Wedding Invitations

Brides, I’m sure this is only the 150^th time this week that you’ve heard this advice in some form – online, in a book or magazine, or from a friend or relative – but when you set out to select your wedding invitation, it’s important to have it ‘go with’ the rest of the wedding. I’m not necessarily talking about themes, but it is a good idea to have it play nicely with the rest of the wedding details.

For one thing, it’s a preview of coming attractions of sorts for your prospective wedding guests. Even if you have a wedding website, blog, or message board set up for your guests, trust me, there are going to be guests who wouldn’t know a blog if it bit them. For these guests in particular, your wedding invitation gives them a very good idea of what to expect from your wedding. An invitation with seashells and a casual font would imply that the wedding might be a laidback, maybe even barefoot, wedding on the beach. Conversely, an invitation with engraving and the most formal of formal wording, describing an evening wedding ceremony and a sit-down dinner reception at the swankiest hotel in the city would suggest that the guests should probably dig their tuxedos and long evening gowns out of the closet.

Your wedding guests will certainly appreciate getting advance notice of what to expect from your wedding. Remembering your guests and their comfort is part of your wedding, after all. Etiquette, weddings and otherwise, is not just for grandmothers, it’s for all of us.