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Rachel
Expert September 2019

When a 5x7 does not equal a 5x7.......

Rachel, on June 3, 2019 at 3:37 PM Posted in Do It Yourself 0 10

You guys. This is so dumb. Smiley xd Can I just complain for a second?? Smiley tongue

I spent all this time designing 5x7 invitations in Canva, making sure that I was using exactly their 5x7 widget because I didn't want to run into exactly the situation I'm having.


I was just going to print them on whatever nice cardstock was available wherever I found the most economical to print a large number of these things.... when my FI said they'd look GREAT on pearlescent paper. (He's right; they would.)

It has been, however, hell on wheels trying to find a place that will print on pearlescent, and once I did, my invitations weren't fitting at all! I don't just mean issues with bleed lines; I mean they were half an inch off of the 5x7 "design your own"! I called customer service and asked. They were kind enough to look into it and try to fix it for me, and ultimately they said that the Canva 5x7 isn't actually that size.

Soooooooooooooooooooo I might count this as my big DIY fail of the wedding?!??!!?!!??

Anyway, that's all. I'll figure it out but you ladies probably understand better than anyone in my "real life."

10 Comments

Latest activity by Pattie, on June 4, 2019 at 1:34 PM
  • Cher Horowitz
    Master December 2019
    Cher Horowitz ·
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    Why'd Canva call it 5x7 when it wasn't? They literally had one job! This would irk my nerves too, girl!

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  • Emily
    Super April 2020
    Emily ·
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    This would drive me nuts too! Invitations are time consuming!

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  • Emilee
    Dedicated September 2021
    Emilee ·
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    Hey at least your got your big DIY fail out of the way!!
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  • Rachel
    Expert September 2019
    Rachel ·
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    Smiley laugh AHAHAHAHA!

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  • M
    Legend June 2019
    Melle ·
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    That's terrible! do you think maybe they just rounded the numbers?

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  • Kelly
    VIP October 2020
    Kelly ·
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    I'd be pretty unhappy. 5x7 is a series of measurements it's not some opinion based sizing like pants
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  • Sarah
    Devoted June 2020
    Sarah ·
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    I heard vistaprint does the same thing with 5x7s. How weird! It is supposed to be an exact measurement. Call it something else if it won't match.
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  • Trista
    VIP September 2019
    Trista ·
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    Did you try changing the size of your design. I'm not sure if toy can do it in invites, but I know on canva fliers you can adjust the dimensions.
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  • thisismrsb
    Expert June 2019
    thisismrsb ·
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    That sucks. They need to change their sizing.

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  • Pattie
    Expert June 2020
    Pattie ·
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    That is bizarre. Can you get your money back for the template? or ask them to complete your design on the correct format so you don't need to do it yourself again? How annoying!

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