Sending out the invitations, Getting it right the first time.

With so much on your mind when planning a wedding you would think that sending out the invitations is no big deal. For something that seems so effortless it can be an easier said than done task. Take it from me, and to steer clear of a 12 round decision with your fiancée you want to make sure that when you are stuffing those envelopes, you should in fact pay attention. It was my job to coordinate and stuff all of the bits and pieces into the invitations. What a mistake that was. I, but not on purpose as my now wife would say, left out some minor details in about half of the invitations. I forgot to put in the directions to the reception. Well I did not know which of the invitations had the directions and which ones did not. And once you seal you pre-printed envelope you cannot open them back up. So we had to re-send to our entire guest list a second letter with the directions and apologizing for my blunder. This took twice as long, cost us more in postage and gave me a colossal headache. Needless to say 5 years later I still hear about how I almost ruined our wedding. What you need to do is work together on this project and set you self-up like an assembly line.

There are quite a few details that are entered into a wedding invitation. You have the invitation itself which has it's own envelope, the church location and directions; the reception location and directions, the return card with a self-address stamped envelope and the little piece of soft paper that go in between each layer of information. Setup the proper order of how the information should be displayed in the envelope then work down the line putting each item in the proper place .The first secret I can divulge is to stuff all the envelopes and have you fiancée double check them before sealing the envelopes. This way he or she cannot put the full blame on you if there is anything left out. The second secret is to try and get a family member or friend to take responsibility for this task. You would be surprised in how many people actually like doing things like this. If for some reason you cannot escape the horror of organizing the invitations just remember to take you time and double check you work.

Good luck.
Chris D'Cicco