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By admin, January 5, 2010 2:57 am

You just got engaged and you have told all of your friends and family your good news! So you and your fiancé have discussed your future wedding and set a date. Next, you have to start shopping for your wedding invitations. Proper custom for mailing your wedding invitations would be popping them into the mail as soon as all the basic plans are in order, however they have to be mailed no later than 6-8 weeks before your wedding date. Choosing the design of the wedding invitation you like is as essential as choosing the venue of your wedding or picking your dress. If your guests are traveling from far locations, then you can and should use “save-the-date cards”. Save-the-date cards should be mailed no later than 4 months before your wedding. However if you are scheduling your wedding for a far-off location, around a busy holiday, or during a peak season when flights and hotels will be reserved in advance, they should be sent out 8-12 months in advance your wedding. It will assist your guests by allowing them enough time to make travel and hotel arrangements. The preparation of your wedding invitations should be done at least 4 months before your wedding date. This will save your sanity if any problems come up by giving you enough time to make corrections. However you can avoid any printer’s problems by designing your own wedding invitations. You should find out the amount of postage for your wedding invitations after one is put together. You can do this by taking one assembled envelope to the post office and asking how much it will cost to mail it. Your envelope should contain of your wedding invitation, response card, and the inside and outside envelopes. It is beneficial to your guests, and to you, to provide the postage for the response card. Don’t forget to make sure that the RSVP date is at least 2 weeks before the wedding. This gives you time to make a last headcount for your wedding reception. You should start addressing envelopes 3 months before your wedding. Also if you have many guests to invite, it may take some time. If you set aside a small bit of time each day to complete a certain amount of envelopes (say 10 or 20), you will have them done in no time! You will also need a checklist with your guests’ names and addresses so that you can verify the wedding invitations often to prevent errors. Any computer software that keeps track of addresses or lists should do the trick such as Microsoft Excel or Access. I personally use Parsons Technology Address Book Deluxe 6.0, however I’m not sure where to get copies of this software. Don’t forget to place your guests name on the response card, so that you can know who has RSVP’ed and who has not. On the day of your wedding or close to it (within about 2 weeks either before or after the wedding) is when wedding announcements should be mailed to those who were not invited to the wedding. You may not have invited them due because of various reasons such as budget problems, size of setting, or if you desired small, intimate wedding. If you feel that the receiver may feel upset for not being invited or miffed thinking you are expecting a present from them even though they weren’t invited to the wedding, feel free to include a small, heartfelt note inside the announcement explaining why you weren’t able to invite them such as “We value your friendship, and wish for your blessing on our marriage, however due to (insert reasoning) we weren’t able to invite all the loved ones that we wanted to. We hope your happy thoughts are with us as we create our new life together. Gifts are not expected, and we look forward to spending time with you after our honeymoon.” Then include your new address or phone number on it, if your contact details are changing, so your friends, family members, or co-workers have a way to get in touch with you. Keep in mind that good wedding etiquette does not stop with mailing out your wedding invitations. After the wedding is over, you will have to send thank you notes which involve more etiquette guidelines. Don’t forget that this is your wedding, and you can bend the etiquette rules to suit your desires. There are many wedding forums that discuss how to bend etiquette rules discreetly without upsetting your friends and family members.

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By admin, December 8, 2009 4:47 am

Every bride needs a theme for her wedding; it is the biggest day of her life so far and deserves a premise that stands for something significant in the bride’s mind. Some of the most popular wedding plans for modern brides during 2009 have included beach, garden, winter wonderland, rustic, country, vintage glamour, and shimmering diamond themes. It probably comes as no surprise, but pulling a wedding together can be expensive. By selecting a theme early on in the wedding-planning-process, you can help alleviate some pre-wedding stress, come up with creative, inexpensive ideas and expedite the decision making process when it comes to choosing invitations, decorations, reception food and party favors. No matter your theme, there are always ways to trim down the wedding expenditures, particularly when it comes to the sending invitations, having a sign-in book, and a memorable wedding cake.

Selecting the wedding announcement can be, without a doubt, one of the most difficult decisions during the engagement period. One of the great things about living in the 21st century, however, is that we have access to the Internet. Use the Web and its resources to cut some of your costs. Before you mail your invitations, send a “Save the Date” e-vite. There are all sorts of sites online that offer free invitation services. You can customize your “Save the Date” e-vite to contain an engagement picture or make it match your wedding invitation. When it comes to the actual creation of your invitations, consider cutting costs by mailing out modern invitations as opposed to the more expensive, traditional, cardstock announcements with raised-ink, gold-foil envelopes, a 5X7 photo and vellum overlay. There are many companies and individuals today that specialize in custom wedding announcements at a fraction of the cost when compared to most paper supply companies. When you send your invitations, instead of including a pre-stamped envelope for the RSVP information, request the guests RSVP through a free Web site that you and your future spouse created together. There are many Web sites that offer free RSVP services.

A creative idea for a sign-in book at your wedding is to use a scrapbook of photos with lots of empty space for guests to sign. By leaving a lot of room on the pages, your guests can also leave words of wisdom. You and your honey can treasure this book for years because it will not only have your wedding attendee’s names, but also their most valuable pieces of advice for your new marriage. Specialized photo-books can either be made by you with some scrapbooking materials, or you can upload photos to an online photo store where you can create a scrapbook designed in whatever colors or theme you like. For less than $20, you can create a customized photo book that can be used as a guest sign-in book at the online Web site for the Walmart Photo Center.

Every bride loves to imagine her wedding cake as a huge display piece that everyone will remember her wedding by. Unfortunately, a beautiful cake made by a cakery or custom cake maker can cost hundreds and even thousands of dollars. Most wedding cake costs are calculated on a per-serving basis, which means if you anticipate 300 people at your wedding, and the price per slice of cake is $2 each—very conservative price—you are looking at a $600 cake. For the financially conscious, a money-saving idea is to have a cupcake cake. Cupcake cake stands are available in stores for purchase or rent for a fairly decent price or can even be made at home. The cupcakes themselves cost less than $13 per 36 cupcakes at wholesale membership clubs, like Sams. These cupcakes taste great and you can select the type of cake (white or chocolate) as well as the color of butter cream frosting you want. The top of the cupcake cake can still be the traditional small wedding cake top, complete with the bride and groom figurine. This is a great way to appeal to the little children at the wedding and keeps the messes and necessity of plate purchases to a minimum.

Weddings are one of the most special occasions, but they do not have to cause you to go into debt! Make your wedding, or your son’s or daughter’s, into a fabulous event no one will soon forget by embracing creative, custom and contemporary wedding ideas that will save you money and make for a memorable day.

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By admin, November 24, 2009 3:01 am

You are now planning for your wedding. You have already set your wedding theme. And you should have already done your research on the wedding venue. Some of you may even have made the decision on the venue! The next item you need to think about is the wedding invitation. You will need to send your invitations about 12 weeks before your big day.
Since a wedding can be something very expensive, you may probably want to find some ways to save money on it. It will certainly be a good idea to search for some discount wedding invitations. Again, you have to spend some time. You will need to do the research in order to search for an inexpensive yet unique wedding invitation.
Searching for an inexpensive wedding card is never a difficult task. You can save money by design and create the card yourself. In fact, the best way to save money on your wedding card is to print it yourself. This is confirmed by a lot of experts in this field of business. Yet, in order to make your wedding invitation unique, you do not just use the computer to create the card and print them out. You have to add some personal touches to the card. You have to create the card using your hand. You will try to put various ornaments on the card so that you can make the card unique and meaningful.
For couples who may not have the time to create their own cards, they still have other choices. It is totally possible to get some discount from invitation printers. Some people may think that it is very difficult to do so. However, what I can tell you is that it is not as difficult as you think!
As a matter of fact, there is usually a section of discount invitations when you visit an online shop. You can spend some time to explore what you can get from this discount section. The quality of the cards will not be lower than the other cards. You can certainly find some cards of really high quality from this section on the online shops. However, you will need to check if the shops have the stocks. Sometimes they may not have the quantity you need. Yet, you will probably be able to get what you want if you are planning to have a relatively small wedding.
There are various designs and styles you can choose from when you are searching for your discount wedding invitation. What you will try to do is to get a card which will match your wedding theme. There are also couples who will try to search for a card which can reflect their personalities. Both ways will be perfect. Yet you will need to make your decision on which way you will go for.
When you are trying to search for the discount wedding invitation, be sure to search for some which will look more expensive. To this end you will be able to get an inexpensive yet elegant wedding card.

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By admin, November 13, 2009 2:54 pm

There are many types of wedding invitations cards that can be used when inviting people to you wedding. The choices can be overwhelming but when keeping with the theme of the wedding, the choices can be dwindled down significantly for you. If having a small wedding, the wedding invitation cards don’t need to be extremely elaborate. If the wedding is a large, grand affair, the wedding invitation cards will probably need to be a bit more formal.

Formal wedding invitations cards will generally include many items. This includes the wedding invitation itself, an envelope within the mailing envelope to hold the wedding invitation card and an RSVP card so guests can respond. A smaller wedding invitation card may only hold the wedding invitation. Online retailers will generally have both types of wedding invitations to select from.

Once you have decided on the tone of the wedding invitation card, there are many different types to choose from. Engraved or embossed wedding invitations will be stamped so that a mould is embedded into the wedding card. These are considered one of the most formal wedding cards. If you want the wedding invitation card to be a bit less formal, you may want to consider thermographed wedding cards. This will raise the lettering, making it still appear very elegant. If you’re looking for something even more casual, you can create your own wedding cards with a home computer. These can be very personal.

Whatever type of wedding invitation card you decide on, the wording is very important. Generally, the wedding invitation wording will be from the parent’s standpoint. Something such as, “Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Elizabeth Brown with Mr. Drake Mitchell.” The formality of the wedding invitation wording will continue with the rest of the wedding invitation card. If the wedding is going to be a bit more casual, the wedding invitation wording can be as simple as “Robert and Elizabeth are going to be married on June 30 and would love for you to come celebrate with them!”

Some of the guests that receive a wedding invitation card will send gifts right away, as well as bringing gifts to the ceremony. If any gifts are received before the wedding, it’s still appropriate to send a wedding thank you card right away. The wedding thank you cards should be sent within two weeks of receiving the gift. Many couples think that a phone call is okay and it may be but people do appreciate a wedding thank you card as one reminder of the events leading up to, and including, the wedding. For gifts that are received at the actual wedding itself, it’s imperative that everyone receives a wedding thank you card. Personalized wedding invitations cards, custom wedding invitations, unique wedding cards, and wedding thank you cards should all be kept within the same theme to provide continuity for all wedding stationery. Online retailers are available to provide advice and ideas for whatever the couple is looking for in their wedding invitations.

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By admin, November 6, 2009 2:49 am

Wedding Announcements may seem like a chore for the bride but they are an absolute must. They tell people of the big day, especially those that weren’t invited to the ceremony or reception. These don’t have to be elaborate letters, just a small wedding announcement card that lets people celebrate in your union. The newspaper may run a wedding announcement but you also want to send a wedding announcement card that is a bit more personal and unique.

When writing the personalized wedding announcements, you want to include a few of the basics such as the names of the bride and groom and their families, especially their parents, the date and location of the wedding, the name of the officiate who performed the ceremony, names of those who stood up for the bride and groom, what music was played at the ceremony, and details pertaining to the reception. This is all information that can be written on a small wedding announcement card.

You can add more to the wedding announcement to make it even more unique. Any aspect of the ceremony that was different from others can be included on the wedding announcement card. If the groom is Scottish and wore a kilt, for example, that is a great detail for the wedding announcement card. Where the bride and groom are headed for the honeymoon, and what they will be doing afterwards, is great information to include on a wedding announcement card. The wedding announcement can be summed up with thoughts of thanks expressed from the bride and groom to anyone who made that day truly special.

After wedding announcements have been sent, many of the recipients send gifts to congratulate the couple. These gifts should always receive a wedding announcement thank you card. These can be on the same stationery as the wedding announcement card, to keep with the theme.

Many people choose to keep the wedding announcements and wedding announcement thank you cards within the same theme of the wedding. This may mean selecting the same colors, and using the same formality. If the wedding was held in a church, the wedding announcement and wedding announcement thank you cards should be very formal. If it was a beach wedding, the wedding announcement and wedding announcement thank you cards will be a bit more casual and the stationery can even have a different texture, such as that of sand.

The wedding announcement wording is very important when sending out wedding announcements and wedding announcement thank you cards. There are many quotes pertaining to marriage and it’s a good idea to keep the same wedding announcement wording for both the wedding announcement and wedding announcement thank you cards. Something such as, “It’s a true blessing to marry your best friend.” Wedding announcements Cards are a wonderful way to allow everyone to feel included in your wedding. They may seem like one more tiny detail that needs to be included in the many different types of wedding cards. However, they are an important detail and many will thank you for writing them an announcement for wedding card.