23 Sep How to Successfully Order Your Wedding Invitations
Your wedding invitation offers one of the first glimpses of your upcoming nuptials. A preview of what’s to come and what to expect, so it is no surprise that designing and ordering wedding invitations can create stress during the wedding planning stages. However, coming up with the design and layout of your wedding invitation is only part of the equation. Once you have that squared away, ordering wedding invitations is a separate animal. However, ordering your wedding invitations doesn’t have to be a massive source of stress if you check out our helpful guide below.
Tips for Ordering Your Wedding Invitations
1. Save-the-date cards should be mailed 10 to 12 months before your wedding, and wedding invitations should be mailed anywhere between 2 and 4 months before your wedding. This means you should design and order your wedding invitations at least 6 to 7 months before your wedding.
2. When you are ordering your wedding invitations, make sure you order extras. Ordering 20-30 extra invitations is an excellent way to play it safe, especially since mistakes and accidents can happen while assembling. It also gives you some leeway in case more people are added to the guest list.
3. While it may be considered “old-fashioned” nowadays, ordering your wedding invitations in person at a local printing company is usually your best bet. Ordering anything over the phone can increase the chances of a mistake, and while ordering online is readily available, mistakes can still happen, especially if the website is confusing.
4. Ordering your wedding invitations online might be the best option, especially if you don’t have a good local printing company where you live, but there are some things to consider. For instance, certain colors can vary drastically from what you see from one computer to another, and colors can look different from what you see on screen and when printed on paper. Getting a proof mailed to you before you sign off is always a smart idea. This way, there will be no surprises when you receive your invitations.
5. Getting a proof of your wedding invitation is a must before you sign off and get your invites printed. You need to see what your invitation will look like, and you also need to check for errors before the final print. Errors can happen with both text and print elements, and if you don’t find and fix these mistakes beforehand, it can cost you more money (and stress) in the long run if you have to get your invitations reprinted. So get a proof of your wedding invitation, and be sure to have a few pairs of fresh eyes look it over as well. It can be easy to miss a mistake, but fresh eyes can help you spot anything you might have missed!