Your Wedding Invitations
Your wedding stationery choices are very important for creating the right feel to your wedding. Your wedding invitations will be one of the first things related to your wedding that your guests will see - so it should set the tone for your big day.
Your wedding invitations should ideally be sent out at least six weeks ahead of your wedding (and we always suggest around 6 months is a good time to allow people to plan). Timing is particularly important during the Summertime when your guests are likely to be booking their holidays.
When it comes to ordering your wedding invitations, you should always order a few more than you think you will need. This is useful in case you make handwriting mistakes on the cards (nobody likes an invite that's been Tippex-ed!), or in case some people can’t attend and you then have the option to invite other guests in their place.
When it comes to getting married abroad, it is very important that your wedding invitations are sent out even earlier than normal, to allow your guests the time to make necessary arrangement for attending your wedding. From flights and accommodation, to booking time off work and sorting out holiday arrangements, we advise that sending out your invites a year before the date is good practice.
For a beach wedding, you probably want to opt for stationery a little different to the traditional white or cream wedding designs, that you might otherwise have back home. There are specially designed wedding invitations specifically for a beach wedding: they include images of beaches, waves, and gorgeous sunsets - everything you associate with being somewhere far away!
You can further personalise your wedding invitations by having the name of the bride and groom on the front of the card. To complement your beach invites, you could use a similar design for your table plans, name places cards, RSVP cards and guest information cards (useful for sending additional information to your guests regarding places to stay, flights to the destination and whether or not there is a specific dress code).