INVITATIONS

Wedding invitations express the true meaning of your wedding day. Whether your style is classic, traditional or modern, you'll find a wide array of quality wedding invitations and announcements, bridal shower invitations and thank you cards. Find Ventura and Santa Barbara area wedding invitations vendors below:

 

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Wedding invitations are a very important part of the marriage process. They inform guests where and when the wedding is taking place and without the invitations obviously there would be no guests.

Before any ideas about the invitations are confirmed, it is necessary for the young couple to finalize their guest list. This will be to determine how many invitations should be ordered. Every couple and single guest should be counted, parents, clergy and also their guests. All children over 16 years of age should also receive an invitation. When ordering your invitations, it is wise to order an extra 25 invitations to allow for last-minute surprises and the odd person that you may have forgotten about. The invitations should be ordered well in advance give or take four to six months.

Many invitations come with pre-written messages where things such as the name of the guest, time and location of the ceremony should be inserted. It is courteous to include a map or written instructions so that the guests can find their way to the location of the wedding. Photocopies of a map will spoil the design of the invitation, therefore to give a more appropriate appearance, the map should be created on a computer and printed on the same style paper as the invitations.

The invitation should be assembled in the correct order so the invitee's have no difficulty reading it.
The first step is to place the invitation face-up in front of you, then place a sheet of tissue over the writing. This is not necessary, but at one time was considered “proper”. The tissue may serve a purpose if the invitation has been printed directly from the PC as printer ink often smudges in the post. If enclosures are being used (such as R.S.V.P cards), they should be placed in size order -- largest nearest the invitation -- with the writing side facing upwards.

If the invitation has to be folded, it should be done from top to bottom with the writing on the inside and the enclosures contained within this. All of this must be first put into the inner envelope. If the invitation has been folded, the fold must be at the bottom. If it hasn't been folded, the writing on the invitation should be facing the back of the envelope. The inner envelope must then be out into the outer envelope with the writing facing towards the invitee when the outer envelope is opened.

Invitations should be weighed to make sure that they don't exceed postage requirements and also be sure to check whether the envelope is considered standard or oversized. The invitations should be postmarked and mailed six to eight weeks in advance depending on where they are going; this will allow time for your guests to organize personal arrangements such as travel and time off work and also to inform you if they will be attending. If you choose to include an invitation to the reception with the wedding invite, it should be printed on a small card in the same style as the wedding invitation. A response card should also be included so the guests who do wish to attend can be kept track of. A matching postage-paid envelope should be included with this.

Traditionally the bride’s family mails the invitations and, therefore, all invitations should come from the home of the bride.

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