5 Tips and Tricks on Ordering Wedding Invitations
You’ve been planning your big day for a while now and every tiny detail has been perfected from the color scheme to the special song that you’ll dance to with the love of your life. But now, it’s time to order your invitations and invite the special people in your life to make the day even better! Here are our top 5 tips and tricks to ordering wedding invitations that will be as perfect as your big day:
1. Plan Ahead!
It seems that couples planning a wedding often get so caught up in the planning that they forget to prepare their invitations. Do your research, take suggestions from other invitations, and ask around to get ideas. Give yourself time to look at different designs (pinterest can be your best friend in this department) and you won’t be held back by any production times by planning a couple weeks in advance. It’s a good idea to have your invitations in hand a couple weeks before you plan on sending them out.
2. Be considerate of guests by sending out a save the date.
If you have guests that will be traveling for your wedding - we suggest ordering save the dates. Save the dates are the perfect way to let others know the date and place without having to set all the other details in stone. We suggest sending out your save the dates six months to one year before the wedding. (Now, if most of your guests will not have to travel, you do not necessarily have to worry about save the dates. Your invitations should be sent out six to eight weeks prior to the wedding. The invitations will have all the concrete details like the time, exact location, accommodations, etc. so make sure you have all of those plans made before ordering!)
3. Include an R.S.V.P. with a deadline.
Requesting that your guests R.S.V.P. to your wedding is going to make your life so much simpler. If you are having a very formal wedding, we would suggest doing a mailed response card. This card has a place for each guest to put their names and either accept or decline your invitation. There is also a place to put the number attending - if you are having a very personal and small wedding, you can also include a section letting them know how many guests are reserved for their party. It is etiquette to pre-stamp these cards so that guests only have to fill it out and put it in the mail.
4. Perfect your order!
Before you send your invitations to the printer, double check everything! You’ll want to read your invitation backwards and forwards to make sure there aren’t any typos. (You’ll never live it down if your mother in laws name is spelled wrong). Another step to perfecting your order is making sure you are ordering enough invitations - it’s always better to have extra than not enough. And lastly, ask for a couple extra blank envelopes if you are planning on hand addressing your invitations, this way you can make a couple of mistakes and still be in the clear.
5. Don’t forget to breath and relax.
Don’t let the invitation process stress you out, just follow our 5 tips to ordering your wedding invitations and it’ll be nothing but smooth sailing until your big day. Also, Gottschall Engraving can help you create your invitations, envelopes, R.S.V.P.’s, thank you cards, and save the dates. So give us a call today to “Plan Ahead.” 801-487-9876