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I think it is definatly worth the effort and time! Makes it so much more personal, and we got EXACTLY what we wanted. the cardstock cost us about 50 bucks (but we bought WAY too much, we only needed half of it) and printing the insides cost us 4 dollars (we went to Kinkos) We went to a scrapbooking store in Kingston to have the shape for the invites cut, that cost 5 dollars. The rsvp cards cost 20 dollars for 40. So the ended us costing about 1.75 per invite. And it was fun!!!
Jeni (Not Forgotten!) Alex and Jen June 21 2008 Two Months To Go! Man it is getting close!!! Invites are out!!! 8 Want to Partay!!! 95 Not sure 0 Are Partay poopers http://alexandjen.weddingannouncer.com/welcome.html
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| Let's see... mine are pretty simple, no pics to post though! d'oh! I spend about $50 on the cardstock, and like PP it was way to much. (actually, I'm using the rest for my programs!) I spent about $7 on paper for the inside of them, and again, that's enough for the pograms too. And I spent about $23 on the pictures that are going on the front of them. So in total, that's $80 for 100 invitations and programs! ( the invites include direction sheets and RSVP's! Mind you, I didn't include return evenlopes because I'm getting ppl to call or e-mail the RSVP's) So I saved some money on that and I also don't have to spend on extra stamps)
Marrying my best friend and the love of my life
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I think its worth it but then I have 2 years so I am making many things including all candles (including tealights), thank you's, RSVP cards, and some paper chains for my wedding. Our invites we priced out at $5something each including postage, but then added about $1 in ribbon and got all my paper cheaper so who knows what its costing. But eitherway its exactly what I want, lots of layers, lined envelopes etc and its definatly cheaper than having them made.
Long term engagment = Long term stress!!!!!
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| I'm in Toronto, I'd LOVE to do DIY invites, I just don't know where to start! Where can I get the paper, envelopes, guides/templates, etc. Thanks!
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I got my DIY kit from Michael's and I bought some extra cards for reception and additional information cards. They cost us about 1,50$ each, which I think is a great price. My mom printed them and put them together for us and she said it wasn't very hard and didn't take a long time.
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Roxane & Jérôme
August 2, 2008 83 days!
Invitations are out, 90 people invited!  Waiting for RSVPs to come in... 
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amanda2007 (5/10/2008)
I'm in Toronto, I'd LOVE to do DIY invites, I just don't know where to start! Where can I get the paper, envelopes, guides/templates, etc. Thanks!
My suggestion is start by looking at sites like this and others for images that you love. Save them, and then once you have enough, look through them and try to pic a style/look that best suits what you're going for. Here's another great inspiration link: http://tinyurl.com/2tvabx
Get some regular printer paper, and some construction paper and a glue stick from the dollar store and make a mock up of your invite....this is the best way to figure out whether your idea is in fact feasible, and using it, you can figure out how long it will take you to DIY, as well as exactly how many materials you'll need so you don't overspend.
Then, start looking at specifics...pick invitation wording, print layout, what software you're going to use, how you're going to print them, what sort of things you'll include with the invite, etc.
The web is the best place for research and the more testing you do up front, the more realistic you'll be with the end result.
As for materials, loomis carries paper, as does paper-source.com, the paper place in toronto, and michael's (though way overpriced). Staples sells plain cardstock, as does costco. Ribbon and accessories can be found anywhere...including the dollar store and fabricland. If you frequent stores other than craft/wedding stores, you're generally going to get a better deal.
Picking fonts and stuff can come after you've got an idea of what you want, because the style of a font will be essentially in the style of your invite (you don't want to use say, Century Gothic, if you're going for a Victorian style invite. That being said, www.dafont.com and www.urbanfonts.com are good places to start.
If you feel inundated by the amount of work, or feel like you don't really know if you can do it, think about buying the pieces of an invitation and putting them together. cardsandpockets.com as well as paper-source.com sell enclosures that are quite pretty. Staples, Zellers and Michael's all sell invitation kits that come with templates that you can then embellish to your heart's content. You can also hire someone to do the design and then print them yourself.
And when in doubt, ask your questions here, because chances are we've all tried something at least similar, and can help.
Good luck!
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Wedding Templates and Tutorials:
http://design.jodyprouse.com/freebies/templates.html
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