Most people don’t have much experience with planning a wedding. After all, we only plan to have one wedding in our life time! Having said that, most brides would get a lot of ‘advices’ from all sort of sources from family, friends, future in-laws and of course, from the web. I think preparing the wedding invitation is one of the most exciting time in the whole wedding-till-i-do experience. This is because the wedding invitation is another way for you and your fiance to announce your intention to get married. The real excitement starts from now.
So when it comes to what, where, when and how of wedding invitation, there are a few basic rules you should follow. This should not restrict your own style or taste. There will always be room for your individual creativity.
1. All words are written from a third person view.
2. Social and Professional titles.
-Guests name should be written in full. No nicknames and initials.
-If they have a professional title, you must include it in full. Example, Doctor and Mrs James Begg. Lieutenant Jake Mikell.
3. Addresses.
-Spell out the addresses in full. Use ‘Street’, ‘Unit’ or ‘Avenue’ instead of St, U, or Ave.
-House number smaller than 20 should also be spelled out.
-Return addresses should also be written in full.
4. Dates and Location.
-Same as addresses. All must be spelled in full. For example, Saturday, the fifteen of July, Two thousand and ten at 4 o’clock.
-Use punctuations to separate date from time, street from state etc.
5. Two envelopes
-Having another envelope outside the actual wedding one makes sense. It means that the actual wedding one will be protected from being torn or soiled.
-The outer envelope do not have to contain all the family names, it just needs enough information for the postal system to get it where it needs to go