Your Wedding Invitations
Aug 14th, 2009 by Pamela Kazmierczak
Your wedding invitation is the first glimpse your guests have into what your wedding will be like. With that said choosing the right invitation is very important. If your wedding is a certain theme your invitation should reflect that.
For example if you are having a very modern wedding, your invitations should also be modern. If your wedding is at the beach you could choose an invitation with designs like starfish or seashells. It is also important to remember to choose nice invitations as many of your guests will hold onto the invitations as a keepsake.
Now that you know to stick to theme at hand, or the wedding color scheme, the next thing you need to think about is prices and your budget. By the time you are ready to choose invitations you should pretty much understand your budget and how much money you have to devote to wedding stationery.
Wedding invitations can become rather expensive. It is not the invitations that cost you so much, it is that there are many parts of a wedding invitation and each usually has a separate price. The basics include the invitation, the response card, the reception card and the thank you notes. You might also add direction cards, save the date cards or magnets (for long engagement periods), and place cards. It all adds up.
It is time to consider the style of your wedding invitation. Your wedding invitation should reflect your wedding day, colors, themes and atmosphere. For instance you may choose to use the wedding colors or theme on your invitation. However another good idea is to choose an invitation that matches the atmosphere or feeling of the wedding. You do not want a modern invitation for an elegant wedding or a formal invitation for a casual affair.
If your wedding is either a traditional wedding or a modern wedding you will want to decide how this affects your invitations. You may want to match your invitation to the feeling of your wedding.
If you are going to have a traditional wedding you would want to use invitations which are light in color, usually whites and cream colored only. The invitations would use text but no graphics of pictures.
On the other hand if you think you a planning a more modern wedding the invitation colors are pretty much endless. It is not unheard of these days to have wedding invitations which are green, red or even black. Modern wedding invitations may use graphics and pictures, even though it is not necessary.
Now that you are ready to buy something it is time to figure out where you will be shopping. Well the first place most people want to try is something nearby. There is a lot to be said for going into a print shop, talking to the employees and designers and seeing a design book.
If you choose not to use them or do not have any suitable suppliers in your area there is always mail order and internet stationery stores that you can use. Mail order and internet suppliers usually have a vivid catalog to choose from with pictures of each style available. Many will give you suggestions on word choices, when to send the invitations and other etiquette matters. Choose the correct supplier by finding the right invitation for you at a cost that you can live with.
