Order your invitations 4 months before the wedding to allow ample time for any errors that may need to be corrected. Rush orders can almost double the cost of your invitations.

Order at least 25 more invitations than you think you will need.  It is always better to have more than not enough.  This way you will have extras for invitations that are returned in the mail, if you mess up addressing the envelope, or notice that you left someone off the original guest list.

It is cheaper to order them all at the same time rather than ordering more invites later on.

Make sure you check the postage on your invitations.  Postage is measured by weight and by the envelope dimensions.  Heavy stationary and inserts require more postage.  Sometimes square or oddly shaped envelopes may require more postage as well.

Check with the post office to make sure that the postage rates are not going up.  For example, if you need your response cards back by April, and the postage is going up in March, you will need to make sure that you have the correct amount of postage on your response cards.

Mail all of your invitations at the same time so that they are less likely to get lost in the mail.  This also avoids the embarrassment of one family getting their invitation in the mail two weeks prior to another family. 

You may want to consider using postcards for your response cards as they are cheaper on postage fees.

You can go to your local post office and find a variety of stamps with love or hearts on them to fit the wedding theme.

Mail invitations out 6 weeks prior to the wedding. 

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