So, the invitations have been one of the biggest DIY’s I’ve tackled, and I’ll be happy once every single one is sent out. Each step was more time consuming than I ever thought, and since I’m somewhat of a perfectionist, having people help kind of made me nervous. Of course it’s very much appreciated and I couldn’t have done it without the help of my family! Thanks Mom! Total invite’s made: 110. Now I’m off to the Post office to mail them out across the world.

We ordered all the black cardstock from a craft supplier, and cut each piece to size. Each invite then had to be scored down the centre and assembled.

We bought ivory pearlized paper and hand embossed each piece.

We had personalized faux wax seals made for the envelopes.All images were taken by me.

Delilah over at Do-it-yourself-invitations.com asked me to act as a judge for the new Diy Wedding Invitations contest! This is a great chance to show off your creative prowess and enter to win some amazing prizes by submitting your handmade and DIY wedding invitations creations. Whether it be handmade down to the very last scrap of paper or semi-homemade DIY by incorporating your own designs with some plain pocketfolds and crafty details, we want to see your creations! Myself and two other judges will choose the top THREE most creative and stylish homemade invitations to win some fantasic prizes from some amazing Etsy Artists.

Stop by do-it-yourself-invitations.com to read more details!

I had planned on my G2B designing our own invitations, tracking down the correct papers and envelopes. (kind of like Jessica did!) and printing them out ourselves. I had all of these great ideas and had been researching what I wanted them to look like. And then one Sunday afternoon I was roaming the aisles of Michael’s and I ran into the Brides Invites. There was one style that were the perfect colors, and less than a dollar per invite. They were on sale(yay!), I sent a picture of them to G2B and got the ok, and these bad boys were in my buggy so fast! I just could not help myself. How could you blame me?

{image from Michaels}

They are wonderful, include response cards and envelopes, and extra cards for directions or what have you. I really love the ribbon detail, I think it makes them look sooo much more expensive than they really cost. They also come with a link to go to for easy fonts and printing instructions. Each box contains 30 invites, so I went ahead and bought 3 just because I knew we would need a smidge more than 60. They were $24.99 per box. With tax they all came to $81.16. Jackpot!

93.5% I am all for DIY (and these still a little DIY since we will print them ourselves), but every once in awhile I’m all about simplifying things.

Only bummer, you can not use coupons on sale merchandise, which I totally understand but I never head to Michael’s without a coupon or two!