For betrothed lovers everywhere, please make sure you remember this essential fact about your wedding invitations: send them out in time! Do not wait until its too late. Aside from the groom showing up in time, getting your invitations out in time is the most important deadline with regards to the big day. After all, what good does all that planning do if no one shows up? They must go out no later than four weeks before the date of the wedding. Some couples, especially those with relatives who live overseas, send them out as early as six weeks. After all, travel arrangements are a time-consuming ordeal.
Most wedding invitations, as is the norm now, are ordered from specialty printers. Decorated to the tastes of the blessed couple, they are ornate affairs that portend the gala to come. As such, they are frequently delivered in double envelopes to protect all that hard work. The recipients, are entreated to either reply by means of an inserted, self-addressed, stamped envelope, or RSVP by phone.
How we take the conveniences of modern life for granted: the postal service and the telephone. During the 14th century, it was the town crier who made it known when such-and-such gentleman was marrying such-and-such lady. We can thank the ever-growing literacy rates in the Renaissance for the formal, written declarations of marriage. It became de rigueur for wealthy and upper class families to exchange written invitations. By the late 16th Century, these announcements were also featured in local gazette and newspapers.
During the 17th Century, a new printing process changed the look and feel of wedding invitations. Lithography was, and remains, a simple chemical process that allowed intricate patterns to be engraved onto limestone or metal blocks. These blocks were then rolled with ink and pressed into paper, creating sumptuous invitation designs. The more sumptuous the invitation, the more imperative it became to deliver them intact. Enter the double envelope. Hand delivery is still an essential, and unavoidable, means of delivery. That is, unless you think anyone will take an online wedding invitation seriously.
Its essential the invitations be sent in a timely manner. Have I stressed this enough? Ample time allows the loving couple to fix the number of attending guests and finalize the catering and guest accommodations. What a disaster to have more people show up than you had planned for! Sorry, Uncle Bob, no more roast pork loin for you. Mom, stop eating that grooms cake " theres not enough to go around! Egad, the horror. Plan ahead, plan wisely, and best of luck you lovebirds.
Most wedding invitations, as is the norm now, are ordered from specialty printers. Decorated to the tastes of the blessed couple, they are ornate affairs that portend the gala to come. As such, they are frequently delivered in double envelopes to protect all that hard work. The recipients, are entreated to either reply by means of an inserted, self-addressed, stamped envelope, or RSVP by phone.
How we take the conveniences of modern life for granted: the postal service and the telephone. During the 14th century, it was the town crier who made it known when such-and-such gentleman was marrying such-and-such lady. We can thank the ever-growing literacy rates in the Renaissance for the formal, written declarations of marriage. It became de rigueur for wealthy and upper class families to exchange written invitations. By the late 16th Century, these announcements were also featured in local gazette and newspapers.
During the 17th Century, a new printing process changed the look and feel of wedding invitations. Lithography was, and remains, a simple chemical process that allowed intricate patterns to be engraved onto limestone or metal blocks. These blocks were then rolled with ink and pressed into paper, creating sumptuous invitation designs. The more sumptuous the invitation, the more imperative it became to deliver them intact. Enter the double envelope. Hand delivery is still an essential, and unavoidable, means of delivery. That is, unless you think anyone will take an online wedding invitation seriously.
Its essential the invitations be sent in a timely manner. Have I stressed this enough? Ample time allows the loving couple to fix the number of attending guests and finalize the catering and guest accommodations. What a disaster to have more people show up than you had planned for! Sorry, Uncle Bob, no more roast pork loin for you. Mom, stop eating that grooms cake " theres not enough to go around! Egad, the horror. Plan ahead, plan wisely, and best of luck you lovebirds.
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