Invitation printing

Where are you based? Have you tried contacting some local printers to ask? They should also be able to advise you on design spec etc.

Vistaprint is also a good option although I find it a bit restrictive for things designed entirely by myself rather than using their templates (their image upload tool can be a bit temperamental). But, that said, you can get some really good deals on there.

I have a printer friend who printed, trimmed and collated my invites that I designed so I'm sure you'll be able to get it sorted.

I do graphic design for work so designed my invites using Quark (I think). I used www.stressfreeprint.com for the print and was really happy with the service. I got a proper printed proof plus they did a versioning service which was useful for the day and evening invites, which were the same bar one sentence. This was good as it kept the price down.

That's really good to know Striped one. Ta!

Sorry - important info ommitted! I'm based in Oxfordshire. I spent yesterday eve emailing local printers so hope to hear back next week. I just find their websites aren't very inspiring - they're all very business-looking and don't include many samples of pretty printing!

I'm sure you're right and one of them will work out. I'm just feeling a bit frustrated that I've been so organised with everything else and left sourcing a printer until so late on!

Thanks - they look really good! The versioning sounds a good option. I was planning on doing folded invites for the day and just flat ones for the eve but I might have to be more flexible!

I haven't printed wedding invitations but we use a little local printers for all of our invitations (christenings, birthdays, our engagement party, etc. I like to make my own!) and he's just a guy in a little stall with a good printer and nice card. His prints have always come out really good quality and he charges 50p an invite. No website or advertising or anything, he's just there. Have a look around locally, you might find someone similar.

I used PDA card & craft in Nottingham for our invites. I did all the dealings via email & the phone & they worked out great. I didnt have a specific design for them, but did have maps, layout etc for them to work from.

I wanted pocketfolds & they had the largest range of cards, papers, styles I found anywhere.

I've ordered all our card and inserts from PDA and am just going to print the inserts on our home printer, but it is only one colour and a simple design. I hope it will look ok, never thought of getting them properly printed!