Wedding Stationery

At Exclusive Italy we know that every little detail is important for your day. Choosing the right wedding stationery is the best way to set your wedding apart from the others and reflect, on paper, your unique love story.

Everything starts with the perfect wedding invitation announcing to family and friends that your life will start together and inviting them to rejoice. Exclusive Italy Weddings will present you with some of the most talented Stationery designers in Italy, Europe, and the USA, according to the style you are looking for. Invitation suites can be formal, informal, elegant, or funny, but the most important thing is that they tell your story and reflect your taste. A brilliantidea for your Italian wedding invitations is to incorporate elements of the location of your wedding and create Italian-themed wedding invites. Our favorite stationery companies love to incorporate as many personal details as possible into the designs and like to work together with the couple to create the perfect Italian-inspired wedding invitations.

Ideally, the wedding invitations and the wedding-day stationery create visual continuity and match with the overall theme of the event you are planning. This doesn’t mean that each paper piece has to have exactly the same color palette, artwork, crest, materials. We love to play with creativity to design memorable and lasting keepsakes of your beautiful wedding. These may include: a bespoke itinerary and map, a program of the weekend celebrations, a ceremony program, favor tags, thank you notes and of course matching custom menu cards, place cards, table number cards and escort cards or a custom seating plan.

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Before you order your stationery, it's always a smart idea to put together a list of all the things you'll need to print for your wedding. This will help you and your spouse-to-be stay on budget and figure out which pieces are essential (like your wedding invitations) and which ones you may not need.

Feel Good Wedding Invitations

For some guidance, we consulted with stationery expert Katie Fischer Cohen to assist in putting together a checklist—a guide to all the various paper elements you might need for your big day. Keep in mind, though, that this list is not meant to be exhaustive. The vast majority of these elements are optional, can be done as a DIY project and personalized, or can be sent electronically (besides the wedding invitation itself—we still think it's important to send guests a printed invitation).

If you're having trouble finding inspiration for the invitations once you've sorted through the list, Cohen has this advice: It's okay to browse Instagram and Pinterest for ideas, but at a certain point, you have to get off of all that stuff. Ask yourself: Who are we, and what's important to us? Don't let the of-the-moment trends lead you away from your true aesthetic.

For a formal engagement party, invites should be sent two to three months in advance, and for a more casual affair, six to eight weeks is fine. They should include the location, date, time, and any required dress code.

Invitation Ideas For Any Wedding Style

Save-the-dates aren't mandatory, but if you do choose to send one, it should be sent six to eight months in advance and mention the city and state of your wedding, your wedding website, and that a formal invitation will follow. Destination wedding save-the-dates can be sent up to a year in advance. This will result in a higher acceptance rate, and it's a courtesy that allows your guests enough time to plan and book their travel, Cohen says.

Traditionally, the bridal party hosts the bridal shower; therefore, its members should send the invites. Timing is typically two to three months in advance, and the invite should include location, time, date, and whether or not there's a theme. Where the couple is registered is also helpful.

Cohen suggests writing thank-you notes right away and sending them two weeks—at the latest—after receiving your gift. Ask a maid to take notes as you open your gifts so your thank-you notes aren’t relegated to a generalized 'Thank you for the gift, ' Cohen says. Keep in mind that a handwritten note is always more thoughtful and appreciated than an email.

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If it's a small-ish gathering, you can organize everything over email and text message. If it's a larger group, invitations should be sent out two to three months in advance. Be sure to include all details and what's expected of the guests, Cohen says.

The family hosting the rehearsal dinner may want to handle the invitations themselves. Otherwise, the couple may choose invites to match and be included in the main wedding invitation suite. In this case, it should include the name of the family that's hosting, location information, and RSVP cards or an RSVP line.

If it's a more formal event that someone else is hosting, you can create a separate invitation card for this event, Cohen suggests. It can also be sent out with the invitation suite, included in the weekend events card. Be sure to properly credit the host and mention any attire expectations.

Elegant Wedding Invites

If you're going for a traditional invitation suite, it should always include an inner and outer envelope. The outer envelopeshould include the recipient's address on the front and postage stamps in the upper right-hand corner. Be sure to double-check postage amounts before you mail them and request hand-canceling at the post office, Cohen recommends.

The inner envelope should include the title and last name of the invitees. While the inner envelope is not mandatory for less traditional suites, you may want to consider it if you want your guests to receive a pristine envelope (expect wear and tear to the outer envelope) or if you have a special envelope liner (the liner goes on the inner unsealed envelope, so there's no tearing it open), Cohen says.

This is an optional add-on and can be made of paper, fabric, or ribbon. It wraps around the invitation suite to hold it all together.

Delicate Elegance Wedding Invitations

The invitation card should be the largest and most substantial card in the invitation suite, Cohen suggests. The first line should include who's hosting the wedding, who's getting married, the date, the time, the name of the venue, and the city and state. If your reception is happening at the same place, include something like 'dinner and dancing to follow' and also include the attire, Cohen says.

If your reception will be at a different venue than the ceremony, the invitation should include a reception card. It should state the name and address of the venue and can also include the time if it's not being held immediately after the ceremony.

Cohen notes that modern-day wedding websites (and Google Maps) have largely replaced directions and map cards. But they haven't become completely obsolete and can act as a fun and functional add-on, especially if an event is at a venue that's hard to find.

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Response cards are a way to collect your RSVPs, and each should include a sentence with a reply by date at the top or bottom of the card and checkboxes for accepts with pleasure and declines with regret. Traditional reply cards typically leave the rest blank, while modern ones include a fill-in-the-blank for guests to write in their names. Collecting RSVPs online is becoming a popular option; if that method speaks to you, Cohen suggests still sending a response card telling guests to RSVP online.

RSVP is the initials for the French words 'répondez s'il vous plaît, ' which translates to 'please respond, ' Cohen says. So, if using 'RSVP' on your reply card, it should not be preceded by the word please.

If you do not have a wedding website and people will be traveling to your wedding, you should include an accommodations card with recommended hotels in the area, Cohen advises. Make sure to include all relevant booking info and codes.

Harriet Wedding And Evening Invitation

For guests coming from out of town, it's nice to include a welcome basket with an optional accompanying tag. The tag can include the items in the basket and a little note thanking them for coming. Or, it can simply read welcome!

These are optional, especially if