Make Your Own Wedding Invitations & Stationery For Your Wedding Celebration
The wedding invitation needs to be perfect as this is the first thing that your guests are going to see, and it will say a lot about what they can expect. You need to carefully consider the structure and wording of the invitation as this gives an idea of the style of your wedding. The wedding invitation's colours and theme will set the tone of your wedding celebration.
There are a lot of wedding stationary shops in South Africa in Johannesburg and Cape Town. The stationary that they provide is of the highest quality and they normally stock a wide selection of design ranges with wonderful wording and creative ideas. You must choose an invitation that will create a lasting impression on your guests and make them want to come to your wedding. If you decide to host an elaborate wedding, then the wedding invitation must match this formality and be very attractive.
Make sure that you use just the perfect wording, the best paper and matching colours.
Plan The Wedding Invitation List Carefully With Your Spouse
Take a weekend off everything else and sit down with your groom and compile invitation lists separately. This is a good idea as this will make sure that you do not accidentally live out important people. When you are through, combine your lists and also ask some of your family members to help you try and identify some other people you might have left out. Note that invitations should be sent to close family and friends even if you know that it will be impossible for them to come to your wedding. This will give them the chance to send you a wedding gift.
The structure for the wedding invitation list is completely up to you. It normally consists of very close friends and family. On the day, you will want to be surrounded by the people you love. Family members will need to be given beautiful, charming wedding invitations as they will keep them and remember your wedding after a few years, so make sure that you give them some. You should send out your wedding invitations at least 7-9 weeks before the wedding day. Thus you need to have the design for the invitation ready 3 months in advance.
It was customary for the invitation to come from the bride’s parents. Nowadays couples are must more flexible because there might be circumstances preventing this from happening, for example of the brides' parents are deceased. The invitation can come from any of the family members and allows for greater flexibility.
Excite your guests on your wedding day by sending out unique wedding invitations.
Make sure that you attach your address on the back of the envelope so that the postmen send back the undelivered invitations to you. Carefully record every invitation that is sent in your ‘Guest & Gift’ list in your wedding planner at the back of The Bride’s Diary.
Other Wedding Stationery That You Need
Wedding invitations are not the only stationary that you will need to sort out. You will have to have the,
- RSVP cards,
- Name cards,
- Thank you cards,
- Order of Service booklets.
- More Wedding Stationary
Cake boxes are common at weddings and they allow the guests to take an pieces of the cake home to share with their family and friends. The cake boxes are good because they will be given to those people who will have failed to make it to the final wedding. Choose a nice cake box that is attractive and blends with the cake.