where do you get DIY pocket fold invite stuff

I got my paper and envelopes from Paper Presentation in Manhattan. My pocketfolds are from www.cardsandpockets.com.

i tried to get a sample from cardsandpockets.com... i'm still waiting for it

i got mine from mygatsby.com
they were great!!!

I just posted a long response and it disappeared!!! haha.

Well, I just started working on my invites and it's going really well, much better than I had expected. I am still crossing my fingers though. If you do a search you will find lots of helpful advice.

For the supplies:

I ordered my pocketfolds from cardsandpockets.com. I felt that they had the best prices for the quality they offered. I ordered smaples from a few places and they were the only ones that had the exact same bronze that I was looking for, the same type of paper that you can find at kate's paperie for $3-4 each! I got them from cardsandpockets.com for $1.60. There was one thing that I wasn't too happy about. I ordered 100 bronze pocketfolds and when they arrived there were 96 bronze ones and 4 gold ones. I was a little peeved because I had ordered invitation mats in pistachio and they match perfectly with the bronze but not so much with the gold. It would have been nice to be contacted first and then given a choice of what other color I would have liked for the other 4. But I got over it really quickly and it's not a big deal. The package arrived in good shape and very quickly.

I ordered my envelopes from envelopemall.com for about $17 for 100.

I ordered my card stock for the invites, rsvp cards, maps and stuff in big 20x25 sizes at paper-source.com, so that I could cut them down myself. I paid about $25 after shipping for about 10 sheets. This is enough for all the various papers that I need. this was a lot cheaper than buying the ones that were precut. Because I need about 400 pieces.

You will also need spray adhesive and a paper cutter which you can get from any office supply store or a craft store. I got a big can of adhesive from joanns for $6 and my paper cutter from staples. I paid $31 after a 12% coupon and a $10 rebate. I was a little worried because there weer other adhesives that were in smaller cans and much more expensive and other cutters that went for $100+, so I wasn't sure if these would do the job. But they work really well. Just make sure your adhesive is acid free. And $30 paper cutter cuts extremely well and makes everything so much easier.

Good luck with everything! Hope this helps.