Invites time line

jojo07135 Posted: Apr 10, 2012 12:09 PM

Invites time line

How far in advance do you have to send out your invites?

pixietina Posted: Apr 10, 2012 12:17 PM

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6-8 weeks before the wedding.

FutureWifey Posted: Apr 10, 2012 01:42 PM

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I'm sending mine out about 12 weeks before. It'll be 8 weeks before the RSVP date and that is about 5 1/2 weeks before the wedding.

Kara2323 Posted: Apr 10, 2012 02:24 PM

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Posted by FutureWifey

I'm sending mine out about 12 weeks before. It'll be 8 weeks before the RSVP date and that is about 5 1/2 weeks before the wedding.

This is pretty much what I did

device1334 Posted: Apr 10, 2012 02:34 PM

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Posted by FutureWifey

I'm sending mine out about 12 weeks before. It'll be 8 weeks before the RSVP date and that is about 5 1/2 weeks before the wedding.

Pretty much the same for me as well.

Sent the out first week in March, RSVP date 4-15 and wedding 5-25

Bride2012 Posted: Apr 10, 2012 05:48 PM

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When should you order the invites? How long do they take to make?

FutureWifey Posted: Apr 11, 2012 12:40 PM

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Mine are custom made and they are only taking a few weeks, but it depends on how quickly they are made.... so it might be different, but the turnaround, I would think.. should be no more than maybe 3-4 weeks.. after you approve the design.

pixietina Posted: Apr 11, 2012 12:46 PM

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Depends on the vendor. Mine had a long list of people and it took 7 months and I started the process a year before the wedding.

Bride2012 Posted: Apr 11, 2012 05:26 PM

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I'm starting to freak out because I haven't ordered my invitations yet. I am going to this weekend. I have a four day weekend!! No excuses!

Kristy143 Posted: Apr 18, 2012 01:23 PM

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I still havent done mine yet.and i am having a heart attack

PSP Posted: Apr 18, 2012 01:34 PM

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Posted by pixietina

6-8 weeks before the wedding.

I did send out STDs though. If I didn't send out STDs I wouldve wanted to send them out earlier.

Oh let me tell you invites, try to get them early to avoid any problems. We ran into a few which made me really annoyed, frustrated, and pissed off, but in the end everything turned out good. It just took time as in designing ourselves, basically doing the photoshop work they should have done, and also having them reprint the entire set after the aggravation of them not knowing how to design it properly, to getting it to the color it was supposed to look like. What a pain. But end product we loved...

just... order early to deal with issues in plenty of time in case they arrive..

Kristy143 Posted: Apr 18, 2012 01:41 PM

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do you think i took too long? I found invitations that I love but i have been trying to get in contact with the designer and I havent had any luck :(

tara5533 Posted: Apr 18, 2012 03:23 PM

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I am getting married 9/7 and my rsvp is 8/1 I got told to mail them the middle of June

TheLadyJ Posted: Apr 18, 2012 04:37 PM

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Posted by tara5533

I am getting married 9/7 and my rsvp is 8/1 I got told to mail them the middle of June

Yep this is me. You'll want 4-6 weeks to figure out seating and make the place cards. And you'll want to give people 4-6 weeks to RSVP. So really, you want to have them ready to go anywhere between 2-3 months before the wedding.

When you backtrack from there, it could take 2 weeks to get a caligrapher or printer for the envelopes, and up to a month to finalize the invites, look at proofs, and get them printed. So that's about 4 1/2 months AT MOST.

My printer had them for me within 1 week from the time we ordered.