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A wedding invitation card gives your guests a glimpse into your wedding ceremony and every important detail they need to know.
Most people pay little or less attention to their wedding invitation. This should never be the case because an invitation card is an important part and should be given attention.
This explains why you should avoid these wedding invitation mistakes below:
- Typographical Error
This is one of the common mistakes which can be easily seen on an invitation card.
Most couples are not detailed or careful enough to spare some time to go through their invitation card before going ahead to distribute them.
In most cases, these typographical errors can spread the wrong information to the guests. Therefore, you must go through your invitation card before going ahead to distribute them.
You can also ask a friend or a relative who is grammatically inclined to kindly go through the invitation to help you spot any error if you see one.
- Ordering for the wrong quantity
Ordering more invitation card than you need is one of the mistakes which is commonly seen.
Hence, you and your spouse should take out time to write out the guests’ names of those who you will be giving invitation cards to.
This will help reduce waste and help both of you to budget better.
- Not giving your vendor enough time
Some couples start the ordering of invitation cards quite late and in some few cases, a few weeks to the wedding due to different reasons.
Due to this reason, the vendor is usually placed in a tight corner trying to meet up with the deadline and also delivering an excellent service.
Ensure you avoid this mistake by planning which will give the vendor ample time to deliver quality service.
- Lack of proper budget
Budgeting is the first step needed in any project you embark on in life and a wedding ceremony is not an exception.
Ensure you and your spouse both take out time to write out your budget for various aspects of the wedding and in this case plan adequately for the wedding invitation.
This will give you and your spouse a sense of direction concerning the wedding.
- Using too much color
Almost everyone loves something colorful and bright and a wedding invitation card is not an exception.
But, caution should be taken for that in order not to go overboard with the color. Therefore, ensure you stick to a simple color scheme and make it simple as much as possible.
- Including too much information
A wedding invitation ought to be simple and straightforward. However, things have evolved and what we have now is an invitation card filled with so much unnecessary information.
Ensure you keep it simple and straightforward. Remember, no one has the time to go through a long invitation.
- Forgetting to prepare a thank you note
A thank you note is very important and it should be prepared along with your wedding invitation.
Ensure you make arrangements for this when preparing your wedding invitation.
Do you know of any wedding invitation error? Share your thoughts in the comments section.