Wedding Invitations

Wedding invitations are the first official announcement of your wedding date: it should reflect the style and formality of your wedding. 

When selecting the stationery you will have to make decisions on; paper color and stock, ink color, lettering style, the printing process, and whether to choose liners and envelopes. 

When you order your invites consider ordering any other stationery that you may require, such as Save the date cards, thank you notes, personal stationery, reception cards, response cards, order of service sheets, and hymn sheets. 

Start by selecting a printer who has experience in wedding stationery, they have a good knowledge about the wording, type styles and papers. 

Traditionally it is the Brides parents who send out the invites. But today, it could be the bride or groom or close relatives who may send these out.

When to order

You should order your stationery as soon as you have set the date and made up the guest list, it should be at least six months or more before the wedding date, (this includes time for the ordering and printing to take place.) 

Make sure that you proof read the text, pay particular attention to the date, time and location details. Once you have proof read the invites have someone else proof read it, because sometimes you do miss little mistakes. 

Addressing the invitations

Address the invites yourself or have a friend help you. Your invites should be posted out at least two to three months before the wedding. Always order more invites and envelopes than required, because it can be more expensive to have extra printed up at the last minute, due to possible printing set up cost.

The wording

Today there are so many different options for the wording on the invites, it can be quite difficult to make sure that you follow the correct style.