its over budget, not so great.

So thank you and good luck with all the rest of your DIY's!
PegaLega Posted:

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HOLY CR@P where was I when these were posted??? They came out great!!!!!

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