Invitations

I felt fairly certain from the beginning that I would print our invitations myself.  I felt that this would be one way that I could definitely save some money. 

My dad's office has a great piece of equipment called a Riso HC5500.  I used to work for my dad, and so I was really familiar with the Riso.  It is basically a full color printer that prints up to 120 pages per minute!  And, it is EXTREMELY easy to print on nearly any size paper.  I was lucky enough to get to use the Riso to print my invitations.

So, I knew that I would print them, but I also knew I didn't want to design them.  And I didn't want to use invitation kits.

As I browsed online, I saved photos of invitations that I loved and that inspired me.  Here are some (if any of these photos belong to you and you would like me to credit you or would like me to take it down please let me know).

As I was browsing Etsy (as I did quite frequently for wedding related items) I found the perfect solution for me.  I stumbled upon Ellas Paper's shop and loved her designs.  She had so many beautiful invitations.  She prints her invitations and other pieces, but she also has DIY pricing.

She took the Mosaic invitation and customized the wording for me and designed it in the perfect shade of yellow for me.  She also designed matching RSVP and Reception cards for me.  She and I worked together and messaged back and forth to tweak every little thing for me until I was 100% happy.  I was able to have complete control over every detail of my invitation suite, but not have the stress of designing it myself.

For .pdf files of my invitation, RSVP card, and Reception card I paid only $40.00.  I could not have been happier with my experience with Ellas Paper.

I ordered all my paper and envelopes from Paper Source and armed with my .pdf files took to the Riso and printed everything.  And then all that was left to do was assemble them (which wasn't as bad as I feared).

In the end I was so glad that I decided to print them myself, and I was very happy with the final result!

Thanks again to  Ellas Paper!