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    • Emily17
      CommentAuthorEmily17
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    Hi all,
    Trying to work out how much card I will need to buy so going through each item.

    I have:
    Invites
    STDs
    Table numbers
    Table plan
    Place cards
    OOS

    Is there anything else I have forgotten?? Would hate to order too little then run out and not be able to get more :(

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    • MrsC2bee
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    Thank you cards maybe? X
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    • Emily17
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    I don't think I'm going to make those the same though. Will hopefully be able to get a pic from the wedding to use to make it easier.

    If that's all then I'm pleasantly surprised!!
    I will need 246 red and 133 ivory!
    I was expecting closer to 500 red and 200 ivory! :)

    Also means that the pearlescent is cheaper than the ivory for the numbers we want. Only by £2 but still better than £10 more!

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    • KayleighS46
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    Where are you getting all your card from?? Could do with some help with that! lol

    Are you giving any cards on the day at all? any keepsakes etc? xx

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    • Elinor Claire
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    Are you doing your own menu cards or are the venue providing those?

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    • Flossie
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    Sounds like you've covered pretty much everything. I was going to say menu cards like Elinor if you're having them.

    We're going to have various signs around the venue, not sure if you want anything like that but you could also do those using the same stationery if you do. Like we're having signs for the photobooth, explaining where to put gifts/cards, asking for people to sign our guestbook, an order of the day (which you've mentioned), one asking guests to take pics and upload to social media/W3dp1cs and one explaining we don't want people to sit on sides during the ceremony. xx

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    • Emily17
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    Flossie I have missed so much.
    Menu cards yes definitely thank you both!
    Need to say where to put cards etc so will add 5 sheets of each for that.

    Plus some spares in case we decide to say where everything will be at the venue. Don't think we will be doing this at the moment but you never know, things might change

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    • TheNewMrsBarrett
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    The only other that springs to my mind is whether you want to include RSVP cards? The lady that did ours included them for the day invites but we aren't bothering with them for the evening invites xx
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    • Emily17
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    I'm including that in the invites as we're having pocket fold and that will be one of the inserts. Thanks though :)

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    • KayleighS46
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    Where are you getting your card from Emily? Been looking for decent card but struggling to find it as a good price xx

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    • Emily17
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    Ivory 160gsm h0bby cr@ft - 100 sheets £5
    The red 240/250gsm I have looked on the bay. For the pearlescent its 50 sheets £8 so 250 sheets £40. For plain I found 250 for £42

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    • KayleighS46
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    Thank you lovely

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    • KayleighS46
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    Emily I found some lovely 160gsm card in th£ ranG3 for only £2.99! They were A4 sized though which is too small for me but thought of you when I saw it! I managed to get a new cutter with mat and ruler and some blue card for my pocketful inserts to go into!

    My pocket folds are going to be about 43cm long when unfolded I'm trying to think of what's the best sized card to go for them

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    • Emily17
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    How many sheets though? Did you see? I'll have a look online now. Thank you xx

    How come they're going to be so big? that's huge. You would need A3 for that but it would make a lot of wastage unless you could double up

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    • KayleighS46
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    Well I thought I measured them that long but now I'm having doubts! haha

    The top flap is approz 7cm the outside part of it
    it then opens up to a 15cmx15cm square with the main invite section on it
    then the fold section is going to taped to another 15x15 square where all my inserts will fit

    Does that sound at all right? lol!!

    I'm fairly certain it was 100 sheets for £2.99 or £3.99 - had it in multi-coloured, white, ivory and black. I was looking on their website and couldn't see them - I just found it near all the glue bits and scrapbook section 3 or 4 shelves full xx

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    • Emily17
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    I'd say 7cm for the flap, 15cm for the main invite and then 14.7 for the folded in bit (if that's 15 too then there wont be room to fold the flap over - makes it 36.7cm but still too big for A4 which is a shame. Also too big to double up on A3 as its only 29.7cm high which would cut your square short.. that's a shame!! But definitely need A3

    Hmm.. I wonder why not on their website then. It's usually very good to the actual stocks I've found.. I have bought the other stuff now so too late to turn back..

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    • KayleighS46
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    I'm confused now lol let me see if I can describe it better

    7cm 15cm 15cm 7cm
    frontfold Pocket where the inserts will go

    <------> <------------> <------------> <------>

    Want a square signature pocket fold with a front flap I can put a ribbon around - actually I think its 13.5cm not 15! I'm guna need to check the one I've already got lol xx

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    • Emily17
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    Just g00gled and I think I get it! Are you having the pocket on the right hand side so are including this as the length of card??
    We are having ours at the bottom and attaching it separate so that's the difference and why I didn't get it I think

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    • KayleighS46
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    Ah yes! yes am having it on the right of the card so it would just be 1 long strip when cutting it out - I don't think I'd be able to do it attaching separately. xx

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    • ErinP42
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    Wow! Would live to see how these turn out (don't think I could make my own) please do update with how you get on with it. X
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    • MrsC2bee
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    I worked out with ours we need a3 piece per each one but by time they are folded ect they fit in a c5 envelope ( so about 43cm) :) I didn't think to look at r@nge or h0bbycr@ft for paper as thought they might be took expensive but those r good prices. ( will have to go there now haha) have u measured ur pocketfolds n worked out how much you need Emily? And if so did u add extra in case of mistakes or just in case if so how much extra? I am really struggling to just bite the bullet n buy all the stuff haha. Have finally decided on colours now just need to Decide on Matt or pearlised as going to use same card for pocketfolds for name places so not sure if I want pearlised as think plain will look nicer but I dunno :/ x
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    • Emily17
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    Kayleigh at least we have worked it out!!! :)

    Well my base is a full A4 + pocket so have said 1.5 sheets = 75 sheets for 50 invites
    Inserts, were having 4 which again works out at just under 1.5 because can fit 3 per sheet of A4 and just one extra. need the inserts in red and ivory = 75 sheets red, 75 sheets ivory

    in terms of spares I went on pack size. for everything above I needed 253 red and 136 ivory.
    Red comes in pack of 50 so will order an extra pack and have 300 sheets
    Ivory comes in 100 pack so have got 2 packs - 200 sheets

    The hobbycr@ft ivory was much cheaper than I could find on the bay so if you can get the r@ng3 stuff it's a bargain!

    I'd just think that its harder to print onto pearlescent. All my printing is on the ivory so that's plan with the red pearlescent so we still get the shimmer

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    • KayleighS46
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    Yeah def Emily!! I started cutting and sticking all my inserts together etc last night and OH just sat there watching me lol! Apparently I'm making him laugh as we still have 9 months till the wedding and he knows once I start something like this I'll finish it in a few days lol!! xx

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    • Emily17
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    I'd be panicking if I hadn't made my invites with 9 months to go lol! (remind me of that 9 months before our wedding!!!)

    I have all the wording for the invites mostly done, just need to work on the inserts - decide the other accommodation options, OH to do the directions between the 2 venues and sort out gifts.
    I loved wording the invite. Just having a too and fro with my parents though about RSVPs... they think they should go direct to them as the invite is from them but I think that it should come back to us so I can keep track.

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    • KayleighS46
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    lol!! We we got a week off next week and were not sending them out until December time anyway so we got plenty of time! lol! I will remind you hehe!

    All the inserts have been worded and printed - using normal a4 paper to attach onto the coloured card inserts then into ivory pocketfolds - I hope lol! xx

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    • KayleighS46
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    and all the RSVP's will be coming back to us xx

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    • Emily17
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    Sounds lovely! I cant wait to start!

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    • KayleighS46
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    I'll be sure to add some pics in my DIY album to show you once there done :D xx

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    • Sam G 2b May 2016
      CommentAuthorSam G 2b May 2016
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    Gosh it sounds so complicated! I considered doing our own as me only need about 25 invites but still would have bought the pocketfolds read made lol! We found a stationer who provides them all done for mot much more really so I'm being lazy xx
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    • Emily17
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    Haha I thought that the other day but once you get started and have done a few its not too bad. If you can get them made then that's even better but the cost vs me making them was a lot!

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    • KayleighS46
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    Same here! Getting them made would've been about £95 and that's only 27 invites for the day - then need to do the evening ones which need about 50 of so I dread what they would want for that! xx

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    • Emily17
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    yeah and to think for me the paper for all stationary will be £53 then our punch is £6 for 3 I couldn't justify it when I have all the kit to make them at home.

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    • Sam G 2b May 2016
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    Yeah I probably would have considered it if we have many more to send out, although my mum is covering the cost of invites for me xx
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    • KayleighS46
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    Sam your getting married the week after me! :o) You sent Save the dates yet? xx

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    • MrsC2bee
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    How Are you wording your invites! As seem some from bride n groom some from brides parents ect? We are paying for most of our wedding but my parents are contributing so think my mum wants it written as brides parents rather than me n oh :/. I'm in middle of pricing mine all up now for 34 day and 55 night I think it's going to cost us 38.29 in card and not sure on lace Nd ribbon yet as still waiting to hear back from the sellers. But I just want to order and do them already haha. As I know once I get into it it will be easier than I think. I just need to start. But have to sort all the wording out first and figure out what our rsvp will say as need to have menu choices on it too and some family are 2 ppl others are 6 and that so need to write it down to get it right. When are you starting your Emily and Kayleigh how you getting on with yours? X
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    • Emily17
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    We are paying for all the wedding ourselves but invites are off my parents. I'm not fussed about the guests knowing who's paying for it just want the traditional invite.

    Can you put something like:

    Bride
    and
    Groom
    together with their parents
    Brides parents
    and Grooms parents

    would that be accepted more?

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    • Flossie
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    We are wording ours like above :)

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    • MrsEmmaP
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    My parents are paying for the majority of our wedding but I have asked them about this and they said we can word it however we like. Just from me and OH fits and flows better on the invites but still thinking about doing it from my parents which will be worded like

    Mr & Mrs .... would like to invite you to the wedding of their daughter

    Bride

    to

    Groom

    etc, etc xx

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    • Emily17
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    Emma, are you putting your surname on? I wasn't planning on it but OH thought it was weird.

    This is ours at the moment (but with dads name written in full:

    Mr. and Mrs. J C Vincent
    request the pleasure of your company
    at the marriage of their daughter
    Emily Jane
    to
    Philip John Price
    at ....

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    • MrsEmmaP
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    We are doing them from me and OH and yeah we have put both full names on it, if I were to do them from my parents I probably won't put mine on because it's there anyway xx

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    • Emily17
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    That's what I thought. At least I'm not on my own. He couldn't get his head around it!

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    • Flossie
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    We're doing full names for us, but no names for parents. We have several step parents too so it would just make it awkward!

    So...

    James ____
    &
    Lauren _____

    together with their parents

    Would like to invite ____________

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    • JennK
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    We did this:


    Together with their families

    Groom
    and
    Bride

    request the pleasure of the company of

    _____________

    at their wedding on

    etc etc etc

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    • KayleighS46
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    Were doing it just from me and OH just because both my parents and OH's mum (dad passed away 15yrs ago) have paid into the wedding so ours are....

    Kayleigh S......
    &
    Gary B.......
    Request the company of
    ...........................
    at their wedding
    on .....................

    etc etc xx

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    • Sam G 2b May 2016
      CommentAuthorSam G 2b May 2016
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    Yes Kayleigh, we sent save the dates out about 3 weeks after the 12 month mark. But its mainly close family coming so it was really just for OH's family's benefit (his aunties and uncles and cousins) so they don't book a holiday.

    I don't think we are having our parents names anywhere on the invite xx
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    • MrsC2bee
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    I think I have done a rough plan of them. Could u ladies look at my photos in stationary and see what you think? Not sure if it's worded right?? The rsvp, reception, extra and ek inserts need adjusting but not sure how to make them better. ( and is it rude to ask people to contribute towards the coach (it's optional) but the church has hardly any Parking and with 70 people thought its best option) I'm happy to contribute but can't afford 400/500 for it all x
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    • JennK
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    Just thinking, is the end of January a bit early for RSVP date?

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    • KayleighS46
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    I think they look lovely MrsC2bee!! Shall I put mine in my album as well so you can have a look? I did the same and just made it all on W0rd lol xx

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    • MrsC2bee
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    I just made a date up at, as not sure when we r sending them out how close to the wedding do u think is ok? We were thinking of sending them out after Christmas ( so jam defo too early haha) yes please Kayleigh. I feel slightly more relaxed now I have done a rough copy of them. Although not sure if im'm babbling about the coach as will tell them in person about it?
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    • KayleighS46
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    MrsC2bee there in my album now if you wanted to take a look xx

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