INVITATIONS & STATIONERY
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A Giftful Heart - Save the Date Magnets
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Review: December 2011. I ordered samples from the websites and they were wonderful! The quality of the magnet was great and the samples were free and shipped quickly! Once I picked my favorite, I was able to do a preview request which is where they put my pictures and color choices on a magnet and emailed me a proof to see if I liked it. Kathy was great, she kept in constant contact with me through email and had no issues changing the color font I wanted. Once I was okay with the preview request, I set up to order my magnets. Everything was so easy, I was able to customize the magnet exactly how I wanted and add my wedding website, no issues! They email you a proof within a few days and you can update anything else if you need to.
They shipped out within a week and were send 3 day priority mail. I got them yesterday and they are so beautiful! Everyone who has seen them so far loved them. My magnets cost $1.50 each and I was able to get shimmer envelopes and added attachments cards to my magnet for an small fee. They were def worth it, they basically just tell you here is a magnet to save the date, it was a cute touch! A giftful heart has great customer services and prices. I highly recommend! A+
Review: December 2011. I ordered samples from the websites and they were wonderful! The quality of the magnet was great and the samples were free and shipped quickly! Once I picked my favorite, I was able to do a preview request which is where they put my pictures and color choices on a magnet and emailed me a proof to see if I liked it. Kathy was great, she kept in constant contact with me through email and had no issues changing the color font I wanted. Once I was okay with the preview request, I set up to order my magnets. Everything was so easy, I was able to customize the magnet exactly how I wanted and add my wedding website, no issues! They email you a proof within a few days and you can update anything else if you need to.
They shipped out within a week and were send 3 day priority mail. I got them yesterday and they are so beautiful! Everyone who has seen them so far loved them. My magnets cost $1.50 each and I was able to get shimmer envelopes and added attachments cards to my magnet for an small fee. They were def worth it, they basically just tell you here is a magnet to save the date, it was a cute touch! A giftful heart has great customer services and prices. I highly recommend! A+
Ajalon Printing & Design
Birchcraft Invitations
REVIEW - maddie7: Wedding August 2010. Cost $230 for 100 invitations/responses/ inner and outer foil lined envelopes. Originally I went to Party City and found that most of the invitations were Birchcraft brand, a nice quality. Online I found this vendor and she was wonderful! I ordered off the "sale section" and spent way below my budget for invitations. The invitations came in 3 days! And they were just lovely. I highly recommend using them!
Cards and Pockets
REVIEW - music11: October 2012. The quality of the card stock and paper from Cards and Pockets is wonderful! I designed our save the dates and invitations (along with table numbers, and programs), and ordered all of the paper supplies from them. We received SO MANY compliments, and they really came out beautifully! A+
REVIEW - jcg98: November 2011. A+ My cousin designed our invitations, and I had them printed by the Cards & Pockets print shop, and also ordered the supplies to DIY pocketfold invitation suites. I ordered samples of all the paper first to make sure I liked the colors. The customer service at C&P, the quality of their products, is top notch. My questions and requests were resolved easily and quickly through email, and the turnaround time was quick. Highly recommend.
REVIEW: -cutiepie12702: August
2011. I designed my own initiations, menus, and programs. I had C&P do all of my printing for me and it came out great. This was the best decision I made – they looked like I paid someone $5k and no one could believe I did them myself. People actually said I should start my own business because they came out that nice. Working with them was very easy and I received my orders pretty quickly. Anytime I had a question I received a response promptly and they were always willing to help and make suggestions.
REVIEW: September 2011. A+++ I did all of the designs myself but printing/cutting through C+P. The quality was superb, excellent customer service – they responded promptly, were accommodating to all of my questions, and printed and sent the orders very quickly.
REVIEW - N/A: We ordered various components for our DIY invitations from Cards & Pockets. Luckily, we bought everything using one of their once-a-year coupons, so if you can wait until November or so when they come out, it's definitely a wallet saver! Everything was shipped fast and arrived in perfect condition.
REVIEW - smw42: We used Cards & Pockets Print Shop to print our invitation suite
that I had designed on my own. The quality was very good and they were
responsive to all of my questions. I would have liked more card stock
color options but we were happy with what we chose. I feel that I could
have searched and searched and perhaps saved a few dollars ordering
elsewhere, but it would not have been as clear, easy, and pain-free as
it was ordering with Cards & Pockets.
Double Trouble Designs
REVIEW - melliott09: Sarah & Nikki were a pleasure to correspond with! I got my invites quickly, and was about to get a digital and hard copy proof prior to the start of printing. We paid under $200 for 50 invitations, RSVP cards, front/back addresses printed.
Envelopper Inc.
REVIEW - N/A: I searched high and low for a particular color of card stock for my wedding invitations to go along with all of the pieces I had ordered from Cards & Pockets. I somehow stumbled upon Envelopper Inc., gave them a shot by ordering a sample (completely free, by the way), and lo and behold they had the EXACT shade of coral that I needed! Their customer service was excellent whenever I called, they shipped everything to me the day after I ordered it, shipping was free, and everything arrived in perfect condition. FYI - I believe they're a Jersey-based company.
Exclusively Weddings
REVIEW - cindyn9178: April 2011. I ordered my wedding invitations from this website. (I had first ordered a sample for free). I received them relatively quickly, the were perfect. Looked exactly like the sample, no issues with them. They also included 5 extra of each element (invitations, inserts, envelopes, etc), for free. A+
The Glitter Connection (Marlboro, NJ)
Holland Designs (Eatontown, NJ)
REVIEW - NikkiPSU: Megan was beyond amazing to work with and I am so glad that I was referred to her from the beginning. She was the only person I met with in regards to our invitations, once I left my meeting with her I knew that she was the vendor for us! The Save the Dates were unbelievable and that's where the compliments started, we continued to receive tons of compliments after we sent out the invitations and even at the wedding in regards to the menus, favor tags, and seating chart! Her work is impeccable!!!
Impress Me Designs
REVIEW - N/A: My invitations and thank you notes were so beautiful. Celeste did everything exactly the way I wanted. I got tons of compliments on these, which perfectly matched my color scheme. My husband's friend is also engaged and he said that the cost of his invitations doubled once they saw how nice ours were. I even heard my cousin took it to work to show everyone.
Invitation Outlet
REVIEW - N/A: I had been on the hunt for good quality outer invitations to go with inner envelopes I had ordered elsewhere, but I couldn't find envelopes anywhere in the size that I needed for a good price. I happened to come across this site at about 11:00 on a Friday night, placed my order immediately, sent an email an hour later asking if I could change my order, received confirmation on Saturday morning that they had received my order and had made the changes I requested, received confirmation four hours later that my order had shipped, and got the package that Monday. Amazing customer service, great prices, ridiculously fast shipping, and the envelopes are really nice quality. FYI - they sell more than just envelopes.
Jar of Ideas Design (North Plainfield, NJ)
REVIEW - lisab711: October 2011. A+
Jen designed us beautiful pocket folds. They were lovely and she even taught me how to diy to save some money. Lots of compliments on them!
Jen designed us beautiful pocket folds. They were lovely and she even taught me how to diy to save some money. Lots of compliments on them!
Jessica's Design Shop (Old Bridge, NJ)
REVIEW - rutgersgirl82: I first worked with Jessica for our custom wedding invitations. We
shopped around in the stores and online to look for wedding invitations
but couldn't find anything we liked at a price that seemed reasonable,
Jessica changed all of that for us. We were able to get custom
invitations at a price that didn't kill our pocketbook with a quality we
were extremely happy with! Both my husband and I were extremely
impressed with Jessica's design ideas and they way she was able to
incorporate everything we wanted in the design and tweak it until it was
exactly what we wanted. She was extremely patient and very attentive to
getting our order right. We were so happy with our invitations we went
back to Jessica and had her design custom table numbers, escort cards,
and a wish card vase & sign for us all incorporating the same design
elements and carried everything through. I would highly recommend her
to anyone looking for quality custom work without blowing your budget!
Here's a peak at our invitations
Magnet Street
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REVIEW - jcg98: November 2011. Save The Date magnets: A+ I used some of our E-pics for the STD magnets, and was very happy with the results from MagnetStreet.com. The site is easy to use and customize, our order shipped fast and, and the magnets looked great. They even came with a complimentary keepsake box that came in very handy during the planning process. Highly recommend.
REVIEW - RamsKR01: August 2011 wedding. Very happy with the quality and quick production shipping. I used a coupon so I got them on sale and liked that I could design everything and see what it would look like before I actually ordered.
Moo.com
REVIEW - jcg98: November 2011. Personalized photo labels: Moo.com – A+ I found Moo.com on the recommendation of another Knottie. I wanted to use some of our E-pics to create personalized labels for my DIY “Tears of Joy” tissue packets. The labels at Moo.com were easy to customize, reasonably priced, and of excellent quality. Highly recommend.
Nicole Spiegel-Gotsch (Hoboken, NJ)
REVIEW - dinnaming: July 2011 wedding. Nicole works out of Hoboken, NJ and is a friend of my sister-in-law, which is how we found her. Our DOC would have been able to do our invitations at a discount through an invitation company (not sure which one right now) but we decided to go for a more unique style to match our art deco vintage theme. And Nicole did an amazing job on customizing our invitations. We met and provided her with ideas and thoughts. I explained our theme and she rolled with it. We met a second time when she had 4 mock-ups/samples available for us. The invitations we chose were perfect for us and Nicole had them printed quicker than we expected.
Peek-a-boo Paperie
REVIEW - gibribuz: December 2010 wedding. Jill was amazing. We started working with Jill when we needed our
monogram created. With the exception of our STD, she created, printed and
cut all of our wedding day stationery. She was extremely patient with all
of our revisions and was up for any unique project, especially our toasting
disks, which I completely loved! She specializes in birth announcements
but has done wedding stationery for many brides. I really enjoyed working
with her.
Set the Date (Nutley, NJ)
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REVIEW: August 2011. Christine was so great to work with! She had my invitations to me exceptionally fast. She was very easy to contact. I was very pleased with her work and service.
REVIEW: August 2011. Christine was so great to work with! She had my invitations to me exceptionally fast. She was very easy to contact. I was very pleased with her work and service.
VistaPrint
REVIEW: September 2011. Save-the-dates/menus: Vistaprint.com - A+
I did all of the designs myself and felt the print quality at vistaprint was great, excellent pricing, and delivered quickly.
I did all of the designs myself and felt the print quality at vistaprint was great, excellent pricing, and delivered quickly.
REVIEW - MCRM22011: I ordered my invitations from Vistaprint.com. I am happy with the quality and price. I received the following for $100:
- 50 invitations
- 50 response cards
- 50 reception cards
- 100 placecards
- 140 return address labels
- the envelopes to go with the invitations and response cards
My only gripe -- the cheapest shipping option (about $10 for everything) was 21 days. I chose this option because my wedding isn't until August. The invitations DID come about 10-11 days early, however, to rush shipping for a close event is pretty expensive. I would certainly use them in the future if I plan events pretty far in advance to accommodate for the slow shipping, because the fast shipping is closer to $15 - $20.Additionally, I just ordered free photoshare cards for shipping only - about $6. The free designs are limited, but they are pretty cute. Just do not expect them to match all designs. I will probably order my programs and menus from Vistaprint if I finalize the information early enough (early July). Otherwise, I would be nervous because of the slow shipping.
- 50 invitations
- 50 response cards
- 50 reception cards
- 100 placecards
- 140 return address labels
- the envelopes to go with the invitations and response cards
My only gripe -- the cheapest shipping option (about $10 for everything) was 21 days. I chose this option because my wedding isn't until August. The invitations DID come about 10-11 days early, however, to rush shipping for a close event is pretty expensive. I would certainly use them in the future if I plan events pretty far in advance to accommodate for the slow shipping, because the fast shipping is closer to $15 - $20.Additionally, I just ordered free photoshare cards for shipping only - about $6. The free designs are limited, but they are pretty cute. Just do not expect them to match all designs. I will probably order my programs and menus from Vistaprint if I finalize the information early enough (early July). Otherwise, I would be nervous because of the slow shipping.
REVIEW - cindyn9178: April 2011. I have ordered our Save the date cards, photo share cards, rehearsal dinner invitations, thank you cards, pens, tote bags and more from Vistaprint. The quailty has always been great, and the 21 day shipping always turns out to be about 7 days from the time I placed the orders. A+
REVIEW - smw42: We used VistaPrint to order our donation favor cards as well as our menu
cards (both designed on our own) and were very pleased with the
results. As long as you are signed up for their email special offers,
you can't beat the price and the quality is just as good as what you
would receive at Kinkos or Staples. We just placed another order through
them for our photo Christmas cards and will continue to use VistaPrint
in the future for our printing needs.
Wedding Paper Divas
REVIEW - smw42: We used Wedding Paper Divas for our engagement party invitations as well
as our wedding thank you cards. In my opinion, you go to Wedding Paper
Divas when you want a quality product - and VistaPrint when you're
looking for something cheap. Both have great uses, and we were extremely
pleased with the quality of the products received from Wedding Paper
Divas.
Review -37butterknives: April 2011 wedding. Loved them. We used a fresh and whimsical design for our wedding invitations that matched our colors and was perfect for the vibe we were aiming for. We also used them for save-the-date photo postcards, shower invites and shower thank-you notes. And we always took advantage of their discount codes.
Make sure to always review the proofs they send you, because they'll automatically change things to conform to conventional etiquette (but you don't HAVE to use their changes).
We would have used them for our wedding thank-you cards. Thankfully, we only ordered 10 as a test run, but the photo quality was horrendous - since the photo STDs looked great, it was quite a disappointment. We also had to pay around $40 for these "samples" because we didn't order enough to qualify for a discount. We ended up designing our own cards and using Zazzle, which doesn't have a minimum on custom cards, and which had better quality.
Make sure to always review the proofs they send you, because they'll automatically change things to conform to conventional etiquette (but you don't HAVE to use their changes).
We would have used them for our wedding thank-you cards. Thankfully, we only ordered 10 as a test run, but the photo quality was horrendous - since the photo STDs looked great, it was quite a disappointment. We also had to pay around $40 for these "samples" because we didn't order enough to qualify for a discount. We ended up designing our own cards and using Zazzle, which doesn't have a minimum on custom cards, and which had better quality.