I love paper. I love invitations. I love being creative.

I don’t, however, love pocketfolds. It my be because they use a lot of materials or because so many people want them. But one of my biggest pet peeves about this particular style is they’re incredibly time consuming. That doesn’t mean I won’t do them at all (so you can still request them ) but to divulge a bit of a secret, if you want to watch your budget, ditch the pocketfolds. As a business owner I have to charge more for them and it’s not because I’m making a huge profit … it’s because of the materials and, more importantly, the labour involved.

Since a great number of people still love these little gems, I came up with a bit of a compromise … a ‘Faux Pocketfold’. It gives the illusion of a pocket and still holds the inserts in place … but it isn’t a glued down piece of paper. That means less materials are required and I’m not sitting around for extra hours putting these together!

Included in this post are a few Faux Pockets I’ve done in the past.