Mrs. Flamingo, Montreal, Canada
Age and Occupation: 25, Graphic Designer
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, Nursing Student
Engagement Date: December 2004
Wedding Date: June 21, 2008
Venue: Imperia Hotel (modern chic hotel)
About Me: I am a passionate designer who loves anything pretty. I heart all paper products (eco-friendly of course). My passion revolves around anything considered glamour; vintage and modern. In my free time, I love reading Martha mags, designing jewelry and making a pit-stop at Starbucks for a chai latte. I'm also a chocoholic at heart and my family drools over my homemade truffles.
Le Compte Rendu…
April 22nd, 2008 @ 12:56 pm by Mrs. Flamingo
I am proud to say that I finally mailed out all our invitations. I never thought that day would arrive. Honestly planning our wedding has been the utmost longest thing I have ever done in my life (we’ve been engaged for 3.5 years). It’s only normal that when I would look at my wedding checklist the 6-8 weeks prior to the wedding: send out invitations seemed kinda far.
This is my last invitation post cuz it’s time for the compte rendu! Hurray!!!
Design - free of charge (done by me)
Stamps Rolls of 100 stamps
52.00$ each roll
Quantity: 2
Total: 104.00$
Stamp mail box dispenser (sorry for the blurry photo)
just had to buy this.. it was way too cute
Total: 3.94$
Open end A7 Envelopes in Coco (for invitation)
Purchased from PaperPresentation.com
14.50$ /pk of 50
Quantity: 2
Sub-total: 29$ + shipping
Total: 39.49$
Printing artwork
including recto/verso printing, cut to size
Invitation, RSVP and Accommodation card
Quantity: 80
Sub-total: 162$ + taxes
Total: 182.86$
For a grand total of… drum roll please…. 330.29$
It comes out to about 4.12$ for the set. Set includes: invitation + envelope + stamps accommodation cards, RSVP postcards + stamps.
I’m really happy with our invitations - especially the price because it definitely fit in our budget. Even though I had some issues with the printing, I wouldn’t have done it any other way. Now it’s time to design the other stationery items - menus, place cards, programs, table numbers… here I come.
How much did your DIY invitations costs? Did you think it was worth going through all that trouble?
22 Responses to “Le Compte Rendu…”
Our semi-DIY invites ended up costing around $8 each, but we did thermography, pocketfolds, rhinestone buckles and sent them in boxes, so it all added up. They were SO much more work than I had ever anticipated, but in the end, I loved them and it was nice to be able to say that I had put them together.
I love the stamps and the cute dispenser! 
By the way, I have to say, your invites are one of my favorites that I’ve seen this year…..so gorgeous!!
So gorgeous … they look like they cost a bomb! (at least $1000).
A lot of hard work, but I hope you think it was worth it … better to work hard for yourself than someone else eh?
They are gorgeous! I am sure your guests will love them.
I don’t want to scare you, but on the Accommodations card, I think you misspelled “Accomodations”
@Sara: Oh well…. there was bound to be a mistake somewhere. At least its not a date or address… no one will notice … hopefully
Thanks for telling me… lol
These are stunning! And they look SO expensive, I’m paying way more than that and mine look nowhere near as beautiful. Awesome job Miss Flamingo!
I just showed my sister, too, and she was like buy those! LOL I let her know where they were from and she was like “they are breathtaking!”
Wow. Your invites are amazing.
Wow.
ours were a whopping $1.50 per invite, but they were nowhere as elaborate as yours! we got our paper supplies at: http://www.invitationpaper.com which was a great deal! and we already had a fancy photo printer at home 
we just did fancy text, and didn’t have any graphics since frilly is just not my thing…pretty, but not me.
These in now way look like $4 invites. I think the whole suite came together really nicely. And I love that the stamp dispenser was included in the wedding budget. LOL
Wow these are amazing. I never really thought of diy invitations. I am a graphic designer and still never considered it. But I definitely will now.
Wow! Your invitation set is amazing. Where did you get your graphics from?
Those are absolutely beautiful . . . I love how the theme all ties in together, but the three different pieces each have a different focus. You did a wonderful job!
@Elle: Elle, I used images that I found on the net and used Illustrators live trace to create vector images. Illustrator CS2 and up offers this feature… you can also use Vectormagic. Just google it.
Wow! They look awesome!
LOVE your invites! So chic and vintage! Beautiful job!
I haven’t finished my Invitations yet - but I did DIY Save the Dates and they were about $1.81 per STD.
you did a fantastic job. they’re impressive.
I am sooooo in love with your invites… I think I have posted that before… I love the chandelier theme…
J’aime that chandalier on the invite! I can’t believe your fiance thought that up! Good job!
They are so completely gorgeous! Well done.
