So I’m on my way with making my wedding invitations! I’ve gone back and forth about what to do with them and I finally decided to get all the special touches I wanted without the extra expensive price tag by doing it myself. 
I recently found an awesome store called, Paper Source. This is where I bought all of my paper for the invitations including the cards, envelopes and envelope liners. The one thing I really wanted was a nice thick paper and I hated to risk that with a less expensive invitation. I was also in love with embossed print but having that done was simply too expensive. By buying the paper and printing them myself (on my friend’s awesome ink-jet printer mind you…) I saved a bunch of money and still got the look I was going for.
The most expensive part of my invitations are the gorgeous liners. There are less expensive solid colored liners that were great but I totally fell in love with the White Swirls Platinum Vellum Envelope Liners. This pattern continues the dot theme I’m loving (more about that later…) and it says winter/starry night which is perfect for my December wedding and doesn’t shout “Christmas!”. Since the paper itself was a great deal I was OK with spending more on the liners. I bought the liners pre-cut but you can save even more by cutting them yourself with a template. I took me an hour or so to glue in 50+ liners… not bad!
I also went a head and got on a really handy Desk Embosser which I bought a customized return address plate to use on the backs of all my envelopes. I’m thrilled with the effect but the embosser itself isn’t a very sturdy product. The pin holding the handle on slips in and out so I’ll be returning it to get a new one.
Here are some images of the envelope in progress… The A9 sized outer envelopes are the gravel color and the paper is eco-white.
more later…. including the invitation design, RSVP design and monogram I created
How did you create your own momogram!!?? That is very impressive, best wishes!
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