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How Many Wedding Invitations Do I Really Need to Order?
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How Many Wedding Invitations Do I Really Need to Order?

One of the first questions I ask a couple when they reach out to me to inquire about wedding invitations is: “How many households are you inviting?” This question trips up some people because so much of wedding planning and guest counts are based on individual head counts, but not wedding invitations. In this blog post, I’m going to go over how to determine how many households you have, who is considered to be part of a “household”, and how many extras you need (spoiler alert: you definitely want to order extras!). Make sure to read until the end to download the guest address template I send all my couples to keep track of guest count vs. household count!

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Three Ways to Make Your Wedding Invitations Stand Out on a Budget
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Three Ways to Make Your Wedding Invitations Stand Out on a Budget

Wedding Pinterest is flooded with invitations with wax seals and beautiful calligraphy, but sometimes those embellishments are just not in the budget. So what can a couple do to make their wedding invitations stand out without breaking the bank? Here are a few suggestions from a wedding stationer on how to make your invitations pop without spending tons of extra money.

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When to Send Save the Dates, Invitations, and Thank You Cards for Your Wedding
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When to Send Save the Dates, Invitations, and Thank You Cards for Your Wedding

We are in the midst of engagement season and if you just go engaged you’re probably scouring every resource you can find about planning timelines. Venues, photographers, and dresses are usually the first things you might think about and sometimes stationery can get lost in the shuffle. It can be confusing navigating a stationery timeline among all the other wedding planning timelines out there, and even more so now with all the last minute changes and potential postponements due to the ongoing pandemic. Read on for some tips from a professional wedding stationer.

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