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Wedding invitations are messages requesting recipients’ presence at a wedding. They are mailed out, usually, according to a previously-compiled guest list. The guest list is jointly composed of the friends and extended families of the couple. They’re sent by mail 4 to 6 weeks before the actual wedding date. With the advent of E-cards, some couples opt for Internet-only e-invites. However, this option is really difficult to pull off well because a working e-mail address is required for each potential guest in the address book rolodex. Although, a certain demographic, usually business professionals, keep extensive address records on their computer address books. These kinds of people often have more e-mail addresses than physical addresses. E-invites are even easier and more fruitful for these people – usually business executives, information professionals, and people that work exclusively on the Internet. The most inexpensive bulk wedding invitations cost $30 per stack of 100. That’s not to mention the postage cost of receiving and mailing them out again. E-invites are more economical as well.

Wedding invitations have traditionally been printed using strict engraving, lithography (first seen in 1796), thermography, letterpress (the kind used in magazines, travel guides, and postcards), and blind embossing in some rare instances.

Wedding invitations can be hand-crafted, artist-designed, or vendor-purchased. Each option has pros and cons, but vendor-purchased wedding invitations are the most popular by far. People cannot make handmade invitations if they’re not adept, dexterous, and artistic, or lethargic and uncreative. Most people cannot afford an artist. Vendor-purchased invitations can be purchased offline or online for the smoothest acquisition possible.

There are rules of etiquette when mailing and composing the wedding invitations. It is traditional for the bride’s mother to pen the invitations by hand, at home. If she does not, or cannot, or wants something better, she can call a calligrapher to do it instead. In addition, there is often an inner envelope that rests inside the outer envelope. This inner, unsealed envelope is a nice touch. Instead of directly opening the gummed envelope and seeing an invitation, there is a more appropriate envelope within, unsuitable for actual postage, but excellent for presentation. In some countries, the invitations’ postage is subsidized with love stamps. These stamps cost less than two regular stamps, but they cover the cost of the double weight of two envelopes together. The United States Postal Service is a proponent of this practice, for one.

There is nothing finer than receiving a wedding invitation that a parent or couple has put a lot of effort into creating. Wedding invitations are nothing short of gorgeous if they’re created with care, precision, and artistic merit. The last factor is not hard with over 1,000 designs to choose from in just the top online greeting cards stores.

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Source by Felix Alexander