Wedding Invitations

Eco Friendly Wedding Invitations

In the beginning of the twentieth century, the human society faced a new era, the era of technology. Education no longer seemed to be a major problem and the new printing techniques allowed the mass production of beautiful and eco friendly designed wedding invitations, of unique styles and one-of-a-kind patterns, in various color combination and outstanding shapes and sizes.

Since they were mostly made of paper, the wedding invitations had the great advantage of also being bio-degradable and we all know that the environmental problems have a major impact the well being of every human. This is one reason why the wedding invitations made of recycled paper became so popular over these last decades.

And not only ecology became an important decisional factor in the process of choosing the wedding invitations but also the theme of the wedding; the themed weddings are the cheap alternative to the ones planned in exotic location of the world. Usually, for the latter case, a private ceremony is held in some foreign country but it is probably less expensive to recreate the exotic atmosphere in a special location reserved for your wedding day, without leaving your hometown. Of course, these two options can’t be compared but you have to think first about the wedding budget and second to what is to your liking.

Depending on that wedding budget, the couple can choose to have the classic and simple wedding invitations but written by hand, which is quite an expensive methods, or you can choose the cheap alternative of having them printed with the help of thermography; this is not only an inexpensive method but it also allowed the fast mass production of some beautiful wedding invitations, eco friendly or not, because of its interesting raised letter effect. It can also be used for making the pattern designs of the invitation card.

On the specialized internet site you may find some rather interesting eco-friendly invitation card samples, available for viewing but also for sale; you can directly order them from those sites if you have found an interesting design or you can personalize them, to make them even more special and one of a kind; the cheap option would be to make them yourself but it is usually not a recommended alternative if we are talking about hundreds of guests and less time at your side.

There are two wording styles used for issuing the wedding invitations and usually, the wording etiquette recommends the use of a formal language which can easily be replaced with the modern option of using a personal and non-traditional wording style; this basically means that you can be creative with words and issue the invitations in a personal addressing manner. One important thing would be the spelling mistakes which can be quite embarrassing, especially if the information about the wedding is not the correct one and you made some minor but catastrophic errors such as writing another wedding date or the wrong wedding ceremony location.

As this talk leads us to the most important thing about the wedding invitations, that being the information it contains about the wedding ceremony, reception or after-party. On the wedding invitations you should mention the names of the wedding hosts and the main couple, the address of the wedding ceremony location and reception, the date and time and sometimes you can add on the same invitation card the RSVP or the expression “Regrets only” and a phone number for contact.

It became a custom to send the “save the wedding” invitations cards if you have planned the wedding with months in advance; these cards, which can be similar with the eco-friendly wedding invitations mentioned before, act as reminders and you can also request the RSVP with the help of them, which should be sent until the mentioned date.

The wedding hosts are usually the bride’s parents but this situation might change depending on the involved families; sometimes only the groom’s parents might make a financial contribution and sometimes both families decide to help with the planning of the wedding; in these modern days it is not unusual for the bride and groom to decide to pay for their own wedding.

The “save the date” invitations don’t replace the formal wedding invitations which should be mailed out with minimum six weeks before the planned wedding day; you can use the classic double envelope or a single one to seal them in; if you find yourself under time pressure a suggestion might be to use the fast mail or to add a phone number for the attendance replies.