Four Reasons Why You Should Use Custom Stationery For Your Wedding
If you’re starting the journey of planning a wedding you might feel a bit overwhelmed by the options available to you. Where to even start? A very important part of your day includes your invitation. Without it, your guests won’t know the details of your wedding. Your stationery is the first impression your guests will have of your big day. You want it to be a good one.
Custom stationery stands out in contrast to big box stationery companies. Those companies exist to provide you with fast, easy, and minimal options that leave little room for customization. If personal details are what you want, you can make mass-produced stationery work. But before you know it, you’re ripping your hair out trying to make your fast and easy invitations represent you with extra small touches but you have no idea where to even start.
So before you make any regretful decisions, let’s look at what custom stationery offers you and why you should consider it.
You’ll have a real-life person on your wedding team
A benefit of custom stationery is you will have a real-life person on your wedding team. Not a 1-800 customer service number that only deals with ordering and shipping details. When you purchase from a big box company, there’s not a ton of support when it comes to all your unanswered questions. So you’re left to your own devices to scour the internet and find an article that hopefully answers your question, not to mention it may have been written years ago and not be reliable anymore. A lot has changed since the pandemic so the blog post that was written in 2018 about when to send your invitations may not be entirely accurate anymore.
This is a real person that you can ask all your questions to. They are an expert in all things wedding stationery.
When should I send my wedding invitations?
How should I word my invitations?
What is proper envelope-addressing etiquette?
How formal/casual should my invitation be?
How can I best communicate all the details about my big day with my guests?
How much postage do I need?
Your wedding stationer can answer all these questions for you and guide you in the right direction. They might even think of something new and innovative that you had never even considered.
On top of the expert knowledge they provide, they will handle everything. And I mean everything. They will source all paper and envelopes, handle the printers, address your envelopes, and send them to your guests. All you have to do is make selections from what they present to you and sit back and enjoy your engagement and wedding planning. You don’t have to lift a finger. Your stationer takes the stress out of this one aspect of your wedding. Because planning a wedding should be a fun and exciting experience.
The options are endless
Many big box companies sell beautiful designs. But unfortunately, they have a limited color selection. There’s nothing worse than falling in love with a design that doesn’t come in the colors you wanted. What do you do? Change the entire color scheme or find something else?
When you use custom stationery, this is never an issue. You’ll discuss your vision from the start with your designer and they will create something tailored to your exact needs.
You also aren’t limited to a printing method. Maybe you’ve fallen in love with foil press invitations. No problem. Maybe you want an embossed monogram. Easy peasy. Whether you want digital printing, foil press, or letterpress, it can be done.
The same goes for your paper options. If you’ve fallen in love with handmade paper, for example, your stationer can make that happen. The same goes for envelopes. Instead of white envelopes, you might want a specific color. Your stationer will coordinate your envelope color with your wedding vision and your invitation suite and source them for you.
Big box companies don’t offer additional embellishments, so if you have your heart set on something like wax seals, you will have to figure out how to add them yourself. And while this is something you can absolutely do yourself (especially now with hundreds of video tutorials out there), you will experience a learning curve. You will have to practice a decent amount before tackling the invitations you’ll send to your guests. Your stationer has a lot of experience and knows tricks that will result in a faster turnaround time and fewer mistakes.
Tell your story through paper
The best part of hiring a stationer to create custom wedding stationery? The fact that you can tell your and your fiance’s story through paper. Any way you want. Together, you can create an heirloom piece that you will treasure for years to come. You can add personalized touches, which are always more elegant and significant than ready-made invitations.
Your suite will say more about your wedding style and should make people want to come to your wedding. And above all, no one else will have your invitation suite. You won’t hear anyone saying that their neighbor’s daughter chose the same invitation for her wedding last year but in blue.
One cohesive look for your wedding day
When you invest in custom stationery, you have one cohesive look for your wedding day. Your stationer can likely provide you with coordinating day-of details that match your invitations. These are small touches, but go a long way in providing your guests with a delightful experience. All your signage will match, your ceremony programs can have that monogram you love, and you can get creative with your seating chart display in ways big box companies limit you.
You will set the tone for your wedding day and your guests will know exactly what to expect. We’ve all received an invitation in the mail and felt confused about the vision of the wedding. How fancy will it be? What colors are the bridal party wearing? If you choose a playful wedding invitation, your guests will expect something less formal than an invitation written in calligraphy with a monogram.
In short, if it’s in your wedding budget, you should splurge for custom stationery. Most people only plan to get married once, so make everything about your day special, starting with the stationery. The creative possibilities are endless and your guests will be left with a great first impression of your event. You’ll hold a heirloom invitation that you can hold forever. Because at the end of the day, the food gets eaten, you’ll finish your anniversary cake, and you will likely only wear the dress once. And all that’s left are your photos and invitations suite. Create an heirloom that you’ll be excited to show off for years to come.
Custom stationery not in your budget? Check out semi-custom designs that you can embellish and personalize to suit your needs. You can still get that custom look for less and still be able to hire a designer that will walk you through the process.
