Typically we advise our clients to mail save the dates 6-8 months out from their wedding date, however, if the majority of guests are required to travel from out of town or our clients are having a destination wedding, we then recommend sending out save the dates 10-12 months out.

In terms of when to order, if you plan to have your save the dates digitally printed, you can place your order 4-5 weeks before you need them in-hand*. For upgraded print methods such as letterpress or foil, you’ll need to place your order 6-8 weeks before needing them in-hand*. In-hand means they have already completed the entire design & production process and are delivered to you at that point.

Remember to allocate additional time after they deliver to you for stuffing, stamping, and mailing (if these are not services you have added to your order). 

It typically takes about 6-8 weeks for semi-custom invitations to be designed, proofed, & printed. However, when working with fully custom invitations typically the process takes closer to 10-12 weeks.

When mailing your wedding invitations, they should be sent out 8-10 weeks before the wedding, with the invitations going out no more than 12 weeks before the wedding (with the exception of destination weddings); otherwise, you will be tracking down all the guests that forgot to return the rsvp card.

This is one of the most asked questions we get - and we totally get understand why! It can be tricky, while you want to ensure you are left with a handful of invitations to spare after sending your invitations out, you also want to make sure you don't have way too many left over. Which is why we are here to help!

When deciding how many sets you need, remember, you are counting the number of households that you are sending invitations to, NOT the number of people being invited. We ALWAYS recommend ordering between 5-10 extra suites sets for the “just in case/last minute add-ons”, 1 clean set for the photographer for the morning of photos, a few clean sets for keepsakes and of course one to frame for yourself!

We recommend that you order these pieces (programs, menus, tags, table numbers, escort cards, etc.) three weeks to a month before the wedding once you have your final guest count and all the fine details ready and approved for these pieces. 

SHOP DAY OF ITEMS

We are happy to customize any of our collection suites to fit your specific needs. For the most part, the general design and layout of each piece will remain the same, but wording and colours will be tailored to each individual client.

In addition to wording and colour customizations add-ons and embellishments such as envelope liners, belly bands, wax seals, ribbons, etc. can also be added to your order.

If you have any additional questions regarding customization please send us a message via the Contact Form with specifications of your customization so that we can email you back and discuss how we can assist you further.

For quality control, for our semi-custom collections any pieces that mail together are the same printing process and paper choice. This guarantees that the ink colour is the same throughout the mailed pieces, and the paper is cohesive.

However, for our custom design work, as we work with a larger range of print methods and paper stocks we do allow for the mixing of print methods. This is due to being able to design the suites in such a way to ensure that the ink colours used on all pieces despite the different print methods are complimenting throughout the entire suite.

To quickly summarize the difference between our Custom work vs. our Semi-Custom suites is that your invitations are created with only you in mind - we work one on one with our clients to create a one of a kind invitation based on their unique vision. For us that means working with a selection of print methods, stock colours, embellishments, custom monograms and more.

Whereas our semi-custom invitation process starts as with a client selected pre-designed template and then is customized to their specific needs and requests.

The main difference with these suites is they do not have as many customization options. Instead, there is the option to choose from a few pre-selected print methods and embellishment options that compliments each suite.