Wedding Forum - Invites...

So we have finally started the invites and my lovely h2b is on the pocket folds, first night he has done 2 wrong and one is sort of usable haha, I'm such a perfectionist when it comes to crafts and really struggling not to be a bridezilla! I don't want to argue or strop over some silly invites but worried I'm going to run out of card at Thai rate! Would it be bad if I tried to do them as can see him stressing and I justwant them done lol. So I'm biting my tongue as don't want oh to feel bad as he's Just trying to help but I am concerned with how much card we have as didn't estimate a lot of paper loss x

I had my OH licking the envelopes as he couldn't go wrong with that lol

This is a toughie because I am a lot like you, I am very much a perfectionist but invites need to be as perfect as possible.
Can he do a different task? Like attaching things to the invites or addressind the envelopes?
I imagine he is happy to have a part and be helping in this but maybe not, ask him if he likes doing the invites? If the task he is doing is annoying him?

I was exactly the same! Except with my mum and OH on separate occasions lol. I just said I wanted to stop for the day and then have done it all by myself!

However with over 30 evening invitations still to do I'm beginning to wish I was able to pass the reigns over lol

I am most likely going to have to put the invites together myself so I have all the hours of wedding planning and invite making coming lol. I am glad you and your OH sorted it out :) Good luck doing the evening invites!

I have really grounded to a holt with my evening invites! however I have managed to get five done, and handed them out and everyone loves them. My mum told me today that she gave the day invite to my aunty and she thought we'd had them professionally made! That's really cheered me up and spurred me on to do some tonight (well that's the plan, until I get home lol). I literally have all the inserts made and stuck together so all I have to do is do the front cover and the little luggage tag so I don't know why I'm not just getting on with them...maybe because subconsciously I don't want them to all be done lol But the RSVP date is 31 March so I need to get them out this weekend.

Hope your card will arrive soon, I had to make no end of trips to Ho88ycraft for my paper lol.

Good luck Celtic_Queen with your inviting making, I agree with MrsC definitely do things stage by stage as although I've come to a standstill I think I'd be even worse if I was only doing the inserts one at a time!

I've given all the invites I've completed out unfortunately. I've made six this morning though yey lol!

Yes definitely don't stop as that's definitely where I went wrong and it's so hard to start again! We're just off to a suit fitting and then one of my MoH is coming over and haven't seen her since before Christmas

Glad you managed to get ink, did you also manage to get envelopes this evening?

Suit fitting went well we've chosen what h2b wants so just need to wait until we have enough for the deposit before putting our order in.

MoH tried on her dress this evening and so that's 4 out of 6 that have tried it on! Just my other MoH to pick hers up from the shop and I need to send my other bridesmaid gets to try on!

Oh no! I hope your finger is ok today and manage to find envelopes.

Should be able to post suit deposit in a couple of weeks which will be good.

I went to a wedding fair last weekend it was pretty rubbish but I found out today that I won a competition that I entered so have 12 cupcakes heading my way! Then will be meeting them to discuss cake and flowers in march.

Heard my aunty and two cousins have booked their flights from America so they're definitely coming which is exciting. Spent this morning doing internet searches for decorations/ entertainment to try and get an idea of costs. So a fairly productive wedding weekend even though invites aren't completed yet! X

Didn't realise I wasn't ment to open a new thread to ask a new question about invites and had to post it on here until I had done my second question, so Will ask here and hope people will see it ( as main reason I opened a new thread is it was a new question and didn't think most people would see it if I posted it here) but here goes

I have completed evening invites and realised I have written the date on twice as put about being invited to the evening celebration of our wedding on 16th July then says the location and then says on 16 July at 7.30! Do is need to re do the invites or just suck it up and leave them like it? Can't really justify buying all new material and has taken me nearly 5 hours to do them all!!
( photos in stationary album) please can you look and see if it sounds ok or needs re doing? As can't decide? I think it looks silly saying the date twice x

Wow I'm very impressed that you managed to get your evening invites done too!

I've taken a look and I don't think you need to re-do them all, I realised I didn't put our home address on our RSVP's and that I put "allergies" rather than dietary requirements. I was the same as you and decided I couldn't afford to buy all new materials so I've just left it. At least it doesn't say two different times so there isn't going to be any confusion.

Just think that money you would save could pay for centre pieces/table plan etc. I bet no one will notice or certainly comment.

I know the feeling, I'm proper slightly freaking out that there is only just over 4 months to go, I feel like there is still so much to do!

Nah it doesn't look bad and if others saw a pic of it before hand I wouldn't worry..at least you included the date, it would have been worse if you had missed it out!!

It's definitely not bad that you don't want to re-do them but that's coming from me that still hasn't finished mine! (And I have asked for RSVPs by end of March!

Have you been planning the wedding for long? We've been engaged since March 2010 but only set the date and started planning since July last year x

We got engaged in 2012 but didn't start planning til 2014 but feels like just yesterday but so strange knowing it's just a few months away now.
Haha Michelle I love the it's only evening guests lol, i avoided any invite work tonight and did our finances instead ( joys!) so wil wrote all envelopes tomorrow and send them then I can just ignore it until someone mentions it haha x

Can anyone advise me on when I should send the invites? I get married September.

Thanks Vikki!

I think it depends on the date you are getting married and how much notice you think ppl need 4-6 months was my aim but usually 2-4 months I think, I've written ours all out just gotta send and give out now, gave first lot out today and had one back already lol x

Stephanie - as people above have said the checklist says around 6-8 weeks prior to wedding. However I am sending mine 4 months before as my venue wants final numbers 6-8 weeks before. I have also already sent my save the dates (I'm not getting married for 18 months) but this was as we're getting in August so I wanted people to be aware before booking next years holidays!

Think I put them in my photo album... We are putting the last ones in the post today as had to wait for a few addresses lol. Trouble is i can't decide what to start on next! Off to Birmingham wedding show on my birthday next week so I'm hoping to hunt out some deals and inspiration!!! Yeah we have quite a few rsvps now its all becoming real!!!! Eeek!!!