How We “Chose” to DIY Our Invitations

How We “Chose” to DIY Our Invitations

July 1st, 2010 @ 12:09 pm by Mrs. Pin Cushion
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Here’s a quick step-by-step guide on how to wind up making your own invitations:

Put off contacting stationery vendors until less than 3 months before the wedding. Itching to email them 6 months out? Don’t even think out about it!!
Be astonished by the fact that many stationers are already booked.
Continue to be astonished by the huge sums of money that the non-booked vendors request.
Be picky. Be very very picky. Don’t like anything that is easy to download, print or buy.
Realize you have no choice but to make your own. Blame this on others, as there is no possible way it could have been due to your own lack of organization or planning. Inconceivable!
Force any spare roommate or passerby on the street to help you cut, glue and stamp. Bribe them with food and alcohol as needed.

Step 6 in action. Here are 2 complete strangers that I forced to help prepare my wedding invitations. The pizza I provided helped keep ’em in line. (These strangers may or may not actually be a bridesmaid and my maid of honor)

Left: getting Mr. Pin Cushion involved. His bribe was lots of hugs and kisses.

Right: Me. Which brings me to…

Step 7: Look in the mirror and be surprised by the new wrinkles that now populate your forehead.

Congratulations. You have no successfully maneuvered your way through the often treacherous task of DIYing your own wedding invitations. That wasn’t so bad, was it?

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21 Responses to “How We “Chose” to DIY Our Invitations”

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Miss Cardigan (message) 8,645 posts, Bee Keeper

Hilarious! I love this and I have a feeling I may be following these exact steps!

7/1/10 @ 12:52 pm (reply)

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moderndaisy (message) 6,607 posts, Bee Keeper

This makes me SOOO grateful that our invitation company agreed to work with us since we also waited until 3 months out!! Biggest mistake EVER!

7/1/10 @ 1:10 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Trail Mix (message) 6,328 posts, Bee Keeper

Heehee, too funny! So glad I never ever entertained the idea of making our invitations!

7/1/10 @ 1:15 pm (reply)

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Miss Hermit Crab (message) 3,564 posts, Sugar bee

you are hilarious! well, congrats! can’t wait to see them!

7/1/10 @ 1:20 pm (reply)

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winter (message) 1,333 posts, Bumble bee

i love the bribe lol

7/1/10 @ 2:23 pm (reply)

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Miss Starfish (message) 1,924 posts, Buzzing bee

haha same thing happend to me! luckily we found a calligrapher who can do the calligraphy with 2 weeks notice, but I’m scrambling to diy the invites!

7/1/10 @ 2:29 pm (reply)

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camrie (message) 3,044 posts, Sugar bee

Three-months-worth of DIY invites went to the Post Office today.

I love them and they are awesome but I also gave up a lot of weekend time, cursed at my printer and only once yelled at my FI (this was actually last night as I was trying to get them all packaged and stamped - “I don’t WANT to relax, I want to get this DONE!”)

7/1/10 @ 2:42 pm (reply)

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cr6zy (message) 1,187 posts, Bumble bee

i decided from the beginning to make mine. i can hardly wait till we finalize the time and location so i can print them out and get everything started!! i made a sample one last week and i was amazed at the awesome ness. then i lookes at my recipt and realized i only paid about .25 to make a single invite…yay-a

7/1/10 @ 2:45 pm (reply)

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Sarah

Step six reminds me of a media studies teacher (a chain-smoking media studies teacher, that is) explaining in her croaking voice how to convince our friends to act in our various directing projects: Buy ‘em a pizza!

7/1/10 @ 2:53 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Hamster (message) 4,046 posts, Honey bee

Haha, hilarious! Looking forward to seeing the finished product.

7/1/10 @ 2:54 pm (reply)

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xLailax (message) 414 posts, Helper bee

Fun times I’m sure…

7/1/10 @ 4:15 pm (reply)

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jordynrose (message) 6,351 posts, Bee Keeper

This is pretty funny! Can’t wait to see how they turned out.

7/1/10 @ 4:17 pm (reply)

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k8e-girl (message) 6 posts, Newbee

I DIY-ed our invitations due to budget concerns…Im so glad I did because it made them so personal and gave me such a sense of pride when I finally mailed them. HOWEVER…I was not prepared to see how they had been mangled (im not using the term loosely) by the post office. Congrats on getting people to help you get exactly what you envisioned your invitations to “bee”!

7/1/10 @ 4:39 pm (reply)

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7/2/10 @ 12:05 am (reply)

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Miss Pin Cushion (message) 1,012 posts, Bumble bee

@cr6zy: Wow! 25 Cents an invite! That is some bargain DIYing! Nice job!

@Sarah: Pizza is a great bribe for a lot of things

7/2/10 @ 12:17 am (reply)

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ccranetobe (message) 3,692 posts, Sugar bee

I did DIY because the lack of vendors down here to do them. there was only 2 and I dont trust the post offers when sending packages or some online sites.

Im sooo glad I did them. The compliments I am recieving is awseome and I loveeeeed how they turned out!

7/2/10 @ 12:17 am (reply)

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ccranetobe (message) 3,692 posts, Sugar bee

office* one day Ill learn how to spell.

7/2/10 @ 12:18 am (reply)

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Joeswaffle (message) 180 posts, Blushing bee

We DIY’d our invites and I couldn’t have been happier. I wanted to do enclosures but the only ones i could find that was within our price range wasn’t worth it. I love how they turned out! Yeah it took a little time (2 weeks) and I work full time. But we have a look that is flows and is all put together. We found some deals on nice envelopes and enclosures thanks to papersource having a sale. I was really impressed how it all came together in the end. We mailed them off last saturday and started already receiving RSVPs!!!!! We already have 19 people coming out of 120.

7/2/10 @ 10:21 am (reply)

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