When choosing your wedding stationery, send off and order
lots of brochures, samples and pricelists before choosing
your supplier. Don't just settle for the first one that
arrives. Ask your friends for good recommendations. Think
about having the menus for the wedding meal printed in
the same style as the invitations, place cards and Orders
of Service.
Visit suppliers where possible and get a feel for their
quality of work.
Before ordering place cards from the stationer, check
with your reception venue to see if place cards are included
in their charges.
Find out about the supplier's charging policy if you should
need a few extra copies of invitations, place cards or
orders of service. Will they regard any extras as a new
order? Will they charge the additions at the same rate
as the existing order?
The quantity of invitations should allow for any last
minute changes of the guest list.
A rule of thumb is to order one invitation per household
invited - a household can be a couple or a single person-
and an extra half dozen as spares.
When ordering the Order of Service, remember to allow
extra numbers for the marriage officiant and anyone else
who will attend the wedding service.