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When To Order and Send Your Invitations

By Edna Renskers

Invitations should be ordered when you have all the details of your wedding set place, time of ceremony and reception as well as your guest list. Plan to place your invitation order at least 3-4 months in advance, some companies may require 4-6 months. Especially, if you are ordering custom made invitations or handmade invitations and coordinating ensembles. Depending on the intricacy of your design and because they are not mass produced, but rather assembled one by one it can take anywhere from 4 to 10 weeks for your order to arrive. Also consider the factor of the design process, possible errors, proofs and changes in your design.

Ideally invitations are sent 6-8 weeks prior to your wedding. It is best to send out-of-town guests their invitations 8 weeks in advance, as this will allow for making travel arrangements. Consider sending out-of-town guests save the date cards earlier, with information on hotels, flights and car rental.

Keep in mind that you will need time to address your invitations, ask family and friends for help. While doing it yourself is the most cost effective way. There are other alternatives you may want to consider: the invitation company may provide this service for an additional fee or send the envelopes to a calligrapher. A fun alternative would be to learn calligraphy yourself, there are many books and materials readily available.

Even though selecting your invitations may seem like a daunting task with all the possibilities available, giving yourself enough time will prove beneficial and a money saver.

It is never too early to start shopping around!

About The Author:
Article courtesy of Edna Renskers from
Edna's Sweet Announcements.
Edna is a professional wedding invitation designer and owner of http://EdnasSweetAnnouncements.com

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RE: When To Order and Send Your Invitations

It's also easy to make lovely invitations. I made 150 for my niece and it cost $10.54 for the invitations, printed at Staples on standard white card stock. 200 invitation envelopes cost $12, also at Staples. I used a free, downloadable font called Quills, it looks like engraving. Printed them on my computer 2 to a page, and then folded the two sides into the middle and tied it with a ribbon. You could also print them 4 to a page with no fold. The wording is available online.

These look better than most of the invitations I've seen. They sell stationery kits for this purpose but they are expensive and unnecessary. With the ribbon these look even more special.

I also did matching Thank Yous, favor charms, and will do programs. Her wedding is this summer.

If the parents can afford it then fine, but why enter married life in debt if you can avoid it?

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