I am so excited about my boarding pass wedding invitations.
I initially thought I would create and make them myself but I soon realized that I would need help with the design I had in mind. After getting some email quotes I hired Jessica of The Stylish Scribe to complete my design. She quoted me $30 to design the boarding passes which I believe is more than fair (she also included a wedding logo). After pricing out the materials needed to make the invites (card stock, envelopes, printer toner, paper cutter, perforator, etc.) I also decided to hire her to go ahead and make the invitations. For what I wanted she charges $3.50 per invite and trust me ... that's a bargain! She credits back the design fee if you hire her to actually make them. I give her my complete endorsement ... she was very patient and awesome to work with.
Jessica designed, printed, and perforated the passes ... made the gorgeous boarding pass sleeves (beautiful metallic cardstock) ... designed and printed the return RSVP postcards ... and included the envelopes for mailing. We went with a starfish and hibiscus theme since we are getting married in Mexico. The first "pass" is the invite and the second has information about the resort and contact information for our travel agent.
Once I received them (packaged beautifully and sent via U.S.P.S. Priority Mail) my daughter, Emily, and I went to work on them. I wanted to have a fun wedding project to work on with her and I'm so glad I did. We went to Michael's looking for real miniature starfish and raffia and we ended up with something totally different (and much better ... thanks to Emily LOL). First we found some small wooden starfish but they only had about 20 of them so we kept looking. Emily spotted some really fun stickers and we ended up using those as well and we love how they turned out. We'd love to hear what you think of them below in the comments section.
To make these:
- Tie the raffia around the sleeve and double knot
- Tie the raffia in a bow
- Hot glue the raffia to the sleeve (this was necessary on ours due to the tight fit in the envelope - or the raffia would've been pulled off when the guest pulled the invite out of the envelope)
- Paint the starfish tops and sides
- Hot glue the starfish in place
- Add stickers
I ended up spending more than I should have on this project. I've been a bit distracted due to this whole "swine flu" so I didn't get around to purchasing online. I've scoured the internet to find you the best prices on some of the things I used for this project and you can see them below.
Again, we'd love to hear from you in the comments section ... Feedback? More ideas? Let's help each other out! *SmiLes* Suzanne
P.S. I went to mail these today and I wanted to let everyone know that the postcards were $.28 each and the invitations were $1.34 each. This was due to the thickness of the package once put together. I wanted to pass that along in case you're considering these. I love them so I felt it was totally worth it ... but wanted to warn you! LOL
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 SANDY STARFISH Unfinished Wood Shapes Cut Outs SSF5020  US $1.12
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 STARFISH LaserWoody Unfinished Flat Wood Shapes 4SF101A US $1.00
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 STARFISH SEA STAR Unfinished Flat Wood Shapes 2SF101C US $1.60
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 Starfish Shape Unfinished Craft Wood 1404 325 US $1.00
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 Sticko Happy Hour Cocktails Tropical Drinks Stickers US $1.49
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 TROPICAL DRINKS Cocktails Liquor EK SUCCESS Jolees Boutique 5 Sticker Sets US $1.04
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 Sticko Date Night Martinis Tropical Drinks Cocktails Girls Happy Hour Stickers US $1.27
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 Tropical Drinks Cocktails Umbrella Party Margarita KCompany Sticker Border US $1.08
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 Sticko Tropical Happy Hour Cocktails Drinks Stickers US $1.10
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 PARADISE Cardstock Stickers Beach Tropical Vacation Drinks Tiki Waves US $3.42
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Oh wow! These look awesome! They are so fun. I’ve never heard/seen this type of invitation before and I really like them. Thanks for sharing so much great information.
@janet ~ glad you like them and thanks for the feedback
they were fun to do and jessica did such an awesome job making them.
Are the wooden starfish above on ebay the ones you used? What about the stickers? These are so cute. I hope you don’t mind if I steal your idea. I want to do these. I’ll be back if I run into any problems. Thanks
@tiffany ~ no, the starfish above are not the exact ones I used but the stickers are the same brand (there are two different sizes of that particular sticker pack). I don’t mind at all if you steal the idea … that’s why I posted them. LOL .. be sure to come back and tell us how they came out and show us some pics!
These are great and very personal to you and reflecting your personality. They are also worth the money because you can’t put a price on quality time with your children. This special project make your wedding hers as well
Lovely idea.
cheers Sheila
idoby2celebrants
Thanks Sheila! It really was fun and I know she’ll always remember it.
You posted your TwitterID which reminded me to try to add the Twitter ID plugin – hopefully it works LOL *huGs* S
OMG exactly what Im looking for. Not sure if I want a passport invite or boarding pass! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING THIS!!! You did an amazing job, and the designer (jessica). This is obviously in the states…. IM TRYING TO FIND SOMEONE IN CANADA that will do them : ) Im sure I can find someone, if not it looks like Ill be doing them myself.. with help OF course
AGAIN…. THANK YOU AND VERY VERY VERY NICE!!!! : )
Amanda ~ Yes, Jessica is awesome! She does both the passport and the boarding pass style so I would definitely get a quote from her. You mentioned you wanted someone in Canada but I’m sure she could ship them to you … or I believe she also offers the service where she designs them and you can print, cut and finish them so that might work. Be sure you come back and share yours with us too! *SmiLes* Suzanne
OH I WILL!!!
Thank you again for your advice!!!
MUCH APPRECIATED!!!
Amanda
These are great! I love the way you added your own personal touch to it. My wedding theme is peacocks, but is taking place on a cruise ship. Therefore I am hoping I could work something out to make these invitations work = )
I also contacted her to do my items however I haven’t heard anything in a while! How long did your take? I’m over excited to see the end result
Hi Phaedra … I’m so glad you found Jessica … she’s awesome! You will LOVE your invites!!! I don’t remember how long they took … but her work is well worth any wait and I know you’ll be happy
Keep us posted and let me know if we can post them here on the blog for others to see ok? *huGs* Suzanne
Yes…she actually just contacted me!! Can’t wait and I sure will post when they arrive.! Glad I found your post
How did you send these out? My fiance and I are making our own (so far…) and I am concerned about how to send them in the mail so it has the boarding passes in the boarding pass envelope, a RSVP luggage tag, the envelope for the RSVP, and then the outer envelope. I’m assuming it’s in a plain or nice looking envelope, not the one with the embellishments?
Yes, Helen, there was an outer envelope … I guess i forgot to post a picture of them all ready to go … there were bumpy so I took them to my post office and handed them off and ask that them be “hand stamped” instead of going through the machine.
Also Remember Helen if you address them like a business letter there’s no extra charge unless weight plays a factor. Hand stamping is the best like Suzanne said. It’s really easy