Planning Your Wedding Stationery (Part 2)
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What designs can I have on my stationery?

Wedding stationery can be bought in a choice of styles such as contemporary, classic, floral, layered, embossed and religious, to match the character of your wedding.

Many couples are going back to the traditional, formal look and featuring both sets of initials as monograms on the cards.

Wedding stationery is now available in a vast range of colours and designs, although stock stationery tends to be white or cream, traditionally the colour of your wedding dress.

You may decide to match the colour of your bridesmaids' dresses. In this case, consider custom designs.

This Bespoke Stationery can be very reasonably priced, depending on the card type and printing options requested and is often overlooked on the grounds that it may be too expensive. It very often isn't!

As with all other aspects of your wedding, your Wedding Stationery gives you an opportunity to reflect your own personal tastes and preferences.

Whatever you decide, this is your chance to make your invitations innovative and unique to your personal style.

How do I start sending out my invitations?

The Wedding Invitation is the first formal notification of your wedding to friends and family and forms the main area of your wedding stationery package.

Your guests will need to have their invite in plenty of time, so start work on your Wedding Invitations the moment the date, time and place of the Wedding have been confirmed. Aim to send them out at least three to six months before the service and make sure to include an RSVP deadline on your invitations.

However, if you think your guests will need more advance notice, especially if you are having a Destination Wedding or are inviting a lot of out-of-town guests, send Save-The-Date cards first.

This allows them to mark their calendars with your wedding date, while giving you extra time to arrange the main wedding stationery package.

Try to send Save-The-Date cards about six months prior to your wedding date or about four months before you send wedding invitations.

This is particularly important if travel to another country is involved, to allow for any visas, inoculations etc. that may be required.

If you are sending Save-The-Date cards, particularly for a Destination Wedding, don't forget to include important information like local hotels (and their room rates), flights, and car rental.

Make sure that you have one fully assembled invitation weighed and checked

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