Every bridal couple wants their wedding day to be special and unique. They go to great lengths to ensure that their wedding is like no other and that everything, from the bridal gown to the reception décor is one-of-a-kind. In making a wedding a successful affair, every detail counts, including the wedding stationery.

While the wedding stationery may not be as highly visible as the bridal gown or the wedding cake or the reception décor, it creates a subtle influence on the tone of the wedding and its importance should not be underestimated. Wedding stationery silently but definitely ties in all the elements of the wedding and portrays the image you want to set.

Personalized wedding stationery is sophisticated and elegant and is a strong indication of the bridal couple’s eye for detail.

The Wedding Stationery

Here are some of the more popular wedding stationery options. You can choose to have some or all of them for your wedding.

Before the wedding you’ll need:

• Save the date cards
• Wedding invitations
• R.S.V.P. cards

On the day of the wedding you’ll need:

• Place cards
• Table numbers
• Paper napkins

After the wedding you’ll need:

• Thank you cards

If you’d like go all out and impress your guests you can personalize a few more items, including:

• Favor boxes
• Menus
• Confetti cones
• Cake boxes
• Napkin rings

Matching your Wedding Stationery to everything else

While it is not absolutely compulsory to have everything matching, having a distinctly common element linking all the aspects of the wedding does make the wedding look well put together.

Trying to impress your guests with exotic peacock themed invitations could very well put you in a quandary as you try to match the color scheme to all your other stationery as well as everything else. When designing your wedding invitations, look ahead and decide whether or not the same theme can be carried on throughout the wedding. Better to keep it simple rather than give up half way because the whole idea has suddenly become too troublesome.

Impressing your guests with personalized wedding stationery

Along with the other wedding décor, personalized wedding stationery offers bridal couples yet another way to display their creativity. With beads, sequins, shells and an endless assortment of fonts and graphics, the possibilities are endless.

Personalized wedding stationery designed with real dried flowers are perfect for outdoor weddings or if flowers are the main décor theme. A spray of silk flowers as a wedding favor would be a perfect ending to a perfect day.

Planning on having a beach wedding? Beach-themed personalized wedding stationery in the shapes of starfish, seashells, dolphins or sailboats are easy and fun and go well with the theme. Guests are sure to be impressed with the detailed planning and will look forward to their beach-themed wedding favor.

There are plenty of options for Christmas themed personalized wedding stationery if the wedding date is around Christmas time. To create an unforgettable impression, put each Christmas themed invite into a tiny sled and send to the invitee. It’s sensational!

Origami wedding stationery is perfect for a Japanese themed wedding. The look on the faces of your guests when they see it is well worth all the months of painstaking paper-folding.

Keep in mind however that is no need to get tied up in knots trying to create complex personalized wedding stationery. Guests are just as likely to get impressed with personalized wedding stationery that is simple, neat and elegant.

As with every other aspect of weddings these days, it is no longer de rigueur for wedding invitations to be traditionally designed and worded. Instead, wedding invitations are now considered the perfect way to offer invitees a sneak peak into the unique personality of the bridal couple and an inviting glimpse into the character of the affair. In order to achieve this however, it is important that you choose the appropriate wedding invites.

Take a look at any offline or online store that creates wedding invites and you will see that they stock a wide range of wedding invitations in every style and color possible to suit all kinds of weddings.  While this means today’s bridal couples have an endless array to choose from, it also makes the task of choosing the right wedding invitation that much more difficult.

How to Choose the Most Suitable Wedding Invitation

There are several different aspects of the wedding that you need to take into consideration when selecting your wedding invites. Some of the most important aspects include the tone of your wedding, the color scheme of your wedding and the theme of your wedding.

Tone of the Wedding - Are you planning an ultra formal reception hosted in a five-star hotel or is it a more casual barefoot-in-the-park affair? Not only are the style and design of formal wedding invites distinctly different from that of casual invites, even the wordings and the font of the wording are different.

Color Scheme of the Wedding - Though there are no laid down rules about designing invitations of any type, sending wedding invites that complement the wedding color theme is an unwritten rule that is followed by almost all bridal couples. Matching the color of wedding invites to the wedding décor ties in all the elements of the wedding and shows that you have taken the trouble to take care of the minutest details.

Theme of the Wedding - Are you having a theme wedding? Is it a Valentine’s Day Wedding, A Christmas Wedding, a beach wedding or a Victorian wedding? Each theme has a distinctly different tone and the appropriate wedding invitations for each of theme would give your guests a better idea of what to expect. Sending a shell- shaped, casually worded wedding invite for a Valentine’s Day Wedding would set a jarring note to the whole event but would be perfect for a wedding that is actually being held on the beach.

When choosing the most appropriate wedding invitations you may also want to consider the season that your wedding will take place, the type of flowers you are having in your wedding and whether or not you want to incorporate a specific religious or ethnic theme.

Choosing the most appropriate wedding invitations is an important part of achieving the right atmosphere; it in fact sets the tone of the whole wedding.

Weddings are notoriously expensive, and with the current climate brides have to find ways to cut corners and save money on their weddings.

With lovingly handmade DIY stationery packs from Blissful Designs cutting corners and saving money never means cutting quality.

Blissful Designs has recognised that many bridal couples want to be involved with the creation of their wedding stationery and add that personal touch to our designs. This makes DIY stationery kits the perfect solution.

A wedding is one of the most important days for the blushing bride and when it comes to choosing the right stationery, Blissful Designs has the style and quality every wedding couple demands.

“Brides want sophisticated and elegant styles and we are really pleased with what we have designed for our range of wedding stationery. Not only are the designs unique, the range of colours available are extensive” said Clare Greaves, Owner of Blissful Designs.

The stationery is made from quality hammered card available in Ivory or White, with options like roses, lilies, hearts or feathers and many more personalisation options. You are even given the option to print in the colour of your choice once you have confirmed your exact wording requirements.

Clare continued “We strive on quality of service as well as the quality of our products and we are always helping our customers to get the most from their wedding invitations”

DIY wedding stationery is proving to be extremely popular and with such a variety of designs and colours, there is a style to suit most brides. View the full range of unique handmade wedding stationery at www.blissfuldesigns.co.uk.

About Blissful Designs
Blissful Designs are a handmade stationery supplier of the finest quality wedding invitations and stationery. The products are tailored to individual requirements and they strive to match the bride and grooms wedding theme. The wedding invitations and complete stationery ranges can be personalised to every brides needs. All the designs are available in a wide variety of colours and various sizes. In addition to providing their renowned stationery packs, Blissful Designs also offer a decorative chair cover hire service, balloon decoration and beautifully crafted guest books, photo albums and keepsake boxes.

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