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How much should you spend on wedding invitations?

You started looking for invitations, you have no idea how much they should cost ...

According to TheWeddingReport.com, invitations make up 3% of a wedding budget. So if you plan on spending $28000 on your wedding, a good rule of thumb would be to plan on spending $800-$900 on stationery.

In the end, it all depends on what you want and feel comfortable spending.

I wrote an entire article on this subject on our website.

The Latest Invitation Trends Revealed

When you are browsing the invitation selection online, you may see some common elements in the newest invitations.  Instead of wondering what the latest invitation trends are, we have outlined our top trends for you, in the Invitation Trends article. 

Do you see invitation trends that are not listed here?  Please let us know what you are seeing with the newest invitations and stationery that you love. 

Corporate Invitation Questions Answered

When planning a corporate event, you may have questions about ordering your invitations, who to invite or how to make your invitations stand out from the rest.  At Invitation Consultants, we work closely with many corporations on anything from holiday cards to golf tournaments.

For this reason, we wanted to make answers to your questions on ordering invitations and cards for corporate events readily available.  For these answers and more, check out our article on corporate invitations by clicking here.

Not sure how to say something on your invitations?

Don't worry, you are not alone.  At Invitation Consultants, we get many grammatical and etiquette questions about all kinds of topics.  It's a part of our job, and we are always happy to help our customers to find the perfect wording.

We now have 3 articles to help you with your invitation wording and the difficult situations that you make when you choose wording for your invitations.  The newest one is "How Do I.." (a guide to commonly asked questions regarding etiquette).  The others are Difficult Wording Situations- Part One and Part Two.

6 Unusual things seen on invitations

these are all true ...

Top 10 Crazy Things on Invitations

these are all true ...

1.     A Costume Halloween Wedding
2.     Start your invitation with: "Get your ass to our rehearsal dinner"
3.     Let your guests know that your wedding was postponed because you're pregnant
4.     List the prices your guests will need to pay to partake in your anniversary buffet
5.     A birthday party invitation for a dog
6.     On your RSVP card, include the following line: "___ Can Not Attend, too busy shaving squirrels."

Who's not talking about Green Weddings?

If you haven't heard about the latest buzz around weddings, you must live in a bubble. Green Weddings is what I am talking about. Even Matt Lauer and Meredith Viera were talking about it yesterday. It's an interesting concept. Here are some tips: organic flowers, organic catering, invitations on recycled paper, transportation running on bio-fuel, digital photos, ... It is a noble undertaking, yet it is not very easy. I would also like to advise the future brides and grooms that it does not come cheap. Plan on spending 10-20% more on eco-friendly alternative vendors or products. However, it's not a small price to pay, if you end up saving the planet.