Invitation Blog Series: Invite Insight
Posted by Michele Puopolo on Thu, Oct 08, 2009
By Rebecca Omansky
Your invitation is more important that you think. The style you choose will set the tone for the entire wedding. Four layers of champagne and ivory with an embossed monogram let your guests know to expect an elegant black-tie dinner whereas a deckled edge and a palm tree motif say "no shirt, no shoes, no problem!" Your wedding is going to reflect who you are as a couple and your invitation should too.
Tips from our invitation experts:
- On-line invitations make us NERVOUS!!!! The invitation process is a long and detailed one with a lot of room for error. Make sure that you order through a dealer who is very familiar with the process to ensure that every ‘i' is dotted and ‘t' is crossed.
- Order from a brand that welcomes custom orders. In love with a certain shape and size but want it in tangerine orange rather than the ivory shown? This is no problem for many invitation brands. The first few pages of the book should contain paper and ink options applicable to any of its designs. If you don't see paper options, you may be restricted to ordering "as shown" only.
- Let the experts help pinpoint your wording. Invitation books showcase not only designs, but wording as well. Etiquette dictates only a handful of ways to arrange your wording correctly and a good invitation company will give examples of each one in its various samples.