Bridal Party Invitations and Ideas

For an occasion like weddings, invitations are your chance to set the mood for the celebration. You need to decide, if it will be traditional and formal or will it be casual with your own ideas thrown in. We all would want to do ‘what’s right’. The thing to consider is the budget and your event when it comes to bridal party invitations. The thing to remember is that you are inviting someone to an event and you want to get them there and on time. If that event is not being hosted by you, you would be sending the invitees a wedding announcement rather than an invitation to the bridal party.

There are innumerable ways to invite people to events. Following etiquette tradition would not only make the people that you are inviting to the bridal party smile but will also make you happy. The real factor remains that your invitation to your event creates an impact on your guests and offers everyone a keepsake of the event. The proper approach would be to start and look into the various options of styles for bridal party invitations that are available. This could be done by browsing the net. The selections that you make can be saved in a folder, especially created for storing those selections. Now with the handful of invitation ideas, you can start reviewing those in terms of its price and appeal. You may like to go for customization options to get a better perception of the style that you like.

Etiquette for Bridal Party Invitations

Its a hard decision going through all those selections that you have put in that folder. But when choosing a wedding invitation, the process takes less time if you know what you want or what interests you. The formality of the invitation should be considered while selecting the style of the bridal party invitation card. You need to also consider the number of guests that you would like to invite, your personal taste, the theme of the event and not to mention any special colors that you would like to incorporate into the event. Ecru is the most traditional wedding color, but you may decide on a different color, perhaps matching to your dress. For example, if your event color is green, you could look for an invitation with green accents or you may choose green ink matched with a green envelope liner to incorporate your event color.

The common etiquette sources are ‘what’s right’. Thinking of etiquette rules as etiquette tradition is the right approach. It is your event and if you so decide to do something different it is perfectly okay to do so. Traditionally, an oversized, engraved invitation on heavy ecru paper with a tissue layover along with a inner envelope inside the outer envelope is usually sent off as the formal invitation to your guests. The traditional way is elegant wedding invitation and is often the perfect way to invite people for such celebrations. If the so called ‘classic’ invitation is not what you want, you need to put your own touch in those wedding party invitations. Your options are endless, with the choice that you have with paper, ink, color, format and accessory selections.

For announcing a wedding or developing an invitation to the bridal party, the same card could be used, with distinct utilization of wordings for the invitation, which can transform it from one to the other. To explain further, a couple may like to announce their special occasion, but are not having a wedding that can accommodate everyone. The following is an example suggesting a wedding announcement wording -

Mr. and Mr. Bruce Thompson
have the honor of announcing
the marriage of their daughter
Sarah Michelle
to
Mr. Michael Dean Slater
on Friday, the fifteenth of December
Two thousand and seven
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Bellingham, Washington.