Wedding Invitations

Paper For Making Wedding Invitations

The main theme of the wedding is often used as the main source of inspiration for the personalized wedding invitation design, but you can also choose to buy directly the wedding invitations with a related theme from the online manufacturers.

The design of the wedding invitations became highly important, especially after the discovery of different printing techniques such as thermography, which allowed the mass production of inexpensive wedding invitations made of different types of paper but also the specific raised letter and pattern effect used in creating beautiful and one-of-a-kind wedding invitation cards.

On their internet sites you can find some beautiful wedding invitation designs made of paper, at discounted prices, in various shapes and color combination and sizes but you can use these themed invitations to create and design your own wedding invitations. This latter alternative is viable only in the situations when the number of guests is limited and if you have the necessary patience and time for this artistic activity.

The tradition of using double envelopes for the wedding invitations was started by the European aristocracies, several centuries ago, with the sole purpose of protecting their content, here the wedding invitations, from scratches and dirt, especially since it could have taken even weeks for the courier to reach at the destination with the wedding invitation intact. The outer envelope was removed and thrown away afterwards, revealing the second, intact one with the wedding invitation placed inside of it.

The invitations for the wedding can be all in one and that means that all the information about the ceremony, reception or after-party, the RSVP and some other important details about the wedding attire could be mentioned in a simple, one-page wedding invitation card or you can use separate cards for each important aspect about the wedding, especially if the private ceremony will take place in different day from the reception.

The one and most important thing to do, before sealing and mailing them out, is to check for any written mistakes with the addressing forms or honorifics or any other kind of spelling errors for that matter, including the ones about the basic information, such as the location, date or time. An option would be to add a printed map or some directional signs to indicate the exact location of the wedding ceremony and/ or reception, especially if that place is not familiar to any of your guests.

Sometimes the couple plan the weddings with months in advance so it has become customary to send the ‘save the date’ invitation cards, with the purpose of announcing your guests that an important event will take place in the near future so they should prepare themselves or send by a certain mentioned date the attendance response, being it either affirmative or negative.

These ‘save the date’ invitations don’t replace the formal wedding invitations and another important difference between the two of them is the wording style used; for the ‘save the dates’ you can be inventive with words and use a personal wording style to make the important announcement but for the formal wedding invitations, the wording etiquette demands the use of a traditional language with socially polite addressing forms.

The RSVP, which is an abbreviation used in asking the attendance response, can be mentioned beforehead on the ‘save the date’ invitation card but if the couple had decided not to send those ‘save the dates’ and if they find the attendance replies necessary for the final arrangements for the wedding, they can include the RSVP on the invitation card or on a separate one, usually in the form of a phone number for immediate contact or with a return address included.

And let us not forget about the other informational details about the wedding ceremony and/or reception such as the name of the main couple, the names of the wedding hosts who are responsible with the planning of the wedding and the address and name of the wedding location, and lat but not least, the time and date.

The same type of paper used in making the wedding invitations can be used for making the single or double envelopes; the invitations are sealed inside until they reach their destination.