Wedding invitations are the first impression of your wedding day and usually carry your wedding theme. With any wedding planning, deciding on designs can be a tricky task with back and forth between different ideas. However, there is more to your wedding invitations than what they look like.
Whether you’re creating your own handmade wedding invitations or you decide to enlist a professional stationer to design them for you, you’ll need to know what to include and which style of font and theme will suit your wedding most.
To make your wedding planning easier, we have compiled a helpful guide outlining how to create your luxury Indian wedding invitations.
There are more to wedding invitations than simply adding the date, time and location. Your wedding invitations should include every little detail so guests are aware of the agenda.
Whilst this may seem obvious, the names of the bride and groom should take centre stage on the wedding invitations, along with the parents’ and grandparents’ names. With Asian weddings, it’s important to include the names of family members within wedding invitations, for example, “Mrs. Rekha and Mr. Suraj Goyal have invited you to grace the wedding of their son, Sachin Goyal, and Anushka Kumar, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arjun Kumar.”
Some invitations lack information about who is invited to the wedding celebrations. When sending your guests, you should be clear on which members of their households are invited to attend to avoid any confusion or misunderstanding.
Specifically, name each guest and clearly mention whether they are invited alone, with their children or if they are allowed to invite a plus one as well.
So that your guests know when your wedding celebrations are and if they will be available, you will need to add the date of the wedding and any other celebrations they are involved in. Don’t forget to add all timings so that guests can prepare and understand when their presence is requested.
If you have a collection of guests who are only invited to the evening part of the wedding, you should make sure that each invitation is tailored so that it reflects this.
Note down the details of the venue of your ceremony and if there are any other venues for the Mehendi or other wedding celebrations. You may find it to be less complicated to have separate invitations for other events of your wedding, but it is your choice.
After you have chosen your
Asian wedding venue, you’ll need to list the venue details, you should include the venue names, addresses and preferably, directions on how to get there for those who do not live locally in the area.
Whilst you will find that many of your guests will take their time to accept their attendance to your wedding celebrations, having an RSVP date will give them a deadline to when they respond. This means that you’ll be able to focus on and finalise other aspects of your wedding which are dependent on the number of your guests who attend, including your catering services. The sooner you know how many guests will be attending, the sooner you will be able to create your seating plan.
Towards the end of your wedding invitations, you should include all additional details of your wedding celebrations, including parking facilities, transportation options, nearby accommodation and the theme that they should be aware of.
As some of your guests are likely to travel far for your special day, it’s crucial that you include directions to the wedding venue to make it easier for them to find the venue. At Ladywood Estate, we provide pre-printed direction cards with a
map
that can be inserted with every invitation.
When designing your wedding invitations, you may want to consult a designer as it can take a huge task away from your list and leave you with more time for planning other tasks. However, if you would prefer to do this yourself, you’ll want to know how to style your wedding invitations so that they fit the theme of your wedding.
You would be surprised how the font you choose makes a tremendous difference to the design of your wedding invitations. The classic choice of font is typically a script-type font in the style of Pinyon Script - which gives a contemporary touch and is the ultimate go-to font for wedding invitations.
Whilst wedding invitations are supposed to pay homage to the overall theme of your wedding, they do not always need to. Whilst you may be opting for a traditional Asian wedding, you may like your hobbies, personalities and interests to shine through on your wedding invitations, even if these interests aren’t included on the big day.
It can also help to use template designs which can very easily be found online and will provide an exact structure so that no important details are missed.
Ladywood Estate is a leading Asian wedding venue in Leicestershire and has a wealth of experience in hosting lavish weddings. The team at Ladywood will ensure that we surpass your expectations.
Working with a choice of Ladywood’s approved interior designers, the happy couple is able to create their own personal, unique wedding. If any of this seems daunting, or you're new to this, or you simply want someone to support you through this exciting time, Ladywood Estate can support you with your wedding planning consultancy.
