Invites - Am I too late??

[RAENJAY]

We were going to do a simple invite, just something on white very basic because we put so much into everything else - newsletters, save the dates, and the wedding itself. But now, the more I think about it, the more I want pretty invitations - maybe something along the oliostyle ones or something. Because we were doing simple, I wasn't worried about printing, can have them done local within 7 days. Now, I'm concerned, because I would like to have them postal by the end of February - have I waited too long?

[A10CalGal]

I don't think you've waited too long, especially if you are willing to send them a little later than planned. I mean, you not getting married for more than 4 months, so what's a few weeks? That just my opinion, but I didn't send my invites until the 2nd week of January - so approx 2 months before the wedding.

 

May I ask why you feel like you need to send them so early?

[RAENJAY]

I would like to send them early for 2 main reasons, we have a couple of people still on the fence and we loose our room block on April 15th, so if they are going, I would like them to make their reservastions before then. And I have the next edition of our newsletter ready to go, so I was just going to make a packet out of it and send the invites along with the newsletters. I'm guessing that 03/15 would still be plenty of time. That would be about 3 months out from the wedding.

[Christine]

They honestly have some decent DIY sets in the stores. they come with vellum and bows. What about doing something like that so you can get them out sooner?

[amyh]

I think you still have time. I may use this vendor for blank invites, they have those quite pocketfold inivites for a very cheap price. Here is the info on their shipping time.

 

 

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[aimee]

I don't think you're too late. If you want to do somthing different with your invitations then go for it!

[gkashmira]

My wedding is before yours and we haven't ordered ours yet either - I think it's fine - though we do need to get on it!

[Jessalyn]

I'm getting married the same day as you, Stephanie. I'm planning to send my invites out on March 1st. My room block is going to be released on 3/21. I figured 3 weeks will be long enough for people to decide whether or not they are going to book. I wanted to send them even earlier, but then it just seemed too early.

 

I didn't order my invites...I'm making my own, so I'm not much help on the printing timeline.

[Sarah]

Ummm, yeah- this reminds me that I need to do my invitations! My wedding is in 3 months and I haven't even started yet...Yikes!

[Jackie]

It definitly doesnt sound like its to late. I can definitly understand the feeling of needing to get them out ASAP, but like Christa said a week or two or even three's difference probably wont be a big deal. Ecspecially if you have allready done STD's. People know they are coming its not like it will be a big surprise.