Wedding Planning Tips

I’m getting married out of state next year. The specific venue, the cabin rentals, and the food all require a head count before I can start making solid plans. It’s eleven months away. Can I send invitations now with an RSVP or do I have to wait? I don’t want to wait too long and lose out on a good venue/caterer/cabin for my party and family.

A question for recent brides and their mothers:
I own a wedding venue, and my brides always have major problems knowing how many guests will attend. The last bride sent 100 invitations, had 35 RSVPs, and 200 attended. They can’t plan for food, beverages, or table arrangements because they don’t know how many will show up. Short of calling all the invited guests and saying “Are you coming or not?”, how did you handle this situation at your wedding.
I can understand a few people forgetting or their reply being lost in the mail, but this is a huge problem. (I’ve have suggested they say “reception location provided with RSVP”, but no one has taken me up on that idea.)
Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Do environmental considerations get taken into account in contemporary wedding planners’ assembly of wedding invitations? I love doing traditional things like this but I’m really environmentally offended by the unnecessity of the 2nd envelope (to house the invite). I think the outer envelope, invite card, RSVP card and stamped envelope are plenty. But it’s being called uncouth. Anybody who cares about the environment and about making things look good care to comment?

I’m giving my sister in law a wedding shower. She will be having several showers, but I want the one I give to be a “Money Tree” shower because they need money so that they can pay for expenses for the wedding, new home, etc.
How do I need to word the invitations for the shower and how do I make a money tree?

My fiancee and I are getting married in a few months and have decided not to have a formal wedding shower. We need all the time we have just to get the ceremony/reception planned, and also want to save our family and ourselves the cost of throwing a shower. We think it will be easier to just let guests bring the gifts with them to the wedding, if they so choose. We won’t be having many guests, so the gift table would not be overflowing and conspicuous, if we chose this option.
My concern is that including our registry information in the invitation will be tacky. We have included our wedding website (which has registry information) on the Save the Date, but of course there are people who will not keep the Save the Date for several months (it is not magnetic).
What are our options?

My fiancé and I do not live together, so I am confused as to how to write the return addresses. My parents are not involved in the wedding, so I don’t really want to just put his parents names, but I considered writing it this way:
[His name] and [My name]
In Care Of: [His Mom's name]
[His mom's address]
[City, State, Zip]
Is that appropriate? I don’t want people to assume we live together, but I also want both of our names on the envelope.
Any other ideas?

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Did you just print them from your printer, or did you go to Staples or something?
I’m in the trail and error phase with my DIY from scratch wedding invitations, and I tried printing the main invitations and it came out ‘okay’.
Was wondering what you did.
Thanks

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ok, so i sent out the save the dates in november and was wondering what the actual invitation should say ?? the save the dates said: (grooms name) popped the question and (brides name) said yes! There’s going to be a wedding reception and we want you to be our guest! Please save the date (reception date)
it also had a really cute caricature of us on a roller coster in our wedding attire
i don’t want a formal invitation, i want a cute fun invitation !! any ideas ??
Thanks !

This video will give you tips and advice on sending out a formal invitation.

One way to include a beach theme in wedding invitations is to use words and verses that reflect the beach or ocean. Get tips on beach-themed wedding invitations from awedding planner in this free wedding video. Expert: Lori Randall Contact: www.SimplyDevineEvents.com Bio: Lori Randall established Simply Divine Events after working as an event producer in Tampa, Fla. managing dozens of corporate affairs throughout the state and across the country. Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz