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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 STARFISH LaserWoody Unfinished Flat Wood Shapes 4SF101A  US $1.00
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 Starfish Shape Unfinished Craft Wood 1404 325 US $1.00
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 SANDY STARFISH Unfinished Wood Shapes Cut Outs SSF5020 US $1.12
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 STARFISH SEA STAR Unfinished Flat Wood Shapes 2SF101C US $1.60
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 Martha Stewart Tropical Drink Stickers M860542 US $2.79
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 Martha Stewart Crafts Tropical Drink Stickers 2656 US $2.79
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 Sanrio Tan Hello Kitty Mimmy Tropical Drink Stickers US $7.99
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 TROPICAL DRINK Jolees Stickers COCKTAILS EXOTIC US $2.25
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 Mrs Grossmans Sticker Strip Simply Sassy Food drink US $1.75
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 Martha Stewart TROPICAL DRINK STICKERS Scrapbooking US $3.50
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{ 4 comments… read them below or add one }
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.
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
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
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!!!! : )