Weddings take a lot of planning ahead and wedding stationery is on top of the list of things to do well in advance. Give your guests plenty of notice of your wedding day, they need to keep that day clear.
Understanding how important your wedding invitations and accessories are is crucial. The invitation is the first contact you have with your guests letting them know of your big day. From your invitation, your guests will be able to establish the style and theme of your wedding. Wedding stationery is high on the list of wedding etiquette.
Custom Stationery
It’s only natural that you want your wedding to be unique. By using custom stationery you can make it very unique to you. Custom stationery is quite flexible too as you can choose the type-face, the color and size of the text and use your own words.
Customizing your wedding stationery is easy to fit in with any wedding theme. There are so many styles to choose from: contemporary floral religious classic embossed layered are just a few to pick from.
Choose a Theme
The theme of your stationery should coincide with the overall theme of your wedding. For example, if you are having a garden wedding then you may choose to have a floral print on your stationery items.
To help blend the theme of your wedding into your wedding stationery, you can use accessories such as hearts, ribbons, rings and which doves for example. These will also blend in with your bridesmaid dresses.
Wedding Stationery
You would be surprised at how many wedding stationery items there are. While your wedding invitation is the most prominent item of stationery, you can find complimentary stationery accessories to match your wedding invitations:-
Wedding Invitations
Wedding Programs
Announcements
Engagement Announcements & Invitations
Save-the-Date Cards
Rehearsal Dinner Invitations
Bridal Shower Invitations
Wedding Accessories (menu cards, thank you notes etc..)
Planning Ahead
Your wedding invitation is the first official message about your wedding and your guests need to know about their invite in plenty of time. Here is a checklist to help you plan ahead and be organized:-
1. You must make sure the wording on your invitations is correct. It’s best to get someone to double-check through the invitations with you;
2. Once your venue, date and time of your wedding has been confirmed, you can then order your invitations. Expert wedding planners say to order these about three to six months before the day;
3. To calculate the number of invitations to order remember to count one invitation per single guest, couple and family;
4. Once you have the number of invitations to order, you should then add on a further 25. This is to equate for keepsake invitations and for any last minute guests. The same goes for ordering extra envelopes - you may make an address mistake;
5. Most established wedding planners agree that you should plan to mail your invitations six weeks before the wedding. This gives the guests plenty of time to respond;
6. Take one whole assembled invitation down to the post office to get it weighed and the correct postage assigned to it.
Summary
Wedding stationery is very important. It let’s your guests know the theme you have set for your wedding - the overall image you want to portray. Also, don’t forget to plan ahead!
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