Most busy brides and grooms today opt for professionally printing their wedding invitations to save hassle and stress. Printing an invitation, however, comes with its own set of problems as there may be spelling errors which are unforgivable in a wedding card, different colour shades used or wrong fonts. Here are some tips below to help you ensure your wedding cards come back beautifully printed and looking just the way you want them!
Check, Check, Check The Drafts
Borrow another or two more pairs of eyes if you must but do ensure you check all parts of the invitation to be printed, including any inserts, menu cards, response cards or programmes before you send it to the printers. When your printers revert with the final draft, do ensure you check it through again for any spelling errors, mistakes or colour changes before giving them the thumbs-up to proceed with the final printing.
Specify Colours & Fonts
When choosing the colours and fonts for your invite, be specific on the details you want. Don’t just opt for blue or red as these come in many variations and shades. Sit with your designer to pick out the exact colour and fonts you want from their range available and if possible, provide them with the exact color and font code. That way, there is little room for error.
Invitations For Separate Wedding Events
If you are having more than one wedding event, e.g. a small reception after your ceremony followed by a big dinner, decide if you are inviting all your guests for both or if you are planning to split them between events. If you are inviting all guests for both, one wedding invitation with details of both events printed on it will suffice. However, if you are inviting some to the ceremony and not to the dinner or vice versa, you will have to print two separate sets of wedding cards. Be careful when sending them out to avoid unpleasant mix-ups!
How Many Wedding Invitations To Order?
As a rule of thumb, always order more wedding invitations and envelopes than your guest list. Mistakes when filling out the invitation cards or envelopes are inevitable so do always have some extras on hand to ensure you have enough invitations for all your guests.
Once you have done all that, sit back, relax and let the printers do the hard work! 
You’re almost done with one of the most important parts of your wedding planning!