A lot of people underrate the importance of marriage cards. Often, many couples will opt for a boring design, sacrificing quality in order to just get the letters into the mail and out to their guests. However, there is a lot of planning that goes into preparing a marriage ceremony and organizing your online wedding invitations early is one of them. So, to ensure you have the best marriage ceremony possible, make sure you consider the following tips when that preparation time comes round!
Know your style
You need to know the style of your wedding before you decide on anything else. Where do you want to get married? You might want to get married on a beach or perhaps you’re a little more traditional, so a church or a nice chapel is a little more up your alley. Or you might be considering a destination ceremony in Thailand, Fiji or Micronesia. Whatever option you choose, you need to make sure that the style and atmosphere of your event will be translated into your online wedding invitations.
A modern, casual and glamorous event will require cards that are more modern and perhaps minimalist, whereas a more traditional ceremony might require cards written in a 1920s style.
Experiment
Don’t feel like you need to stick with the online wedding invitations shown to you in various catalogues. Often, your provider will make any modifications to the existing design so as to ensure that your marriage cards are personalized for you. Instead, experiment with all the different colour schemes, shapes and designs offered until you reach an outcome that you and your partner are satisfied with. Don’t feel constrained to stick with the set styles offered.
Simple content
With all the nice colours and styles available, it’s important that you stay grounded. You don’t want to overcrowd your online wedding invitations with too much unnecessary information, patterns or pictures, all of which might detract from the key information. More importantly, your content needs to be legible and concise, so your guests are not confused when it comes time to RSVP. Just remember the old saying: “Sometimes less is more.”
Start early
Don’t start planning your marriage ceremony too late, as this will just add to your stress! Take into consideration how long it will take to design, print and then subsequently mail out all your online wedding invitations. If you are planning on having a ceremony in a destination location, you need to give your guests even more time to adequately prepare for the big day. They may have to organize travel arrangements, carers for children and accommodation needs; so the earlier you send out your cards, the better!
Have a few extra
One thing that you don’t want to happen is to find out that a couple of your guests never received their online wedding invitations. It’s expensive to have to go back to your provider and ask for additional copies, so it’s always worthwhile printing an extra dozen or so just in case. This will help if you need to resend a few cards or if a bunch of your guests are unable to attend. You might have a “B-List” up your sleeve, consisting of those guests that can slot in and fulfill the table arrangements.
Double check everything
It’s pivotal that you double or even triple check your language, word choice and spelling on your online wedding invitations. You don’t want to put the printing order through only to realize there is a spelling mistake. To prevent this from happening, get a family member or a close friend to read through your online wedding invitations carefully, before you give the all clear.
