Sending invitations out to guests is a big checkpoint along the road to planning for your wedding. Though it seems like a straightforward task, there are a handful of problems that could come along and make your life a lot more difficult than it has to be. Some issues are a bit easy to predict. For example, you need to make sure you have the correct addresses and names of each guest you plan on inviting to the event. While this is a common problem, it is far from the only roadblock you can expect.
There are a number of interesting and frustrating invitation issues you might run into as you plan for your special day. Give yourself a bit of breathing room and see how best to handle some of these situations that could come up with your invitations.
Date and Time
Timing is everything in life. With wedding invitations, time really is of the essence. When you want to make sure you are giving your guests ample time to respond to your invitation, it is essential you sent the invitations out with significant time to spare before the actual event. Cutting it close can really throw everything off and make it difficult for you to get an exact number of guests. The easiest way this problem gets out of hand is by pushing back when you order the actual invitations to be sent out.
There are a number of companies out there that promise to help you with your invitations. Though you might have your heart set on a designer who creates some gorgeous paper goods, you need to make sure this person can get the invites out on time. Talk to the person designing your invites in advance and ask when you need to have your proofs approved by to get the invitations in the mail by the appropriate date. Have a backup plan in the event your first pick cannot hit your deadlines for you.
Invite Fails
Recent years have seen a huge surge in how many couples attempt “do it yourself” weddings. The DIY mentality can be rewarding in many ways. You might feel a sense of accomplishment when you change a flat tire on your car without assistance or paint an entire fence around your house by watching a video on YouTube. Still, DIY weddings are incredibly stressful on brides and grooms. The biggest problem couples run into here is winding up with results that look absolutely terrible.
You might not have the artistic ability to create invites matching the image you had in your head. Since you might not know this fact until after you have already gone through painstaking lengths to craft the invites, it is best to have alternate options available. When attempting DIY invites, be sure to have a person in mind who could come in and perfect your designs in the event of disaster. Without a secondary option for your invitations, you could be stuck sending out something that looks like it was made in a kindergarten classroom.
Paying Postage
Finally, don’t forget the postage. Seriously, the postage is going to be much more costly than you think. The cardstock used for the average wedding invitation is far thicker than normal paper. This means it weighs more. You might think the invitation in your hand is light but placing it on a scale might tell you otherwise. Plan accordingly by weighing each cardstock option in advance and learning a bit more about how the pricing system for postage works.
Sending out your wedding invitations with plenty of time for guests to respond is only one step of the process. To see the best results from your wedding invitations, be sure to think through the common problems listed here and come up with a contingency plan in the event everything goes wrong.
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