The invitation of your wedding is the first glimpse of your ceremony that your guests will see. It can really set the tone for your overall wedding and should reflect on the two of you as a couple, as well as the style of wedding that you are hosting. By paying attention to little details, you can make your wedding invitations unique and personalized.

Selecting your invitation is the first part of personalizing your wedding invitation. You should choose an invitation that speaks of you as a couple and to the theme of your wedding.

By choosing a theme for your wedding or your invitations, you easily have a personalized invitation. Some wedding themes include western, winter, autumn, roses, beach, holidays, love and more. Once you have selected a theme for your wedding and/or invitations, you can build from it and choose invitations that coordinate with the theme.

Let the wedding guide your selections. If you are having a formal wedding that will take place in the evening, your invitations will be quite different from an afternoon casual wedding or a beach wedding. By keeping the overall tone of your wedding (the time and formality) in mind when choosing your invitations can help you personalize your choice. A more formal wedding will require thicker and more luxurious stationery. A more casual wedding or beach wedding will use lighter stationery.

Printing choices are also a way to personalize your invitations. Engraving, thermography, embossing, and print are just a few examples of the printing choices available. The costs vary for these choices, but the type of paper and theme of your wedding can reflect on the printing choices you’ve chosen. A more formal wedding invitation should be engraved or embossed while more casual wedding invitations on lighter paper can use a similar effect that is simply printed.

Font choice is another big aspect of your unique wedding invitation. There are hundreds of types of script fonts you can choose from, but you can personalize your wedding invitation by choosing a font that is a little less standardized. Commonly, wedding invitations use a handwritten-style scripted font that is feminine and airy. However, you can choose to use a chunkier more eclectic style of font if that fits your theme.

The wording of your invitation is another way to personalize and make your invitations unique. The wording is the primary part of the invitation and can really speak about the two of you as a couple and the theme of your wedding. There are several traditional wordings for wedding invitations, but do not be afraid to step outside of the box and write your own. You can use quotes, poems, song lyrics, and other written works as inspiration for your invitation wording. You and your fiancé can write the wording that fits your personalities along with the overall theme and tone of your wedding. Again, if your wedding is more formal and traditional, you may want to stick with more formal and traditional wording, however do not be afraid to add your own special twist.

The next step in personalizing your invitations is the envelopes. By adding some personal touches to the envelopes, you can create a personalized and unique aspect to your invitation.

There is etiquette for addressing your envelopes. The proper way to address them is to handwrite the labelling yourself. This may be time consuming and boring, but what better way to personalize your invitations than to handwrite the address? If you’re inviting hundreds of people, however, hand-addressing the envelopes could be quite a chore. Consider having a professional make a font based on your handwriting, that way you can print your envelopes commercially, saving you time, while still having the personalization of your own handwriting on the envelope.

You can still further personalize your invitations with the stamping of your envelopes. You may want to have photo stamps made of you and your fiancé to post the invitations, or choose a graphic that is compatible with your theme and have stamps made in that fashion. There are ‘love’ themed stamps available at most post offices, so feel free to take an idea from those and create your very own stamp to add that extra personalization touch.

You should not be afraid to let your theme and personalities leak into your invitations, even if your wedding is very formal and traditional. Even then, the wedding is still unique because it is surrounding two unique and individual people who are coming together as one. It’s a very special day for the both of you. Personalize your invitations to remind your guests that the day is special, but also individual to the two of you as a cohesive unit that is pledging their love to each other for all of eternity. Have some fun with your invitations and make them uniquely yours.