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Wedding planning has kicked in full force as I round the two-month mark! I barely have time to blog, but as I promised, here are the details of what it cost me to create my wedding invitations.

The ribbon was Offray’s mint colored 7/8″ grosgrain ribbon, purchased at JKM Ribbon’s website. One roll included 100 yards of ribbon, which was plenty. To save on shipping, I also purchased 1/4″ and 1 1/2″ ribbon in the same color to use for my programs and miscellaneous decorating. I might give the thicker ribbon to our floral designer to decorate the church.

The pockets I used were the Vertigo style pocketfolds in Coffee Bean, purchased from the Cards and Pockets website.

Mr. Eggplant had our cards printed and cut to size on 80lb cover stock using four-color digital process by Fong Brothers Printing. I chose to have these printed and cut professionally because I did not want to take on the task myself, and I wanted to ensure that the cards were cut exactly to specific dimensions. The cards were cut PERFECTLY and I could not have done that with my home paper cutter. Fong Brothers was wonderful and gave us several proofs after I kept tweaking the invites and changing my mind on paper. As for quality, exact color matching was not a priority for me and the colors came out just as I wanted.

I purchased a pack of 100 sheets of rose pink cardstock from Paper and More for $29.99 plus a $5 cutting fee. The cards were cut exactly to my invite matting size, which was very convenient.

The size A7 linen envelopes in warm white were also purchased at Paper and More for $11.99 per 50 envelopes. It was the perfect thickness to feed through my printer. Anything thicker and they would’ve jammed.

The address labels that were done via mail merge were clear inkjet 2″ x 4″ shipping labels purchased at Staples.

My invites weighed in at two ounces per piece, so I used the $0.58 wedding stamp. It was a plus that they came in pink! Bonus: I didn’t have to purchase any stamps for RSVP envelopes because we’re having everyone respond online.

Once again, the hole punch that saved my life. Purchased at Joann and used for many, many wedding projects, including our favor boxes and programs. I LOVE THIS PUNCH.

And last but not least, slave labor: Rented for $free ninety-nine$.

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