Your boyfriend has finally proposed and now the race is on to organise the wedding. You’ve got so much to do that you’re not really sure where to start.
Well one of the first things that a lot of couples do is to decide when the wedding is going to take place. Firstly, you need to narrow it down to a season; so decide whether you want to get married in summer or winter for example. Then you need to decide on a date.
The minute you know the date that you want to get married, it’s time to let your guests know and that means ordering some save the date cards.
Save the date cards can be sent out to all of your guests, simply to let them know that you are getting married on a certain date. This allows them to put the date in the diary and it also allows them to make plans around the date. For example, if you’re having a summer wedding, they will book their summer holidays before or after your big day.
Save the date cards are a great way to announce your wedding and to also ensure that you are giving your guests a decent amount of notice.
It can be devastating if you organise your wedding day really carefully and then find out that your best friend can’t make it.
You have spent so much time organising every fine detail to ensure that the day runs smoothly and is as perfect as it can be, that you end up leaving the wedding invites until the very last minute.
Sending out your wedding invites is a really important part of the organisation because without any guests, your wedding could be a very dull day.
This means that you need to order your wedding invites well in advance of the big day. In fact, it should be one of the first things you do.
To make sure that all your guests can make it though, the best idea is to order save the date cards too. These can be sent out very early on in the wedding preparations to ensure that your guests can put your wedding date in their diaries.
You can send your save the date cards out even before you have booked the venue or anything else because the only information you need to provide is the date of the ceremony.
By letting your guests know early, you will avoid the upset of finding out that your best friend can’t make your big day.
These days, with everyone having such hectic lives, it’s always essential to plan ahead. It seems that even organising a girly night in with your friends has to be booked at least four weeks ahead, so imagine how organised you have to be when it comes to sending out your wedding invites.
A lot of blushing brides don’t want to rush into sending out their wedding invites until everything is finalised. But at the same time, they don’t want to risk not having their best friend at the wedding because she’s away on holiday.
There is a way around this though; by using save the date cards. These cards are particularly important if you are having a summer wedding because you want to ensure that your guests have your big day in their diary before they book their summer holidays.
With save the date cards, the only piece of information that you need is the date on which your wedding is going to happen. And as this is one of the first things you will have organised, this shouldn’t be a problem.
Send out your save the date cards as early on as possible and then you can put your mind at rest that your family and friends will have it in their diary. Then there’s just the small issue of organising the big day to address.
