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[H828]How To Address Wedding Invitations

by Sarrah Beaumont, Sar

What could possibly go wrong with wedding invitations, you might wonder. Funny, a piece of paper sealed inside a harmless little envelope does not seem to be potentially disastrous. Well, check again. There are already quite a few instances wherein the wedding invitations have caused grief for the bride. How? Let us enumerate the following mistakes that could be made with the wedding invitations:

1. Printing out the wrong venue. This wedding invitations disaster tops the cake. What could be possibly more horrible than leading your guests into the wrong venue?

2. Getting the bride's name or groom's name all wrong. How could it be all wrong? Well, for one, the printers messed up the names by mistake. However, as the bride, it is your responsibility to review each wedding invitation carefully.

3. Sending out the wrong wedding invitation to the wrong person. This happens quite a lot, actually. Many people choose to stay safe and refuse to put in the addressee's name on the envelope. This, however, takes away the personal and intimate appeal of wedding invitations. It would be a whole lot better if you do jot down the name of the recipient. All it takes is a little extra care and a whole lot of attention to details.

These are just a few of the possible mistakes that one could make with their wedding invitations. Do note that wedding invitations blunders are not as easy as a wedding dress blunder. You can not cover it up and pretend that nobody else will notice. Mistakes made with the shade of the bridesmaids dresses is not as disastrous – unless of course, your bridesmaids have to end up wearing a sickening shade of green.

Here are a few guidelines to remember so as to avoid wedding invitation slip ups:

1. Before sending out your wedding invitations to the printing press, make sure you have already checked it and reviewed it. It is a lot better to be sure than to have a hundred copies printed out wrongly. The printers merely follow your instructions. If you misspelled your name, they have no way of verifying if it is actually spelled wrongly.

2. Upon receipt of the printed wedding invites, review each line thoroughly. Make sure everything is written properly and that everything is in its place – the names, the venue, the time, all these are of extreme importance. There is no harm in checking, right?

3. When writing the recipient's name on your lovely envelope, make sure you spell out their names right. Call up your guests, if necessary, so as to get their proper designations and to have their names spelled correctly. You may think it is an unnecessary thing to do, but it actually does matter. Whether their names are spelled right matters a lot to your guests.

4. Upon delivering the wedding invitations, make sure you are aware of who's who. Politely hand over the wedding invitations to your guests, but before you do, check out if you got the right one. How embarrassing it would be if you gave Mrs. Colby's invitation to Dr. Jones. That reflects thoughtlessness on your end.

Wedding invitations are not only an official start to the wedding, but they also are an important way of conveying information about who is getting married to whom and where the event is taking place. It also gives you a chance to put in your requests about the dress code, the bridal registry or the theme of the day.

Wedding invitations should be ordered six to eight weeks before the actual event, in order to check for any spelling mistakes or typos. Most companies who print the cards may also, take an order of printing the wedding maps and place cards. To add a touch of class engraved matchboxes and napkins can also be ordered separately.

When ordering, there are four types of printing that can be used for your wedding invitations:

Engraving is the most elegant of the list, which uses copper plates and gives a dry raised feel, with fine detail. However, it is also the most expensive printing available.

Letter press is the printing which gives a soft, ''pillow like'' impression and brings an old fashioned look.

Thermography uses special inks which go through a heating process. It also gives a raised feel, but can not deliver the fine detail seen in engraving. It is also less costly than engraving.

Flat printing is the common printing type, used for books, newspapers, etc. It is the least expensive of the lot.

Invitations as Cues

Wedding invitations are a cue for your wedding. Your guests get a good idea of how the wedding is going to be; depending on the type of wedding card they are sent.

If you receive a wedding invitation, on an elegant, silver rimmed card, you can well expect the actual event to be sophisticated and stylish, with exclusive decor and exquisite dinnerware. It also gives you an idea of what is expected from you. Your gift to the bride and groom should be up to the standards of the entire afternoon.

On the other end of the spectrum, if you are planning your wedding to be a close family affair, on the beach, then you can use the wedding invitation to send out the message. Keeping a casual card, with a flip flop and sunglasses theme, will help your uncles put away their tuxedos and take out their swim shorts instead.

Often wedding invitations are sent out through email. This too gives your guests an idea of what to expect from the event quick and hurried.

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