Just wanted your opinions again- how important are your invitations? How long are you spending making them or choosing them? Are you spending much on them? Do they fit your theme or are they just a means to an end?

Personally I think they're very important (for more than just the obvious reason of providing all the information !)
It's the first thing anybody is going to see that is related to your wedding.. Ours match our wedding perfectly and IMO give off the classy but simple feel we want for our wedding and they match all of our other stationary too - StDs, OOS, RSVPs... Xxx

I've based mine on invitations to Tiffany & Co. (the jewelers) soirees and events, so they are simple to create but very elegant. They are classy and classic but very inexpensive as they don't require embellishments. I sent my Save The Dates out in PDF in attempt to save money and get people's postal addresses and get them online and using our website (because we're gonna try and use it as our main form of RSVP to save the guests postage and so hopefully they'll reply sooner! Also for them to get a lot of local and on the day info from it to save us loads of repeat conversations as we're both very busy!) You can do them inexpensively. Remember, it's one per family/couple... not necessarily one per person so you can do them yourself for less than £1 easily!

I do think they are important, but not THAT important. People will bin them. I'd rather spend more money on my dress, the food and entertainment!

I have been making all of our stationary and have kept to our colour scheme of Cadburys Purple and butterflies however, I have left the Betty Boop and Poker aspect of our theme off the invites so there is still an element of surprise. I have just realised how mix match our theme sounds lol. We are only using the Betty Boop and Poker aspect for our table names lol.

I'd say they are important not only for the info but perhaps for the colour scheme as some ladies like to know the colour scheme in order to avoid looking like one of the Bridesmaids.

They don't have to be expensive, all of our stationary bits have cost about £120 and that includes place names, invites, Save The Dates, Post Box, Table plan, favour bags and tags for the favour bags.

They were very important to me because it set an example and expectation for the day. It took me hours to make my invitations and I've heard so many positive comments about them, especially on how professional they look. I spent £30 on the materials and they matched the colour theme very well. I wrote the messages inside the invites too.

Really important to me and I knew I would have to have them made by someone else because I'm just not creative enough or patient enough to do it myself without it looking rubbish lol. So mine were over £2 an invite but they are 5 page luggage tag style and beautiful :)

I have to agree with everyone else, they were very important to me. They are the 1st thing people see to do with your wedding and normally sets the tone like colours etc. Mine were the first thing I ordered. I wouldn't know how much I've paid for them but ,my total stationery cost has come to about £680.

I have to agree also with the others, important to me. Were having the invites made but were going to do our own Order of Service, Menu, Place Cards, Table Plan & Table Names :)

Personally I don't think that they are that important, most people will look at them once, put the date on the calendar and then throw them away! As long as all the information is in it then I don't think how they look matters too much, but that is just my personal opinion.

Naomi could it be that his nephew doesn't know that you have a partner or your sister has a daughter? Or maybe they are restricted on numbers and didn't have a big budget so doing a joint invite to the three of you made it cheaper for them? I wouldn't take it personally, I don't think they have purposely done it to upset you xxx

And forgot to put. This cousin brother is my h2b best friend so technically known him over 15 yrs lol
And to think my sister to fly abroad without her daughter........... lol laughable.

Tbh, not massively important to me...obviously I wanted them to look nice, as it's the first impression people get of the day, but to be honest I can't remember what most invites I've received even look like. I certainly wouldn't get overly stressed about them...xx