Vintage Chic DIY Wedding Invitations

We are getting married at a Girl Scout Camp and would like to stick with the rustic feel. We both have been in love with Ball Jars since we were kids, and grew up around them, so we are looking for an at home vibe.
The idea of spending more than 200 bones on wedding invitations gave me a fright. So I starting digging deep into Pinterest, I found a few things I really liked.


I got the template from this lovely women who shared her ideas:

http://mrsfancee.wordpress.com/2013/06/04/lace-doily-diy-wedding-invitations/

Here is the Recipe: (125 invites)
Half off 8 1/2 by 11 (100 weight) Cardstock at Michaels- 75 pages (2 per Page)
Kraft Paper Envelopes from Hobby Lobby- 50 for 6.99 and you can use your 40% off coupon.
Vellum- 3 invitations per 8 1/2 x 11 sheet (this was the most expensive and wasteful part of the process)- Each sheet was $1, but we couponed it to be less.

She did hers in word and you definitely have to play around with the text boxes to make it work, but when it does it blows your mind! I also had to change the words since we have different parent situations than her. But here is a peek at how my invitations turned out. Also we did a back to ours with the directions on it. So that makes it a bit tricky.

And then I sewed on Vellum to the top, which isn't as hard as you would think. I just used white thread, and found the vellum at Michaels.

Here are some of the fonts I used: (downloaded from sites off of pinterest)

Names, website, time: Oranienbaum

And: Bergamot Ornaments

Number: EcuyerDAX

Month & City, State: Bodoni MT Black

Venue & Reception to immediately follow: Sail

With their Families: KG Eyes Wide Open

I got the middle graphic from here:

http://www.welivedhappilyeverafter.com/2013/11/12-stunning-free-rustic-graphics.html

This website is also where i got my wreath from for the back of my RSVP cards and for the front of my RSVP Cards.

Here is the back with the map on it. 

Fonts:

Camp Name & RSVP Info: EcuyerDAX

Address: Oranienbaum

Exit info: KG Eyes Wide Open

To make the Vellum look lacey I used a Martha Stewart Edge punch I found at Michael's. 

I really wanted a postcard response to save money on postage. Here is a blend between what she used on her blog and what I used for my invitations. I got all my wreaths off Pinterest here: http://www.welivedhappilyeverafter.com/2013/11/12-stunning-free-rustic-graphics.html

Fonts:

Kindly: Some Weatz Swash

RSVP: LT Nutshell Library

By: Oranienbaum

Date: Bodoni MT Black

the Rest: KG Eyes Wide Open

Since we have such a limited number of seats for our reception we decided to do "we have x number of seats reserved in your honor." This will hopefully remind people we have a small venue you and you just cannot bring your whole family and then your friends to.....

For these I had to put 4 on a 8 1/2 by 11 and printed both sides. Saved it as a PDF to take it to the Kinkos.

Also a side note we bought all our stamps before they went up in price, the postcards stamps are not forever stamps, so you cannot buy those ahead of time.

Now for the envelopes. I purchased the craft paper Envelopes size A7 (for a 5 x 7 invite) at Hobby Lobby. They were $7 for 50 and I used my 40% coupon for both packs.

I then went into Photoshop with a 5x7 custom page, and inserted the wreath, and a text box that I could change. I would not recommend this if you have over 75-100 invites to send out. I then reformed the placement for where to print to the lower part of the page in the center ( which you see on the print screen). And printed each individual envelope on my printer.

I really wanted to keep with the vintage look and purchased the Seed packet stamps before they were retired in the Fall of last year.

The font I used is KG Eyes Wide Open, which I download from a site off of Pinterest.

For the back of the envelope we purchased a self-inking stamp. I just used this for the back of each invitation, it has a ball jar with the work love written in it, and then our first names so that we could use it after we get married, with our home address. 

We purchased this from Etsy, shop: Designkandy.

We loved it!

 We planned on doing our printing at home since it is all black and white, however realized it was challenging to get it to line up because of the double sided so we decided to have them printed professionally. You can do this through Fedex/Kinkos as long as you have it in PDF format and have 2 on a sheet, and it perfectly lined up. Which was tricky but worked out.

Please note, I just did this for my wedding, and am sharing that you can make wonderful wedding invitations that aren't expensive! I also spent A LOT of time on these, more than I would have liked, so if you are trying to do something quick, this probably isn't the project for you.

More to come on our fabulously vintage chic wedding!