How To Select Wedding Stationery

When planning a wedding, selecting the stationary for your initiations, thank you cards, menus, and programs can be difficult. Here are some steps to help you along the way.

• Step One: Consider the color scheme of your wedding. You may want to consider bringing a touch of your wedding colors into your stationary.
• Step Two: Consider your style. Do you want simple and elegant, funky and fresh or flowers and lace?
• Step Three: Consider your budget. You can get a lot of bang for a little buck if you take the time to research your options.

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1. Color - Because there are tons of options when it comes to wedding stationary, being able to narrow down your search a little will be very helpful and less overwhelming. Areas to consider pulling color from are your bridesmaids, your groomsmen, your flowers, your cake or maybe just your favorite color. The color you select can be as little as an accent line around the stationary or a full blast on colored paper; the sky is the limit.
2. Style - Is your wedding a grand event with a magnificent princess dress or is it a simple garden affair? These are things you should keep in mind when thinking about the style you select for your stationary. The grand gala should have grand stationary with velum and ribbons and all the special trimmings, while the garden wedding should be simple and fresh, perhaps a simple square embossed color choice on white or cream background.
3. Budget - Sure, it would be easy to pull a chair up to the table in a high class bridal store and select your stationary, but at the end of the day you can still get a lot of bang for the buck with a little extra effort.

Research; scan the Internet for good deals and discount printers. You can save a great deal of money if you take the time to do some looking. (One bit of advice for online ordering: Give yourself plenty of time and request a proof be sent prior to placing your full order.)

You also have the option of printing them yourself. There are many options for print your own wedding stationary on the market. These will be much less expensive and you are free to word and embellish them any way you would like. Office supply stores often have stationary, and it's usually a lot cheaper than going through a printing company.

So there you have it. Three simple things to keep in mind when selecting your wedding stationary are color, style and budget. It should all fall into place and you should end up with a fabulous set of wedding stationary.