How to assemble wedding invitations with tissue

assemble wedding invitations with tissue

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With all the cards, tissue and envelopes that come with wedding invitations, it can be challenging to assemble them the correct way. Once you determine the correct order of these items, assembly of your invitations will go much faster. Brides once used tissue paper to protect the printing, but it is no longer necessary because most invitations are laser printed. However, brides have embraced this tradition, using tissue paper in formal invitations or in invitations meant to look more expensive.

Things You'll Need

• Wedding invitations
• Tissue
• Invitation envelopes
• Stamps

Instructions

1. • 1

     Place the invitation with the printing facing up on the table.

   • 2

     Put the tissue on top of the invitation.

   • 3

     Put reception card, if there is one, on top of the tissue, with the printed side facing up.

   • 4

     Tuck the response card underneath the flap of the response envelope, and place it on top of the reception card, with the printed side facing up. If there is no reception card, place it on top of the tissue.

   • 5

     Place a map of the wedding and reception site on top of the response card and envelope if you are including them in your invitation.

   • 6

     Put the stack of cards into the inner envelope with the folded edge going in first and the printed sides facing the back of the envelope.

   • 7

     Put the inner envelope, the one with the invitation and response cards, inside the outer envelope. The front of the inner envelope should face the back of the outer envelope so that when you open the outer envelope, you see the guest's name.

Tips &- Warnings

• Address the inner envelopes and response envelopes before adding the invitations. If you write on them after they have cards in them, you may press too hard and make indentations on the cards.

• Do not forget to stamp the response envelopes. Doing this ensures that the guests do not have to stamp their envelopes themselves. Pick a stamp that matches the one on the outside envelope.

• Because the envelope may weigh more than a standard envelope because of all the inserts, take a completed invitation to the post office and have them weigh it. They can tell you exactly how much postage to put on the envelope. Square or other oddly shaped envelopes may also cost more because they cannot fit through the sorting machine and require hand stamping.

• If you can find a decorative stamp reflecting love or marriage, it will add a nice touch to your invitations.

• Be sure to mail out your invitations six or eight weeks before the wedding to allow guests plenty of time to respond.

• Assemble the invitations on a large, cleared table with enough room to stack each item in the order in which they are put together. Try to keep it to a small group of people working because more people may lead to more confusion. Stamp each response envelope before you begin so that you do not have to stop the stacking and assembling to put a stamp on the envelope.

Source: www.ehow.com

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