Planning a wedding is a difficult process, energy and time consuming, though one of the most important things you will ever have to plan, which is why it deserves full focus, attention to details and patience. Many people, when starting to think about what is there to do and organise, regard wedding invitations as a detail, but once they reach the time to address it, they realise it is an important factor and many decisions and choices go within the process of having unique wedding invitations for the happy event. The invitation is the first contact that your guests have with your wedding, not to mention that family and close friends tend to keep them a long time after, as a reminder of the beautiful moment in your and their life, so when you are considering ideas for wedding invites, you should take that into account. How many invitations to send out and writing the necessary information on them, such as location, date and time, should be the last of your concerns.

When it comes to wedding invitations designs, the options are infinite. You have a variety of papers to choose from, colours, styles, texts, fonts and so on, having the possibility to mix and match them endlessly. In order to not making the entire process an ordeal, you need to begin with the basics. Look through some catalogues and check out wedding invitations cards samples, to get some ideas and inspiration, especially if you don't have any thoughts on what your invites should look like. The wedding invites samples will give you some ideas not only in terms of style and paper, but also with the writing that goes inside. You can choose rhymes, quotes, funny phrases even, if you are up for an unconventional wedding. However, the invitations must suit the general tone of your wedding, classic and elegant for traditional weddings or fun and innovative for more modern and casual ones. In addition to matching the style of the wedding, the invitations should also reflect your style and the one of your spouse, both of your personalities or your relationship. It's a lot to process and consider, which is why you should not treat this issues lightly.

Moreover, since weddings involve a lot of expanses, the budget is always a factor to consider when shopping around for unique wedding invitations. The budget should be allocated from the beginning, in order to avoid any complications. However, cheap wedding invites don't necessarily have to be poor quality invites or bad looking ones. If you take the time to do a little research, maybe online, and compare prices and offers, there are high chances you find great ideas for wedding invites at affordable prices.

Furthermore, the process of choosing wedding invitations should also include the considering of wedding favors, because it is tasteful and charming to have invites match the favors or the other way around. Just imagine giving away a wedding bonbonniere that bears the same colours or style as the invite, or that it serves as a complement. Guests will be impressed and will appreciate it highly. And it shouldn't be hard to do so, as many of the invitation providers can come up with bonbonniere ideas and even create it for you, as well as different other wedding favors options.

Unique wedding invitations is the general answer to the question “What type of invites would you like for your wedding?”. Of course, unique has a different meaning from one person to another and there is only so much of originality that you can include in a wedding invitation, without inappropriately straying from the traditional concept. There are some things that you can do in order to make your invitations one of a kind, fresh and stunning, some ideas for wedding invites that are not only acceptable, but welcomed and appreciated, while others are frowned upon or not received so gladly.  

One of the very first things that will impress your guests and make your wedding invites highly appreciated is choosing wedding invitations designs that match all the rest of the stationary, such as the save the date cards, the RSVP cards or the thank you cards, as well as the general style of the wedding, maybe use satin ribbons from the same satin as the table arrangements or the flowers arrangements or the seats. It will give such a chic and artistic look and feel to your event. Furthermore, as all guests are curious and have come to impatiently expect the wedding favors, it will be ingenious and fancy to match the invitations with the wedding bonbonniere that they receive as favor, or whatever else you chose. However, you don't want to be dull, so matching doesn't mean exactly the same. You can borrow the shades of colour or the materials from other wedding extras, but never set creativity aside, when you go through the thousands of wedding invitations cards samples that providers are going to peruse in front of you.

Second of all, a great idea would be to take the time and address the invitations by hand. It will give them a personal touch, making guests feel that you really care about their presence at the event. It might take you a while, but it will definitely have a beneficial impact on your loved ones, friends and other guests. As far as wording the invitations is concerned, the text inside them should be appropriate to the type of wedding you are going to have. Don't crack jokes in the invitations if you are planning a sumptuous, traditional ceremony. Furthermore, don't use comical or caricature invites either, if the wedding is going to be luxurious and conventional. Unique wedding invitations can also be classic, with a touch of personality and style.

One other piece of advice regarding your wedding invitations is don't go for cheap wedding invites! And that doesn't refer to price alone. The wedding invitations don't need to cost a fortune to be of high quality and look stunning, but don't just resort to package deals, without thoroughly looking to all wedding invites samples possible, just to cross another task of your wedding planning list. Even if the design is simple and classic, make sure the paper is of good quality, cotton or parchment.

Last, but not least, include your wedding invitations in the whole. The invites are not a singular issues, they are part of your wedding, so when you are shopping around or considering wedding invitations designs, also consider other related aspects, such as the bonbonniere ideas, program covers or place cards. Not only will that help you save time and don't lose sight of anything, but it will also help your wedding have unity and harmony.