Wedding invitations: where to start

Choos­ing the right wed­ding sta­tionery is essen­tial, as it will cre­ate the first image for your wed­ding guests.

Whether you go for printed wed­ding invi­ta­tions, hand­made or pock­et­fold invi­ta­tions, they should be cre­ated in your style, your charisma and show your personality.

Decid­ing on your design can be dif­fi­cult as there are so many dif­fer­ent ideas avail­able to the bride and groom.

How­ever, remem­ber you should be send­ing the wed­ding invi­ta­tions out three months before the wed­ding, in order to receive your RSVP cards back about six weeks before.

You will find that most wed­ding invi­ta­tion design­ers require at least six weeks from receipt of order to com­plete the fin­ished designs.

One invi­ta­tion is required per house­hold fam­ily; so remem­ber not to order too many. Find a designer that will print your guest infor­ma­tion straight onto the cards; or find a good cal­lig­ra­pher.

Other sta­tionery for the day should be ordered at the same time, but can be con­firmed closer to your wed­ding date when you have received final numbers.

Remem­ber to order place set­tings, a table plan, menus, Order of Ser­vice or Order of Day and the all impor­tant thank you and bridal party cards.

Thank you to Wed­ding Para­pher­na­lia for this arti­cle (taken with per­mis­sion from their excel­lent wed­ding sta­tionery blog).