Wedding Checklists
Wedding Stationery FAQs
Wedding Wording
Before you sign off on your stationery proofs, review this checklist. Reprints and printing a few extra cards later can be surprisingly expensive, so order enough and check carefully!
- General
- Are all the items you've ordered shown in the proof?
- Did you order one invitation set per household, rather than one per guest?
- Did you order at least 10 extras for last-minute additions or post office returns? Order more if you plan to send out invites to additional guests if people on your A-list decline.
- Did you order plenty of extra envelopes for addressing mistakes (calligraphers typically need 20% extra)?
- Will your printed invitations be ready to mail 8-10 weeks prior to your wedding, 12 weeks ahead for a destination wedding? If not, ask about rush service. Remember to give yourself time to address, stuff, seal and mail them.
- Design
- Are the ink, paper and envelope colours correct? (Note that colours online don't always look the same in print, so check against physical samples if time allows.)
- Are any design elements, patterns or motifs missing? (If it's not shown, it's not getting printed.)
- Are all the fonts correct?
- Is the text spaced properly?
- Is the text's alignment correct?
- Text
- Are the ceremony date, time and location correct?
- Are all names, professional titles, e-mail and web addresses, physical addresses and telephone numbers correct?
- Double-check that there are no abbreviations and that all dates and addresses are spelled out (i.e. Street versus St.).
- Triple-check spelling and punctuation.
- If your guests are replying by mail, are your name and address correct on the reply envelope? The post office may not deliver it if a name is not included. Remember to include the country if guests will be replying from overseas.
- If you are getting your envelopes addressed, do addresses fall at least 5/8" from the bottom edge of the envelope? The post office may not deliver it if the address is too close to the edge.
