Wedding Stationary Guide & Reviews

By Leanne Tremblay

Once the official wedding invitation is the only way to introduce guests to the wedding. There are several options and strict protocols to follow. In a word, traditional. Currently, the couple on their own will, not always break with tradition, but adds to the save the date cards, engagement announcements, bridal shower invitations, photo wedding invitations, and personal photos thank you cards. In short, silent wedding options available today is a reflection of modern life. The couple wanted everything about their marriage to reflect personal style and point of view that colors, images, and alternative design of all in the mix.

With this in mind, wedding stationary can convey your personality with a very simple and effective. For example, posting a photo of your fiance's wedding photos and direct contact with the style, tone and atmosphere of your wedding.

Most modern styles and wedding invitation cards can be made online. Just upload your digital photos you want to use and then drag and drop them into the design. Wedding Paper Divas is one of the vendors such as displaying a fresh, modern style with a stationary design your wedding theme together. Other vendors, such as Shutterfly and PhotoWorks, giving you more mileage from the engagement and wedding photographs and cards by offering not just an announcement, but the books and photos are also present.

Save the Date card

Now more popular than ever, save the date cards is a wise way to let people know that four to six months before your wedding and even more important if your wedding falls on a holiday, if the guests who came from afar, or if you have a destination wedding .

Engagement announcement or Party Invitation

Just like a traditional newspaper announcement, engagement announcement cards tell the world that marriage is in the works. Even if you do not have dates or locations to work out yet, this card is a fun way to set the stage. If you are planning to throw a party to announce the engagement and you start planning your wedding, then why not change the announcement of the engagement to an engagement party invitation. This is a great way to get the wedding party together for the first time.

Bridal Shower or Couples Invitation, Bachelor or Bachelorette Party Invites

While bathing is traditional for the best jobs, more and more couples are choosing to have a bath together. Beautiful bridal shower invitations, or can have less than two dollars.

Wedding Invitation and Response Card

Both formal and informal wedding invitations and response cards can be created online and choose from formal or informal pattern. Designers like Sarah Hawkins, Alma and Petite Wedding Paper Divas has coordinated wedding stationary sets. And by creating your online order stationary, you have complete control. For example, you can create a design, sleep on it, and then check on your comfort before placing the order, which is not the case when you have to make on-the-spot decisions on the printer.

Wedding Ceremony Program

Quite often, guests receive a short printed program your wedding ceremony. This is a wise attitude, especially if you are not conventional or ceremony incorporates several cultural traditions. Programs can be printed on paper and using design coordination motif of the other stationary.

Thank You Cards

Thank you card is an important part of the plan your wedding stationary. Are you modern or traditional, to thank your guests really worth etiquette and good manners alone. Thank you customized cards with photos, personal messages, poems or other image is the most personal way to express your gratitude.

Dinner Invitation practice, Direction, and Place Cards,

In most cases the marriage is a major event which is supported by a number of smaller ones. You can use this opportunity to once again set the tone with the other wedding stationary like an invitation rehearsal dinner, direction, and place cards. All of these cages can be coordinated to match wedding colors or theme.

How to Choose the Wedding Stationery to suit your budget

By Michael Brecker

Your wedding is the stationary channel of communication between you and your guests. Think about what your "official channel of marriage." The wedding stationery tell everyone on the 'when', 'where', 'how' and 'what' about your wedding day. Your wedding invitations are your first announcements of your upcoming marriage, and the first communication between you and your guests. And let your guests know where and when the wedding will take place, you also want to invitations to stage for this type of marriage you will have.

For example, if your marriage is a very formal and elegant room, then you should consider in your invitations. It will give your guests an idea of what type of marriage it is and what to wear. Alternatively, if you have a less formal wedding, and invitations to reflect that in color and design.

The wedding invitations, and indeed the whole of your wedding stationery, reflects the mood, style and colors you have for your marriage. For example, your marriage is pink, so we would expect that color to be represented in your wedding stationery.

Wedding Stationery typically includes: Save The Date Card

They tell your guests that you have set the date of your wedding and ask them to put that date until you send your wedding invitations formal six-eight weeks before the wedding. These are a great way to give enough time for guests to organize working hours or holidays, so they can integrate into your wedding date.

These are sent as soon as you decide to date. Wedding Invitation Card

These can be day and evening invitations. The day invitations for customers who you invite to the wedding ceremony, reception and wedding. Night invitations for guests who are invited for the celebrations after the meal.

These are sent out six-eight weeks before the wedding. Order of Service Card

These let customers know what will happen during the wedding ceremony. They are usually distributed on the day.

Place name cards

If you have a seating plan with flour, then they are placed on tables, so customers know where to sit.

Thank You Card

These are your personal thank you to each guest for attending your wedding and for the beautiful present, they gave you.

The three main methods of taking your stationery are DIY, shelf, or custom.

DIY

DIY means "Do It Yourself." Obviously, your wedding stationery will be you. If you are creative and artistic (or short of money), which could be the method for you. When it ' acts of conception, the key is simplicity. Keep the design simple and it will be better and take less time.

However, you do not start everything from scratch. Many stores and on line wedding stationery supplier selling DIY kits that you can use and adapt to your own needs.

Off-The-Shelf

Off-the-shelf media drawings purchased from shops. Many shops, websites and department stores have a large selection of templates that you can use. The choice is vast and can range from the humorous to the beautiful and elegant. You just choose the design you want and order them for you. Because of the range of models available, you may not feel a picking that everybody used. This is a quick and easy way to choose and order your stationery.

Bespoke

Bespoke means that your design is hand made especially for you. You can get the company to adapt a design of their own portfolio, or create an exclusive design for you. This is obviously the most expensive option because it requires more consultation and more work for the designer. If you are ordering from a distance, it is important that you can see the design project before you commit to the final product.

Finally, at the purchase of stationery, always the order of five to ten maps cover the additional last-minute guests or a clerical error, if you write the names by hand.