Wedding Invitations

[skill_guy101]

I've decided to do them myself and I'm looking for some nice good quality paper at a good price. I've found http://www.paperandmore.com/ but they don't ship to the UK.

The theme for the wedding is leaves, so I thought a parchment textured look would be nice. Has anyone got any recommendations of paper suppliers?

[Natsia]

wait what?
I thought you were like 16?

You should try going into arts & crafts places, they usually have the best paper and if you're going to be buying a big quantity they might give you a discounted rate. Besides, buying full reams is expensive, and you dont want to have half reams left when you're done, its just silly.

[el-Ignoramus]

go to the park, pick some leaves and glue them on a recycled brown paper, make a wrought iron stamp with the invitation words and burn it on the leaves, deliver them in cardboard boxes with straw and pine cones

that's what I'd do, if I as marrying a sasquatch or Starkey

[jasonsplace]

I designed ours but then we took them to a printing company to have them done. The price was good and they had 20-30 different styles and weights of paper to choose from.

[Natsia]

*rubs eyes*
jasonsplace?
*poke* you real?

[lefteyewilly]

Originally Posted by jasonsplace

I designed ours but then we took them to a printing company to have them done. The price was good and they had 20-30 different styles and weights of paper to choose from.

same here.

[skill_guy101]

Originally Posted by Natsia

I thought you were like 16?

18 years old, just finnished 2nd year of Uni and start a year long paid placement in july so ill have a bit of money coming in. I know its quite young, but when you have found the right person why wait?

Originally Posted by el-Ignoramus

go to the park, pick some leaves and glue them on a recycled brown paper, make a wrought iron stamp with the invitation words and burn it on the leaves, deliver them in cardboard boxes with straw and pine cones

It would be cool to press some leaves and put them in the envelopes.

Originally Posted by jasonsplace

I designed ours but then we took them to a printing company to have them done. The price was good and they had 20-30 different styles and weights of paper to choose from.

Originally Posted by lefteyewilly

same here.

Have you still got the designs? can I see them?

[lefteyewilly]

Originally Posted by skill_guy101

Have you still got the designs? can I see them?

yeah, i'll either post a pic of the invites or the pdfs in a day or so.

[lefteyewilly]

i hope you get the idea from this photo. best of all...other than my time and the stamps, they were free

[jasonsplace]

Mine can be seen here. Just click on it to flip through it.

[koolbabs2000]

I designed ours but then we took them to a printing company to have them done. The price was good and they had 20-30 different styles and weights of paper to choose from.

[koolbabs2000]

I designed ours but then we took them to a printing company to have them done. The price was good and they had 20-30 different styles and weights of paper to choose from.

- Yes, you design the card - but leave the paper to a printing company - they have lots of options to choose from.

[hurricaneone]

O M G.

What are you granola stoners doing?

'Oooo, I want nature on my invites...'

Classy white, copperplate printing. Minimalist is best, hands down.

You will live to regret these adventures with your invitations, mark my words.

[jasonsplace]

Originally Posted by hurricaneone

O M G.

What are you granola stoners doing?

'Oooo, I want nature on my invites...'

Classy white, copperplate printing. Minimalist is best, hands down.

You will live to regret these adventures with your invitations, mark my words.

It really depends on the person. That may be your opinion but everyone has their own opinion. I've seen some announcements that in my own opinion looked absolutely hideous. The ones that I designed worked for us and it's what we wanted. Everyone may not have liked them but they weren't their announcements to like so it doesn't matter.

[hurricaneone]

Class never goes out of style.

In forty years, people will look at these nature invites like they look at a tattoo they got in their drunken youth and wonder what the hell they were thinking.

[carly1979]

i don't really see hte big deal with invites.

i designed my own and printed them myself too. no they weren't outstanding quality, but there are other aspects of the day which i'd far rather spend my money on! and i think my guests would agree!!

[carly1979]

why would you look back at a wedding invite in forty years time? i'm not totally unsentimental, but really?

[lefteyewilly]

Originally Posted by jasonsplace

It really depends on the person. That may be your opinion but everyone has their own opinion. I've seen some announcements that in my own opinion looked absolutely hideous. The ones that I designed worked for us and it's what we wanted. Everyone may not have liked them but they weren't their announcements to like so it doesn't matter.

agreed. and every single person i've ran into said they absolutely loved my invites...before knowing i designed them. in 40 years, daisies aren't going out of style, and in my opinion, my invite was pretty classy as well (I don't care what you say).

I've seen the simple invites and they're boring and have no personality to them. also being able to bring in a theme that's carried out through the whole wedding reinforces the those details to the guests.

[silverx2]

hurricane one apparently was forced to be a plain person with 1950's style invitations.

its 2007 big fella, People dont want plain white anymore.

[hurricaneone]

Me too, I can't even remember what ours looked like and that was only eight years ago, but there's plenty of people who save them as recollections of their 'best day ever'.

Scrap book types, if you know what I mean.