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Imagine each of your guests opening the mailbox and finding a beautifully addressed envelope. Can you envision their reaction as they open the envelope and slide out your wedding invitation ~ the first glimpse that most of them will have into your wedding event? Are they racing to their calendar to reserve the date for your wedding, or are they yawning, adding the invitation to the stack of other mail on the counter, and wondering what else they may have going on that weekend?
A wedding invitation sets the tone for the entire day ~ it signals the formality and style of the event, reflects the personalities of the couple, and has the potential to make the invited guests very excited to be included in the celebration.
Below, I list 10 tips you must know before you order for your own wedding invitations. 📩
1. Get a clear picture in your mind of your dream wedding and of your personal taste and style.📩
Close your eyes and envision your wedding day. What do you see? Write down at least five adjectives that best describe how you want your wedding day to look and feel. For example: traditional, romantic, lavish, minimalist, sophisticated, elegant, fun, casual, party, etc.
2. Determine if your wedding will have a theme or a symbol that is significant.📩
Is your wedding in a hall or on an open field? Do you want to create a custom duogram {first letters of your first names} for your invitations and/or a custom monogram to use at the reception and following? This custom duogram or monogram can serve as a “logo” for your wedding that can be carried through as few or as many pieces as you’d like.
3. Decide if there is a color palette for your wedding.📩
Do you want to carry a particular color or set of colors into your invitations or accessories? Is the wedding in a particular season that you’d like to incorporate? (Valentine, independence day, Christmas, etc)
4. Determine the number of invitations you will need to send.📩
Keep in mind that this is not the number of guests that you’d like to invite ~ this is the number of households to which invitations will be sent.
5. Understand the various invitation printing methods and choices in invitation stock.📩
An experienced wedding stationer can explain each of the methods of printing and the differences between them. These methods include letterpress, engraving, embossing, thermography, and flat printing, etc. A good wedding stationer will be able to explain to you and show examples of different paper stocks, including the different weights and thicknesses of invitation papers.
6. Decide what other cards and features to include with your invitation.📩
Would you prefer a reply card and envelope or a reply postcard? Will you need a reception card, directions card, accommodations card, or wedding website card? Do you like pocket folds, belly bands, ribbons, envelope liners, or all of the above? Do you want single envelopes or double envelopes? You will want to see, touch and feel a variety of samples to help you decide what you like best as you build your perfect wedding invitation suite.
7. Have a rough idea of your budget.📩
However, be open to being educated about what different invitation styles and printing methods cost. A great stationer will inform you about the varying costs of different printing methods, stocks, and add-ons.
8. Determine who will be issuing the wedding invitation.📩
Does your family situation fit the traditional mode in which the bride’s parents issue the invitation? Or you have to give them out yourselves.
9. Decide how you would like the wedding envelopes to be addressed.📩
Will you or your family or friends be hand-addressing the envelopes? Will you hire a calligrapher? Will you have the addresses printed on the envelopes?
10. Make your decision.📩
Making your final decision doesn’t have to be stressful. Trust your own instincts. After doing this, smile and relax – you’ve done it!
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