Make Your Wedding Invitations - What Size Should My Invitations Be?

First, Congratulations! You are getting married! You want to invite your family and friends to share this important day with you. How do you decide on what size invitation you should use. If you make your wedding invitations, what size should they be?

Don't get caught in thinking your invitations have to be any particular size. It can be almost any size. The most important thing is that you have a nice, neat and informative invitation. If you ever looked at the wedding catalogs you will see they come in all sizes.

I have made invitations that would fit in a #10 business envelope. They certainly didn't look like a business piece when they were done. You can use almost any size. A lot of wedding announcements will be made to fit in an A7 envelope. This means they are approximately 5 x 7 inches when folded. Then the RSVP would be fit an A2 envelope size which is 4 1/8 inches by 5 1/2 inches when folded. Your reception card will usually be the same size as the RSVP but no envelope for it.

If you want to save money try calling your local print shop and see if they have envelopes available. Most of the time you will want a white or off white, eru or ivory color. These are neutral so you can use any ink color for your theme. Then when you have your envelopes get card stock cut to work for that size.

Another inexpensive idea is to go to the craft stores and purchase packages of blank cards and matching envelopes. Today it really isn't necessary to have double envelopes. A lot of invitations are going away from this tradition.

Buying the invitation kits can be a great help also. They have the extras already done so you wont' have to embellish them. You may find that the kits are being used a lot. If they won't fit in your plan for a fun theme, thinking about starting from scratch. It really isn't that difficult.

There is no real size that you should conform to for an invitation. You can make your wedding invitations what ever size you like. Keep in mind that the larger you go the more postage you may have to pay.

You may even want to make your wedding invitations as a single seal and send. These do not require an envelope. So you can see you have many options available to you. The main thing is to have a nice affordable invitation that you will be proud to send. So whether you make your wedding invitations or not, know you have options.