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We finished our DIY invites!!! UPDATED with directions

Original post by Kristen29

All day yesterday and today and we finally finished our invites! What do you think? Some of the pics are kind of blurry...new camera too I'm so mad!!! But I'm so happy they are done! The picture of us is a vellum paper on top on the invite...the invite pic is kind of blurry but it's what is underneath the picture of us.

Since alot of people sent me FM asking how I made them here are the directions..I hope it helps!!

I bought the white cardstock at Michael's (pack of 100 sheets for $3). I printed everythign on computer by changing the page size in microsoft word...then printing it out on the cardstock and cutting it down with a paper cutter ($10 at Michaels).

The sizes I used for a 7x7 pocketfold invite:
invite - 7x7
map card and direction card - 6 3/8 x 4 3/8
accomodation card - 5 3/8 x 3 7/8
rsvp card - 4 3/4 x 3 3/8

i fit 2 of everything on a page except the invitation

I ordered the pocketfold, outer envelope, and rsvp card envelope from invites byyou.com...they have lots of sizes and were pretty cheap..i would def recommend them!

I then cut slits in the back of the pocketfold using an exacto knife and weaved in the pink ribbon. (make sur eyou do this BEFORE you tape on the invite..a mistake I made with the first one!!)

I used double sided tape to attach the invite to the center part of the pocketfold. I then put everything in size order into the bottom pocket...the rsvp envelope and map card are behind the directions.


I closed the front using a monogram sticker. I made the monogram myself using microsoft word...I sized out a box then wrote inside of it. I fit 8 of them on a page. I printed them out on sticker paper I found at staples (25 sheets of 8 1/2 x 11 white label sheets)....then cut them down to size using my paper cutter. The back peels right off and you then have a sticker to put on top of the ribbon to hold everything closed!

The size of the monogram I made was 2 x 2

Hope this helps! If anyone has any more questiosn please let me know!!! Hope this helped!!!
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MrsQ-in2007 Posted:

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Also, did you print on 8.5x11 and then cut down the inserts or did you just print on the precut inserts in the correct sizes?

These are the kinds of questions that have driven me crazy - I need to decide if I should DIY (and how to go about it if I do) or to have them done.

THANKS!
nifheim Posted:

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VERY NICELY DONE!!!! Looks very prof. Congrats on the such a great job - uf fh look sso happy.

dancerandchef Posted:

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They are so beautiful!!!

~dancer and chef~
ama1771 Posted:

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gorgeous!

imas98 Posted:

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AMAZING JOB !!!! They're gorgeous.....I can't believe you made them !!!
HollyMac Posted:

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They look amazing!!
Congrats on the excellent job!
DebandBob Posted:

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Your invites look fabulous! I love the picture of you and FH. It makes the whole things so personal. If I got one in the mail, I would definitely think you spent a lot of money on them! Good for you!!!!

glass012 Posted:

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OMG~! They came out soOoO nice!
I'm thinking of going the same route with the vellum photo printing. Did you print yours out in color?
krischris529 Posted:

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Wow those are absolutely beautiful!!!!

Did you print them yourselves or bring them to a printer? I am debating on doing DIY invites.
AS Posted:

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WOW, amazing, good for you. How long did that take?

GinaZ Posted:

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wow! They look great!

May2004 Posted:

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They came out great!!

betiboop7 Posted:

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Can you tell me where you got them and aprox..how much they cost you to make, they look awesome!!

LuckySevens Posted:

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Wow! They look great.

Kara and Todd Posted:

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WOW!!

lilqtpie2181 Posted:

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they came out great!

Flutterbye922 Posted:

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they look really , really good

peeky3 Posted:

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GORGEOUS!! Makes me want to try DIY...

2Be1 Posted:

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They look great . . . did you use the direction cards your hall provided or did you make your own?

qtko0ko0 Posted:

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wow... they look amazing!! Great Job

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