http://www.mikeandaliciawedding.com Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:01:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://www.mikeandaliciawedding.com/elements-of-a-perfect-wedding-invitation-part-one-2.html http://www.mikeandaliciawedding.com/elements-of-a-perfect-wedding-invitation-part-one-2.html#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:13:33 +0000 admin http://www.crawbot.co.cc/?p=4818 Now that you’ve have had a chance to ponder the considerations for your wedding invitation, we’re breaking down our earlier article into more detail. Ready to move forward? Ponder this…

Choosing the Writing Style for your Invitation

The first important consideration in creating your invitation is to select the best writing style. There are three major options:

Third-Person Formal – Use this for formal dinners, fundraisers, balls, galas, black tie affairs, and formal weddings.

Semiformal – Use this for cocktail parties, dinner parties, big birthdays bashes, graduation invitations, bridal or baby showers, cool theme parties, and less formal weddings.

Handwritten Notes – A great choice for very intimate or casual affairs including small birthday dinners, back yard barbeques, mothers day get togethers and housewarming parties.

Composing the Right Wording for your Invitation

The right wording can make or break your invitation. It will also set the event’s tone and formality for your guests even before the event begins. Remember that your invitation is the first glimpse your guests will receive into the type affair you wish for it to be. Consider this:

Formal – On the invitation, the hostess usually “requests the honor of your presence”, followed by the day of the week, date and the month spelled out, and the time and the place (i.e. “Sunday, the first of January/ two thousand and ten/ at half after six o’clock/ Sundy House, Delray Beach, Florida”). Engraved or raised print is the best choice with the formal invitation, typically written in an antique typeface. Consider, though, that laser printing and the myriad of computer fonts now available makes the formal invitation even more affordable for those on a budget. If you wish to go with the engraving but find it a little too pricey, consider the more affordable raised-print option of Thermography.

Semiformal – Semiformal invitations do not have to adhere to the etiquette of a strict writing style. You may choose a variety of ways to create your invitation, from bordered, textured or patterned paper, and size of the paper can vary as well. Many brides and party planners are moving away from the traditional 5 x 7 style and going with fun square or tall shapes so their invitations stand out. When creating a semiformal invitation, incorporate the event’s theme to get guests on board and excited. Use ink and fonts that match the party’s theme and stationery such as pumpkins for a Halloween party, fireworks for July Fourth, engagement rings for a bridal shower, a baby stroller for the baby shower, grill utensils for a BBQ…you get the idea.

Handwritten – The most important elements with handwritten invitations are the stationery and the legibility of the lettering. Make sure to choose beautiful stationary that really stands out, and either write very neatly or hire someone with excellent penmanship to write the text you’ve chosen. A calligrapher is a great idea for a truly beautiful and unique handwritten invitation.

Getting Your Wording Started

One of our favorite sites for invitation wording ideas is http://www.verseit.com/. You can browse by event type and get the idea juices flowing. And while you work on getting just the perfect wording, tune back into Part Two of our Elements Post coming soon, which will walk you through the tricky subject of working with a guest list and addressing your invitations.

Don’t forget to check out the galleries at http://www.atlasdesigns.org/ for additional wording ideas.

WHAT ABOUT YOU? Share your ideas for wording with our other brides.

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Wedding invitations can be printed using different printing technology. Some commonly use printing technology for designing these invitations are lithography, letterpress printing, engraving and thermography. One can also use offset printing or embossing for printing their invitations card. Most recent technology used for printing invitations is using inkjet or laser printer. With these technologies, one can print their invitations at their home also.

Wedding invitations design trends are not fixed. They are evolving continuously. You need to keep in touch for latest invitation designs. Nowadays, you will find various contemporary wedding invitations in the market from where you can make your choice.

While choosing your wedding invitations, you should keep theme of wedding in mind. For beach wedding, one can choose a card with fresh colors and beach photos. In case of traditional church wedding, go for more adornment that reflects official nature of the wedding ceremony. Modern wedding invitations are the reflection of a couple’s personality rather than traditions.

Wedding invitation is sent with two envelopes. Wedding card is placed in inner envelope. Inner envelope fits into outer envelope. Outer envelope is gummed and used for writing address. Engraved texts are protected using the tissues against the discoloration or spotting. In order to save money, some people do not use inner envelope or they use pocket fold.

You can also search on internet for modern and unique wedding invitations cards. You will find many wedding invitations templates online. Nowadays many web sites also provide custom wedding invitation templates.

Wordings used in wedding invitations should be selected carefully. Though there are no certain rules to follow, one should follow certain etiquettes while preparing wedding invitation. This makes your wedding invitation not only readable but beautiful.

Though mother of bride addresses invitation usually, now days a professional does the work on the half of her. Also friend with beautiful handwriting can also help them out. One can solve using word processing or spreadsheet software to print names on envelops directly from the list of guests.

After writing the names on envelops, you need to post the invitations. Many countries provide the facility of franking love stamps on the envelopes.  In US, special love stamp is issued by postal authority to cover invitation and a replay. Cost of love stamps is usually less than regular stamps. Other expenditure includes posting collection of reception card, RSVP response card, sitemap and accommodation information card.

As wedding is most special events in couple’s life, everyone wants to make it unique and memorable. Your invitation is the first impression of your wedding theme. It sets the tone of your wedding. Thus wedding invitations play crucial role in making your wedding an unforgettable and exceptional event not only for you but also for the guests.

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There is a wide misconception on exactly what a wedding sponsorship is. The type of people who seek out sponsors for their wedding are, for the most part people who understand budgeting. The concept of wedding sponsorship has been around for quite a while but still in some circles controversial. People have read articles and heard stories about couples who have gone this route and saved thousands of dollars in the process but the interesting thing about some of these couples, is that they could easily afford the wedding in the first place. So why go through the process of locating sponsors? Could it be that it just made “good sense”. Now I would have said “business sense” but that’s where it gets controversial. I have listened to heated arguments about this exact topic, almost as if the discussion was about politics. Some argue that this is a special day and it should not be tainted by the domination of corporate involvement. Just to be fair, most of these arguments take place due to lack of information on this subject. I think that most people when they here the words “Corporate Sponsor” they think of banners, flyers, display booths, print media and even publicity gimmicks. At the very least have a preconceived image of the words “Sponsored By…” etched in their minds.

Sponsored weddings are not corporate events and should not be treated as such. The form of sponsorship, which appeals to most wedding couples and corporate sponsors alike, are cross promotion and barter opportunities. As an example, if you were already prepared to pay $7000.00 for the wedding venue and the vendor said to you “ look, if you give me the names of three more potential wedding couples that I might call to promote to my venue, I will give you a 70% discount ($4900.00). Now if you knew three couples that were getting married in the next year, you might be inclined to pass the name on to the venue owner, and take advantage of this discount. There is no different between this scenario and what a wedding sponsor can be. Two things to remember; everything is negotiable on some level and everything has some value to someone. If you would like more information on wedding sponsorship go to http://www.sponsoryourwedding.com

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