Although you may feel very happy and excited to plan your wedding, you also may feel overwhelmed by many preparations and details. After you have decided your wedding date, it's time for you to prepare your wedding invitations. When referring to wedding invitations, we may think of those traditional wedding invitations with white, ivory, gold or black colors. However, nowadays it's very popular to involve some modern elements into your wedding invitations. You may need to get down to your invitations earlier as there are massive and various wedding invitations you can find.

When deciding your wedding invitations, you have many things needing to take into considerations. The chief consideration is the level of formality of your wedding. Whether it is formal, semi-formal or informal can decide the design of your wedding invitations directly.

Apart from the formality, wedding invitations, in fact, have invitation itself elements like detailed arrangements for wedding, accommodations, directions or other necessary information. The whole set of invitations may include invitations, response cards, both envelopes, reception cards or wishing well cards.

Although there are numerous and massive different designed wedding invitations, there are always only six basic invitations including Engraved, Thermo graphed, and Printed, Calligraphy, Handed colored and Box set.

Engraved invitations are most traditional and common. But the price seems to a bit higher. For those who are going to have a formal wedding, engraved wedding invitations must be a wise choice. You need to make sure that you order your engraved invitations earlier as the preparations time will be a little longer. If your wedding is very approaching less than 8 weeks, it's not suggested to choose engraved invitations.

Thermo graphed invitations shows more suitable for a semi-formal wedding. They usually have beautiful look, so they can be alternative for a formal wedding if you don't have enough time to prepare engraved invitations. When deciding to use these invitations on your wedding, you may need to plan on ordering 6 weeks before your wedding.

Printed invitations are very popular and effective. There are many different stylish printed wedding invitations on physical vendors and online shops. When choosing these invitations, you can place an order 4 to 6 weeks before your wedding. They usually show well on semi-formal and informal weddings.

Calligrapher invitations are suitable for old fashioned themed weddings. However, the price for calligrapher invitations is very expensive as they take many efforts and time when making those cards. Your preparation time and budget may decide whether you should choose this invitation. They are suitable for all types of wedding but not included formal wedding.

More and more couples prefer to adopt hand-made invitations for their wedding not only for the lower cost but also for the nice look. You have many options to make hand-made invitations. You can buy some parts and assemble them yourselves. You can even involve some ornaments like ribbon into the design. They are suitable for most weddings.

You can find box invitations at most beach wedding dresses 2013 and they can be alternative to other invitations. These stylish wedding invitations are unique and easy to dress up.