Invitations: short & sweet replaces formal with panache
Boy meets Girl. For the rest of
the story, join them on this day, at this time, at this location.
Short and sweet — and inviting.
For many brides and grooms today, whether they’re paying for the wedding
themselves or are just casual by nature, wedding invitations can forego
the formalities and reflect personal style.
Sometimes, staying basic can also be welcomed by those invited who don’t
need to wade through a calligraphy-laden homage to the couple’s love,
their parents, and a host of adjectives describing the location for the
“I dos.”
A couple’s individual preferences in both invitation style and wording
can be accommodated at a number of area printers and wedding-stationery
suppliers, including Personal Graphics in Petoskey.
There, owner Jake Mooar said he’s begun promoting his line of
invitations more with the public recently.
“We’ve been doing it for quite a few years now. We handle your basic
wedding invitation needs, the invitations, reception cards and response
cards,” said Mooar. “We also offer rehearsal dinner invitations as well
as the thank-you notes, and we can match them all.”
Coordinating napkins, party favors, wine glasses and other items for
gifts or paper needs can be supplied by Personal Graphics as well.
Mooar said he’s noticed many couples choosing sage as a popular
invitation color, complemented with silver ink and sage foil inside the
envelope. “People are going away from the standard black ink and
standard invitations,” he added.
Navy and burgundy invites with ivory ink are also stunning combinations,
and embossing around the edges add personal touches for couples who
would like to add a design element. “It’s very subtle,” Mooar said.
Other couples choose to use photos on invitations or engagement
announcements, and Personal Graphics can assist with custom-printing
orders as well.
At www.personalgraphics.com, customers can also create mock-up
invitations online and tweak them to the perfect reflection of their
style. Orders can also be placed online or in the store.
Several hundred different samples of invitations are available for
browsing in catalogs at Mooar’s location. Some suggest ideas for
wording, or couples can craft their own custom phrasing, short and
sweet, formal and elegant or somewhere in between.
More invitation specialists
Graphic Printing, Petoskey, 347-2729
The Ink Spot, Petoskey, 347-9911
Copy Plus, Charlevoix, 547-6353
The Print Shop, Petoskey, 347-2000
Invitation costs
• Do-it-yourself kits from a craft store, $1.50 each
• Mid-range standardized invitations on mid-weight paper, $3-4 each
• High-end printing process (engraving or letterpress), $9 or more each
The average couple spends $660 on invitations and reply cards.
Not-so-wordy wording
“With joyous hearts
we invite you to attend
the wedding of … date place, time.”
“On this day we will marry the one
we laugh with, live for, dream with, love.”
“Because your love and friendship
have guided and inspired us,
we invite you to join us as we exchange
our wedding vows.”
“We joyfully invite you to our wedding celebration.”
Ideas from the “Offbeat Bride,” www.offbeatbride.com
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