What does Custom Invitations mean and why are they so costly?
I have been asked this question a lot lately and thought this
was a great way to inform and introduce our readers to the world of custom
invitations.
There are quite a few designers that offer custom invitations,
varying in degrees of prices and quality of service. What you need to do is find the one that fits in your budget as
well as your style. Each designer has
a distinct style, and more often than not will infuse their style with yours to
provide you a spectacular invitation.
Custom Designed Invitations are unique invitations that are
designed just for you. Each design is
created based on your consultation with the designer. Your designer will gather all the information about your wedding
wishes and your background, and will create an invitation that should meet your
design ideas. So when meeting with
your designer for the first time, you really need to provide as much
information as possible about your dreams and wishes for the big day as well as
some information about you and your fiancé.
The cost aspect of a custom design invitation is quite shocking
to a lot of people. Most brides begin
their shopping experience by searching online or gathering catalogues so that
they can get a feel for the available products and price ranges for their
invitations. The biggest mistake that
is made is confusing the prices online/catalogues with the prices for custom
design. When you order your invitations
online or from a catalogue you are selecting a design that is regularly
available with the only option available of changing the ink color on the
design, but very little else can change on your selected item. This keeps cost to a minimum for the
producer of the invitation therefore they can in turn offer you lower prices.
The biggest factor in cost for custom designed invitations is
TIME. So much time is spent on the
design aspect of your invitation, once all the information from your
consultation is gathered the designer will begin to get a picture of what it is
you are looking for and what message you are trying to convey to your
guest. There is so much time spent on
the design process, it could literally take 3-4 weeks to come up with a
suitable design for you. Some designers
will charge a design fee either on a flat fee base or an hourly base.
Production of your invitation also takes time. Once the design is set up and all the
supplies are ordered to complete your invitations. The production of the invitation will begin. As I mentioned, custom designed invitation
are created uniquely for you, they are not mass-produced on large machines in
large warehouses. At Amira Design your
invitations are created in a small studio by hand. Which insures that you are provided truly a one of a kind invitation.
The production time can take anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months depending on the
intricacies of your design.
You must remember when choosing a designer, that not all
designers are the same and that their price ranges are going to vary. What you need to do is research first, check
reviews, check styles, talk to the designers so that you can get a feel for
them, talk to friends or family that have used them before. If you are unable to speak to a designer
directly, or if you don’t know anyone who has used them before, check their websites for previous designs
that they have created. You can get a sense for their style to see if this is
something you are interested in before you contact them. At Amira Design we have a full gallery of
designs both past and present, check out the gallery here.
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