Because these invitations haven't been handed out yet, this is just a teaser of what is to come.



I paid a visit to my first bride and groom, Bethany and Bryan,  yesterday afternoon. They had just come back from the city to take care of some of their pre-marriage errands, and were ready to check off invitations from their to-do list. They had some printing issues the night before and ended up getting a lot of assistance from Kinko's, but thankfully, it was relatively cheap--for 250 pages of cardstock at a time, each cut came to $1.50. Bethany's invitations are 2 per 8.5x11" sheet and her map&directions cards are 4 per 8.5x11" sheet, thus she only needed three cuts totaling about $5.00 plus tax!

Folding creases was a different issue. Kinko's said that to crease cardstock, you need a "bomb folder machine," which apparently they didn't have (otherwise it would have been 3 cents per fold).

So to make this post more interesting... here is DIY Folding 101. I was nervous to start, seeing Bethany's fiance Bryan struggle and throw one invitation after another into the "crap pile." However, I caught on relatively quickly! My first crease was perfection, and this led to a bit of a rivalry between Bryan and me.

How to Nicely Fold Cardstock:



First, bring the corners together so that they are perfectly aligned.
And look--whimsical thumbs in the flesh!





Use a hard edge to fold the paper. In my case, I used my ATM card.
From the aligned corner, lightly bring the hard edge to the opposite corner and slowly apply pressure to the fold (right to left, the entire movement should be a "L" shape) so that it is creased about 70%.



Finally, apply a heavy amount of pressure along the crease with the hard edge.



A beautiful fold without tears and wrinkles!


Invitations will be passed out soon!!