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| Traditional Book Style Invitation With Flourish |
Now that you have a handle on all the preliminaries, if you haven't already done so, it is time to choose your wedding stationery. This is your chance to look at your list again in light of everything else that you have planned. Do you need to scale down a little more? Did you forget a favorite Aunt?
Once you have your guest list together, it is time to concentrate on finding the perfect suite of stationery to represent your wedding style. A wedding suite generally consists of invitations, save the date cards, rsvp cards, personal stationery, wedding programs and thank you cards. There are so many options today that you are truly only limited by your imagination.
Once again, look at the style, theme and colors that you have already chosen for your wedding and decide what stationery epitomizes all that you want your wedding to say about you. Now it is time to incorporate all your plans and to introduce your guests to your upcoming wedding plans.
Whether you send out Save The Dates first or go straight to the invitations it's up to you. Save The Dates are generally less formal - a post card or a magnetic card. They are usually sent 6 - 12 months before your wedding. Save The Dates are used to give your future guests a heads up so that they can plan for your wedding and they allow out-of-town guests time to make travel and lodging arrangements.
Wedding invitations are sent 6 to 8 weeks prior to your wedding date. If you use RSVP's (literally RSVP means respond if you please), put a return date on them giving yourself at least 3 weeks prior to the ceremony in order to get an accurate head count and to do your place cards without waiting until the last minute.
Traditionally, formal wedding invitations were printed on ivory or white card stock with black print. They were usually written in cursive or done in calligraphy. Today, the sky is the limit. Rather than try to list all the invitation styles, this week's post will show you some of my favorites. Some old, some new, some twists on old themes.
Once you have your guest list together, it is time to concentrate on finding the perfect suite of stationery to represent your wedding style. A wedding suite generally consists of invitations, save the date cards, rsvp cards, personal stationery, wedding programs and thank you cards. There are so many options today that you are truly only limited by your imagination.
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| Elegance at its Finest Wedding Stationery by Lisa Zachary of Papered Wonders |
Whether you send out Save The Dates first or go straight to the invitations it's up to you. Save The Dates are generally less formal - a post card or a magnetic card. They are usually sent 6 - 12 months before your wedding. Save The Dates are used to give your future guests a heads up so that they can plan for your wedding and they allow out-of-town guests time to make travel and lodging arrangements.
Wedding invitations are sent 6 to 8 weeks prior to your wedding date. If you use RSVP's (literally RSVP means respond if you please), put a return date on them giving yourself at least 3 weeks prior to the ceremony in order to get an accurate head count and to do your place cards without waiting until the last minute.
Traditionally, formal wedding invitations were printed on ivory or white card stock with black print. They were usually written in cursive or done in calligraphy. Today, the sky is the limit. Rather than try to list all the invitation styles, this week's post will show you some of my favorites. Some old, some new, some twists on old themes.
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| This is What Formal Looks Like Today Black Tie Invitation in a Box |
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| Thinking Outside the Box is So Sweet!! Lollipop Invitations |
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| Add A Splash of Color Gate Fold Invitation with Layers And don't just think of black and white or black and ivory. Take advantage of the upcoming wedding season's array of jewel tones, black and white themes and the wide array color options out there. Special thanks to Lisa Zachery of Papered Wonders http://www.paperedwonders.com or follow her on Facebook facebook.com/createmepapered Also take a look at Donchell Johnson's wedding web, For Black Weddings http://forblackweddings.ning.com |
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