Alaun by Design

I heard about the alaunbydesign.com website from other brides. Excited by their designs and affordability, I decided to pick the "Dreamy" Collection pocketfold invitation. A positive for these invites: everything is customizable from the colors, to the font, to the ribbon. It was really fun to create my own invitation. I ordered a sample and was pleased at how professional it looked.

However, when I received my invitations, I was disappointed at the quality of the invitations. I ordered a pocketfold invitation and the inside of the invite had two different layers of cardstock. Many of the invitations were coming apart, as they were shoddily held together by small pieces of double sided tape only. I was terrified that more invitations would fall apart when I mailed them out, so I spent hours added more tape and fixing the placement of the cardstock, which looked sloppy on most of the invitations.

Also, the outer envelope had my parents address printed on the back flap. Normally this looks classy, but they used a very large font that looked almost comical. It took up most of the back flap of the large, outer envelope. When I called to complain, I was treated rudely by the staff and reminded that I signed the contract. I ended up buying my own envelopes that matched and printing them on my own computer.

In the end, the invitations looked decent thanks to my repair work. I wish I had spent the extra money to go through a real printer.

I really wanted pocketfold invitations, but I didn't want to spend a fortune for them, so Alaun by Design provided the perfect solution. I ordered the "Dreamy" invitation, and they were both affordable and gorgeous. I most likely will be ordering my programs from them as well to save myself the grief of trying to do it myself! If you are looking for affordable elegance, Alaun by Design is a great vendor.