I've got to show off my DIY invitations because they were made with so much love (4 hours of love to be exact)! I purchased fancy shhhmmancy linen paper and envelopes from cutcardstock. I did all of my trial runs on cheap paper I purchased from amazon and they turned out great! For whatever reason, as soon as I went for the expensive linen, paper jam, paper jam, paper jam. Thankfully I had extra and was able to get the settings right. Once I had the printer ready, it was easy peasy.
Linen Ivory envelopes & cards (A7) $40
Etsy template for invitation and address label $9
Printer was free (my wonderful boss let me use our office printer) price quote from Staples $12
I would highly recommend this process if you don't have a lot of invites to make. It saved money (some of the minted.com linen invites can be $10 a pop) and it was a lot of fun. I also enjoyed the creative freedom of moving around the template and making changes. This template originally had flowers on it which I knew I didn't want, but I loved the font so I went for it. I loved the flush to one side and knew lining up the text boxes wouldn't be easy for me, the etsy template was a must for that,
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