Weddings are beautiful events much planning and organizing goes into the big day. After the wedding date is confirmed and the theme of wedding is chosen the next stage is to organize everything. From booking the chapel to organizing wedding invitations are all things couples need to plan for. The best way to keep track of everything is to make up a list and allocate tasks. An important task to organize as early as possible is the wedding invitations. There are many things to consider when choosing wedding invitations from the paper type to the ink to the size of the invite. The cost will vary greatly depending on the paper type you chose.
When considering wedding invitations you need to consider the paper selection, this will help distinguish your invitations from others. Things to take into consideration include the finish, weight, opacity and brightness of the paper. The finish of a paper is its surface texture, depending if you want your invitation to have an uncoated or coated feel will require different surface textures. Wove paper will have a smooth uncoated surface finish to the wedding invitation. Laid and Linen paper both have textured lines on the surface of the paper, linen paper has finer lines than laid paper. Coated paper will give the wedding invitations a waxy finish (shinny or matt). Uncoated paper is untreated, which results in the paper looking dull and unreflective. Coated one side means simply that the paper has a coating on one side of the paper while the other side is dull.
The size of an average wedding is between 70 to 120 guests, which equates to a lot of wedding invitations. The weight of the paper will affect the cost of the invitations and the mail out costs. Paper weight is indexed on a scale, the thicker the paper the heavy it will be, which in turn increases the cost of the product. The weight of paper also affects the paper's opacity. Opacity is determined by the weight, ingredients and absorbency of the paper. A paper's opacity will affect how much printing will show through on the reverse side of the paper. This is very important for wedding invitations you do not want anything printing through onto the reverse side of the invitation. Paper is also measured by it's by brightness. The brightness of paper is indexed on a scale 1 to 100, 100 being the brightest. Typically most paper will reflect 60-90% of light. When selecting brightness for wedding invitations the higher the percentage the better especially if you are choosing a traditional theme wedding. The brightness of the paper will reflect the ink and contrast between light and dark hues more clearly.
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