Wedding Stationery: The Process

Until you've actually had a wedding stationery suite created, you probably don't know what is involved. Firstly, you need to actually find a stationer who really gets your style (our wedding directory, The List, has lots of brilliant ones, all of the images in the post are from our members). Once you've found someone you love, they will either create you a bespoke design from scratch or customise one of their house designs for you. This takes a little to-ing and fro-ing as you finalise the design, then confirm wording, paper stock and colours. And this is just for your save the dates and invites, not to mention extra things for on-the-day, such as your table plan, place names and table numbers. Jenna from Wonderland reminds us that "one stationery suite may take 2-5 days of design just for a first concept. This doesn’t include the hours of refinement and amendments before the suite is sent off for print." But remember it's all about allocating your budget how YOU want too. If stationery isn't important to you, then go digital with a wedding website, but please don't ask these fabulous stationers to create some thing totally bespoke and then expect to pay peanuts for it. Quality is worth paying for - Lyndsey says "remember when the papers did a feature on a wedding photographer that cost £150 and all the photos were terrible? Well the same goes for stationery! Whilst it might seem expensive, you are paying for years worth of knowledge and skill. Someone who loves stationery and wants to genuinely create something beautiful for you." So if paper stock, nib and ink, ribbon and wax seals make you swoon, then prioritise your budget on your paper goods.

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Fern Godfrey