Graduation Announcements
So I found this set of 48 Martha Stewart Wedding Invitations at Marshalls on clearance for $3, I was looking for graduation announcements at the time, and they didn't look too weddingy so I decided for $3 to try them. After all one of the important things Dr.C taught me was the art of bootstrapping...
Here's the "wedding look"
Graduation-fide
Graduation-fide
The whole suite laid out.
I created the design in photoshop. The drawings of Belmont were created with by tweaking the Akvis drawing plugin.
I used the reply card to include a little blurb about my time at Belmont and a line and pen of the Belmont Mansion.
Since only my and Andrew's family were able to attend I opted to send my announcements after graduation so I could include a photo from graduation. I used a sticker on the back to let people know who the photo was with.
I created the design in photoshop. The drawings of Belmont were created with by tweaking the Akvis drawing plugin.
I used the reply card to include a little blurb about my time at Belmont and a line and pen of the Belmont Mansion.
Since only my and Andrew's family were able to attend I opted to send my announcements after graduation so I could include a photo from graduation. I used a sticker on the back to let people know who the photo was with.
The paper was pretty thin so I used cardstock in Belmont colors to beef the response card, since I wanted to use the belly band I couldn't back the main announcement.The envelopes they came with were very nice which was awesome, nice envelopes are pricey. The DIY wasn't so bad since I was only making 30. I printed these on the Samsung CLP-310 Color Laser
I got as a graduation present from my parents, which worked pretty well. So how did my announcements compare to Josten's $2 a piece ones... well I saved a $1.79 each and spent under $10!! (Not including postage of course.)
I got as a graduation present from my parents, which worked pretty well. So how did my announcements compare to Josten's $2 a piece ones... well I saved a $1.79 each and spent under $10!! (Not including postage of course.)| Item | Cost | /quan | Cost per |
| Invitation Suite | $3.00 | 48 | $0.0625 |
| Card Stock | $3.99 | 48 | $0.083125 |
| Printing | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Photos (2 per 4x6) | $2.60 | 40 | $.065 |
| Totals | $9.59 | $0.210625 |
(Notes: Not including toner expense since I'm on the starters still, postage isn't apart of the savings so I left it out, can you tell I'm an business person?!)
So take another look at those super clearance wedding invites and use them as invitations, it's a huge step up from an e-vite!
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I like this invitation better than any other I have seen. The ones at the bookstore are pretty dull. I have the ability to print my own, Is this design available for purchase? i'm graduating from Belmont in a few months.
ReplyDeleteHi Stacy,congrats on graduating from Belmont! I made this design to fit the Martha Stewart Clearance Wedding invites I found. You could easily recreate them in word, I'm not sure where the illustrations ended up but I'm sure somethings floating around the internet.
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