Your wedding invitation is the first formal note about your wedding
and your guests will need to have their invite in plenty of time.

Arrange for your invitations the moment your date, time and place
have been organised. Three to six months before the service is what most
professional planners advise.

After working out the number of invites add around 25 invitations to
your order - 10 to 12 extra for mementos, plus extras for the last
minute guests. Also, based on how big your order is, add 25 to 50
extra envelopes in case of errors in addressing.

A lot of well known wedding planners have the same opinion that you
should prepare to post your invitations six weeks ahead of the
wedding. This gives the guest enough time to act in response.

Take care that you have one fully assembled invitation weighed up at
the post office to find out the exact postage.

Every bride wants her wedding to be exceptional. A good place to
make a start is with custom wedding stationery. A big benefit with
custom stationery is that:

You can write your own wording

Select the font, text size and colour

Choose either a simple design or something more elaborate.

Wedding invites and themed stationery items can be bought in
a choice of styles such as contemporary, classic, floral, layered,
embossed and religious.

You may decide to match the subject matter of your stationery to
the tone of your wedding. For instance, if you are having a
garden wedding then you may prefer to have a flower pattern print
on your stationery items.

While you’re wedding invite is the centre piece of your required
stationery, you would be surprised at how many wedding stationery
items there are. You can find the following complimentary wedding
stationery items to go with your wedding invites: -

- Wedding Day Invitations

- Wedding Evening Invitations

- Order of Service

- Announcements

- Save-the-Date Cards

- Rehearsal Dinner Invitations

- Bridal Shower Invitations

- Wedding Accompaniments such as menu cards, thank you notes,
wedding favours etc.

There are many other items to assist you connect your stationery in
with the theme of your wedding. For instance, rings, hearts,
ribbons, white doves etc. The same stands for the colour of your
invites. You may decide on white or cream, traditionally the
colour of your wedding dress or you may decide by the colour of your
bridesmaids' dresses.

Discuss your thoughts and ideas with your Wedding Stationery Printer.
Also shop around. Some of the smaller printing businesses are more
likely to work with you and adapt designs from your ideas and
creations. They are also more likely to correspond either by email
or phone more regularly, to ensure that you get exactly what you set
your heart on and at least advise you on what is possible.