Once you have ordered your
invitations, gotten them addressed and mailed, it is
time to think about completing the rest of your
stationery trousseau.
Thank You Notes or Informal Notes - Married Stationery: Stationery
for writing your wedding thank you notes as well as for
married formal stationery for all occasions.
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Maiden Thank You Notes: Stationery for writing your thank
you notes for gifts received at bridal showers and
gifts received before the wedding.
Stationery to write notes for
gifts you have received is probably the next important
thing for you to purchase. We suggest
custom letterpress, engraved or thermography notes. Or
for a lesser expense, flat or lithography notes. You
may select from many different colors of cardstock. We
can design a custom monogram using the same fonts used
on your wedding invitations. Or, we could create them
using artwork that you provide to us. Example: One of
our clients was given a hand drawn monogram design as
wedding gift, which we printed as a thermographed note.
Wedding Programs and Order of
Service: If you would
like a wedding program we suggest that you iron out the
details of your wedding ceremony with your officiant at
least six weeks before the wedding.
Usually, the ceremony information
comes first in a program, followed by the wedding
party, then any message from the bride and groom at the
end. Visit our program page to view a sample program
text and for more information about our custom
programs.
You will need to type your wedding
program text weather you are ordering your program out
of an album or if you have ordered one of our custom
designs. You just type the text in order of the
ceremony, wedding party, etc.
When you meet with us to order
your program, we will discuss the possible layouts,
cardstock and paper colors, ribbon
(if desired), ink color best
suited for your wedding theme. We can even try to match
the program to your invitations by using the same
paper, ink and font(s).
If you like the idea of doing your
own programs, we will provide you with DYO-WOH (Do Your
Own-Who Our Help) to give you the professional results
you want. This means we will print, cut, score, and
hole punch the pieces for you. These are details of the
program that can make the difference between having a
program that looks like a knock-out or one that looks
homemade. All you have to do is cut, string, and tie
the ribbons.
Placecards and Seating Cards: These are usually small scored and
folded cards with your guests handwritten or
calligraphied. Other options include cards created to
fit frames or pewter chairs. They may be created from
the same cardstock used to create your wedding program.
They could be adorned with ribbon
or include a custom monogram.
We only use quality heavy
cardstock for placecards because it is important that
the cards stand up without falling over easily on the
table.
We suggest that you have both
sides of the card have your guests names on them so
that people who do not know one another
can easily communicate and determine their relationship
to the bride and groom.
Table Number or Table Name Cards
for Table Tents: If
not supplied by your caterer, these cards may be
created to match your place cards or seating cards.
We suggest taking this opportunity to have some
fun and personalize your guest tables if you desire and
have the time to do this. Make a list of events
or places you have been with your fiancée that
are important to you as a couple and write a little
something if you wish, or simply, use this place or
event as a name for the table. The other
alternative is to use “fancy” numbers for
the tables. Either way, the table cards for the
tents are printed on each side so no matter which
direction from which you approach the table, you may
see the card name or number. Some couples also
include a printed picture of them at the event on each
side of the card. Have fun with this, and give us
at least two weeks to begin this work before the
wedding. Most hotels and banquet centers will
furnish the appropriate holder for your tent card(s).
If not, this card can be made as a double sided
printed, cut, scored, and folded card and placed in the
centerpiece on the table.
Guest Itineraries: A week-end of events planned for you
guests can be summarized in a booklet form with dates,
times, locations, and suggested
dress attire for each day, reservations required, and a
map included helps get guests to each location and
event. Our sample includes the map printed on the
back side of the last page of the booklet for easy
reference. view
sample
This is another project that you
can DIY when we design it, typeset it, print it, punch
the holes and trim the sheets. In other words,
you may DIY – WOH…do it yourself with our
help (or expertise) for that you the end result looks
professional. Copies of guest itineraries are often
placed in gift baskets which are delivered to the hotel
by a florist for guests to receive at check-in. view samples
Menus: Many
brides like to use the theme color(s) of their wedding
in every printed piece….from invitations, to
programs, and menus and table tent cards and place
cards or seating cards.
Sometimes, a coordinating color is
used with the main color or layers of cardstock with
one of the colors being chosen for the actual ink
color.
Menus vary in size and
elaboration, are adorned with ribbon or not, and can be
set with the couple’s names and wedding date or
monogram. Some individual articles are
referring to the monogram as a couple’s logo
implying that it is more than a typographical
arrangement of letters but also a motif is selected.
These couples are using this “logo”
on all or many of their printed accompaniments
including napkins, bookmarks, etc.
A meeting with one of our wedding
stationery consultant experts is all you will need to
be guided in your own vision of how you want these
pieces created. We do our very best to work
within your budget guidelines, and to provide you with
a realistic idea of
what these pieces will cost.
Your banquet co-ordinator or
chef will supply you with a copy of the printed menu
and this information may be emailed to us for a
typographical layout and proof.
Seating Chart: A seating arrangement chart may be a
luxury item, and it is a wonderful addition to show
guests where each table is in the banquet room.
We have designed this as large as 24 by 36 for framing.
A complete hand drawing of the room and the
layout is provided for us to graphically create and
print. Clients usually mat and frame their own
charts.
A-Z Guest List Chart: A guest list of each couple or
single person with their guest name listed beneath it
is created on a similar size
chart to the one above, and again, framed and matted,
and placed on an easel for guests to find their way to
their tables. Here the seating card or place card
is placed in front of the place setting. If a
menu is provided, it is placed on the top plate.
Bookmarks: Are sometimes used as favors and instead
of a menu, this is placed on the plate or at the
setting.
PIAT: Putting it all
together: Our goal is
to take your input which we need, help you decide on
what you want, get the papers, etc. approved, provide
proofs, and take the anxiety out of the professional
look you want for the best price and provide you with
insanely excellent customer service. We help you
start with a BIG PICTURE PLAN. We want to provide
you with the most for your printing dollars by ordering
the stock required in large enough size sheets and
quantity to print ALL of the pieces, and have the
wedding stationery match. A guest itinerary does NOT
have to be printed on as high end a cardstock as
invitations and programs, for example, and still may
require several sheets per out of town guest.
Pricing: Cost vary according to (1) amount of
typesetting, (2) cost and quality of cardstock (3) the
number of negatives and plates made for printing (4)
time it takes to print and cut, and types of
cuts…e.g. Victorian edging on seating cards, etc.
(5) number of pages, or layers of cardstock, (6) Cost
of and quantity of ribbon required to assemble the
pieces where it is required. (7) Quantities provided.
Please make an appointment, to discern the above
variables with us, and we will furnish you with
estimates on the work required. Prototypes of
programs are produced or a sample shown of our work
like your finished product will be shown to you so that
you know what the end result will look like.
