It seems like most wedding invitation sites are actually doing something along these lines these days, and you can find similar options in stationery shops, too. There’s stuff like the invite above in the Jean M. catalogue too, but it’s pricey… I don’t know how it compares to MyGatsby. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen something like the above in the Now & Forever catalogue.

We’re vacillating between using my precious, precious Print Gocco (which is not being made anymore, last I heard, but it’s a screenprinting process) and ordering something. If you use the Anna Griffin invites with the printable vellum sheets, a Gocco is a good thing to have, as vellum isn’t all that easy to print on. There’s a place in Kentucky, discussed in the Bridal Bargains books and probably called Reeves, that does inexpensive basic engraving on good Crane’s paper; the stuff they turn out looks really elegant, even if the options are somewhat limited. But we wouldn’t use inkjet-printed anything for the purpose. We know someone who did, and it didn’t turn out that well.

Also be careful photocopying from an inkjet-printed original: some photocopiers will pick up the lines, and they’ll be exacerbated on the copies. Take your original file somewhere to be laser-printed before it’s copied, it’ll work better. (Or better yet, take a PDF to the copy shop and let them feed it directly into the machine.) This advice comes from my fiance, who’s worked in various print shops, commercial and private, for almost a decade.