enclosures question

Re: enclosures question

• Ella and Pedro member

  

  April 2013 edited April 2013

  If you don't like the hotel inserts, you could make your own using the same stationery & font as your invitations.
  
  Forgive me if anything I say below you are already familar with...
  
  Do you plan on making all this information available on a wedding website? Many of your guests will probably find that the most helpful resource.  You can link the location websites, put on your registry, add a 'how we met' page etc.
  
  But, as for things you send 'hard copies' of...
  
  I would *not* do it on the back of the reception card, that seems very sloppy, design-wise, and almost guaranteed not everyone will read it.
  
  Actually, what I think is best is to do a folding card, brochure or doube-sided page with guest resources, if your guests are going to need maps, directions, hotel information etc and you know they won't see your wedding website.  One side could be about the hotel and general directions from points N S E W to the city or town. 
  
  The other side could be directions from the hotel to the venue, and from the venue to the reception (or something like that)....a map would be helpful, if you think it's really hard to find the hotel and/or venue and/or reception venue.  
  
  If you work at it, this should all be able to fit double-sided, on a standard sized 8 1/2 x 11 sheet that you could fold to fit into your invitation (this works if you are more casual about your stationery but is a bit too casual for really formal stationery, in my opinion), or a trifold card, or a folding card - whatever works with your invitation design. 
  
  Many people do those elaborate pocket folders to showcase all these pages, but that will cost you more upfront, and later when you have to pay postage.  You could check into this by visiting www.papersource.com/
  
  Cardstock in a plethora of colors can be ordered, even cut down to custom size, and it is printable at a Copy Shop (Staples, Kinkos, Copy Cop etc.)  (if your stationery does not offer a page you could format as I have described.) http://www.cutcardstock.com/.
  
  I would not use standard weight (office quality) paper, unless your wedding is extremely casual. Heavier weight paper is another way in which stationery conveys the formal nature of an event.
  
  I'm doing a mix of DIY stationery and David's Bridal Stationery. 
  
  My DIY I'm doing on www.zazzle.com. They have a huge array of brochure style templates, where you could create the kind of guest information page I mentioned.
  
  Both have customer service reps. who can do a chat window where they can review and discuss products.
  
  Good luck

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• libby2483 member

  

  April 2013

  I would put both the reception information and hotel accommodations on one card.  I think that you will be able to fit it all even on a small card.  I wouldn't put it on the back, personally, because I think a lot of people might miss it.  Here's what I would do:

  
  

  Reception

  Time

  ABC Street

  City, State

  
  

  A block of rooms has been reserved at

  XYZ Hotel

  DEF Street

  City, State

  Phone number

  Please book rooms by X date and reference the Bride/Groom wedding

  
  

  Please visit our wedding website for additional information

  www.weddingwebsite.com

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• mrsrutkowski member

  

  April 2013

  thank you both! Libby I'm going to work to do what you put above - great idea!

  

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