We went to wedding planner Crystal Adair-Benning of Distinct Occasions with all of your most burning wedding invitation etiquette questions. These five tips will help you to ensure that everyone you know and love will show up for your special day.
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Mother of the Bride Dresses. The design of the invitation itself is truly up to you to choose, though professional wedding planners often recommend that you tie it into your wedding theme in some way—through colors or design embellishments. Wedding etiquette demands that the invitation only contains the above key details of the event. However, the invitation suite can include other important details:. Wedding etiquette also demands that you leave gift or registry information out of your invitation suite.
Additionally, you can include registry information on your wedding website, with easy links to follow. Another important detail is the wedding invitation envelope, which should always be hand addressed in beautiful handwriting.
All the words in the address should be written out in full, with house numbers under twenty spelled out. The return address should be written on the back flap.
The envelope itself should be of high-quality, and can be tastefully done in a color that compliments your wedding theme. Now you know what your wedding invitations should say and how they should say it. As we stated above, anywhere from 8 weeks to 16 weeks before the wedding is an acceptable time to send invitations.
Sending out invitations earlier may seem like a good idea to get planning done sooner, but ultimately it may make finalizing your guest list numbers more difficult. If you choose not to send save-the-dates, feel free to send your wedding invitations out a bit earlier than if you had.
In the 8 to 16 week range, you may want to lean more towards 16 weeks before the wedding for invitations if you did not send guests a save- the-date. This way, guests have a little more warning and more time to plan. Consider sending your invitations 12 to 16 weeks before the wedding, keeping in mind that you may want to book a block of hotel rooms for guests or recommend other accommodations at your destination.
Our recommendation is to send out your invitations between 8 to 12 weeks before your wedding, but if you need more time, 16 weeks early is acceptable.
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