Inviations

gmnst15 Posted: Feb 26, 2005 12:11 AM

Inviations

How soon before your wedding did you start to look for invitations? TIA

Boop2704 Posted: Feb 26, 2005 12:20 AM

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We started looking about 5 months before. We ordered them about 3 months before to give us time to set them up.

lrs2005 Posted: Feb 26, 2005 12:35 AM

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I sent away for info when we first got engaged (May 2004), but only now have I begun to think about them seriously. I hope to have them ordered by mid March for our end of August wedding.
Lisa

busybee705 Posted: Feb 26, 2005 01:22 AM

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A year and a half ago. Since then, I've been requesting free samples from online catalogs. I swear I must have at least 50.

And I still can't decide what invitations to go with! I can't make up my mind whether or not I want something classy, sophisticated, traditional, simple, elaborate or modern.

I do know what I hate: the bride-and-groom ones, something with too much flowers, flimsy paper, etc.

Help!!

SomethingBlu Posted: Feb 26, 2005 09:14 AM

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Because you will want samples, you will compare papers, fonts and companies, I say start looking as early as possible. Invitations were my biggest pain in the butt...I finally ended up doing my own (sort of)...so def start early because there are so many out there, but at the same time everything sort of looks the same...hope I made sense! Definitely work with a good vendor who can show you things in your taste range.

melissaandsean Posted: Feb 26, 2005 09:18 AM

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I started early. we booked the location february of last year and I started seriously looking for invites around july, and ordered them in november.

anjerandunder Posted: Feb 26, 2005 02:42 PM

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i just started looking and ordered them last week

bluesashbride Posted: Feb 26, 2005 02:49 PM

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i ordered them in DEC for a May wedding and started clipping ideas and pictures as soon as i started planning the wedding.

David'sbride Posted: Feb 26, 2005 03:45 PM

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I started looking last fall but ordered them at the end of January for our July 4th wedding. As I'm a teacher will an extra heavy course load this semester (6 classes 5 on the college level) I needed the invites by Feb recess (I can't get wedding stuff done during a normal week) so I could put the ribbon on them and assemble them. We just finished this morning. We are sending them March 15 and our rsvp date is May 4th, two months before the wedding.

BlondeJD Posted: Feb 26, 2005 03:49 PM

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I've been looking on line for awhile but I actually started looking in stores about 2 months ago. I just made the decision in the beginning of February to hire someone who custom-makes invites. They'll be really at the beginning of April for my July wedding.