Top 5 Tips on how to prepare your wedding invitations

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You are months away from your wedding and you’re already extremely excited about this special event in your life. Of course you want to communicate your enthusiasm in your wedding invitation. An invitation is a great way to not only tell your guests about the basic information of when and where the event will take place. It also provides a glimpse of how great your wedding is going to be. Your wedding invitation should therefore look very special:

1. The best way to start the process of choosing your wedding stationery is to be very creative as early as possible. Around 8 months before the wedding, brain storm about your dream design. Then collect and keep all ideas, regularly look back on them and change things that you want to done differently.
2. When you order the invites, don’t just order the exact number. Order ten to twenty more. It is better to have extra invitations left over than running out of invitations in the event that you choose to invite more guests or if there is a misprint or typo on the card. Usually, you will only send one invitation per household unless the child living there is over eighteen years old. Then he or she should also receive an invitation.
3. Whether you are hiring a calligrapher or doing the writing on your own, a handwritten invitation looks always better. A great way to achieve beautiful results is by using a Parker fountain pen . Fountain pens have a huge advantage in that you can write more artistically with them than with other pens.
4. The invitation should also serve as a comprehensive guide to the wedding. Therefore, it should state the names of the wedding hosts, their parents, the names of the bride and groom, the day of the week and time of wedding, address of venues and RSVP information or response cards. It is common in wedding invitations to spell out everything, so don’t abbreviate anything.
5. Print out a list of the guests including their addresses and check it at least twice, if not even more. Make sure there are no typos before getting ready to write or print the address labels. Check it often—it’s better to be safe than sorry and making sure that everyone’s information is correct will save you money and will ensure a great beginning to a wonderful wedding.

Check out Become’s Wedding Etiquette & Gift Ideas page  which offers great Thank You gifts ideas for bridesmaids, flower girls, pageboys, ushers, best men or parents of the newlyweds!

Simon from Shopaholic.become.co.uk