Inviting Your Guests

Your wedding invitation gives your guests a “sneak preview” of  your wedding, so of course you will want to coordinate its style and colour to complement your attire and décor. You will find selections from traditional designs with formal wording to contemporary designs that incorporate your specially created message.

When invitation shopping, you will find selections from traditional designs with formal wording to contemporary designs that incorporate your specially created message.

Inviting Your Guests

Invitation: See You There, Windsor, Ontario

Save the Date cards are a great way to introduce your engagement and the wedding date. This allows for your guests to block out your wedding day, in advance. With today’s busy schedules this allows everyone to make their arrangements well in advance.

Formal wedding invitations are usually engraved and ordered well ahead to allow time for them to be addressed and mailed six weeks before the wedding. A 4 ½” x 5 ¼” invitation is the most popular size, as it easily fits into an envelope without folding. A larger 5 1/2” x 7 ½” invitation is used for very formal weddings.

Confer with your invitation designer, who will be able to show you various styles and appropriate wording. Remember, invitations are always written in the third person. Spell everything out, the wedding date, time, all numerals, and names. Abbreviations, initials and nicknames are never used except for Mr. or Mrs., Sr., Jr. Go through the guest list before ordering your invitations. You will need one for every married couple, each single adult guest, each attendant and their parents (if invited), your attendants’ dates (if single), everyone on the groom’s family as well as your wedding officiate and guest.

Seating charts and additional paper items can all be custom-designed to complement your theme. Ask your stationer what is currently available and how it can apply to the ambiance of your wedding day.

Be sure to order extras for emergencies and keepsakes. Extra envelopes are a must; for any mistakes you may make when addressing. Be sure to order response cards (RSVP) if you are planning on serving a meal; or arrange for a service to handle this for you.

And, remember to order thank-you notes in both your maiden and married name. You will want to send thanks for engagement and shower gifts, well before the wedding date.

Today’s invitations are innovative and beautiful. The styles are as interesting as the personalities of the couples who choose them. If you can dream it, you will find it! Custom invitations are a reflection of your theme and the type of wedding you are hosting.