Invitations
For all the DIY instructions in more detail check out the blog.
Here are the links to view parts of the invitation in the bio:
Here are the links to view parts of the invitation in the bio:
Pocketfolds in and out
Inserts
Envelopes
Materials For the Invitations:
Envelopes
ordered from envelopemall.com
$13.75 - A-7 Mohawk Super Fine 100 pack, white
$11.95 - A-1/4 Bar Stardream Metallic 100 pack, bronze
$12.12 - S&H, cheapest option
Total = $37.82
$13.75 - A-7 Mohawk Super Fine 100 pack, white
$11.95 - A-1/4 Bar Stardream Metallic 100 pack, bronze
$12.12 - S&H, cheapest option
Total = $37.82
Envelope Liners
$2.15 - Silver wrapping paper
$3.18 - white translucent paper from Michaels,
$3.18 - white translucent paper from Michaels,
Paper
ordered from anchorpaper.com
Tom Peterson is awesome!
$27.64 - Astrobright Glisten Lunar Blue, 7" x 16-1/8", 86# cover, appx 70+ sheets
$20.25 - Nekoosa Linen Carrara White, 8.5" x 11", 80# cover, 250 sheets
$25.50 - Stardreams Bronze, 12" x 12", 105# cover, 50 sheets
$16.14 - S&H
Total = $86.18
Tom Peterson is awesome!
$27.64 - Astrobright Glisten Lunar Blue, 7" x 16-1/8", 86# cover, appx 70+ sheets
$20.25 - Nekoosa Linen Carrara White, 8.5" x 11", 80# cover, 250 sheets
$25.50 - Stardreams Bronze, 12" x 12", 105# cover, 50 sheets
$16.14 - S&H
Total = $86.18
Other/Extra Purchased Items
$6.36 - Avalanche (white), 12" x 12" from Michaels, 12 sheets
$6.35 - Two rolls of ribbon from X-mas, with tax
$2.65 - One roll of ribbon, with tax
$3.70 - Embossing Powder with tax
$12.71 - Heating Tool from JoAnn Fabrics with tax
$1.03 - Tacky Glue with tax
$1.03 - Brushes for Glue with tax
$9.69 - Glue Sticks with tax
$21.61 - Rotary Trimmer with tax
$2.22 - Embossing Pen with tax
$10.59 - Envelope Labels, 750 with tax
$42.00 - 100ct Forever stamps, bought before the price change
$6.35 - Two rolls of ribbon from X-mas, with tax
$2.65 - One roll of ribbon, with tax
$3.70 - Embossing Powder with tax
$12.71 - Heating Tool from JoAnn Fabrics with tax
$1.03 - Tacky Glue with tax
$1.03 - Brushes for Glue with tax
$9.69 - Glue Sticks with tax
$21.61 - Rotary Trimmer with tax
$2.22 - Embossing Pen with tax
$10.59 - Envelope Labels, 750 with tax
$42.00 - 100ct Forever stamps, bought before the price change
Here's the Paper:
Just got them in on Friday 12/11/2009
Price Per Invite Breakdown
Alright, this might get confusing but I'll try my best to show my work in a way that can be understood.
All of these are rounded to the nearest penny and may not add up on this page due to rounding errors.
I plugged my numbers into Excel so the math should be fine as long as I got the equations right.
For the Envelopes
Envelopes:
Brown ppu (with S&H):$0.18
White ppu (with S&H):$0.20
Need one brown and one white envelope per invite
Total envelope cost per invite: $0.38
Envelope Liners:
Silver paper ppu (with tax): $2.15
yield per unit: 60
cost per yield: $0.04
White paper ppu (with tax):$0.21
yield per unit: 1
cost per yield: $0.21
Need one sliver OR one white piece per white envelope
Total liner cost per invite: white:$0.21 ; sliver: $0.04
Envelope Labels
Label cost (with tax): $10.59
yield per unit: 750
cost per yield: $0.01
Need two labels per invitation
Total label cost per invite: $0.03 (due to rounding)
For the Paper:
now here's where it gets tricky
General Breakdown (will be reiterated throughout the pricing)
Blue ppu (with S&H): $0.44
Brown ppu, 12" x 12" (with S&H): $0.55
White ppu, 12" x 12" card stock (with tax): $0.53
White ppu (with S&H): $0.12
Pocketfolds:
Blue ppu (with S&H): $0.44
yield per unit: 1
cost per yield: $0.44
need one blue page per pocketfold
need one pocketfold per invite
Total Pocketfold cost per invite: $0.44
Announcement Inserts:
Brown ppu, 12" x 12" (with S&H): $0.55
yield per unit: 4
cost per yield: $0.14
White ppu (with S&H): $0.12
yield per unit: 2
cost per yield: $0.06
need one brown and one white piece per announcement
need one announcement per invite
Total Announcement insert cost per invite: $0.20
Map Inserts
Brown ppu, 12" x 12" (with S&H): $0.55
yield per unit: 4
cost per yield: $0.14
White ppu (with S&H): $0.12
yield per unit: 2
cost per yield: $0.06
need one brown and one white piece per map
need one map per invite
Total Map insert cost per invite: $0.20
Accommodation Inserts
Brown ppu, 12" x 12" (with S&H): $0.55
yield per unit: 4
cost per yield: $0.14
White ppu (with S&H): $0.12
yield per unit: 2
cost per yield: $0.06
need one brown and one white piece per accommodation
need one accommodation per invite
Total Accommodation insert cost per invite: $0.20
RSVP Inserts
White ppu, 12" x 12" card stock (with S&H): $0.53
yield per unit: 7
cost per yield: $0.08
White ppu (with S&H): $0.12
yield per unit: 4
cost per yield: $0.03
need one white card stock piece and one white text paper piece per RSVP
need one RSVP per invite
Total RSVP insert cost per invite: $0.11
Pocketfold Closers
Brown ppu, 12" x 12" (with S&H): $0.55
yield per unit: 30
cost per yield: $0.02
White ppu (with S&H): $0.12
yield per unit: 28
cost per yield: $0.00 (due to rounding)
Ribbon without silver (with tax): $2.65
yield per unit: 12
cost per yield: $0.22
Ribbon with silver (with tax): $6.35
yield per unit: 60
cost per yield: $0.11
weighted average cost per ribbon: $0.12
need one brown, one white and one ribbon piece per closer
need one closer per invite
Total Closer cost per invite: $0.15
Postage
RSVP ppu: $0.42 (forever stamps were bought early)
Invitation ppu: $.61
need postage for both the invitation and the RSVP per invite
Total Postage per Invitation: $1.03
Extra Items
Here's another difficult part. While I did purchase the extra items specifically to be used for the invites they can be used in other projects or resold. In the end I might not count these in estimating the cost of the invitations but I will be having a separate item line for them so I can estimate the amount it would have cost if I used up all the extra items
Total number of invites created: 69
Extra items per unit:
$0.05 - Embossing Powder
$0.18 - Heating Tool from JoAnn Fabrics with tax
$0.01 - Tacky Glue
$0.01 - Brushes for Glue with tax
$0.14 - Glue Stick
$0.31 - Rotary Trimmer with tax
$0.03 - Embossing Pen with tax
Total cost of extras per invite: $1.18
Totals
Total envelope cost per invite: $0.38
+ Total liner cost per invite: white:$0.21; sliver: $0.04
+ Total label cost per invite: $0.03
+ Total Pocketfold cost per invite: $0.44
+ Total Announcement cost per invite: $0.20
+ Total Map cost per invite: $0.20
+ Total Accommodation cost per invite: $0.20
+ Total RSVP cost per invite: $0.11
+Total Closer cost per invite: $0.15
Total Cost per invite: $1.74 - $1.91
+ Total Cost per invite for postage: $1.03
Total cost per invite with postage: $2.76 - $2.94
+ Total cost of extras per invite: $1.18
Total Cost of Invites with Extras: $3.94 - $4.12
All of these are rounded to the nearest penny and may not add up on this page due to rounding errors.
I plugged my numbers into Excel so the math should be fine as long as I got the equations right.
For the Envelopes
Envelopes:
Brown ppu (with S&H):$0.18
White ppu (with S&H):$0.20
Need one brown and one white envelope per invite
Total envelope cost per invite: $0.38
Envelope Liners:
Silver paper ppu (with tax): $2.15
yield per unit: 60
cost per yield: $0.04
White paper ppu (with tax):$0.21
yield per unit: 1
cost per yield: $0.21
Need one sliver OR one white piece per white envelope
Total liner cost per invite: white:$0.21 ; sliver: $0.04
Envelope Labels
Label cost (with tax): $10.59
yield per unit: 750
cost per yield: $0.01
Need two labels per invitation
Total label cost per invite: $0.03 (due to rounding)
For the Paper:
now here's where it gets tricky
General Breakdown (will be reiterated throughout the pricing)
Blue ppu (with S&H): $0.44
Brown ppu, 12" x 12" (with S&H): $0.55
White ppu, 12" x 12" card stock (with tax): $0.53
White ppu (with S&H): $0.12
Pocketfolds:
Blue ppu (with S&H): $0.44
yield per unit: 1
cost per yield: $0.44
need one blue page per pocketfold
need one pocketfold per invite
Total Pocketfold cost per invite: $0.44
Announcement Inserts:
Brown ppu, 12" x 12" (with S&H): $0.55
yield per unit: 4
cost per yield: $0.14
White ppu (with S&H): $0.12
yield per unit: 2
cost per yield: $0.06
need one brown and one white piece per announcement
need one announcement per invite
Total Announcement insert cost per invite: $0.20
Map Inserts
Brown ppu, 12" x 12" (with S&H): $0.55
yield per unit: 4
cost per yield: $0.14
White ppu (with S&H): $0.12
yield per unit: 2
cost per yield: $0.06
need one brown and one white piece per map
need one map per invite
Total Map insert cost per invite: $0.20
Accommodation Inserts
Brown ppu, 12" x 12" (with S&H): $0.55
yield per unit: 4
cost per yield: $0.14
White ppu (with S&H): $0.12
yield per unit: 2
cost per yield: $0.06
need one brown and one white piece per accommodation
need one accommodation per invite
Total Accommodation insert cost per invite: $0.20
RSVP Inserts
White ppu, 12" x 12" card stock (with S&H): $0.53
yield per unit: 7
cost per yield: $0.08
White ppu (with S&H): $0.12
yield per unit: 4
cost per yield: $0.03
need one white card stock piece and one white text paper piece per RSVP
need one RSVP per invite
Total RSVP insert cost per invite: $0.11
Pocketfold Closers
Brown ppu, 12" x 12" (with S&H): $0.55
yield per unit: 30
cost per yield: $0.02
White ppu (with S&H): $0.12
yield per unit: 28
cost per yield: $0.00 (due to rounding)
Ribbon without silver (with tax): $2.65
yield per unit: 12
cost per yield: $0.22
Ribbon with silver (with tax): $6.35
yield per unit: 60
cost per yield: $0.11
weighted average cost per ribbon: $0.12
need one brown, one white and one ribbon piece per closer
need one closer per invite
Total Closer cost per invite: $0.15
Postage
RSVP ppu: $0.42 (forever stamps were bought early)
Invitation ppu: $.61
need postage for both the invitation and the RSVP per invite
Total Postage per Invitation: $1.03
Extra Items
Here's another difficult part. While I did purchase the extra items specifically to be used for the invites they can be used in other projects or resold. In the end I might not count these in estimating the cost of the invitations but I will be having a separate item line for them so I can estimate the amount it would have cost if I used up all the extra items
Total number of invites created: 69
Extra items per unit:
$0.05 - Embossing Powder
$0.18 - Heating Tool from JoAnn Fabrics with tax
$0.01 - Tacky Glue
$0.01 - Brushes for Glue with tax
$0.14 - Glue Stick
$0.31 - Rotary Trimmer with tax
$0.03 - Embossing Pen with tax
Total cost of extras per invite: $1.18
Totals
Total envelope cost per invite: $0.38
+ Total liner cost per invite: white:$0.21; sliver: $0.04
+ Total label cost per invite: $0.03
+ Total Pocketfold cost per invite: $0.44
+ Total Announcement cost per invite: $0.20
+ Total Map cost per invite: $0.20
+ Total Accommodation cost per invite: $0.20
+ Total RSVP cost per invite: $0.11
+Total Closer cost per invite: $0.15
Total Cost per invite: $1.74 - $1.91
+ Total Cost per invite for postage: $1.03
Total cost per invite with postage: $2.76 - $2.94
+ Total cost of extras per invite: $1.18
Total Cost of Invites with Extras: $3.94 - $4.12