| After you've decided who you want to invite, you | | | | plan on buying your invitations over the internet, |
| should decide how you are going to invite them. | | | | look at websites for ideas and price points. It's a |
| Your invitations should be consistent with the | | | | convenient place to research ideas from home. |
| overall theme and formality of your wedding. | | | | Determine exactly what you will be ordering and |
| These little notes are your guests' first impression | | | | including with your invitation. There is no wrong |
| of your wedding. Invitations can be pricey, but | | | | way, but typically most brides order invitations, |
| you don't have to spend a lot of money to | | | | inner and outer envelopes, a reception card, |
| create the theme and tone of your special day. | | | | response cards and response card envelopes. |
| There are thousands of invitations available in | | | | Other options include: pew cards, place cards, and |
| stationary stores, on-line and from catalogs. You | | | | map information cards � even bridal |
| could also choose to design your own � a | | | | registry cards. |
| rising trend for today's wedding couples. Research | | | | Invitations need to be mailed six to eight weeks |
| all these options and use the one that best | | | | prior to the wedding. It's customary to all |
| accommodates your theme and budget. If you | | | | invitations by hand. If your handwriting is bad, |
| can, use the same kind of stationary for | | | | recruit some family members or friends with nice |
| everything in your wedding. Order all your supplies | | | | penmanship to help you out. You could also |
| at one time and order more than you think you | | | | choose to have your invitations addressed by a |
| need. Invitations are typically purchased in | | | | calligrapher. |
| increments of twenty-five or fifty. If you're | | | | Your invitations will need to include everything |
| creating your own invitations, order extra paper, | | | | your guests should have to get to your |
| velum, envelopes and anything else you would like | | | | ceremony and reception: date, time, address, |
| to create them. It's less expensive to order extra | | | | name of site and reception along with directions. |
| the first time than to have to make a small | | | | Times have changed as far as whose names |
| reorder because you ran out. | | | | should be mentioned on the invitation. It once was |
| There are some issues you should think about | | | | appropriate that invitations were given in the |
| when selecting your invitations or browsing around | | | | name of the bride's parents, even if she lived |
| to make your own invitations. Evaluate the weight | | | | away from home or had been married before. If |
| of the paper, the color tint, font and size of | | | | the bride's parents were divorced, the name of |
| wording, size of invitation and envelopes, general | | | | just one parent appeared on the invitation. If the |
| look and postage restrictions and costs. | | | | parent remarried, the step-parent's name was |
| Think about buying your invitations over the | | | | placed on the first line followed by the daughter's |
| internet. You can often find the same invitations | | | | to show relationship. These are still good guidelines |
| on-line for a fraction of the price you'll pay at | | | | to follow but they are surely no longer taken as |
| your local stationary stores. Whether or not you | | | | the only way to word your invitations. |