Those who made cry packs

Julestrd Posted: Sep 02, 2004 11:03 AM

Those who made cry packs

How many tissues were you able to fit into them? And about how much do you think they cost to do them yourself? I found someone who will make them for $0.25 each
Just curious if it would be cheaper to make them myself
TIA

nylisa Posted: Sep 02, 2004 11:04 AM

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I put one tissue per cry packet and they probably cost me about $.15 each to make.

jill13bean Posted: Sep 02, 2004 11:07 AM

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does anyone have a picture......? how do you make them?

Julestrd Posted: Sep 02, 2004 11:08 AM

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Posted by nylisa

I put one tissue per cry packet and they probably cost me about $.15 each to make.

I love the way yours came out too. Where did you get the labels?

Ronkonkomonga Posted: Sep 02, 2004 11:13 AM

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Posted by jill13bean

does anyone have a picture......? how do you make them?

they have them in the good things section of Martha Stewarts web site (those were like oragami ones - real cute) - but actually I thought Julz33 did some really pretty ones - I tend to like how that clear envelope thing looks.

nylisa Posted: Sep 02, 2004 11:14 AM

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I brought the envelopes, stuffed them with a tissue and made the labels myself.

janelle Posted: Sep 02, 2004 11:34 AM

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Someone posted this site before on do-it-yourself crypacks.

http://www.marthastewart.com/page.jhtml?type=content&id=channel1691&catid=cat311

Here's a picture from the site.

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BCTM33 Posted: Sep 02, 2004 11:40 AM

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I bought 100 pieces of vellum and made them myself. I couldn't tell you how much I thiught they cost - sorry!

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JimmysBride Posted: Sep 02, 2004 11:49 AM

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I made them for probably less than that... didn't sit down and figure it out... but I only needed about 50... for that price I wouldn't mind paying but to be honest... I enjoyed making mine!

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JacnRob729 Posted: Sep 02, 2004 11:50 AM

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Posted by JimmysBride

I made them for probably less than that... didn't sit down and figure it out... but I only needed about 50... for that price I wouldn't mind paying but to be honest... I enjoyed making mine!

those are beautiful...what did you use, and how did you make them...also, did you make enough for everyone in the church...how did you figure that out.

divabride Posted: Sep 02, 2004 12:00 PM

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I bought lil vellum envelopes for .40 each at michaels.
I stuffed 2 tissues in each package. Tissue cost me about $3
Bought 5 packs of ribbon from target at $2.99 a pop.
Bought silver hearts to seal $1.99

My post

JimmysBride Posted: Sep 02, 2004 12:04 PM

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Posted by JacnRob729

Posted by JimmysBride

I made them for probably less than that... didn't sit down and figure it out... but I only needed about 50... for that price I wouldn't mind paying but to be honest... I enjoyed making mine!

those are beautiful...what did you use, and how did you make them...also, did you make enough for everyone in the church...how did you figure that out.

THANKS!! I used pretty stationery and MS Word to print the lyrics to our First Dance song and our Names and the date. Then I folded them per the Martha Stewart directions and stuff a tissue or two.

I am expecting 180 guests at the reception but not nearly as many at the church... maybe 100 and you have to figure that the men will want nothing to do with these tissues so I made about 50 and I think that should be plenty.

thiadora Posted: Sep 02, 2004 12:43 PM

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OK I don't have a digital camera, but here's how I made mine:

I used the Martha Stewart Pattern.

I bought tissues with hearts on them for the insame price of $1 per pack of 10 (10 cents a tissue ) I cannot find the name of the company I bought them from. I did a google search to find them. I found a wedding chat web page out in San Diego (like LIW). See a picture of the tissues below.

I bought an embosser from MS with five disks and instead of using a stamp or sticker, I embossed them.

I bought my paper at Michaels (a mix of off-white with speckles, tan and brown)

I really need to take a picture so I can actually show what they look like

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dm24angel Posted: Sep 02, 2004 12:51 PM

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I bough the tissues at the food store...a package of the min pocket ones for about $2.99 for like 8 packs...only need like 2...and then the envelopes to put them in for $3.00 on e-bay and made the labels myself...some ribbon( a $1) , so for 50, its about 14 cents ( I could have made out of the supplies I had at least 100)

So its cheaper to do yourself!

Edited to say I fit two to three tissues in each envelope..

JacnRob729 Posted: Sep 02, 2004 01:17 PM

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Posted by JimmysBride

Posted by JacnRob729

Posted by JimmysBride

I made them for probably less than that... didn't sit down and figure it out... but I only needed about 50... for that price I wouldn't mind paying but to be honest... I enjoyed making mine!

those are beautiful...what did you use, and how did you make them...also, did you make enough for everyone in the church...how did you figure that out.

THANKS!! I used pretty stationery and MS Word to print the lyrics to our First Dance song and our Names and the date. Then I folded them per the Martha Stewart directions and stuff a tissue or two.

I am expecting 180 guests at the reception but not nearly as many at the church... maybe 100 and you have to figure that the men will want nothing to do with these tissues so I made about 50 and I think that should be plenty.