Snowflake Pocketfold Invitation  :

This great invitation package includes the following:

• Pocketfold Invitation with Response card
• Backing on invitation and Response card
• Includes envelopes for the invitation and the Response card
• Also includes your choice of ribbon or belly band

This invitation is designed to your personal information and your colour selection.  Why not try a silver pocketfold with blue backing, or this nice grey pocketfold with black backing. 

Price: $6.50 each

Need additional inserts?  You can add any additional inserts that you need for $1.00 each.

Contact me at info@papercutsinvitations to place your order for this great winter invitation!

I am very excited to share that PaperCuts Invitation Design will be going under construction with new and exciting things to come. 

Changes will include:

•  Update of product pagse for the Weddingstar invitation line and Carlson Craft invitation line.
• Update of Weddingstar stationery page
• A NEW PaperCuts Invitation Design Invitation Line.  You will have a chance to order the design and be able to pick your colours on some of the design as well as provide your own wording.
• For the Do It Yourself Couples there will be items that you can buy to work on you own invitations.

Hang in there while I start changing everything around.  Visit regularily to see what changes and additions are made!

• Custom Invitation or Pre-designed Invitation?
• When starting your invitation planning process think about what your expectations are for your invitations.  If you are looking for something that is unique and custom, hiring an invitation designer will be your best route.  If you are looking for something that is already pre-designed, online invitation or catalogue invitations are the way to go.
• Custom Invitation
• Going with an invitation design is going to give you more choice for making your perfect invitation designer.  An invitation designer will have a variety of papers and colours and customize it to your needs.  Of course going with a designer will increase your per invitation price.  Booking early with a designer will also ensure that you that you will be able to get that designer.  Designers book up fast. 
• Pre-designed Invitation
• Going with a pre-designed invitation is going to save you money however will give you limited selections.  Pre-designed invitations are normally templates that your personal information will get inputted to.  There is a large variety of pre-designed invitations online that you will defiantly be able to find something that you like.  PaperCuts Invitation Design uses weddingstar invitations at www.papercutsinvitation.weddingstar.com and Carlson Craft invitations at www.papercutsinvitations.cceasy.com.  Remember there are great prices out there, however not overly customizable.

Once you have decided the route that you want to take you will have to look at your budget.  When looking at your budget you will want to be realistic about what you want to spend. 

Pre-designed invitations will normally run $2 – 3$ per set and a custom invitation will start at about $5 per set and up. 

Also when you are budgeting remember to take postage into consideration.  A lot of invitations have embellishments and a nice heavy cardstock that will increase your postage cost. 

• I did mine on a Friday  – I got a cheaper rate at the hall, however it is a big gamble because some out of town people might not be able to make it, especially if some of your wedding party is out of town.

• I made my tickets$10 each – I found having a lower price allowed for people who could not make it the night of, to still donate.  I found that this helped to make up for the people that I lost having it on a Friday night.  I got them printed at Ticketmaster and got a fair amount for the price and there was a tear of piece that you could use for a door prize if you wanted.

• My wedding party – they are a huge help at this point.  I helped with the venue as I lived in the area and getting the licences and the booze however it was them that made the night.  They are the ones that worked so hard that night, from ticket selling to running games.

• Raffle Gifts – my wedding party each donated a gift to be raffled off, this was so nice of them and kept the costs down.  Raffle tickets were then sold $2 each, 3 for $5 or $20 for an arms length.  There were a lot of the $20 offer purchased.

• Wii Game – there was Wii bowling set up and each person was charged $5 for a speed round.  The scores were then recorded and the top score won a higher end prize.  Ours was a table bbq that was donated.

• Toonie Toss – Pretty much you put a large bottle of liquor in the center of the floor and people throw Toonies at it. The person who gets the closest to the bottle got the bottle.

• Golf Putting – There was a putting area set up and you could put for $2 each.  There were a line duct taped down the way and there person who got it closest to the line won a prize.

• Crowns and Anchors – This one was a gamble for us as we were unsure what the interest would be.  We rented the set from a local party supply place and set it up.   A friend ran the station and that is when we learned we had some gamblers in the crowd.  I recommend getting a very personal able and energetic person to run this game, we did and he was great and it really worked.

• Shots – Really if you drink you are sure to like shots.  We did test tube shots and Jell-O shots.  Jell-O shots were $1.00 each and test tube ones were $2.00 each.  They were a huge hit!  However please note you will have to check with your venue if you are not doing your own alcohol because you are not allowed to bring in your own alcohol and some places will not allow shots.  This was another reason why we wanted to do our own bar.

• Doing our own bar – We got a friend that had their smart serve be the bartender. All licences had to be purchased by us and all alcohol had to be purchased with this licence.  Also there is a minimum that you had to charge per each drink.  Doing this we made a lot of money of the alcohol because other venues that did their own bar and you would get a percentage from the sale.  Example: we would make $.75 per drink from a bar that was being provided, where we made around $2.00 per drink doing it ourselves.  I little more work but it worked out great.  Drink tickets were then sold so that the bartender did not have to handle cash and all the cash was handled at the same place.

I hope this helps in some of your planning, I really was a great night and really helped us raise funds for our wedding.  Everything went back into our wedding for our guests as a thank you for everything.

Tip

• Make it a fun night for your guests and make them not feel like it is all about money.  Provide enough games to entertain them throughout the night and gives them variety on what they want to play, however don’t have too many as I have noticed people just stop participating.

If you have any questions at all, please feel free to ask away!

Good luck with your Stag and Doe Planning!

2012 Colour of the year is: Tangerine Tango

Incorporate this colour into your wedding stationery, wedding favors, flowers and wedding decor.