Wedding
Invitations
By Sally Manglicmot, creator of Wedding’s a Breeze
Wedding Planning Products.
Invitations
instantly announce your plan to wed, and the style of your wedding.
Never before have there been more options for wedding
invitations--hundreds of fonts, styles, papers, textures, ribbons,
and creativity.
Use a professional
invitation house; careful with ordering online--it's hard to detect
typos and the online companies ensure that you are liable for any
typing errors. If you decide to make the invitations yourself, be
prepared to spend hours perfecting the style you want and the hours
of labor involved. It can be just as expensive as buying ready-made
designs.
The complete
ensemble includes: The invitation to the ceremony, the invitation to
the reception, response card (RSVP) and return envelope. Additional
contents may include: map (professionally prepared and verified),
information about gift registry (not highly recommended), special
pew seating cards, special parking vouchers etc.). Additionally, you
want to purchase/create matching Thank You cards and perhaps a
Wedding Day Program. But are you passionate about eco-friendly
choices? If you desire, go paperless and invite most of your guests
by creating a fancy email invitation.
When ordering your
invitations, it’s always best to have a little more than to be
short, and reorder. After you feel comfortable with the number of
invitations you need, order about 20 additional invitations. Extras
are needed to correct writing errors, to add someone else to the
originally-planned list, or you may want extras to save for your
scrapbook, for your parents and best friends.
Inviting
co-workers is always a challenge. Word gets around quickly about
your wedding and some workers believe they will be or should be
invited to your wedding. A rule of thumb: only invite work friends
if they are already social buddies outside of work. If you feel like
inviting your boss, then that’s acceptable.
Set a reasonable
number of guests you plan to invite. Watch how fast the list
increases. Don’t forget to add the number of children for plates to
be served. As your guest list grows, so do your costs. The venue
may not hold the larger size so find out the limit. Spend extra
time defining the magical number.
