A Guide to Perfect Invitation Printing Planning

Wedding, regardless of how joyful and exciting an experience it is, requires a lot of careful consideration and patient work for planning each activity. It’s probably a hint of what married life entails! There’s no reason to fret however, as professional event planners and wedding specialists are trained to provide guidance. They can take up all your work in exchange of fees for their services and ensure that the wedding day sails smoothly.

However, there are still a hundred things to do to ensure the right choice of every decision that the wedding planner involves you in. Not everybody wants to entirely give up control to wedding planners. Some people wish to segregate duties and apportion them amongst various members of the organizing committee who co-ordinate with the wedding planner for different tasks assigned.

If you are tasked with looking after invitation printing services and postage and do not know where to begin, here are a few tips to get you through like a champ.

• Define the Theme/Style- The invitation card is important. Designing it with the whole concept/theme of the wedding style in mind is even more vital. The reason behind this is simple- the invite card will be the first glimpse of what the guests may expect the wedding to be- formal, classic, modern, or any other style. Make sure you brief the wedding planner reflect the needed style in the wedding card or pre-invite. 


• Use Compatible Colors- Colors carry a lot of significance when it comes to the visual appearance and readability of the invitation card. If there is a theme color already decided for the wedding, you can ask the planner to use it as a highlight or in the motifs. Avoid using similar types of shades (dark/ light) for both the text and the background as that will adversely affect readability.


• Choose Simple Words- There is no need to write too much or be worried about what to write. Invitation designing printings are made easy by the use of templates available with the stationer providing with invitation printing services. Since your wedding planner is an expert in the task, give him the freedom to suggest some ideas and give some choices. You can shortlist the one that suits you best. The name of the host(s), the bride and the groom, date, time, venue and address are the things that commonly require mention on an invitation card. You need to furnish these details in advance to the wedding planner.


• Get An Early Start- It is always a good idea to start early. You need to send out the cards timely or ahead of time as a matter of courtesy and consideration towards your guests. They’ll also need to RSVP and confirm their place at the wedding. So starting ahead with the designing and printing is the best idea.


• Consider Costs- Speaking to various invitation designing printing service providers is the task of the wedding planner whom you entrust entire event’s responsibility. Get an idea of the amount of money you will need to expend on invites and the other wedding paper like thank you notes, event and menu cards.  


• Ask for Envelopes Early- Ask for the envelopes earlier than the printed out cards. While it used to be customary to handwrite addresses earlier, you can choose to get them printed. You can get them digitally printed too or hire a calligrapher. The cost factor would change for each of the choices.

Your service provider would send you a hard/soft copy of the invite card before printing out the lot. Proofread really well. Being closely involved with the invitation designing printings is important for any wedding, so as to reflect the real enthusiasm that goes in the wedding planning.