Your invitations

One of the fun things to do when planning your wedding is selecting your wedding invitations. This allows you to be creative with the physical papers used, and to bring in your theme. As your invitation is the first introduction to your wedding that your guests will physically receive, you need to make this selection with care.

The first thing to think about is style. Are you looking for a more traditional look - think cream cards? Is your theme contemporary - how about a pocketfold? Do you want to stress a black tie theme - send the invitation in a black pocket with a white bow. Or, are you having a formal and extravagent event - how about sending your invitation in a boxed presentation?

After you come up with your invitation's style, the next step is to select colors for the papers used and the ink. If you are working with a custom invitation company, there may be literally hundreds of choices for you! Hint: keep with your color scheme to tie the invitations to your wedding.

The next step is wording. There are tons of websites out there that can give you suggestions for your wording. If you're working with a wedding consultant (which you should be!), then she or he can offer you suggestions. There are few hard and fast rules in today's society about wording, but a great resource is Emily Post.

Finally, you'll want to select the font for your printing, which you can use in both the invitation and envelope(s). Once again, there are millions of choices out there, but go with something that's easy to read and goes with your style.

Until next time, happy planning...