http://marrycustoms.blogr.com/stories/ XML Feed en Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:08:48 +0200 http://static.blogr.com/tenants/com/modSiteIcon/tdy-dummy-site-icon.icon.jpg http://marrycustoms.blogr.com/stories/ 48 48 http://marrycustoms.blogr.com/stories/8118498/ <div class="Section1"> <p style="text-align: center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><br /></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center" class="MsoNormal" align="center">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">You are now engaged and you have told all of your friends and family your good news.<span>  </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Things have now settled down and you and your fiancée have set a date.<span>  </span>Now you have to begin shopping for the ideal wedding invitation.<span>  </span>Proper wedding etiquette would be to mail your wedding invitations as soon as the arrangements are set.<span>  </span>Picking the design of wedding invitation you want should be as much a priority as choosing the venue or picking out the dress.<span>  </span>If you are inviting guests that live far away from you, consider using “save the date cards”.<span>   </span>This will give your guests time to make travel arrangements.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">You should make your final choice of invitation and place the order four months before your wedding date.<span>  </span>This will give you time if any problems come up.<span>  </span>You should have them in with plenty of time to spare so that you can place the proper addresses on them.<span>  </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Wedding etiquette dictates that you begin addressing envelopes three months prior to <span class="GramE">your</span> wedding.<span>  </span>If you are having a lot of guests attend your wedding addressing the envelopes could take some time.<span>  </span>You will most likely need a checklist so that you can check off who has sent an RSVP.<span>  </span>You are not required to place their name on the response card but it may help to have them put a name and phone number on the card so that you know who has replied to your invite and who has not.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Wedding etiquette dictates that you should send invitations to your wedding between six and eight weeks prior to your wedding.<span>  </span>If you are getting married near a holiday, people are making other plans so it is best to send the invitations eight weeks before the wedding.<span>  </span>Two months prior to the wedding you should find out the amount of postage for your wedding invitations that are completely put together.<span>  </span>This includes the invitation, inside and outside envelopes and the response card.<span>  </span>It is proper etiquette to provide the postage for the response card.<span>  </span>Be sure that the RSVP date is two weeks before the wedding, no less.<span>  </span>This gives you enough time to provide a last headcount to your wedding providers.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Close to or on the day of the wedding is when wedding announcements should be sent out to the individuals who were not invited to the wedding.<span>  </span>You may not have been able to invite some guests you wanted to because of your budget, the size of the venue or because you simply want to have a small wedding.<span>  </span>A wedding announcement will let individuals know that you have gotten married without having to invite them to the wedding. <span>  </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Remember that proper wedding etiquette does not stop with sending out your invitations.<span>  </span>After the wedding is over that you will have to send thank you notes which involve another set of rules of etiquette.<span>  </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Learn great tips on <a href="http://www.marrycustoms.com/assemble_your_wedding_invitations.php">wedding invitation assembly etiquette</a> and <a href="http://www.marrycustoms.com/children_in_the_wedding_party.php">wedding etiquette kids miss manners</a> when you visit Mary A. Jane's wedding etiquette for invitation site at <a href="http://www.marrycustoms.com/">http://www.marrycustoms.com</a><br /> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> </div> http://marrycustoms.blogr.com/stories/8118498/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:08:48 +0200 marrycustoms