Free Wedding Planning Guide!

For a more formal feeling to your total wedding experience, you’ll want to set up your guests from the beginning. Have invitations that are relatively formal. They should reflect your wedding colors (one, two or three maximum). They will have clean edges (not torn or cut with any type of shears) and some type of script-like print done professionally such as through a major printing company.

One nice way to mail a formal presentation that is still personal and creative is use layers. You can attach layers yourself or pay someone else to perform this service for you. You may use a variety of materials from a delicate ribbon or lace to a more robust pipe-cleaner or grommet to attach the various layers to each other.

One very popular material used in top layers in recent years is vellum. Vellum is a thin opaque paper giving whatever is underneath it a soft slightly blurred look. One idea used frequently is taking one of the engagement photos printed right on the vellum.

Example#2: Playful and Casual

If this is the case, find something you both are interested in, your life’s devoted to, you are passionate about, etc. Let’s say for example you two spend much of your spare time boating or sailing, you might choose a nautical theme.

You could explore shapes of boats, sails, wheels or portholes. You could look at the traditional sea colors of navy and white. There are many avenues to explore.

Envision This...

A navy and white sail-shaped invitation and when you open it to read the details there is also a photo of the happy couple inside a porthole.

Another wonderful example is of a lovely couple who are both players/actors at their local renaissance festival. They love the period and dress. Their invitations were on hand made paper with rough edges and includes a background swatch of plaid cloth as was used in that period’s kilts. The reception directions included burned edged paper which was quite authentic.

When you are exploring the creative route, there really aren’t any rules as long as all the pertinent information is included.