Wedding Invitations - How Do You Want Yours?

Wedding Invitations are personal and set the tone of ones
wedding. Invitations can be simple on inexpensive store brought
paper or very elaborate etched pieces of gold. It all depends
for the most part on your budget and your personal style and
taste.

Wedding Invitations are very personal and intimate. No one
publishes a public invitation card for a wedding. One creates a
guest list and personally invites the guests to the wedding by
means of a wedding invitation. A lot of thought and care is
given to carve that list so as not to miss anybody important in
our lives to attend our memorable event.

The wedding invitations reflect the tone of the wedding event.
The invitation cards can be very expensive or very simple. It
all depends on what kind of budget one has and how creative one
is. A Wedding invitation unlike other invitations may have
several pieces inside one main container for instance it could
contain an invitation for a wedding, an invitation for a
reception, a response card, details of the ceremony, venues,
location maps and sometimes even a dress code.

The most modern form of Wedding Invitation is an Email
invitation which is gaining popularity every day, but the basic
concept of the invitation, content and design element remain the
same. Similar effort is put into email invitations as is put
into printed invitations, the electronic version of invitations
can be more entertaining, attractive and interactive at the same
time. Some innovative minds invite their guests by launching
private websites which are only for their guests to see by
invitation through email with a password for the private
website. The reasoning behind this electronic medium usage is
that it has a distinct advantage of a wider reach, in time
response online, multiple invites and reminders to the guests
which is all very attractive as the guests are not likely to
forget even if they want to.

Traditional Wedding Invitations are generally in cotton or
linen paper in white engraved in black or pastel ink colors.
Many people prefer to have their invitations customized in non
standard sizes and variety of materials with elaborate or simple
classic tasteful designs. The response cards or RSVP cards are
usually enclosed inside the wedding invitations to let the host
know if the person will be attending the event or not which
makes it easier for the host to manage the ceremony seating and
reception menu etc and how best to take care of all attendees at
the wedding.

As indicated the Wedding invitations are very personal and the
wording plays a major role in the invitation. While the supplier
or the publisher of the wedding invitation cards offer literally
thousands of designs and a variety of standard content, it is
always better to have a customized content that reflects your
own personal style although the information presented in all the
wedding invitations is pretty standard, it is the manner and the
style of the presentation that reflects your personality and
style.

Even though the Wedding invitations are printed separately by
the bride and the groom in different styles and designs, the
content and meaning reflected must be the same. The bride and
the groom may choose a theme for their wedding which is
indicated in the invitation cards to the guests so that they can
participate in accordance with the theme.

Both Bride and the grooms full names are printed on the wedding
invitations. Certain rules are followed for instance if you want
to send some wedding gifts or wedding favors with the
invitations to the prospective guests, it is perfectly
acceptable but it is not acceptable but it is not acceptable to
indicate your gifts or wedding registry details on the
invitations.

Some interesting celebrity wedding invitations included Britney
Spears wedding invitations which was reported to be delivered in
a bag with a special note to the guests and one of the wedding
invitation later appeared on Ebay Auction and reportedly sold
for $2150.

Another interesting Wedding invitation was that of an Indian
Businessman's daughter in U.K attended by many celebrities from
various fields with a 20 page gold edged wedding invitations
with hand printed images and details of various functions and
venues and the invitation itself was accompanied by an
intricately carved silver container weighing almost 5KG.

Wedding invitation is after all a matter of personal taste.

About The Author: Gigi Mill is an online retailer of wedding
gifts and gives practical advice on
http://www.weddingfavorsandgiftideas.com to brides and couples.

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