Wedding Tips | Wedding Stationery Timeline
Finally, the infographic you have all been waiting for!
The Ultimate Timeline for Wedding Stationery
We here at Songbird are so paper-obsessed and in love with weddings AND good design. So, we created this handy dandy infographic to help you figure out when to order what, and when to send what!
Enjoy!
xoxo,
Rosie
You're Engaged!
Find your stationery designer and calligrapher. Luckily, that's us all in one! Contact erica@songbirdpaperie.com to set up a free wedding stationery & calligraphy consultation!
12-6 Months Before Your Wedding
Order Save the Date announcements and Thank You cards. You should send thank you cards as gifts come in. Trust us. You'll be happy you kept up with it early because the thank you list does start to pile up fast!
6-8 Months Before
Mail Save the Date announcements. If you're having a destination wedding (say, in Jamaica, Paris or in a part of the country where most of the guests will be travelling to by plane), mail them out as soon as you've set a date and venue to maximize the time your guests will have to book accommodations!
4-5 Months Before
Start the design process with your for wedding, rehearsal dinner and day-after brunch invitations. Decide on an envelope color as soon as possible in order to get the envelopes to your calligrapher ASAP. Songbird requires 1 week per 100 envelopes, but during the busy season, our turnaround time may increase!
10-8 Weeks Before
Deliver invitation envelopes to your calligrapher. Double check turnaround time with them to ensure you don't pay a rush fee to get them done in time.
6-8 Weeks Before
Mail all the invitations! Order programs, menu cards, table numbers, place cards, favor cards, signage and other stationery for the big day.
3 Weeks Before
Finalize seating assignments for your calligrapher & escort/place cards. Prepare thank you cards for your vendors! (Order more cards from your stationer if necessary.) Ask your wedding planner, or recruit a bridesmaid, to deliver the thank you cards on the day of your wedding (or when you receive the final products)!
2-3 Weeks Before
Guests should have sent in their RSVP cards by now. If not, now's the time to hunt down the non-responders!
1 Week Before
Pack a complete wedding invitation in your wedding day to-go-bag for your photographer to capture along with the other wedding details!
The BIG DAY
Get married! In the morning, write a note or card to your future spouse. It will become a cherished love letter for generations to come :)
2 Weeks After Your Wedding
Mail "we got married!" announcements, if desired. (You may order these through your stationery designer as well!)
1 Month After
Make sure all off your thank you cards are mailed out and cheers to your first month as a married couple!
