assembling invites????

im trying to do this... is there any special way. I have:

my invite- i large quare
my response card/envelope
my reception card
my hotel/church direction card
hotel accomodation card
reception card

do i put the response card in the envelope?

can someone help????????

Hey Kristi,

My mom is home doing my invites right now. She was in a car accident the other day and needed something to keep her busy. We decided to do it in this order:

Invitation in the front
Reception card behind that
Response card with envelope right behind it
Direction cards behind that
Hotel card behind that

My mom had some sheet they gave us with directions of how to do it. We didn't do it they way they said. They said have everything in front of the invitation. But I thought the invitation itself should be in front, so thats what we did. I wouldn't put the response in the envelope. People might get confused. We have the response sort of tucked under the flap of the response envelope. Hope this helps a bit. When are you sending yours out? I think we are shooting for next week. I will talk to ya soon. Have fun stuffing!!!

Hey Jaime,

I am sorry to hear about your mom. Is she ok? Thanks for the advice. I dont have that extra envelope that some invites come with to put all the other things in. i appreciate the help. I am shooting for the week after. i have a 1/7 cut off date. Im getting so excited. how many days do we have? i cant get the countdown clock to work on mine. I hope school is well. Talk to you this week!

i had this saved from when we did it!

Start by placing your invitation face-up in front of you. If you want to use the tissues (that came from the printers as part of the packing), place the tissue over the writing. The tissues are absolutely not necessary--they were originally packing material used when engraving inks were oily and wouldn't have dried by the time they were shipped, so the tissues kept the inks from smudging until they dried. They were supposed to be removed before assembling the invitation for mailing. However, over time, using the tissues has become 'proper,' so you're welcome to use them if you would like. If you have printed your own invitations on your own printer, you might find that the tissues do indeed serve a purpose--printer inks often smudge during mailing.
Layer the enclosures on top of the invitation in order of size, with the largest enclosure nearest the invitations.
Enclosures are placed on the pile writing-side up.
Enclosures with accompanying envelopes (like r.s.v.p. cards) should be tucked under the flap on the envelope (so the triangle covers part of the writing on the card) and then placed on the pile with the partially-covered writing on the card face up (and consequently, the writing on the front of the envelope face down).
If your invitations are the sort that need to be folded in half to fit into the envelope, you fold the invitation from top to bottom, with the writing on the inside. Enclosures go inside this second fold (the first fold is the one that turns the invitation into a little 'booklet' shape).
Pick up the pile in your right hand. Pick up the inner envelope in your left hand. Stuff the pile into the envelope with the first fold of the invitation at the *bottom* of the inner envelope, and with the writing on the invitation facing the *back* of the inner envelope.
Put the inner envelope in your right hand and turn it over so the writing on the inner envelope is facing you. Stuff the inner envelope into the outer envelope with the bottom of the inner envelope to the bottom of the outer envelope and the front of the inner envelope facing the *back* of the outer envelope.

The purpose of this whole elaborate scheme is to ensure that when your invitees receive the invitation, they open the outer envelope and immediately encounter the inner envelope with the writing facing them as they withdraw the inner envelope. Then, when they flip the inner envelope over and pull out the invitation itself, the enclosures are on top (so they won't get lost hidden in a fold somewhere) and the writing on the invitation will be in the appropriate orientation for them to read without twisting it about

This is a link that someone posted a few days ago - it has info on assmebling the invite -

http://www.topweddingsites.com/wedding_invitations.html