Invitations Etcetera

Invitations are usually mailed out between six to twelve weeks prior to the wedding. If your invitees are located abroad where it may take longer for postal service to reach them, then it is better to mail the invitations out earlier just in case. Finalize the dates, time and place and other information you would like the invitees to know, as early as twelve weeks prior to the wedding. This way you can send out the invitations on time and you can switch your attention to other things in your wedding plans.

Announcements are sent to those who are not invited or unable to be invited due to budget restrain etc. but you wish to inform them about your wedding. You can attach your wedding picture on them, this way announcements can also act as keepsakes for the recipients.

Response Cards are sent together with the invitations and used by the invitees to indicate whether they would attend the wedding or not and if they would, the amount of attendants coming with them. If you do not wish to send response cards, you can conveniently provide your contact info at the bottom part of the invitations, this way the invitees will still be able to reach you.

Reception Cards are used to indicate time and place of the reception along with any other information e.g. beverage type (alcoholic or non alcoholic), flow of the reception, direction to reception place or even the menu.

Informal Cards can be used for many types of elegant correspondence e.g. invitations for your engagement party, to your first dinner party at home etc. If you need the recipient’s response, your contact info can be conveniently included at the bottom part of the card.

What about practical people with no special situations?? Well in that case, you can use All in One type that contains Invitation and Response card. The Invitations will include time and place for ceremony and reception. You can purchase stationery from Weddingstar and Hortense B Hewitt or perhaps regular craft stores, and have directions or other important information printed on it.

Do I really have to invite everybody to my wedding? It's like $ 400 because we have more than 100 people to invite!! OK let me get things straight here. This is your wedding and so you are the one to decide how you want it done. Make a list, review it again and again. Be truthful to yourself and consider your budget wisely. For sure you will invite your family, groom's family and your best friends' family. But when it comes to everyone else, try to understand why you want to invite them in the first place. You're not inviting people so that you get to say, "See? I got him! You don't think I can, do you?" or "Yes we have the money. Come and check it out! It's a palace!" or "When will you marry? How come nobody proposed to you yet??" or even worse "I know you are both one family, but I feel like sending each one of you separate invitation. Aren't you her second husband? We like the first one better!"

You want a moment to remember, a sweet one, not bitter. Even if you have a very flexible budget, it doesn't hurt to be cautious, after all you can spend your money for other important things. How about down payment for a house? Starting a small business? Renovations? Child education? If you are dead sure about the invitees' names and don't have the budget to invite them all, then it's time to be creative. Many shops provide wedding stationery and decorations material to create your own invitations, shop around, you will be surprised of the huge variety of selections. You can also visit Wilton Weddings and my shop for that purpose.

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