Wedding Card

Everything about your wedding, starting with your wedding cards, should reflect your own personal style. Now, more than ever, couples are doing everything they can to make their wedding day uniquely personalized.


You and your fiancé chose the location, theme and colours of your wedding based on your personal preferences. Since your wedding Cards are an introduction to your wedding, they should reflect your choices and ultimately your personalities and styles.

It used to be that wedding cards were always very traditional in their colour and appearance. Today, wedding invitations come in a vast array of exciting colours, styles, sizes and themes to reflect the creativity of modern wedding couples.

Not to say traditional is out of date, but today your options are truly unlimited. There are choices based on seasons, hobbies, colour combinations, themes, ceremony locations, ethnic backgrounds, flowers, etc. Your wedding card can have a modern contemporary look or they might feature photos of youngsters sharing tender moments.

Your choices don't end with the Wedding Cards itself. There's the font style and ink color. Again, there is an impressive selection of font styles to fit any type of wedding design. Just keep in mind you want to choose a style that your guests will find easy to read. The more script the style, the more difficult it usually is to read. Colored ink choices are not quite as abundant as font styles, but there are still plenty to accommodate your chosen wedding colors.

Wedding Card Text
Your WEDDING CARD wording will depend on both your preferences and who will be paying for the wedding. Typically, if the bride's parents are paying, it is considered that they are doing the hosting or inviting. If the couple is paying, parents can still be listed but not necessarily as doing the inviting but instead as "daughter of" and "son of". When both parents are paying, they can both be listed as inviting. As far as divorced and/or step parents, it is a personal preference as to how they might be incorporated into the wedding invitation wording, if at all.

You want your wedding card to be perfect. Remember, your invitation will give your guests their first glimpse of your wedding - will it be formal or informal; is there is a special theme.


Traditionally, all wedding invitations come with two envelopes--inner and outer. Both envelopes should be addressed in handwriting versus being typed. The hand writing should be in black or blue ink and both envelopes should be in the same handwriting.

Wedding Card Inner Envelopes
Used primarily with formal wedding invitations, the un gummed inner envelope is simply addressed "Mr. and Mrs. Smith". First names and address are omitted. These are also the envelopes that will contain a colored lining if that is your choice for an additional cost.

Most printed wedding invitations arrive flat and need to be folded before you can begin assembling wedding card inserts. If tissue paper is included with your order, place one sheet of it so it covers the wording which could be inside or on top depending on the style of your invitation. All other enclosures will then also be either tucked inside the folded invitation or placed on top if it's a single card & on top of the piece of tissue paper. Here is the suggested order to follow when assembling wedding invitation pieces:

1. Reception Card (if included) right on top of the tissue paper with its wording facing you.

2. Response Card is tucked underneath the flap of the respond envelope with the printing facing you making it one enclosure. Place on top of Reception Card (or tissue paper if Reception Card is not included). The top of the envelope should be in the fold of the invitation (if applicable). Don't forget to put a stamp on the respond envelope or respond postcard.