You’re making a lot of decisions. Choosing a venue and decor, finding vendors, selecting your dress and flowers... the list goes on. When choosing your wedding stationery, we want to make the experience less stressful and, dare we even say, fun! Let us help! Below is information that can help answer some of the questions you might have about creating and sending your invitations.
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when to order & mail
Save the Dates:
Order 10-12 months prior to wedding date; Mailing 8-10 months prior to wedding date. Invitations: Order 6-8 months prior to wedding date; Mailing 4-6 months prior to wedding date, earlier for destination weddings that will require guests to secure flights and accommodations. Day Of Wedding Accessories: Order 4-6 weeks prior to wedding date. Special applications such as gold foil stamping or letterpress on menus, ceremony programs, etc., may require additional production time. Other Things to Consider If you plan to have your envelopes hand addressed, you may want to add in extra time to allow for this. Calligraphers can have longer turnaround times for envelope addressing, sometimes up to 12 weeks. If you are planning a destination wedding, it is a good idea to mail out save the dates at least 9 months, and invitations 6 months in advance to give your guests adequate time to plan their travel and accommodations. |
choosing the right wording
We realize that sometimes finding the right wording for your invitations can be a daunting experience. You may be faced with figuring out the correct wording for having divorced or deceased parents or other complex scenarios.
Use our Invitation Wording Examples download below to review some examples that can help you choose the best wording for your invitations. 
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Postage & mailing tips
Postage
Invitation suites typically range from 1-2 ounces depending on the number of enclosures, card stock weight, and embellishments. We are happy to provide a basic estimate of mailing cost, but we highly recommend taking an assembled invitation suite to your local post office to be officially weighed to avoid insufficient postage. Hand Cancelling Your Invitations The postal service runs mail through a machine that cancels postage so it can’t be reused. We recommend checking to see if your local post office can hand cancel your invitations so that they’re manually processed and are less likely to be damaged. Not all post offices will offer this service and there is a chance that they may still use machines to electronically cancel the postage, but it's definitely worth asking. |