Our normal smooth paper or our linen paper.

These photos give you an idea of what the texture is like for each of these types of paper. These are zoomed-in photos – the smooth is much smoother to the touch than this photo looks. And the linen paper has the “woven” look that you see here, but the weave is not as big as it looks in this photo.

The linen paper is nice, has a nice feel, and comes with matching envelopes. Linen invitations and linen note cards cost 10% more than smooth invitations and smooth note cards. The linen paper and linen envelopes cost more to stock, that’s the reason for the 10% upcharge.

Each type of paper is also available in white or ivory (off-white, or natural) colors.

Let us know which you like best for your invitation order.

P.S. The linen paper works great for both formal invitations and informal invitations. We’ve done kids laser tag party invitations on linen paper and they look great.

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It is very easy to get confused about paper weights.  An 80lb paper can look and feel different depending on the type of paper it is – text, cover, etc. Many printer manufacturers sort paper by their g/m² (grams per square meter) designation instead of weight. For the full description of this, visit the Wikipedia page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_density).

To show the difference visually I counted out 50 sheets of  normal office paper (20lb letter) and placed them next to 50 sheets of our 80lb cover paper.

As you can see, the stack of  80lb cover is just over 1/2″ tall (13mm) and the stack of normal office paper is about 1/4″ tall (6mm)

Poly Graphics uses a nice, heavy weight paper for your invitations.