"I’d like to order some
wedding stationery, but don’t know where to start". How reading this can keep you out of trouble!
It’s an email I get
frequently and that’s when ordering from a small companies, who give you a
one-to-one , with many years of experience can come in really handy.
There’s nothing wrong with
ordering a ‘few extra’ for last minute guests, but ordering double the amount
can cost a small fortune and is a costly mistake.
So we’ve put together a few
pointers to prevent this from happening.
First off: SAVE THE
DATE
These are sent if your
wedding is more than one year away and you want your guests to attend a
destination wedding or if your guests live some distance away. They may need to
save up for this.
ALLOW – 1 per family
DAYTIME INVITATIONS
Daytime guests are sent 1
card per family, so when ordering remember not to order 1 per guest! You may
think this is common sense… but trust me… I’ve heard people do this on more
than one occasion. When we get enquiries for unusually high quantities of
invites we usually double check!
ALLOW 1 PER FAMILY… PLUS A FEW EXTRA for mistakes when writing out and
extra guests you may have forgotten.
EVENING INVITATIONS
Evening invitations. There
is no need to send an evening invitation to the guests who will be attending
your daytime wedding as they will already know that there is an evening
reception/party.
ALLOW 1 PER FAMILY plus a few extra for mistakes when writing out and
extra guests you may have forgotten..
R.S.V.P. – ALLOW THE SAME NUMBER AS FOR YOUR DAYTIME &
EVENING INVITATIONS
ORDER OF
SERVICE/ORDER OF THE DAY
This depends on how your
money budget is running. Yes it’s nice to have one each, but 1 PER COUPLE
is perfectly fine.
MENUS
The number of menus you
order depends on how you are going to present the menus on the table. You can
order flat cards if you want to have them at each persons place setting or more
commonly 1 PER TABLE
PLACE CARDS –
Of course for place cards you’ll need 1 PER PERSON
WISHING TREE TAGS
Wishing tree tags or something similar are becoming more and more common.
The most common mistake is to order 1 per guest. This is not necessary as 'usually' one of the couple will wrote a card out on behalf of the family. So, I'd suggest
ABOUT ! PER COUPLE or FAMILY
THANK YOU CARDS
Please
don’t forget to thank you guests for attending your wedding and giving you
gifts. It’s the very least you can do.
ALLOW 1 PER FAMILY
ATTENDING
There we have it, I
hope this helps a little.
If you have any
questions about ordering wedding invitations and stationery or anything else
you think we may be able to help with, please leave a comment below or get in
touch. We’d love to help.
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