Wedding Program
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Wedding Program
With all of the wedding planning you have to do before the big day, knowing when to send out save the date cards, wedding invitations, thank you cards, etc can be a huge hassle. Here's a handy guide to fill you in on when, what and how to handle all of your stationery needs.
Save the date
Sent up to six months in advance of the wedding, these cards can be a fun way to kick off your engagement and wedding plans. If you’re planning a destination wedding, these cards are essential heads-up notices to guests who’ll need some lead time for making travel plans. The look of these cards can hint about the style and formality of the coming wedding or not–it’s up to you.
Wedding invitation
A wedding invitation is often not just a card in an envelope but a small suite of cards, enclosures and envelopes. The idea behind this more-is-more strategy is two-fold. First, the more information your guests receive to help make their wedding day experience wonderful, the better their chance of having a great time. Second, those little extras (the inner envelope, the matching enclosures) help create that this-is-something-very-special feeling.
A classic wedding invitation includes
- The invitation
- A lined inner envelope for the invitation
- Enclosure cards – These might include the invitation to your wedding reception, a valet parking notice, a pew card (for certain guests for whom you’ve reserved special seating), etc. If you’re having a destination wedding, use these cards to invite guests to other pre-and-post-wedding get-togethers, too.
- The response card – This is the ‘RSVP’ for your guests to fill out and return to you. This card should be enclosed along with an envelope pre-printed with your address and stamped. Note: don’t stamp those response card envelopes going to guests living outside the US.
- Map card – These helpful cards can be printed on the same paper as your invitation with the same ink to match the invitation.
- The outer envelope – This should be printed with your return address. Then you write out, by hand, the addresses of your guests or hire a calligrapher to do it for you.
Informal notes
Many stationers offer informal notes–essentially extra cards the same style and size as your wedding invitation’s response card with matching envelopes. These handy blank cards can be used for thank you notes, gift enclosures, and, importantly, for special hand-written personal notes for special guests. You may want to enclose one of these cards in the invitations you send to your parents, your future in-laws and everyone in the wedding party, for instance.
At home cards
These cards bear the address of your new home and when you’ll be moving in. They can be enclosed with your wedding invitations.
Wedding programs for the ceremony
Shaped like a large card, a brochure or a booklet, these programs are given out to guests at the wedding ceremony. A wedding program usually contains a schedule of the ceremony but can also include special notes about the members of the wedding party and other information that might help make your guests’ ceremony experience all the better. If your ceremony will be conducted in a language not all your guests are familiar with, consider adding a translation of the important parts. The wedding program doesn’t have to match the look of your wedding invitation but it should reflect the same formality and theme.
Place cards and menu cards for the reception
These cards give you the opportunity to add a stylish flourish to every place setting at the reception. Again, these cards don’t have to match your wedding invitations but they should reflect the tone of your overall wedding theme.
Thank you notes
You’ll be using these practically from the moment you announce your engagement. Consider getting two styles of notes. Order a set that matches your wedding invitations for sending thanks for wedding gifts from guests. Order a second, uniquely designed set for shower gifts and sending to all those wonderful people who made a special effort to make your day unforgettable.
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Chris Horton provides articles for wedding related topics to help brides and grooms make planning their weddings an easier task by offering tips and advice from wedding professionals. For more great tips for planning weddings, watch Get Married every weekday morning M-F on Lifetime at 7:30AM EST and CST or visit them online at http://www.getmarried.com.
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