Wedding Blog

Many couples plan their wedding around a particular theme, colour or season, and this is reflected in the design of the wedding invitation, which is the initial item that sets the mood for the whole proceedings. Trends in wedding invitations come and go, as do wedding trends generally. Some couples like to be very traditional, with a formally worded invitation in copperplate writing, on thick plain white paper, with some modest design of horseshoes, or flowers. Some couples follow the current fashion, opting for more colourful up-to-the-minute invitations, with slightly less formal wording. Other couples simply go for something totally unique and memorable, often sending out wedding invitations that match the distinctive theme of the event.

One novel idea with couples who are going for a Renaissance-style wedding is to send out scroll invitations in tubes. Couples who are having their wedding at an exotic holiday location, as is currently becoming a bit of a fashion, are sending out wedding invitations in the form of a small suitcases or travel wallets. Couples who enjoy going to concerts may make their wedding invitations look like tickets, with themselves listed as the main event.

It seems to be the case that, nowadays, anything goes for wedding invitations, with many couples opting for something that reflects their own tastes. The only thing that has not yet taken off is emailed digital wedding invitations, but given society’s love of technology perhaps it is only a matter of time before these appear. The nearest wedding invitations have got to digital is for couples to email a homemade DVD announcing the wedding and other related details.

As for more novel announcements, it has even been heard of for the couple to hire a skywriter to write the date of the wedding in the sky. The couple can then call local friends and family to look up in the sky and share in the happy news – however, this would only work for nearest and dearest living locally. This skywriting method does however, generally lead to a free announcement in the local newspapaer, as the local media are generally always eager for bits of local news.

So when it comes to wedding invitations, the golden rule is to let it reflect the overall theme of the wedding itself, which will depend very much on the personality of the bride and groom. Traditional, fashionable, unique – it’s all for you to decide.

Filed under: Style and Trends, Etiquette, Planning