One of the most important things in wedding planning is the traditional wedding invitation. The invitation is the formal written notice sent to all the people that are welcomed at the wedding and wedding reception inviting them to join the family in the celebration. Of course it is also popular to have a modern wedding invitation, but that is very different from the traditional wedding invitation. Some modern invitations still use choice rules from the traditional invitation though.
Traditionally the wedding invitation is sent on behalf of the bride and groom’s parents and follows a very antique protocol. Their writing style, envelops, wording and even the colors have to be very meticulously chosen to match the weddings theme, season and etiquette.
The traditional wedding invitation is comprised of the invitation, outer envelopes, response card, and reception card and, for the out of town guest, an accommodation card. These parts might be used according to the occasion and the amount of people you might want to invite.
The invitation contains of the formal announcements that invite the person to the ceremony. The response card that is accompanied with a postage paid and pre-addressed envelop is used by the person to notify that he/she will be attending the wedding. The reception card carries all the information relevant to the place where the celebration dinner and party will take place after the religious of civil marriage ceremony concludes and the accommodation card lets people from out of town know where to most convenient location is to stay during the wedding days.
It is really important to have a very informative invitation. This will make your ceremony one that you will never forget, as more people will reply with their attendance. Also you might want to send out an invitation reminder a one-month before the ceremony takes place so the people that replied that would be attending remember about the wedding.
A wedding is one of the most important moments in a couple’s life. And with a beautiful wedding invitation your friends and family will most definitely have a wonderful first impression of what you future life as a couple will look like for years to come.
