WHEN YOU NEED IT

WHY IT'S PROPER

Engagement Announcements

Because of school, military service or other plans, your wedding date may be far in the future. If you want people to know you are engaged, plan an Announcement using the Wedding Invitation format.

Either formal or informal copy is proper to let people know your exciting news.

Save-the-Date Cards

Mail them three to four months in advance of the wedding.

It is a good idea to give family and friends as much notice as possible of the coming event. This is especially true if you have many out of town guests.

Wedding Invitations with Envelopes

Used for anyone you want to attend the ceremony (even if they are ill or too far away to actually come.) Always lists who is getting married, on what day, of what year (spelled out in full), at what time, and the location.

An occasion this important rates more than a casual invitation. Elegance is enhanced by coordinating with lined inner envelopes.

Reception Cards

Traditionally a Reception Card is only used when a select number of the guests invited to the ceremony are invited to the reception. Nowadays, a Reception Card is included with the invitation, even when everyone invited to the ceremony is invited to the reception.

This invitation says, "You are special." Mailed along with the invitation, this card announces the time and location of reception.

Response Cards with Printed Return Envelopes

A must in today's busy times, or you simply won't know who is planning on attending. Plus, you will end up chasing down guests who do not send a handwritten reply.

The Response Card has become an accepted part of wedding etiquette. Including one with invitation is a thoughtful way to ease the guest's responsibility to reply to formal invitations. As a courtesy to guests, enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope with Response Card.