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Here is the fruit of my many hours of labor: My completed Pocketfold invites. Basically, I thought I couldn’t afford them. I had given up on the idea. Even if I got a basic Pocketfold with only one or two ink colors, I would be running at $6.00 an invite, minimum. Then, I found Cards and Pockets which helped make my invitation dream a reality. I didn’t get all my supplies from them, but they got the ball rolling and made me believe it was possible to have Pocketfold invites at a reasonable cost. Here, they are complete with rhinestones in my flower art.

The outside:

The inside at first glance:

A close up of my Invitation:

Zooming in on my rhinestones!! I love them!:

The breakdown for 100 invitations:

**Font for names and inserts: Scriptina

Cards and Pockets: Everything was pre-cut so it was less of a headache
Signature pocketfolder (5×7): $1.00 each
Invitation Mat: $0.45 each
RSVP cards: $0.20 each
Envelopes: $0.15 each
RSVP envelopes: $0.15 each
Shipping and handling: $21.25–just for math’s sake-$0.21 per invite

Paper and More:
Linen Cardstock (for invitation): $0.16 per sheet in a 100 pack (plus $5 cutting fee)-so $0.21 per sheet
Linen Cardstock (for inserts and front monogram): $0.16 per sheet (did not precut this 2nd set of 100)
Shipping and Handling: $6.67–$0.07 per invite

Kinkos:
Cutting for inserts per specifications on Cards and Pockets (2 different sizes):
$1.25 per cut (they charged me $12)-$0.12 per invite

Can be purchased on ebay:
Ribbon: $14 for 50 yards-$0.14 per invite
Rhinestones: $3.54 per 144 (bought 3 packs so there were extra for other projects)-$0.11 per invite

Printing:
On my home printer-no one believes me! (ink jet): didn’t need a refill on cartridges so FREE

TOTAL COST (per invite): $2.97

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I was able to do everything exactly how I wanted it. I designed everything myself on Adobe Illustrator, even the flower. I love them! They’re the best invites I’ve seen for less than $3.00 an invite.

In retrospect, I actually could have done it cheaper if I had done all the cutting at Kinkos and just purchased the paper. Cards and Pockets has one of the cheapest folders though and a large variety of colors. I would definitely buy my folder from them again, but I would have bought the paper and cut it myself if I could do it over to cut costs even more. I wanted to not have to cut anything myself at all, but since I did some of the inserts on my own anyway (because I wanted the linen paper from Paper and More), I might as well have done all the cutting. I don’t think I could have gotten the ribbon and rhinestones any cheaper, and I was happy with my purchases.

Overall, I’m very very happy with how they turned out. No one believes I printed them myself at home and designed everything. They look like $10 invitations. Everyone is impressed and I’ve gotten so many compliments. So, although it’s definitely more of a headache than just paying the price for premade invites, I think you’ll be happy with the result–an invitation no one else has and freedom to do whatever you want with them.