Wedding Invitations

Your Wedding Invitation is the first hint your guests will get of what to expect at the big event, and so you really want it to make a great first impression. When your guests receive your invitation it should give them an immediate idea of what your event will be like; whether it will have a theme and whether it will be fun and casual, or elegant and formal.

Trends in wedding invite design

It is recommended that You tie in the design of your invitations with the overall theme of your event, especially for weddings, and many couples choose coordinating invitations, place names, and thank you cards. Traditional wedding invitations are often being pushed aside to make way for contemporary designs, and here are a few of the latest trends in wedding invitations:

• Many brides are choosing to go green with recycled or handmade paper invitations. The use of natural materials such as pressed leaves or flowers is also becoming increasingly popular.
• Fun, bold patterns that include polka dots and stripes are really making wedding invitations stand out this season.
• A single flower is proving a popular wedding invitation motif, and this can often inspire the whole theme of the wedding, providing a consistent design element throughout the stationery and decorations.
• Pocket style invitations, or seal and send invitations are becoming very popular. With this type of invitation the envelope forms a part of the invitation itself, and wraps around other elements of the invitation such as directions, wedding list details, and reply card.

Electronic wedding invitations anyone?

An emerging trend for many couples today is to have their wedding invitations delivered to their guests electronically rather than in the mail. This has obvious advantages in that invitations can include multi media, such as a video message from the bride and groom and can be considered to be an innovative and cost effective option.

However, most wedding planners agree that an electronic invitation does not convey the same importance and formality as a paper invitation. There are so few occasions that warrant a written invitation these days, it would be a shame to lose the tradition of formal invitations to weddings. Besides, people are less inclined to reply to an electronic invite, and you run the risk that it will be lost amongst the hundreds of junk e-mails we receive every day. Notwithstanding that option is left to you to decide.