How to Address Wedding Invitations for Mailing
Today, we are covering the etiquette guidelines for how to address wedding invitations for mailing. For those invitation styles that come with double envelopes, this would apply to the outer envelopes. Remember, it is recommended that you address your envelopes before...
How to Address Invitations Etiquette – Inside Envelopes
As part of how to address invitations etiquette, there are certain guidelines for the inner (inside) envelope if your wedding invitations come with two envelopes. Typically double envelopes come with more traditional styles. Your inner envelope is the one that can...
Who Will Receive Your Wedding Invitations?
When you are putting together your guest list and figuring out how many wedding invitations to order, make sure you consider the following: Gather everyone's list of guests (bride, groom, bride's parents, groom's parents) to create a master guest list. Make sure all...
Destination Wedding Invitations for the Big Reveal
Part of the excitement of planning a destination wedding is revealing to guests exactly where you will be exchanging your vows. Mailing out destination wedding invitations is a great way to carry out the 'big reveal' by selecting a design specific to your...
Back to the Basics with Wedding Invitation Terminology
Although it's quite easy to get caught up in the trends and designs of invitations as you plan your wedding, you may want to take a few minutes to learn more about some of the basic terminology you could encounter while browsing. As the saying goes, 'the more you...
Quaint Charm of Country Wedding Invitations
A country themed wedding can really cover a wide range of ideas so you never know where you may find inspiration for your planning beginning with the design of your country wedding invitations. Burlap has become quite trendy and is the perfect touch for a country...
Navy Blue Invitations – Classic and Modern Designs
Navy blue is one of those classic colors that never seems to go out of style, even for weddings. If your wedding color scheme includes navy blue, here are a few unique designs to inspire how you may want to feature it on your wedding invitations. Mounting a white...
Tips for Online Wedding Invitation Shopping
In reading this post, you are probably in the midst of planning the wedding of your dreams. One of the things on your checklist will undoubtedly be selecting your wedding invitation design. Online shopping can be a great convenience, especially for invitations. The...
Easy Embellishments for Creative Invitations
If you're looking to have creative invitations with a unique look for your wedding, one way is the addition of embellishments once the invites are printed. For instance, as a DIY, you could simply tie a piece of jute cord to wrap around your folded card as shown below...
Tips for Wedding Invitation Return Address
In order to see any wedding invitations that are not deliverable by the Post Office, you will need to include a return address on them. You can actually plan for this at the time you have your invites printed. There is usually an option for having a return address...
Intrigue Guests with Boarding Pass Invitations
If you are having a destination wedding, boarding pass invitations are a fun design choice, especially if your guests will have to book an airline flight. They are a great way to get them excited for their travels to your special wedding location. This particular...
The Many Styles of Lace Wedding Invitations
Selecting elegant lace wedding invitations seems so fitting since most bridal gowns include beautiful lace details. The creative appearance of lace as part of your stationery design can be used to emphasize a specific wedding color or complement a certain theme, such...
Remember Wedding Thank You Cards
The type of wedding thank you cards you will be sending to your guests will actually determine when you may want to purchase them. Note cards or thank you cards can be purchased at the same time you order your wedding invitations. Your invitations may even have them...
Making Wedding Shower Invitations Personal
Wedding shower invitations come in all types of designs so it shouldn't be hard to find one that matches your special theme, whether it's a kitchen shower, bridal tea, garden luncheon, lingerie shower, couples shower, etc. If there is a specifc theme, guests should...
Rustic Wedding Invitations for Today’s Trends
With rustic weddings becoming quite trendy, the popularity of rustic wedding invitations has also increased to set the stage for your special day. Rustic can actually cover a range of different symbols and themes as represented below. Mason jars can be quite...
Importance of a Rehearsal Dinner Invitation
A lot of thought will undoubtedly go into choosing and preparing your wedding invitations but what about inviting certain guests to your rehearsal dinner the night before your wedding. Sending out a formal rehearsal dinner invitation serves two purposes... 1. Ensures...
Be Bold with Red Wedding Invitations
Red is traditionally known as the color to symbolize love, as in red hearts, making it a perfect wedding color. If this is your chosen wedding color, there are many great ways to have red wedding invitations. Simply having your verse wording printed in a shade of red...
Budget Friendly Response Postcards
Typically when you include respond cards with wedding invitations they consist of a card and pre-addressed return mailing envelope already having the return first class postage attached. To save on costs, you may want to consider response postcards instead...
Guide Your Guests with an Invitation Map
How important would an invitation map be to your guests? That is the question you should ask when preparing and ordering all your wedding invitation pieces. In order to answer that question, here are some more questions to ask yourself... 1. Even though your wedding...
How to Make Your Custom Wedding Invitations Unique
When choosing your custom wedding invitations to uniquely reflect your personalities, tastes or special wedding theme, don't be afraid to think outside the box. Use this link to find ideas for customizing your own unique invitations.
What to Include in Save the Date Wording
For those who decide to send out save the dates for their wedding, there may be a question as to how to word them. Most important is to list your names as well as your upcoming wedding date so guests can mark it on their calendar to make sure they can be with you on...
Some Don’ts of Wedding Invitations
Believe it or not, you can save time and money by avoiding a few of the biggest don'ts when it comes to wedding invitations. Click on this link to read all about these don'ts for wedding invitations.
The Beauty of Winter Invitations
When it comes to winter invitations, the designs often feature the beauty and sparkle of snow flakes. Each snow flake is truly unique just as the love shared between you and your fiance. Popular design colors representing winter tend to be colors such as white, grey,...
Know Your Resources for Printing Wedding Invites
Find out what the internet has to do with resources for printing your wedding invites and what you should already be thinking about before shopping for invitation vendors. Click on this link to read all about the endless resources for printing wedding invites.
Will Your Invitations Include Reception Cards?
Chances are your ceremony will be followed by a reception so your wedding invitations will need to include those details as well. Including separate reception cards is one option with many invitation designs having the choice of a matching card. A typical reception...
Trendy Fall Wedding Invitation Designs
When it comes to fall wedding invitation designs, there are so many inspirations from nature to choose from. There are the truly stunning color tones of autumn - gold, bronze, orange, red, brown, etc. This particular invitation design (Autumn Tumble) is a great...
Black and White Invitations – Classic or Modern?
I don't know about you, but I always think of black and white as classic wedding colors - the bride dressed in her beautiful white gown and the groom dressed in his sleek back tux. Also classic, or traditional, are white invitation cards with lettering printed in...
Conquering Wedding Invitation Wording Challenges
There are certain things to keep in mind when planning your wedding invitation wording. Use this link to learn more about these wording challenges.
What is Envelope Icing?
Have you heard of envelope icing? It can be compared to icing on a cake - meant to add a decorative touch to the outside appearance. Envelope icing is a printed label that wraps around one side of your wedding invitation envelopes from the front to back. Design...
Pocket Wedding Invitations – Hot or Not
Pocket wedding invitations may be worth exploring if you like to follow trends and want to reflect that in your wedding plans. Use this link to read more about pocket wedding invitations.
The Elegance of Grey Invitations
Grey invitations can really vary in appearance depending on how much grey is used in the design and how dark or light the shade. Here are some examples showing not only different color tones but also different ways of using grey as part of your elegant invitation...
Sweet Simplicity of Seal and Send Invitations
Find out why seal and send invitations are simple, affordable, easy and ideally suited to the environmentally friendly too. Use this link to read all the details on the beauty of seal and send wedding invitations.
What to Write on Wedding Invitations?
'What to write on our wedding invitations' is probably a common question among wedding couples when designing their invites. Don't let yourself get overwhelmed by this step. There are many different choices of wedding invitation verses you can choose from as far as...
Can Wedding Invitation Size Affect Postage Costs?
Have you considered postage as part of your wedding budget? You will then want to read how wedding invitation size can impact your postage costs.
Details of the Wedding Accommodation Card
A wedding accommodation card is pretty much what it sounds like...a card that is included with your invitations providing guests with all the details of any hotel accommodations you have arranged for those who need to stay over the night of your wedding. Details to...
Inner Envelopes for Invitations – Quick Tips
Inner envelopes for invitations used to be quite common with all wedding stationery but with today's modern styles, that's not always the case anymore. If your chosen design does include inner envelopes, here are some quick tips about them... They are slightly...
True Blue Wedding Invitations
Blue wedding invitations can actually have several different looks as far as designs that may fall into this color theme. Shades of blue can also range from light pastel to dark navy. Here are some design examples showing not only different color tones but also...
Dual Roles of Personalized Wedding Napkins
Whether you use them for a cocktail reception, as dinner napkins, or to serve your wedding cake, personalized wedding napkins can be both functional and decorative. You can choose from luncheon or cocktail sizes depending on your intended use. You also have the...
Tips to Save on Wedding Invitations
Are you trying to stay on budget while still selecting beautiful wedding invitations? It is possible to do both. Besides there being a great many designs to choose from that are very budget-friendly, there are other ways to save as well. Use this link to see some...
Why Save the Dates Are Helpful to Guests
Sending save the dates is a terrific way to joyously announce your upcoming wedding. Since it's no secret how busy everyone is these days, they are also a courteous gesture in giving guests plenty of time to make arrangements for attending. This is especially true...
Brilliant Colors of Peacock Invitations
Whether they're featuring the beautifully colored feathers or those same vibrant colors, peacock invitations can be part of this trendy wedding theme. When used to identify a specific color choice, 'peacock' usually refers to a shade of teal or aqua which can then be...
Unique Options of Folded Wedding Invitations
When it comes to folded wedding invitations, there are several different styles with each being unique in their appearance. Because of the extra panels created by the folds, there may even be more room for a special verse to be printed. We'll start with z-fold...
Setting the Table with Menu Wedding Cards
Menu wedding cards can be quite decorative as part of your wedding reception place settings. They may even be tastefully coordinated to match your wedding reception invitations. Most important is their purpose - presenting guests a complete outline of your wedding...
Spread the Word with Custom Wedding Stamps
How can you give your wedding invitation mailing piece the ultimate finishing touch? Read all about how you can be uniquely creative with custom stamps when mailing your invitations.
How Location Can Affect Wedding Invitation Wording
Wedding invitation wording is important for revealing all the details of your special day like date, time, location, etc. It can't be emphasized enough how important it is to carefully proof your wording before having all of your invitations printed. Did you also...
Keys to Inexpensive Wedding Invitations
There's nothing wrong with trying to save some money wherever you can in your wedding planning starting with inexpensive wedding invitations. Saving money to accomplish inexpensive wedding invitations can be simple and easy with these basic tips. 1. Give yourself...
Passion for Pink Wedding Invitations
Little girls are often known to love the color pink and that can ensue years later to their wedding day. I am always reminded of the movie 'Steel Magnolias' where Shelby's wedding gloriously featured her passion for pink with the colors of blush and bashful. If...
Are There Benefits to Ordering Wedding Invitations Online?
If you’ve chosen to buy your wedding invitations online, you’ve made a good choice! There are many ways that ordering your invitations via the Internet can be beneficial to you. Read all about the benefits of ordering wedding invitations online.
Start Your Wedding with Modern Wedding Invitations
Modern wedding invitations transform your style into a new modern look and the result is a gorgeous invitation that will leave guests pretty impressed! Read more about trends that may apply to modern wedding invitations.
Tree Wedding Invitations
When it comes to tree wedding invitations, the most popular design is palm trees. Palm tree wedding invitations are perfect for beach weddings, warm/tropical wedding destinations, island weddings, etc. If this theme fits your wedding, you are in luck as there...