the etiquette of organizing your wedding stationary the right way
Claire Bullerwell
Wedding stationery is the one item of your wedding that must be planned ahead before anything else. You want your guests to know of your forthcoming wedding well in advance.
Your wedding invitation and accessories set the tone for your special day firmly establishing your style and taste. It is the first official message about your wedding that a guest will receive from you, so make it special. If wedding etiquette is important to you, then make a start with your wedding stationery.
Custom-Stationery
Every bride wants her wedding to be as unique as can be. A good place to start is with custom wedding stationery. The great advantage with custom stationery is that you can enter your own wording, select the typeface, text size and color.
No matter what theme you have set for your wedding, you will surely be able to customize your stationery to compliment the tone. Wedding invitations and accessories can be bought in various styles such as classic, contemporary, floral, embossed, layered and religious.
Choose a Theme
Blending in your wedding stationery with your overall theme is very important. As an example, you might want to choose floral stationery accessories if you are holding a garden wedding.
Accessory items such as white doves, ribbons, rings, hearts etc. all help to blend your invitations in with the wedding theme. The color of your invitations is sometimes decided by the color of the bridesmaid dresses.
Wedding Stationery
Do you know how many items of stationery there are? Without a doubt your invitations are the most important, but you can accompany the invitations with other stationery items such as:-
Wedding Invitations
Programs
Announcements
Engagement Announcements & Invitations
Save-the-Date Cards
Rehearsal Dinner Invitations
Bridal Shower Invitations
Wedding Accessories (menu cards, thank you notes etc..)
Plan Ahead
Your first official message about your wedding is letting the guests know by invitations. Let's look at the checklist below to help us plan ahead:-
1. Double-check that the wording in your invitation is correct. Ask a friend or family member to also look through the invitation for 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. When calculating the number of wedding invitations to place on order, it is suggested that you count one invitation per family, couple and single guests.
4. After calculating the number of invitations, add approximately 25 invitations to your order: 10-12 more for keepsakes, plus extras for the last-minute guests. Also, depending on how large your order is, add 25 to 50 additional envelopes in case of mistakes in addressing;
5. Many professional wedding planners say that the invitations should ideally be mailed out six weeks prior to the wedding. You need to give the guests plenty of time to reply;
6. In order to determine the postage for your invitations, take one complete invitation to the PO to get it weighed and priced accordingly.
Summary
We've learnt that wedding stationery, especially the invitations are one of the most important aspects of your wedding. They set the trend rolling for your overall wedding theme. Letting your guests have their invitations well in advance by planning ahead.
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