Please tell me that spending....

over $1500 on 190 invites is too much!

I love the invites I chose last week through a person that a friend recommended.

I got her quote last night and it's over $1500. This is not only for the invite but includes printed calligraphy for all, assembling and mailing (does not include postage), she'd make sure they get hand cancelled.

I was looking at Davids' bridal and the invite that I like there comes out to about 1/3 of the price bust doesn't include everything else, like the printing and mailing, assembly, etc.

Please help me!

wow i think that is alot!

I bought 100 for like $300 and they were really nice

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Posted by Sunset Renee

WHHOOOOAAAA!!! I guess I wasn't budgeting right!!!! I made my limit $275 for all invites and postage (doing outer envelopes and putting them together myself).....Uh Oh!!!

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that sounds low, even for DIY. stamps are expensive!

IT really all depends on what you are geting, the type of invitation, materials, type of printing etc!!
$1500 for 190 invites is about $7.90/ Invitation. WIth everythign else they are doing computer calliigraphy etc, as long as they aren't printed on really bad paper it sounds like a good deal. Again, its all about the style of invitation, printing process and quality of materials being used!

HTH

Show me what you're looking at.

I have an AMAZING vendor that I've been working with and she is phenomenal. What style do you like?

Just to give you guys some insight on the invite.

It's 'like' a pocket fold invitation. There is a ribbon that goes around it creating a 'faux' pocketfold. It's prininted on a luster (shimmery) stock and layerd with a matted stock and there will be a raised monogram on the outside on the ribbon. The response card and envelope, reception card and direction card will be printed on a matte stock, and put into the faux pocketfold. The outer envelope will be matte stock with no liner. The pringint on the invite is not raised printing.

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Posted by bluekat16

Just to give you guys some insight on the invite.

It's 'like' a pocket fold invitation. There is a ribbon that goes around it creating a 'faux' pocketfold. It's prininted on a luster (shimmery) stock and layerd with a matted stock and there will be a raised monogram on the outside on the ribbon. The response card and envelope, reception card and direction card will be printed on a matte stock, and put into the faux pocketfold. The outer envelope will be matte stock with no liner. The pringint on the invite is not raised printing.

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Look in my album at my invites.
She can custom make you anything.

I think that's insane.

I spent about 200 dollars on my invites (and that's with re-ordering because I forgot to put his last name )

I personally think it's a waste of money- but to each his own.

That is alot, but it depends on what you are willing to spend.
I am spending around $400 for 125. For me there is no way, and with so many invites I would be looking to cut costs. But thats just my opinion...

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Posted by NapaValleyGirl

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Posted by bluekat16

Just to give you guys some insight on the invite.

It's 'like' a pocket fold invitation. There is a ribbon that goes around it creating a 'faux' pocketfold. It's prininted on a luster (shimmery) stock and layerd with a matted stock and there will be a raised monogram on the outside on the ribbon. The response card and envelope, reception card and direction card will be printed on a matte stock, and put into the faux pocketfold. The outer envelope will be matte stock with no liner. The pringint on the invite is not raised printing.

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Look in my album at my invites.
She can custom make you anything.

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Cindy recommended the company to me & my invites are in my album & she worked with my budget & they are beautiful

eta website

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Posted by NapaValleyGirl

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Posted by bluekat16

Just to give you guys some insight on the invite.

It's 'like' a pocket fold invitation. There is a ribbon that goes around it creating a 'faux' pocketfold. It's prininted on a luster (shimmery) stock and layerd with a matted stock and there will be a raised monogram on the outside on the ribbon. The response card and envelope, reception card and direction card will be printed on a matte stock, and put into the faux pocketfold. The outer envelope will be matte stock with no liner. The pringint on the invite is not raised printing.

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Look in my album at my invites.
She can custom make you anything.

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Can you FM me her contact info.?

Honestly, I feel that's way too expensive. But that's just me. Here's why I think this:

-computer calligraphy should not be expensive...Inkspun does inner & outer envelopes for $0.88 per set. With the $8 set up fee, it would cost $175.20 for your 190 invites.

Assembling you can do yourself...it's not rocket science!!!!

And hand-cancelling...if you have your heart set on it, can you take the invites to a post office and ask tem to hand cancel them.

Try to bargain down the price.