the etiquette of organizing your wedding stationary the right way

by Claire Bullerwell

Weddings take a lot of planning ahead and wedding stationery is on top of the list of things to do well in advance. Give your guests plenty of notice of your wedding day, they need to keep that day clear.

The wedding stationery establishes and portrays the style and tone of your wedding. Your guests will look at your wedding invitation and realise the theme and style you have set. If you want to do things properly and use wedding etiquette, then starting with your stationery can only be a good thing.

Custom-Stationery

Personalized stationery is a great start to making your wedding unique. It’s so flexible too. You can choose the wording you want, the text color and size and most importantly the typeface.

Complementing the tone of your wedding with your wedding stationery is easier than you might think. With so many styles to choose from, then personalizing the wording, you shouldn’t have a problem blending it in with the theme. An example of some styles: classic embossed religious contemporary floral layered

Selecting A Wedding Theme

Blending in your wedding stationery with your overall theme is very important. As an example, you might want to choose floral stationery accessories if you are holding a garden wedding.

To help blend the theme of your wedding into your wedding stationery, you can use accessories such as hearts, ribbons, rings and which doves for example. These will also blend in with your bridesmaid dresses.

Wedding Stationery

You would be surprised at how many wedding stationery items there are. While your wedding invitation is the most prominent item of stationery, you can find complimentary stationery accessories to match your wedding invitations:-

Wedding Invitations

Wedding Programs

Announcements

Engagement Announcements & Invitations

Save-the-Date Cards

Rehearsal Dinner Invitations

Bridal Shower Invitations

Wedding Accessories (menu cards, thank you notes etc..)

Plan-Ahead

Your wedding invitation is the first official message about your wedding and your guests need to know about their invite in plenty of time. Here is a checklist to help you plan ahead and be organized:-

1. You must make sure the wording on your invitations is correct. It’s best to get someone to double-check through the invitations with you;

2. Once your venue, date and time of your wedding has been confirmed, you can then order your invitations. Expert wedding planners say to order these about three to six months before the day;

3. When calculating the number of wedding invitations to place on order, it is suggested that you count one invitation per family, couple and single guests.

4. After calculating the number of invitations, add approximately 25 invitations to your order: 10-12 more for keepsakes, plus extras for the last-minute guests. Also, depending on how large your order is, add 25 to 50 additional envelopes in case of mistakes in addressing;

5. Many professional wedding planners say that the invitations should ideally be mailed out six weeks prior to the wedding. You need to give the guests plenty of time to reply;

6. Take one whole assembled invitation down to the post office to get it weighed and the correct postage assigned to it.

Let’s Re-cap

Wedding stationery is very important. It let’s your guests know the theme you have set for your wedding - the overall image you want to portray. Also, don’t forget to plan ahead!

About the Author:

Planning a wedding? then why not check out Claire’s site Wedding Favors Ideas. On a budget? then you’ll find the Cheap Wedding Favors page of some use. Get a totally unique version of this article from our article submission service