Stationary Tips
Wording of Invitations Thankyou Notes Wedding Guest List
- Choose the wedding and reception venue and book and confirm them before sending out the wedding invitations.
- Work out your overall wedding buget before sending out the invitations.
- The style of the invitations can set the tone of the wedding ie formal or more casual.
- With a good computer program you can create and print your own wedding invitations. You may choose to have them printed at a local printing shop. When you send out your invitations be sure to send out and R.S.V.P card so that you can get an idea of the number of people attending the wedding and reception.
- You can also purchase preprinted invitations. There are many stationary stores that specialise in wedding invitations and have a range of examples for you to look at.
- Before you have your invitations printed, make sure that several differant people "proof read" the inviation for spelling, time / date mistakes and to make sure that the directions and information is clear. A little extra time invested in proofreading will likely save you alot of money if you are not prepared to send them out with a mistake you discover after they have been printed.
Wedding Invitations - Sent to all guests about 8/10 weeks in advance.
Order Of Service - A separate sheet per guest to share in your service and as a keepsake of your day.
Menu Cards - Your meal menu for your each table guest.
Place Cards - For the dinner table.
Serviettes - 2-ply serviettes in a choice of colours, printed with the happy couples name and date of marriage, adds that little extra touch to table setting.
Book Matches - Again that little extra touch for when your guests are given permission to smoke, can also be printed with the happy couples names and date of the wedding.
Evening Invitations - To invite your guests and additional guests to the evening reception.
Thankyou Notes - To say thankyou for your wedding gifts and to tell your friends of your new address.
Bridal Notepaper - To complete the occasion you can thank your guests using specially printed notepaper with your new address.