Wedding Invitation Etiquette

Go for it! Thats a really good price, I paid $2.50 for each set for a real calligrapher and I thought that was cheap, so definitly you are getting a good price. Just be aware that no matter what, it will look like it was done on the PC, it wont look real, there just isnt any way to make a PC job look authentic and like a real pen, but there is nothing wrong with having them done this way. It isnt tacky or cheap looking.

Best of luck!
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By kateqd30 on Sep 15, 2009

When I got married, almost 6 years ago, I did my own wedding invitations on the computer. We printed them on card stock paper and in my opinion they looked just as good as my sister’s invitations that she paid a fortune for. As long as you stick to your budget and are happy with the product and price, then go for it! Have the company print up a sample of what the invitations would look like so you can be sure that you will be happy with them.
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By terribrooke on Sep 15, 2009

I did them myself, and they turned out beautifully- I managed to download the same font that my invitations were printed in (with some searching, I found it for free) and I also did my own place cards in the same font. The only thing I did different was to set my printer to the highest quality, and it looked beautiful.

Save money, do them yourself, or ask a friend if you don’t have a good printer. Very easy, the whole thing didn’t take more than a few hours.

Edit: I actually do calligraphy myself, but I didn’t have the time or inclination to fuss over my envelopes. Pretty funny, because I did all of my friends’ for them as part of their gift, but I didn’t have time to do my own!
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By sarah jane on Sep 15, 2009

I guess I’m a traditionalist.

I think wedding invitations should be done by hand, even if its not the prettiest writing.
To me it shows they took the time of doing each one rather than mass producing envelopes.

It seems more personal.

This is what I did for mine. My mother and I sat down one afternoon and did the inner and outer envelopes. We were able to get it all done in one day, including stuffing the envelopes and stamping them. The stationary store had also included these lined cards that you just slid into the envelope, the black lines showed through so you were able to write in a straight line.
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By Julie D on Sep 15, 2009

We printed our envelopes, and they looked very nice. Neither one of us has good handwriting, and paying someone to write names on envelopes just seemed like a totally unnecessary expense. Our invitations and envelopes looked perfectly fine.

EDIT: In response to the previous post: maybe writing all of them by hand is more personal, but it’s far too time-consuming for most of us. Like many traditions, you need to figure out whether it is practical for you or more trouble than it’s worth. Besides, a nicely printed envelope looks much better than an envelope with messy writing.
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By SE on Sep 15, 2009

That seems like a rip off to me. If you are computer saavy you should just print your own.
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By tineyfiney on Sep 15, 2009