Wedding Invitations & Plus Ones

For sure, you will probably labour on planning and creating the wedding invitations that you have envisioned for your very special day. There is a huge array of ideas and themes that you could choose. If you want to be unique, you could make your own embellishments of old ways of making your invites. You could make your own handcrafted wedding invitations or opt for a more refined finish by getting the services of the professional stationer. There are various sites that specialize on making wedding invitations and you will be amazed just how endless your selection seems to be, providing a perfect match to your theme.

Once you have decided on how your invites will look, it is now time to think of those whom you would like to invite. Naturally, you ought to start first with your immediate and extended families. Then you could move to your outer circle of school mates, work colleagues, community members and friends. Having completed the major groupings, it is now time to follow some wedding invitation etiquette of including the ‘plus ones’ referring to the partners of your guests. Some of these plus ones you may have met once, twice or not at all. If you have a close friend whom you know has a boyfriend but you have not met him, it may be wise to include his name in the invitation. For the partners of your office mates, whom you barely know, it is alright to exclude them from the list or just put ‘and partner’ if you wish them to bring along a friend. If in case your budget is limited, you can just put in the names of those you would like to invite and if they ask if they can bring a plus one, just politely refuse and explain the situation. After all, the purpose of wedding invitations is to invite the people you would like to share your special occasion.

Wedding invitations should be sent out way ahead of time. It should be in the mailboxes of your invited guests six weeks in advance. However, if your wedding date falls on a long weekend or a holiday, better allow for more time to notify your guests so that they can prioritize your event instead of having their vacation on the said dates. The best way to accomplish this is to send a ‘Save the date invite’ which can be sent out as early as four months before the exact wedding date. In this way, you can still finalize your wedding invitations without rushing and compromising its quality.