Wedding Blog
Our invitations!
As all DIY invites are to the brides that spend hours slaving over them, these were truly a labor of love. I designed them, cut them out, rounded the corners, attached the ribbon, made the belly bands, cut out envelope liners, attached envelope liners, stuffed and embossed the pocketfolds, stuffed the envelopes, sealed and stamped all 215 of them with the help of Mr. M, our families, and a dear friend. The only things we outsourced were the pocketfolds and printing. A family friend even did the calligraphy on the outside for us.
Despite all the hard work that went into them, I wouldn’t have done it any other way. We could never have afforded invitations like these without making them ourselves. I’m very happy with how they turned out, and from the feedback I’ve been getting, our guests like them, too!
Did you DIY your invites? Were you happy with how they turned out?
|
Share this post: May I Present to You…
Yowza…those are gorgeous. I can’t believe you made them! Serious wow-factor, Miss Mascara!!
Fabulous job! I can’t believe you rounded all those corners! I bow down to you 
They are beautiful!!!!! I love how organized the information is!
Those are incredible. I gave up on DIY invites and ordered from wedding paper divas. Stuffing the envelopes for mine took HOURS and I wanted to inflict bodily harm on anyone who was near me (poor MrKV and our Dog Brutus) so I give you huge HUGE props for doing this!
LOVE them! I DIYed our invitations as well - rounded corners and all. I’ll never look at invitations the same again. Definitely a labor of love!
215! That’s so many rounded corners!
They turned out beautifully!
Those are awesome! I DIY’ed mine too and was so glad when they were completed!
Those look amazing! Honestly I skipped invites cause I didnt want to deal with the headache. I made a wedding website with all the info and RSVPs instead.
WOW, love them!!! Any chance you have a closer-up pic of the invitations or inserts? I’d love to get a better look at the fonts you used!
amazing! do you mind sharing where you had them printed? i’m trying to make that decision now…
They are awesome! These must’ve taken HOURS! Where did you have them printed? I’m going to have mine printed and do the rest myself. Do you plan on doing a cost breakdown?
I DIY my e-vitations, though it was not nearly the size of the project you took on. Your invitation suite is beautiful! It looks like you put a ton of time and effort into every detail.
These are amazing. Miss Mascara you should be extremely proud of your design.
Very pretty. =) I love the graduated pieces of cardstock for the map, notes, etc!
They look great, Miss M!!!! You should be very proud!
I pray pray pray that you’ll do a tutorial…..I’m all about DIY invites…..these are absolutely beautiful!
Amazing! You are very talented and I know your guests will appreciate the love and hard work that went into them!
Wow. If I decide to DIY my invites, they won’t be anywhere near this quality! Good lawd.
These are truly amazing! AMAZING! I’m so impressed that you did all the cutting!!!
I LOVE them!!!! I was expecting them to be awesome, because everything I’ve seen from you has been awesome, but “awesome” just doesn’t do them justice! They are absolutely amazing! All the work was well worth it.
Thanks for all the sweet comments! I’m glad you like them!
@Miss Gloss: That made me naseous. Let’s not do anymore math like that. @Miss Bear Cub: It does! You can send an invite to the Prez and he’ll send you a nice note or something like that. Plus I needed an envelope I wouldn’t have to blur information on
@Miss Calculator: A close-up will be coming soon!
@Cheers826, @kosstobe, @An Huynh: I got them printed in the UP. I’m not going to share the vendor because I wouldn’t recommend them to anyone! Let’s just say we had some issues. Sorry!
@kosstobe: I will probably do a cost breakdown once I add it all up!
These are gorgeous!! You are so talented! How much time did you spend on them and do you mind me asking what your cost per invite came out to be?
I’m speechless! Amazing job mascara. Doesn’t it feel just freeing to get those out and take a deep breath?!
These are amazing! How many hours do you think these took? I have been thinking about going this route too.
Wow — everything looks great! I can’t believe these are DIY. They are so so pretty and clearly very labor intensive! Great job!!
Oh boy. I’m glad those are done! They look awesome though!
@Miss Mascara: Is your response card a postcard or does it have an envelope? Would love to see it upclose if so!
@ladybuglove: I haven’t added up the costs yet but I will post about it when I do!
@LatteLove: It feels SO good! ahhhhh
@Champagne Wishes: Good question. The short answer is a LONG time. I can figure out a long answer for this though if I sit down and think about it!
@Soon2BeeMrsLewis: It’s a postcard. With 215 of them, we were trying to save on postage (and weight of the whole suite). I’ll post a close-up next!
These are ridiculously amazing! I can’t believe that you did them yourself…props to you! I’m sure you’re feeling quite accomplished at the moment! I only hope I can do just as well when it comes time for me to make mine!
Beautiful! They came out great- well worth the DIY effort!
They are seriously awesome! I also want your stamp (if that was a stamp you used). I would so love to do something like this! Can’t wait for the cost and materials breakdown and maybe a how-to?
WOW @ envelope liners!
That is amazing! I would NEVER have guessed that those were DIY. Ditto Ana on the envelope liners!!
I’m impressed! I hope to do something like this for mine! I’m not sure if I have the DIY patience though!
These are gorgeous! You must be so proud of a job very well done!
Those are ABSOLUTELY gorgeous!!! Great job on everything - from the design, the layout, the little details…ALL of it is wonderful.
Awesome! Congrats on being done with such a tough DIY task!
Your hard work was MORE than worth it! they are so freaking beautiful!!! I love every little detail!!!
They look amazing! Your hard work (and skillz) really paid off!
You did a wonderful job!!! They look like professional bought invites!
o.m.g. If I were a guest, I would loooove to get one of those in the mail! They are so well put together, the colors are fantastic. wow.
holy cow! i’m in love with them. if we weren’t already married, i would SO steal your design!
I’m a little diy challenged. Is the damask print on the invite stamped or printed? What site are they from? Are those embrossed? How did you make the envelope liners? Are they just printed on regular paper or special paper?
Great job, they look awesome.
[...] means. We’ve already got 30 of our RSVP postcards in the mail, and we just sent out the invites last Monday! Let’s hope they keep rolling [...]
@tangt16: The damask print is stamped (and embossed) on the outside of the pocketfold but printed everywhere else. I cut out patterned paper from Paper Source to make the liners.
[...] As requested, here are the close-ups of our invitations. [...]
Better late then never… these are amazing!!! All your hard work DEFINATELY shows and I would be honored to receive something like this in my mailbox. You’ve got some mad skills and some great helpers
[...] actually a manageable amount of invites that needed to be made! 32 RD invites versus 215 wedding invitations is a HUGE difference when DIYing (and even when not DIYing, for that [...]
| Visit our sister sites | Project Wedding Wedding Songs |
eHarmony Advice Dating Advice |
JustMommies Pregnancy Calendar |
Fertile Thoughts Infertility Support |
Mrs. Mascara, Chicago/Upper Michigan
Age and Occupation: 25, Biomedical Engineer
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Process Engineer
Engagement Date: July 27, 2008
Wedding Date: September 2009
Venue: Catholic ceremony, reception at local armory
About Me: A lover of Mr. Mascara, crafting, baking, Gossip Girl, diet soda, and all things wedding. A Yooper girl somehow displaced in the Chicago suburbs, planning a wedding from a distance, and counting down the days until I marry my best friend.
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 |
Latest Gallery Pics