DIY Invitations - pocketfolds

I also got mine from PDA card and craft. I only got the actual pocketfolds from there, which were brilliant quality and quick and easy to stick together.

I made my own inserts though in Word, printed to A4 card and then cut to size. My work printer is a bit funny with different size paper etc so this was easier for me.

I'm intending to make my own but buying the pocketfolds pre cut from an online craft store. The actual blank pocketfold wasn't too expensive - it is the lace and pearl embellishments that I'm adding that bump up the price of mine.

I wonder if you could buy the pocketfold element precut and use the 'free card' for your inlay and inserts?

I've tried a couple of types of pocket fold, it was harder than it looked (I was trying to use one piece of A4 card to do it though). We need to put a lot of information into our invitations so that's why I thought this was the best option. I'm still not too convinced I like what I have done so will come back to it at some point (below is my first attempts). I'm sure others will also say this, give yourself plenty of time to make them, they will take a lot longer than you think, especially there first few, but if it something you want to do then just give it a go. I know a lot of people on here made there own and they looked fab.

I was going to do pocket fold because of the info I need to include, but I've decided to try a vertical cheque book style instead but have each page layered iykwim with the bottom of each page saying what's included, eg Invitation, Information, Menu, and then was going to tie the RSVP cards and envelopes. This way I know standard sized paper, card and envelopes will all fit. I'm using DL size. Not decided how to fix the covers and pages together yet, poss tape or a brad.

its such great fun but quite hard as you want to do such a good job.

Thanks everyone, I think I might just buy the pre cut ones and assemble them myself with the inserts. PDA site looks good and cheap!

I ordered all my card, envelopes and paper from PDA, they'll pre-cut if you want a standard size which is great. They were super so can highly recommend them. x

Someone recommended www.pocketfoldinvites.co.uk on here a while back, we got our pre-cut pocketfolds from here and they are really good quality- quick delivery too : )

I made my own - I bought a pack of plain white pre-folded cards and a thick pad of patterned card. I cut the pockets out of the patterned card and stuck them onto the card. Pretty easy and very cheap! This was the inside of them to give you an idea:

they are beautiful!! X

Thanks Pammy! x

Il be doing this too- I found an online tutorial which is so helpful! Here's a link I have saved for when the time comes:

http://upcycledtreasures.com/2013/08/diy-wedding-invitations-part-2/

I know you have found a tutorial already, but this perspective may help.

Good luck!

These are beautiful! Did you design them on a computer and then print them? Sorry for the ignorance here! X

Oh those are really lovely, well done! I love the font too, it goes so well with the paper.

OP - I'd advise against cutting them yourself. I think that it would really be time consuming, and difficult to get really good sharp results. Yould need to use a guillotine, knife steel ruler and something to score the folds. PDA, as mentioned many times here, is second to none and reasonably priced. You could compromise and buy the card blanks from there then make your own inserts using the free card you can get.

That's not ignorant at all! Yes, that's exactly what I did. I started off using Gimp for the design with the birds and the branch and then found it easier to save that as a picture and do the rest in Word. I used to have Photoshop years ago and loved it but can't use it on my laptop and so I used Gimp instead. It's free but not as friendly to use as Photoshop I don't think! The pad of patterned paper that we had had loads of different designs so the invitations were all a bit different which I liked.

Thank you for taking the time to reply, I really appreciate it! I have photoshop on my work laptop so could definitely have a play around there. Thanks again for your inspiration! X