Contemporary wedding etiquette allows you to create wedding invitations that reflect whatever you want about your wedding style. The formality of the event, your wedding colors, your personal style and more should all be taken into consideration. You can choose wedding invitations that are elegant, traditional, whimsical or trendy. Your wedding invitations can reflect the theme of your wedding in motifs, borders, colors and embellishments. When you are choosing wedding invitations for your big day, one thing you may not consider is the significance of the season in which your wedding will be held.

Is there actually such a thing as spring wedding invitations or winter wedding invitations? While most wedding invitation printers and online wedding sites do not necessarily differentiate their wedding invitations by seasons, there are definite differences between wedding invitation styles that are popular in the spring and those that are appropriate for a winter wedding.

If you are ordering invitations for a winter wedding, you might look for some of the following details:

Motifs are small images and figures that appear at different places on your wedding invitation. Some popular winter wedding invitation motifs include falling snowflakes and snow-covered pines. If you are in a whimsical mood, you might choose a wedding invitation topped with a bride and groom snowman, or a holly leaf or sprig of mistletoe for the Christmas season.

Silver and gold are always popular in winter wedding invitations. Touches of silver printing on snowflake borders are an elegant way to express a wintertime theme. Other winter colors are Christmas colors. If your wedding takes place around the winter holidays, you might choose invitations with rich, red envelope liners and touches of red printing. Deep forest green satin ribbons are another wintry touch that you can subtly add to your wintertime wedding invitations.

Photo invitations give you another way to include something seasonal in your wedding invitations. Choose a beautiful, snowy forest scene as the backdrop for your wedding invitations, or a bough of pine and a red ribbon to express the season.

Colors are rich with symbolism and meaning. Choose flat invitations in white, then embellish with rich garnet satin ribbons and foil envelope liners, or enclose the invitation in a translucent wrap patterned with snowflakes.

If you are buying invitations for a spring wedding, you might consider some of the following elements in your wedding invitations:

Delicate flower prints on corners or borders are one way to invoke a spring feeling in your wedding invitations. Sprays of bouquets and all over background prints of growing flowers are common springtime motifs for wedding invitations.

Bold, splashy prints in vibrant colors sing spring in a loud voice for a contemporary springtime wedding. Bright oranges, turquoise and persimmon are among the hottest colors for springtime weddings. Choose colors for your wedding invitations that coordinate with your wedding colors to get a completely coordinated look for your entire event.

Pretty in pink pastels are also very popular in the spring. Choose border prints in pastel gingham checks or wrap a formal wedding invitation in a pale yellow or sage green satin ribbon to invoke the colors of springtime for your wedding.

Choose an invitation with whimsical patterns in springtime colors. The color can make all the difference. A pattern of stylized hearts and flowers can be very springtime in pale pink. The very same pattern in bright red and white recalls Valentine's Day and wintertime.

You can start with a simple flat invitation and add embellishments in springtime colors to invoke springtime. Choose pale green or pink, yellow or baby blue if your wedding colors are pastels. If you prefer a brighter palette, choose clear persimmon reds, orange and bright, bright pink. Choose an overlay lightly brushed with pastel-washed watercolor, or add a tiny bow to the stems of a printed wildflower bouquet for a beautiful spring accent.

Of course, there are invitations that are completely timeless, and work well for any season. This is especially true if you are planning a traditional formal wedding. For this purpose, you can choose an invitation in solid white or ecru, and print it in black. Even formal wedding invitations can give a nod to the season, though, with the subtle embossed patterns in its borders or edges.

The most important thing to remember when choosing wedding invitations is that you should choose wedding invitations that you like and that express your style. Pick your colors, pick your styles and pick the words and pictures that mean the most to you. In the end, no one will care if your wedding invitations have snowflakes in the middle of summer or wildflower bouquets at Christmas.