Weddings & celebrations

Stationery for a celebration is never a single print job. It arrives in stages. Invitations first, then everything guests see at the reception, and finally the keepsakes they take home. The articles here follow that order, so nothing is left until the final week and the whole set holds together.

From invitation to thank you card

Most questions concern invitations. Which format suits a longer text. How to pass on details about accommodation and transport. Whether to add a QR code linking to a wedding page and a reply form. How far personalisation can go beyond a guest name. After that come the pieces guests see on the day.

• Invitations - format, wording, a name on every copy, envelopes and inserts.
• Table setting - place cards, table numbers, menus and seating plans.
• Order of the day - a printed schedule card that later works as a memento.
• Thank you cards - small prints and tags handed to guests.

A style that ties it together

The second group helps you settle on a character: classic, modern, rustic or very plain. You will find comparisons of decorative papers, advice on matching colours and lettering to the season and the venue, and a calm look at putting a photograph of the couple on the invitation. There is also a piece on the slips that appear most often in invitation texts. A wrong date or a misspelled name is far easier to catch before printing.

Keepsakes that outlast the day

After the celebration you are left with photographs and film. We cover how to turn them into something a family actually keeps: a disc with artwork matching the stationery, a flash drive in a wooden box, or an album in a printed envelope. If you are only starting to plan, the invitation articles are a good place to begin - the rest of the stationery falls into place much more easily afterwards.