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Etiquette-

Wedding Invitations have come a long way since the early times of calligraphy, waxed sealed, and hand delivered invitations. Today’s bride has numerous choices when it comes to the design of requesting the honor of your presence. Speaking of that maybe you are going very traditional and would like to use hand calligraphy and wax seals. This is an option if you are going extremely formal! To this end there are many ways to be formal or informal and remain within the etiquette of properly inviting guests to your wedding.

There are many choices to make, such as purchasing online, visiting a local print shop, making them yourself with your computer, or having them hand printed on fine paper using calligraphy or your computer. Among the many considerations you will need to think through how you are going to connect to the theme of your wedding, and how you would like your invitations presented to your guests.

Questions I’m sure you have are along the lines of how should I properly word them? Another, How soon should I send them out, and how can I save money on my invitations? Etiquette state that wedding invitations should be sent out 8 weeks prior to the actual day. This gives advance notice if their schedules need to be changed and any travel arrangements they need to make. It also gives time for response cards to be tallied for items such as seating arrangements and dinners that impact your budget. 

There are no hard set rules today when it comes to wording. Although, wording of your invitation may also be associated with parents helping to pay for the wedding. Another words, if you are going ultra traditional and the brides parents are footing the bill, they very well may insist that they are doing the inviting. Mr. and Mrs. John Smith request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter to so and so. This is unusual today, since the cost of weddings has risen drastically and often times the bride and groom and both sets of parents are helping with costs. In this case, perhaps both parents would be listed. Finally if the bride and groom are footing the bill, it would be appropriate for the bride and groom to do the inviting. Again, there is not set standard, and any of the above would be perfectly acceptable and tasteful.

This site has ideas for wedding invitations all of which will send just the right message according to your budget and theme. Ideas for fun, elegance, or tradition can be adapted using any of the following links to the left of your screen, along with ideas to save money regardless of choice. Please stop back often as I continue to add more ideas.

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