Invitations Lots Designs
January 14th 2011 Posted at Baby Toyts
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Invitations Lots Designs
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Do you need to have a lot of graphic design experience to design your own wedding invitations?
I am pretty computer savvy and super creative. My family owns a banquet hall and I want to enhance our business by designing my own invites and place cards. What materials do I need? What kind of desktop publishing software is good for this kind of project? Can I use a standard printer? How do you get those matching colored envelopes? As you can see I need you to be as detailed as possible! Thanks...
It sounds like you want to design invitations on a professional level, so the kit and crafty approach isn't going to work. Keep in mind that typesetting is a trade and as such, can take just as much know-how and work as any other part of your business. You will have demanding customers who -will- bounce jobs for any and every reason. I just felt it was fair to warn you first.
Now, there are three approaches you can take to this business, and to satisfy everyone you may want to do a little of each.
1) Contact a mail/phone/web order printing company who will supply you with catalogs your customers can choose from. They will offer you very specialized designs and packages and a wide range of accessories for a fraction of the price it would take to have the same things created locally. Bear Creek is an agency for one such printing conglomerate. You take the orders, you collect the money, you place the order, you stay on top of them for two weeks, then the invitations come to you in nice little boxes. Then you pay them.
2) Design yourself, have them printed locally. This sounds most like what you were asking about. Pick up a layout program such as Adobe InDesign or QuarkXPress. Read lots of tutorials on how to use them, and get good at it. Then print clean black and white laser prints and take them as originals to a local print shop for production. Be specific as to what you want and when you need it. Ask for a detailed quote and check it carefully. If you develop a relationship with a printer that knows what it is doing and will protect you if you do something dumb, then it can be mutually beneficial.
3) Buy an expensive printer and produce the invitations yourself. You will be severely limited as to what you can offer, but you will be able to do the work quickly if necessary. Look for a full color laser or large inkjet printer to keep from having to replace ink cartridges all the time. You will also want the ability to print on thick paper, and reasonably close to the edges on cards of different sizes.
I guess your final option is to find a decent printer who will offer you a trade discount for brokering their work. Do this if you become discouraged trying the 3 options above.
Here are some great deals at Amazon as well:
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777images Designs Abstracts - Urban design with lots of swirls circles and abstract florals. Uses green crimson orange and white - Greeting Cards-12 Greeting Cards with envelopes $15.95 Urban design with lots of swirls circles and abstract florals. Uses green crimson orange and white Greeting Card is measuring 5.5w x 5.5h. Greeting Cards are sold in sets of 6 or 12. Give these fun cards to your friends and family as gift cards, thank you notes, invitations or for any other occasion. Greeting Cards are blank inside and come with white envelopes.... |
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777images Designs Abstracts - Urban design with lots of swirls circles and abstract florals. Uses green crimson orange and white - Greeting Cards-6 Greeting Cards with envelopes $10.49 Urban design with lots of swirls circles and abstract florals. Uses green crimson orange and white Greeting Card is measuring 5.5w x 5.5h. Greeting Cards are sold in sets of 6 or 12. Give these fun cards to your friends and family as gift cards, thank you notes, invitations or for any other occasion. Greeting Cards are blank inside and come with white envelopes.... |
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777images Designs Graphic Design Fruit - Cherries, lots of sweet delicious cherries for fruit lover. Cherry pattern of red fruit with stems - Greeting Cards-12 Greeting Cards with envelopes $15.95 Cherries, lots of sweet delicious cherries for fruit lover. Cherry pattern of red fruit with stems Greeting Card is measuring 5.5w x 5.5h. Greeting Cards are sold in sets of 6 or 12. Give these fun cards to your friends and family as gift cards, thank you notes, invitations or for any other occasion. Greeting Cards are blank inside and come with white envelopes.... |
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Fancy Nancy $9.34 Meet Nancy, who believes that more is ALWAYS better when it comes to being fancy. From the top of her tiara down to her sparkly studded shoes, Nancy is determined to teach her family a thing or two about being fancy.How Nancy transforms her parents and little sister for one enchanted evening makes for a story that is funny and warm -- with or without the frills.... |
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Barbie Print 'n Play $1.60 Barbie helps your child point and click to create designs for party invitations, stationery, greeting cards, stickers, and other items.... |
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