Simple Steps To Help Create Your Elegant Wedding Invitations

Your wedding ceremony is so incredibly important so you want to be sure it is represented by equally elegant wedding invitations. These will really become the cornerstone of the event, and set the tone for the rest of wedding. Aside from the save the date cards, if you elect to send them, the elegant wedding invitation is the first glimpse into the look and feel and theme of your wedding. In many cases the time and money are not as heavily invested into the save the date cards so the letterpress invitations really set the stage. With this in mind, it becomes increasingly important to ensure your wedding invitation is exactly how you envision it and that it is crafted with the utmost care and attention to detail. Remember, the invitation is also a reflection of the bride and groom and are unique in this way. It must be tasteful, elegant and literally a work of art for your guest to see.

There are many choices to be made when creating such a masterpiece. You want to be sure you are going to work with a designer that has similar taste. If you don’t like the designs that are shown, don’t think they can design something for you differently, and you will end up liking it. Start with a designer you like and play off of that style to make your invitation different. If you like her fall wedding invitation designs, you will probably like what they can do for a spring invitation. If you do work with a designer or are designing the invitation yourself, you want to make sure they are familiar with the printing process you will be using. For instance, letterpress printing has some limitations that digital printing doesn’t. It also looks better designed a certain way based on the paper you choose. Also know that there will be slight variations in ink colors especially on solid areas that are inked. A designer familiar with letterpress printing knows these issues and how to best design around them.

Another choice to make is the paper selection. For the most part we believe that the thicker papers are better for letterpress. They augment and capture the real beauty of the impression and tactile nature of the process. Using a tree free paper such as a 100% reclaimed cotton paper, can really make a beautiful invitation pop into a truly fabulous piece of art. Be careful though, not all cotton papers are the same. For instance Crane’s lettra tends to be a dryer paper and though it may receive the impression well, it often can leave cracking around the impression. Many printers will actually wet each piece before printing to try to counter this affect. But there are other brands that are not so brittle. To some though, other paper characteristics are better suited to the look and feel of their invitation. Some of these include a deckled edge, colored envelopes, environmental factors such as recycled paper or they want something clean and simple which is often found in traditional smooth finished papers. Read more here.