Your wedding invitations are an essential component of a successful wedding day during which you are able to be as relaxed as possible and focused on the events of the day. Making your invitations as clear and inviting as possible will help you make things easier for your guests and ensure the largest possible turnout of those invited. Keeping a close eye on your budget and the quality of the invitations is also extremely important, as is the image projected of your pending nuptials and celebration by the invitations themselves.
Watch Your Budget
The invitations are only one among many items which will need to be purchased, arranged or provided for your wedding day. Don't go crazy and spend your entire budget on invites alone. It's easy to do as there are so many different styles, designs and features now available with wedding invitations that you will be tempted to make them lavishly extravagant.
That being said, you also don't want to scrimp on the invitation portion of your budget either. Ensuring you have a good turnout and that your guests are comfortable in their understanding of the day's events is best achieved through excellent wedding invitations. It is also important to know that while some companies may have cheaper prices, their quality and reliability may not be up to par. Selecting a company based on price alone can lead to some real headaches. Be sure to have the best invitations by doing your research and contracting with a well-established and respected provider.
Reflect the Wedding Theme and Style
You undoubtedly have already thought a lot about your wedding colors, decorations and general style long before picking out your invitations. Even if you've not entirely finished with all the wedding day details, you've probably decided on overall themes and basic styles. Be sure that your invitations mesh well with the larger image and decorative themes of the wedding ceremony and reception, thereby giving guests a good idea of what to expect from the events of the big day itself.
Your wedding invitations are the first impression that guests have of what your wedding and reception will be like. Their decision to attend can be significantly influenced by that first impression. Most people receive a number of wedding invitations over the course of their lives. Some people who are socially active or have larger families can receive several wedding invitations each year. For most, attending each and every wedding to which they are invited is simply not feasible. Make the chances that yours will be one that they do attend greater by making your wedding invitations memorable and intriguing.
Make Things Easy for Guests
Sending invitations that contain direction cards, details of hotel accommodations, and the best route to take from the ceremony location to the reception venue make it easy for guests. It is also a means of getting more of your guests to appear on your big day. The easier you make the entire process for them, the more people will show for the occasion.
Including postage-paid envelopes with RSVP cards in your invitation package also makes things easier for guests. In truth, postage-paid RSVP cards makes things easier for you as well. Even something as simple as a single stamp makes guests more likely to RSVP in a timely fashion, thereby allowing you to better plan for both your wedding and reception. Being able to estimate the attendees at the ceremony lets you plan your program printing. Knowing the expected number of reception guests allows for better planning of all details associated with the party, including everything from the number of party favors to the details needed for caterers to prepare adequate food and beverages.
Make Them Truly Inviting
The more your wedding invitations make guests truly feel special, the more likely they are to feel they should make an appearance for your big day. Invitations with a personalized touch inspire early commitment to attend and better overall turnouts for your wedding.
Sending save-the-date cards months prior to sending out your actual wedding invitations gives people plenty of notice about your impending nuptials. Invitations that include RSVP cards, directions to the ceremony and reception, as well as any other pertinent details for the events of the day give the perception that it does actually really matter to you if each and every guest shows up. Invitations that are light on details or that don't ask for an RSVP give the impression that you aren't all that concerned about whether or not people show up.
Attention to Detail
You need your invitations to be done on time and without flaws or errors. Make sure you stay on top of your planning and review schedule with the printer and get things approved as soon as you can in order to have your invitations completed on time.
Pay close attention to the proofs provided by the printer and have someone who isn't as emotionally involved take a look at them as well. You can miss details in your excitement, such as tiny spelling errors or a mistake in the ceremony location that someone else will pick up on.
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