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How to choose your wedding stationery
Where do you start when choosing your stationery?If you have decided that buying the standard printed stationery packs from the high street is not for you and you would prefer a more personal, quality product then choosing a designer is the best option.
What do I need to think about when choosing a design?
The type of venue, setting and colour scheme or theme of your day can all have an influence on the design of stationery to choose. Your choice should reflect both your personalities and style of your wedding, which makes it very personal. It is also be the first insight your guests will have of the sort of day they can expect to be part of.
If you are to be married in a tropical location, you may wish to choose a design which has tropical flowers or colours as a feature. Or if you have decided to have a traditional English wedding with all the trimmings, a more elegant design may be more appropriate.
Consider what style of wedding you will be having and it will help you to narrow down the massive choices out there. Will you be marrying in the afternoon or having an evening reception? Will it be casual or formal? Traditional or unconventional? Large or small?
How do I choose?
Think about whether you would like your invites to be casual and non-traditional or if you would prefer them to be more formal. The wording and font choice can reflect this and set the tone for the day too. There are many fonts to choose from – contemporary to regal, cute to romantic.
Also, think about your colour scheme and what you would like your stationery to compliment and co-ordinate with. Will it be your dress colour? The colour of a particular flower? The accent colour of the bridesmaids’ dresses or as simple as the colour of the ocean?
What can I do to personalise my stationery?
Any good handcrafted designer will offer you the option to have a design in alternative colours where possible, a choice of font styles and advice on wording. If you choose a bespoke service, an original design can be created to match your individual style and your favourite quote, poem or special wording can also be included.
Whichever design you opt for, the whole range of items that will be available to you should incorporate the design and co-ordinate throughout, from the save-the-date right through to the place settings or thank you cards after the day itself.
How far in advance do I need to order?
Traditionally invites were always posted out 6-8 weeks before the wedding date. This is now nearer 3-4 months at home but for a destination wedding, people are notifying guests up to one year in advance. Save the date cards are now very popular to give their guests extra notice as this helps with everyone who has a busy diary. Guests then have time to book holidays and make sure they keep the date free.
You will need to give up to 3 months notice to your stationer to produce your order in time for you to send out your invites so remember to add this to the time allowed when planning when to order.
How many do I order?
Remember when making lists of guests names, you do not need one invite per person. Take into account families and couples who will only need one per household. However, always order a few extra to account for mistakes and anyone who has been overlooked! This is the same for a thank you card, rsvp and save-the-date card.
Menus can be shared around tables so one per three or four people is adequate. Order of day/Service cards is one per person. Favours are one each as are place settings and you only need one table plan.
Of course, everything is optional but by working with a quality handcrafted stationer it means you can count on this element of your day being just as you’d like it to be.
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