2. Make sure that you have paid enough postage for the weight of your article. Take your save-the-date wedding invitations to the post office to be sure of this.

3. If you are unsure, do take special care to spell out words like “avenue”, “street”, or “doctor”. Put in effort to reduce ambiguity in your wordings.

4. Mail your save-the-date cards 6 months or so prior to your wedding day. They can help your guests reserve the date sooner, especially if you’re getting married during peak travel holidays or hosting a destination wedding. Wedding invitations can be sent about 6 weeks before the actual day.

5. Spell out middle names if you can, but leave them out if they make your line look weird, or too long. When you send out an invitation, you want it to have a positive virtual impact on your recipient, so make sure that the layout of it looks presentable and proportionate.

6. State your date and time clearly. For example “12 November 2011” instead of “11/12/11”, or “7.30pm” as compared to “7:30”.

7. If you are sending a save-the-date, you can afford to be casual and informal. When sending a formal invitation, you want to use words like “I would like to have the honor of your presence” if your wedding is held in a church or place of worship.

8. Be generous enough not to leave someone out, even if you’re in doubt. At this point in time, you shouldn’t have any doubts about who you want to invite, but it’s better to be gracious.

9. Check that the font size that you are using is big enough for easy reading, such that your guests do not have to squint to make out what you are trying to communicate. It also has to be small enough to contain all the important information that they need to know. Striking a balance is what designing is about!

10. If possible, leave out footnotes or limit them to just 1-2 lines. Footnotes should be short and straight to the point, instead of clogging up the bottom of your save-the-date wedding invitations.

And there you have it. You’re all set to start sending your save-the-date wedding invitations!

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How early should I send them?

Save-the-date invitations should reach your guests about four months before your wedding, though six months is ideal. If your guests do not have to travel too far to attend your wedding, or if your wedding does not fall on any festive holidays, there should be plenty of time for them to make plans.

If you’re working on a destination wedding, or planning to hold your wedding during very peak travelling times, then you would want to consider giving more time, like six months or even up to a year. It really depends on what you have planned for yourself.

Must I send them?

If you are planning on a destination wedding, or somewhere where your guests have to travel to, then the answer is definitely a ‘yes’. You need to give people time to plan for their travelling and accommodation, arrange for somebody to take over their work tasks, and perhaps to babysit their children.

The point in your invitation is to hope that they are able to attend your wedding, so I believe this fair amount of effort to send a save-the-date invitation should be worthwhile. It is also considerate to give people time to prepare to attend your wedding.

What should I include?

First of all, it should include your names, the wedding location and date. If you have not decided on an exact location yet, it would be sufficient to include just the city and state. You may want to put in the address of your wedding website if you have any, and your contact numbers just in case they need to contact you. Try not to put too much information on your save-the-date invitations as it may only make it look overcrowded.

You want make your save-the-date invitations as simple as possible, but make sure it has a personal touch to it, for example using your photos as a background. You don’t want your card to look like just anybody’s because they can get dumped on the table together with other junk mail. Have fun with it!

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Wedding invitations normally give your guests the first impression of your wedding theme match your wedding theme and colors. Therefore you will want your custom wedding invitations to carry style, uniqueness, and reflect your personality.

There are a few options you might want to consider. Firstly you could approach a professional designer to custom make a wedding invitation to cater to your needs. The downside of it is that sometimes this can be quite costly.

Perhaps you could try to search online for predesigned templates, where they use your picture on stock backgrounds and texts. These could be more pocket-friendly and yet portray the idea across effectively. Or, you can of course design it yourself!

Here are 4 steps that you will want to take into consideration, whether you decide to design it yourself or pay someone else to do it:

1.Draft the invitation

Planning is always the most challenging and important part of any project, regardless of how big the project is. Even if you are not the one doing the design, it helps to have some sketches of what you have in mind so that the designer has some ideas of what you want about your design. You should also be clear what kind of theme you want for your wedding, and the colors you have selected to communicate that tone or theme across to your guests through the invite.

2. Important details

Take special care to make sure that you do not leave out the most important details like the location, date and time of your wedding. This is even more important than selecting the design. Make a checklist of what are the important details you want to include in your design and check them off as you include them in.

3. Little details

It’s time to check the little details that you may overlook. For example, grammatical errors, spelling mistakes, guest names, etc. Be sure before they are sent for printing.

4. Keep it simple

It is important not to squeeze too much information on a small card. If you are going for an elegant look, then keep the wordings minimal.

Let your ideas and creativity flow, and do not rush to decide on a design. Take your time to choose what designs suit your wedding most. Custom wedding invitations can be a lot of fun!

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