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08-05-2009, 01:31 PM
Wedding invitations selected by the couple are a personal expression of their love. This is their day and the invitation may set the tone for the type of wedding they wish to have, albeit traditional and formal or perhaps of a more casual nature. If you are seeking to have a Green Wedding with eco-friendly invitations, we offer them right here! Once you determine the type of ceremony you wish to have you can start selecting your invitations. Here are some guidelines:
* If your invitations are fanciful and unusual, your guests will expect a non-traditional type of wedding.
* If your invitations are formal, your guests will expect a more formal wedding.
* You may wish to you special postage stamps.
* Children over the age of 16 should receive their own invitation.
* Invitations should be mailed six to eight weeks before the wedding date.
* Invitations should be sent to your bridal party and to the person performing the ceremony.
Enclosure Cards
Various types of enclosure cards may be selected in order to give additional information to your guests. Here are some examples:
* The Response card – This asks the guest to return the card to inform you as to the number of guests that will be attending your wedding. The response card should have a return date of approximately two weeks prior to the wedding. There should be a self-addressed return, stamped envelope included.
* Reception card – You may not wish everyone invited to the wedding be invited to the reception. This is when a reception card would be used. It would be enclosed with the wedding invitation and it would give the time and location of the reception.
* Map or direction card – Sometimes this enclosure is included when there may be many guests attending from out of town.
Placement of Cards
* The Response should be placed in its own envelope.
* Put tissue paper over the invitation so there is no smudging.
* The invitation should be placed in the inside ungummed envelope, face-side down and face-side toward the flap.
* Any enclosure cards should be placed inside the envelope on top of the invitation.
* The inside envelope should then be placed in the outer mailing envelope face-side toward the flap.
* If your invitations are fanciful and unusual, your guests will expect a non-traditional type of wedding.
* If your invitations are formal, your guests will expect a more formal wedding.
* You may wish to you special postage stamps.
* Children over the age of 16 should receive their own invitation.
* Invitations should be mailed six to eight weeks before the wedding date.
* Invitations should be sent to your bridal party and to the person performing the ceremony.
Enclosure Cards
Various types of enclosure cards may be selected in order to give additional information to your guests. Here are some examples:
* The Response card – This asks the guest to return the card to inform you as to the number of guests that will be attending your wedding. The response card should have a return date of approximately two weeks prior to the wedding. There should be a self-addressed return, stamped envelope included.
* Reception card – You may not wish everyone invited to the wedding be invited to the reception. This is when a reception card would be used. It would be enclosed with the wedding invitation and it would give the time and location of the reception.
* Map or direction card – Sometimes this enclosure is included when there may be many guests attending from out of town.
Placement of Cards
* The Response should be placed in its own envelope.
* Put tissue paper over the invitation so there is no smudging.
* The invitation should be placed in the inside ungummed envelope, face-side down and face-side toward the flap.
* Any enclosure cards should be placed inside the envelope on top of the invitation.
* The inside envelope should then be placed in the outer mailing envelope face-side toward the flap.