Creating Wedding Invitations: Stationary, Envelopes And Paper

Choosing the perfect wedding invitations can be almost as difficult as narrowing down the guest list, simply because there are so many wonderful options. Most importantly, a wedding invitation's motif should please both the bride and groom, reflect the wedding theme, and express the couple's personality. Unless following a save-the-date card, invitations are the first glimpse family and friends have into the big day and should evoke guests to anticipate the event as anxiously as the couple undoubtedly does.

A fast and easy way to order wedding invitations is through websites like Wedding Paper Divas and FineStationery.com. Wedding Paper Divas sells wedding invitations for $1.79-$2.50 a piece, while FineStationery.com offers discount packages of either 50 or 100 wedding invitations of various prices. A set of 50 Caspari wedding invitations may run $125, while the same amount of Kate Spade wedding invitations could cost over $500. Browsing the thousands of styles of wedding invitation stationary online is much easier than muddling through crowded and under-stocked paper stores.

Ambitious brides who prefer to print their own wedding invitations, rather than outsourcing, have many options. MyGatsby.com has a line of all-inclusive single, 2-layer, or 3-layer panel DIY wedding invitation kits. They include blank card stock invitations, wedding invitation envelopes, and enclosure cards with envelopes. Any imaginable combination of wedding colors can be accommodated with this Mix ‘n Match kit.

Many DIY brides go wild over specialty papers, including styles like the cutesy pochette fold-and-seal wedding invitations, deckle-edged handmade paper, or exotic Japanese opaque Tairei paper. LCI Paper specializes in wedding invitation paper that makes for a unique and unforgettable final product.

Raising the bar for originality even higher, some paper companies invite couples to express themselves to an even greater extent. HapaCulture creates personalized wedding invitation stationary that reflects each couple's special story. The HapaCulture design team and staff are trained in multilingual typesetting in order to accommodate families from any culture.

Invitesite.com is another outside-the-box type company. Their eco-friendly wedding invitation paper will placate the consciences of environmentally-concerned couples. Fortunately, tree-free products don't have to be any less elegant than regular wedding invitations. Invitesite galleries display designs that will gracefully introduce a wedding any time of year, using "rich, luxurious, dreamy" recycled wedding invitation paper.

Once the wedding invitations have been printed, it's time to think about wedding invitation envelopes. Specialty seals are a nice touch and can be ordered from Seal-n-Send.com. Couples can choose from monogrammed silver or gold seals, the word love, a photograph seal, and many more. On the front of the wedding invitation envelopes, special stamps are a must. Zazzle Custom Stamps can actually transform a romantic photograph of the engaged couple into a one-of-a-kind stamp. Other options include love-themed stamps and color-themed stamps. Make sure enough postage is in place to cover the weight of the wedding invitations.

Now the wedding invitation envelopes have been stuffed, sealed, and stamped. The guest list has been narrowed down to exclude the groom's mom's best friend's sister's grandchildren and the bride's high school sweetheart. The mother of the bride's beautiful penmanship has addressed each and every invitation and dropped them in the mailbox at least six weeks before the big day. All that's left is to frame one of these paper mementos and keep one for the wedding scrapbook, then signed, sealed, delivered, we're done!

Sources:
Bridal Seals. Seal-n-Send.com. 2007. 16 Aug. 2007. http://www.seal-n-send.com/ProductSelect.cfm?prev= 1&TempPrev=0&blnPreviewRequestSubmitted=0& />
Do It Yourself Wedding Invitations. MyGatsby.com. 2007.16 Aug. 2007. http://www.mygatsby.com/wedding_invitations/do_it_ yourself.jsp.

Specialty Paper. LCI Paper. 2003-2007. 16 Aug. 2007. http://www.lcipaper.com/specialty/.

The Knot Wedding Postage Collection. Zazzle Custom Stamps. 2000-2007. 16 Aug. 2007. http://www.zazzle.com/knot.

Unique Wedding Invitations. Wedding Paper Divas. 16 Aug. 2007. http://www.weddingpaperdivas.com/shop/wedding-invi tations.htm.

Unique Wedding Invitations for Modern Couples. Invitesite.com. 16 Aug. 2007. http://invitesite.com/index.html

Wedding Invitations. FineStationery.com. 1999-2007. 16 Aug. 2007. http://www.finestationery.com/indexCelebros.cfm?do search=true&initialsearch=true&query=weddi />
Wedding: First Impression. HapaCulture. 2007. 16 Aug. 2007. http://www.hapaculture.com/life/weddings/invitatio ns/invitations.html.