Wedding Invitations

Wedding Invitations Tips

Here's our article on wedding invitations. An easily overlooked mistake is to not have the complete list of everybody's name and address with verified spellings. You will want to assemble this early as it will invariably be hard to get all this information together at the last minute. You will want to order your invitations at least four months in advance and mail them out at least six to eight weeks before the wedding. For out of town guests, make sure to notify them further in advance with an informal note or an e-mail so they can make travel and hotel arrangements.

When choosing the perfect wedding invitations, it is a good idea for you to choose the type of wedding invitations that fits into your overall theme. There are several ways to search for your wedding invitations. You can look at old wedding invitations that your friends and family have. Go to a local stationary shop, there you can look at many of the blank pre designed wedding invitations that they have. You can also find wedding invitations at office supply stores. They have blank invitations kits for sale. These kits come with the card and the envelope in it, for you to design your own invitations.

Bridal shops have a large number of invitations for you to see. Traditionally, invitation paper is a heavy stock or a more expensive cotton/linen blend. The standard sizes are 5½" x 7½" or 4½" x 6¼". You will want to stick to the standard sizes so that you can use the standard envelopes. You have several options for addressing the envelopes. The most expensive and time consuming option is to pay for a calligrapher to hand write. If you are particularly artistic, you can buy calligraphy pens and try it yourself. A less expensive option is to have the printer print the envelopes. For the return address, you can have the printer print the return address on the envelope.

There are several options as to how to print your invitations. Engraving is the most traditional form of printing, but it's also the most expensive and takes the most lead time. An alternative technique that is cheaper but still very nice is thermography. The most informal and least expensive printing technique is offset printing. Make sure to self-address and stamp the response envelope to ensure you get notified. Many guests unwittingly return response cards without writing their names on the response card.

To avoid the problems that this causes, before you send the invitations, write a unique number on the back of the response card. Then, record which number is assigned to which guest. This way, when you get a response back with no name on it, you can just check the back of the card to see which guest forgot to sign their name.

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