So, you are ready now to choose the invitation for your wedding.
Where do you start? How do you know which one to pick? There are so many new and exciting invitations on the market today that it makes it all the harder. Start looking early. Don't wait until 6 months before the wedding. If you have a good idea of what you want before hand the job will be all the easier. Once you pick the style and paper you then have to decide on the wording, ink color, and type style. Browsing early will give you a good idea of what is out there.

The wedding invitation will provide the first impression to your quests as to what the tone and style of the wedding will be. Not only does it set the tone but it can effect the apparel that your guests choose to wear. If you are planning a “Black Tie” affair, make sure you indicate that on the invitation.

Formal invitations have always been white or ivory and engraved with black ink. This does not hold so in the year 2000. Today just about anything is acceptable, within reason. Your personal taste and style of the wedding should reflect in the invitation.

Brides of today have a wonderful variety of invitations to choose from. Creating an invitation that shows your own individual taste and style is very acceptable, even with a formal wedding. Color, embossed flowers, ribbons, shapes, family crests, are some of the changes that you will see today. You can pick from the most traditional plain invitation to the most elaborate. The cost is the factor in both.

When you start to look remember that just about anything can be changed to your liking. Although, some companies will not change the look of the invitation. In other words if you pick a invitation that has flowers running up and down you will not be able to make the change to flowers running across the top and bottom. Depending on the company, changes in print, ink color and type set are acceptable. There are hidden costs in making changes, so make sure that you are well aware of these before you start. It can bring the cost of the invitation up with just the smallest of changes.

Of course the type paper will also affect the cost. The heavier the paper stock, the more it will cost. I am sure that some of you are saying, “what difference does the stock of paper make”? It does set the tone and style of the wedding. A thick stock will definitely show a formal wedding. But a less formal parchment can be decorated with a ribbon or lace and give a nice formal look as well. It all depends on your individual taste.

There are also many ways to word the invitation. This also can set the tone and style. In my next article on invitations I will write about the proper wording on invitations, and the enclosures that go into the envelope.

Get out and start looking and you will be less stressed when it comes to making the final decisions.

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