PLEASE HELP??? engagement CD favors??

Question

i am looking into making a cd party favor to give as a present to guests of our engagement party. i have a list of "love" songs, classics and some fun modern ones, songs that mean alot to us, there are also going to be a couple of italian and arabic songs. it should be really nice, on the front of the cd we want to print our picture and the date of the engagement, maybe a quote or maybe the list of songs...anyways i was wondering if any of you know of a really good deal where i can have this professionally done, or of a simple way i can do it myself, or what you think of the idea in general. but mostly i am concerned with the cost. we are going to need atleast 100 if not 125 of them(big families) and i have the order pretty much ready from giftcd.com(except for the date which is a surprise!) but it is really expensive!! i am having second thoughts about doing it through them...

so, can anyone reccomend a better site or maybe a place i can go to...i would greatly appreciate it!!!

Answer 1

It depends on how much of a rush you're in, you can do it yourself quite inexpensively.   I have an Epson Stylus Photo R200 printer that prints right onto CDs/DVDs, you just need to get the right blanks.  For these I go through shop4tech.com.  Buy in bulk and buy cases in bulk and you'll be looking at about $0.75 each.

In case you go this route, go to a good stationary store and buy a can of "Archive It" spray and give the printed CDs a light coat to avoid any smearing.  

BTW, replacement ink for the printer is very cheap.  I get aftermarket stuff on ebay for about $2.00 per cartridge.

Feel free to email me if you have any additional questions.

Answer 2

My husband did ours as party favorsd at our wedding. It is super cheap to do. You buy blank cds with clear cases at costco or best buy, they run around $0.50 - $1.00 each and then you buy the sticker labeler kit at best buy probably costs around $50. for 100 people you are looking at $100 - $150 plus some of your time burning all the cds.