Stationary

Once you have decided on your guest list it is important to think about the types of stationary you require for your wedding and preparations. Stationary includes all sorts of things from invitations and reply cards to orders of service, table place cards and thank you cards to send to guests after the big day.

Wedding stationary come in all shapes and sizes and can reflect the theme of your wedding and personalities of the bride and bridegroom. There are literally thousands of designs to choose from and these cater for everyone from funny designs to sweet and romantic, to the more traditional designs.

Stationary can be brought ready made or you can have it hand made to specification, and many companies specialist in this so there are an abundance of choices! You can have stationary that reflects the same themes throughout or you can have different designs for different types for example one design for your invitations and a different design for your thank you notes.

It is important to include useful information for example the marriage of who to whom, the date and time, and the venue. Obviously you will need to have different versions dependent on whether guests are invited to the entire wedding day or to the evening reception only. The cards are usually sent by the hosts of the wedding and wording usually reflects this. Click Here to see our Weddings With Style Suggestions of Wording for Invites.

Orders of service are also a great choice of stationary as they will reflect the theme and ideas of the ceremony. They are also a great way for the guests to be able to follow the service, what is happening when, and usually contain the words to any hymns you may have chosen. You can also personalize these to your requirements and are nice to have as a keepsake of the ceremony. However you don't usually have an order of service at a civil ceremony because there is no religious content such as hymns.

Place Cards are helpful when organising guests at the sit down reception and help to reduce chaos and confusion as everyone is allocated a seat. It also helps avoid those family arguments by not seating people together who may clash, it may be useful asking the mother of the bride and mother of the groom for advice when making seating arrangements and allocating place cards.

Thank you notes are a really nice way of making sure your guests know your appreciation for them attending your wedding and can be a great way of saying thanks for gifts.

Whatever stationary you choose it should be something that reflects the bride and bridegroom and be something that makes a statement about the couple, as this is the first thing your guests will see of your wedding preparations.

Weddings-With-Style Tips:

When sending out invitations it is preferable to do this at least eight weeks before the event, as this gives people enough time to reply and for things to be organised such as seating plans and meal requirements.

However it is advisable to send your invitations much more in advance for example twelve weeks before, if it is a summer or Christmas wedding, to avoid clashes with guests’ seasonal and family commitments such as holidays or Christmas parties.