Will your wedding be at the beach, in a chic hotel or on a rustic wine farm? What will be the colour scheme, or the mood you're going to create? Whatever it is going to be, your invitations will be the element that will give your guests a glimpse of what type of wedding to expect. The design should compliment your decorative ideas, and should be brought on to all of your wedding stationary.
Here are a few points to keep in mind when getting ready to post:
- Have two guest lists. List 1 for people you absolutely want at your wedding. And list 2 for people you would like to invite - who will fill the place of someone from list 1 should they turn their invitation down
- Normally invitations are sent out 6 - 8 weeks before the wedding date. Should your wedding fall over the school holidays or over a long weekend, do think about sending 'save-the-date' notes to your guests the moment you decide on a wedding date. This will ensure your guests who will have to travel, to keep their eye out for flight specials, to book accommodation in advance and to avoid a double invitations that might occur.
- Order extra invitations - This can come in handy for late additions to the guest list, any mistakes or to have as keepsakes
- Order additional envelopes - For those mistakes that might creep in with the addressing
- Make sure the there are enough stamps per invitation - if not sure, take the inviation in full to your post office and have it weight
- Double check addresses and postal codes before posting the invitations and ensure to put on a return address on each envelope for that undelivered invitation
[Source: Wedding Moments; Photo credit: Etsy]
