Weddingbee Blog

We kept our invite cost reasonable by getting only the pocketfold folio and the matching envelope from mygatsby. Everything else was DIY: response envelope from an office supply store, interior printed cards (map, response, etc) done at Kinko’s, and the invitation itself done at a small local printer. We also used mid-weight papers, which kept the postage down.

What printing method? What kind of paper? It sounds reasonable but a lot of reasonable will depend on the quality. Of course you could try to DIY or half-DIY to save money but that depends on what level of hassle you are up for…

miss spider had a great post on her pocketfold invitations complete with excel spreadsheet here: http://www.weddingbee.com/2006/06/01/nickels-and-dimes-and-pennies-oh-my/

miss hibiscus and lemon are going the diy route and saving a lot of money:

http://www.weddingbee.com/2007/03/19/diy-pocketfold-mock-up/

http://www.weddingbee.com/2007/03/06/cutting-paper-not-cake/

and mrs butterfly went the semi-diy route: http://www.weddingbee.com/2006/09/05/completed-invites/

there are too many variables involved to say whether or not that’s a fair price, but if you’re having a company do the entire design and printing, it doesn’t sound too high to me.

you can probably find a much better price with online stores… i actually can’t think of an invitation company in manhattan that does pocketfolds. most brides tend to diy or semi-diy them.

i’ll see what more i can dig up. good luck!

I did pocketfold invites through Paper Presentation, we printed about 250, and it was roughly $1100 - we DIY the stencil on them, the assembly and the direction card but we had them print 2 cards for us. They are in NYC on W. 18th Street just outside of Union Sq. - check out their website http://www.paperpresentation.com/
although to really get an idea for what they have you HAVE to go to the store - I spent 3 hours my first time there! We were so psyched w/our invites I can’t say enough…

I also purchased from Cards and Pockets. They are great to work with! I bought the pocketfold and envelopes from them.

I was going to DIY the pocketfold but it was too much work.

I stamp as a hobby so I have the other material I purchased through it.

I DIY’d the invitation, the invitation mat, double-sided direction card, reception card, and double-sided post card with a belly band around the pocketfold. I printed everything on my inkjet printer and cut all of it (but I started early!). It cost me about $535 for 150 invites.

try Paper Duvet by Regency Thermographics (www.regencythermo.com) for dealers. They have VERY reasonable pocket-style invitations in fun colors. Definitely under $4/each and less if you’re ordering fewer cards.

I bought mine through Eiffel Printing and Design. She did a gorgeous job, and she is very reasonable with her prices (I paid about $5.50 each for mine). Check out http://www.eiffelprintdesign.com

Check out http://www.bella-kai.com, they offer everything you need to create your own pocketfold invitation! They offer both DIY and premade options for all their invitations. Good luck to you!