Our 5 Step Guide to Choosing Your Wedding Stationery
Getting your wedding invitations pinned down is a crucial step in making sure your big day goes off without a hitch. While filled with details, invites are also a fun way of giving your guests a sneak peak of what your day has in store. Use our guide to keep your plans on track.
Timing
The best way to work out when you need to start picking and organising your wedding stationery is to work backwards. Start at your big day and work 6 – 8 weeks back, this is the date you need to send your invites to give your guests time to respond. You might need to send save the dates before this if your wedding is abroad or if guests have to travel.
Ideally you should have your wedding stationery booked around two/three months before your send date to allow time for them to be produced, and for you to assemble them ready to be sent to your guests. Remember to leave extra time if you plan to have a calligrapher address your invitations.
Budget
Your budget determines the type of invitation you can choose, invitations with more intricate designs take longer to create than a simple design, and therefore tend to cost more. Have a maximum budget in mind before visiting a stationer to avoid wasting your time, while falling in love with a design that you can’t afford. A good stationer will work with your budget and show you the options available within that price range.
Style Ideas
As a starting point sit down with your other half and discuss whether you want a modern, traditional, or vintage style. Once you’ve both agreed on the formality of the invitations take some time to look around Pinterest to get a better idea of what you love. Consider how your wedding invites fit in with your theme as a whole. If you have a rustic barnyard venue this can be used as inspiration for your wedding invitations design.
Details
Before booking your wedding stationery work out all the information that needs to be included. For example, how do you want your guests to respond, how do you want your invitations addressed, and what helpful facts like directions and nearby accommodation should be included.
Book a Free, No Obligations Consultation
Take some time to sit down with a stationer before making your final decision. They’ll be able to talk you through options and show you some things you might not have thought of. For example…What way do you want your invitation to open? Do you want any embellishments? What print style do you want? Do you want RSPV’s and other inserts? Experienced stationers take the best of your ideas and work with your theme in mind to create a design perfect for your day.
Why not book a free, no obligations consultation with Jules? We’ll have a chat over coffee and create design ideas to suit your day. Book Now.
