Brides often ask, “When should I meet with invitation
designers to create and/or order my wedding invitations?” The answer really is
as soon as you know where you’re getting married! The busiest invitation
designers book up really quickly – some are booking over a year in advance. I
suggest that brides start researching potential wedding invitation designers
once they’ve booked their venue to ensure that their dream designer is available.
The short, go-to answer is… contact us 6 months before your wedding!
Some of you are thinking, “Wow! That’s a long time ahead of
our date!” Well, it is. But there’s good reason. It’s really important to
understand the time that is needed and dedicated to each invitation order in
order to understand why this timeline begins so far in advance. The design
process is different for all invitation designers, but I can give you some
insight on how we do our invitation design process at Bling, Sparkles, Oh My!
Our production of the invitations requires, at the bare
minimum, 8 weeks to produce. However, our production doesn’t begin until after we’ve
had our initial design consultation, you’ve received the design proposal and
pricing estimate from us, signed the contract, sent us all the information to
include in your invitations, we’ve designed digital proofs of your invite, and you’ve
approved the proof. Mind you – this process can take a great deal of time
depending on how many revisions we need to make until we finalize the design
that you want for your invitations.
We require that brides begin this process with us at least
3-4 months before the date of sending
out the invitations to allow time for all the above steps. (Wedding
invitations are sent out 2 months ahead of the wedding date.) So we really like
to see our brides coming to us at least 5-6 months before the wedding date for
the best experience. That way we can focus our energy on designing exceptional
work and not worry about being constricted under a time crunch.
If you’re in the market for invitations but you’ve past the
6-month mark countdown to your wedding, don’t fret! Contact us ASAP! Depending
on our production schedule, we can try to squeeze you in! (Rush fees may
apply)
Mailing Invitations
Guidelines:
Save The Dates: Mail 6-8 Months Before Wedding Date
Wedding Invitations: Mail 8 Weeks Before Wedding Date
Are you ready to design your wedding invitations? Be sure
to email our lead designer Brittany at info@blingsparklesohmy.com! Our 2015 spots are filling up fast!!!
