Wedding Invitations

Elspeth Thomson ~ Handmade Wedding and Special Occasion Stationery.

Put a personal mark on your Special Day.

Elspeth Thomson Embroidered Greetings Cards offer a wide variety of wedding invitations and co-ordinated stationery for your wedding day.

Choose from one of our existing beautiful designs, or work with Elspeth to produce something unique to you and your special occasion. What ever your requirements Elspeth can help you to set the scene for your wedding to make it a memorable event.

We offer an exquisite collection of wedding stationery, including ‘save-the-date’ cards, wedding invitations, order of service, menus, name cards etc.

Or, for a more bespoke and unique Wedding Stationery Service ring 01254 54383 or email elspethelspeththomson.co.uk where we will be more than happy to talk through your requirements and provide you with excellent service and stationery tailored to your own unique day.

Use Elspeth Thomson to create the perfect wedding stationery for your special day. If you have a particular theme or colour scheme in mind for your wedding, and would like your wedding stationery to reflect your theme or colour, you can work with Elspeth to personalise your wedding stationery to your own tastes. Whether your wedding is traditional, modern, or a civil wedding, we can help you create the perfect stationery for your special day.

Elspeth Thomson provides proofs for your approval. Pricing includes a full printing service. Our individual approach to your stationery means you can have the wording of your choice printed in whatever colour you wish using the typeface that you want. We are, of course, ready to help and advise you on all the decisions along the way.

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Prices . 150mm sqare size cards                  Minimum Order: 20 cards	Price per card
Save The Date, printed inside	£3.00
Invitation, printed inside	£3.00
Evening Invitation, printed inside	£3.00
Thank you card, printed inside	£3.00
Menu, printed inside	£3.00
Order of Service, printed inside	£3.00
Place Card, blank	£1.00
Wedding Invitation, blank inside	£2.50
Evening Invitation, blank inside	£2.50
Thank you card, blank inside	£2.50

The price includes quality ivory pearl envelopes. Larger sizes of cards and envelopes, or unusual sizes of cards and envelopes may be a little extra. Phone Elspeth on 01254 54383 to discuss other sizes and colours.

For special designs, as a rough guide, please add £40 for design work. If you have a very elaborate design in mind, it may be more.

 

YOUR STATIONERY EXPLAINED….

Stationery is an essential part of any wedding or special event. Your chosen design helps to set the tone for your day and can co-ordinate with your table theme or bridesmaids dresses to make sure everything looks perfect on the day.

 

SAVE THE DATE

Send these to your guests a few months in advance of your occasion so that they can make sure they keep that day free!

INVITATION

Send these to your guests six to eight weeks before your occasion to ensure they have plenty of time to respond and so that you can plan accordingly.

EVENING INVITATION

These should be sent to any guests that are not coming to the wedding ceremony, to invite them to the reception.

ORDER OF SERVICE

This is a programme of your ceremony to include the hymns or readings and music.

ACCEPTANCE

Convenient for your guests, these printed cards come with envelopes too.

THANK YOU

A great way of thanking guests for their wedding gifts.

PLACE CARDS

Co-ordinate your tables with your stationery using matching place cards and help everyone to know where they should sit at the reception.

 

You've chosen the style of invitation you think best complements your wedding. Now you need to think about what to say!

What to include
The wording may vary according to taste, and depending on how formal your celebration will be. But, whatever the format, the invitation should state the following:

You might also wish to include:

• Details of any dress code/theme.
• Time guests can expect the day to come to an end.
• Whether children are invited.

 

Who sends the invitation?
Invitations always go out from whoever is hosting the wedding - often the bride's parents. The wording becomes more complicated if parents are divorced or if the couple are holding the event themselves. The usual wording for a traditional invitation is:

Mr & Mrs James Jones request the pleasure of the company of …… at the marriage of their daughter Susan with Mr Neil Wood at St Mary's Church, Milton, on (date), (month), (year), at, (time) and afterwards at (reception venue). RSVP: (host's address).

 

The traditional approach.  

If you want to follow traditional invitation style, there are a few rules to follow:

•      Invitations are generally written in the third person.
•      When listing the time, date and venue, the time and date should be written first and the venue last.
•      Use titles eg. Dr, Mrs etc. when appropriate.
•     ‘request the pleasure of the company of…..’ , 'request the honour of the presence of….' or 'request the pleasure of your company' is the normal choice of wording. The former is often used for invitations to religious ceremonies such as a church wedding; the latter for invitations to an event in a non-religious venue.
•      For invitations, the bride's name should appear before the groom's
•      How you break up the lines is up to you. Generally, names, times and places are placed on separate lines.

 

The wording can be adapted to accommodate a change in circumstances due to death, divorce and re-marriage on the bride's side. For example:
(if either parent is widowed): Mr James Jones / Mrs Pamela Jones, requests the pleasure…
(parents are divorced): Mr James Jones and Mrs Pamela Jones request the pleasure…
(Parents divorced, mother remarried): Mr James Jones and Mrs Paula Matthews request…
Continental Europeans and members of the practising Jewish community send cards including the names of both sets of parents, so: Mr and Mrs James Jones request the pleasure of the company of ……..at the marriage of their daughter Susan to Neil, son of Mr & Mrs Simonberg.

 

Including children.
If children are invited, this can be made clear by including their name on their parents' invitation. Parents should assume that the invitation is for them alone if their children's names are not specified.
It can be tactful to include a short note to parents, such as 'Much as we would like to invite all the children of our friends, it is only possible to accommodate the children of close family', or 'We are sorry we are unable to accommodate children'. If you are inviting children, let parents know if you have made special childcare arrangements: 'We have arranged child-minding facilities for the duration of the service and/or reception'.

 

The main invitation. 

The wording depends on who is hosting the wedding…..

1. From the bride's parents

 

Mr.  &  Mrs.  P.  F . Wakefield

request the pleasure of the company of

 

______________________

at the marriage of their daughter

Emma-Jayne Elizabeth
with

Charles Brook Austin

on Saturday, 12^th July 2008,
at 12 noon

at St George's Church, Barton-in-Fabis,
Nottingham

 

and afterwards at

The Swan Inn, Barton-in Fabis.

 
R.S.V.P. by 30^th June please

 

The Grange

Willow Lane

Barton-in-Fabis

wakefield@hotmail.co.uk

 

2. From both sets of parents

Mr. & Mrs. P. F. Wakefield
and
Mr. & Mrs. A. L.  Austin

request the pleasure of the company of

 

______________________

at the marriage of their daughter

Emma-Jayne Elizabeth Wakefield
with

Charles Brook Austin

on Saturday, 12^th July 2008,
at 12 noon

at St George's Church, Barton-in-Fabis,
Nottingham

 

and afterwards at

The Swan Inn, Barton-in Fabis.

 
R.S.V.P.

 

The Grange

Willow Lane

Barton-in-Fabis

wakefieldhotmail.co.uk

 

3. You're hosting your own

Ms.  Emma-Jayne Elizabeth Wakefield
and
Mr.  Charles Brook Austin

request the pleasure of the company of

 

______________________

at their marriage

on Saturday, 12^th July 2008,
at 12 noon

at St George's Church, Barton-in-Fabis,
Nottingham

and afterwards at

The Swan Inn, Barton-in Fabis.

 
R.S.V.P. by 30^th June please

 

The Grange

Willow Lane

Barton-in-Fabis

wakefield@hotmail.co.uk

 

4. You with both sets of parents

Mr. & Mrs. P. F. Wakefield
and their daughter
Emma-Jayne Elizabeth

together with

Mr. & Mrs. A. L.  Austin
and their son
Charles Brook

request the pleasure of the company of

 

______________________

at the wedding of

Emma-Jayne

with
Charles

 

on Saturday, 12^th July 2008,
at 12 noon

at St George's Church, Barton-in-Fabis,
Nottingham

 

and afterwards at

The Swan Inn, Barton-in Fabis.

 
R.S.V.P.

 

The Grange

Willow Lane

Barton-in-Fabis

wakefieldhotmail.co.uk

 

 

Invitations to the reception or an evening party.
If space is limited at your ceremony venue, you may wish to invite more guests along to the reception afterwards. Equally, you may then decide to invite even more guests for a party in the evening.
A reception invitation will 'request the pleasure of the company of ……' to the wedding reception. An evening party invite could be equally formal, or informal depending on the style of your wedding.

Order of service.
These usually take the form of a folded card, with or without a paper insert. The cover of the sheet will conventionally have the names of the bride and groom printed in the bottom left and right hand corners respectively. The date and name of the church in which the service is to take place will be centred in the middle of the page. The actual layout of the service sheet will depend on the style of the ceremony and couples should seek advice from their minister before making final arrangements for having the sheets printed. The benefit of order of service sheets is that the congregation can follow the service without having to juggle with hymn and prayer books. It's always sensible to have a few extra service sheets printed for unexpected guests. Make sure you include the minister, choir and the attendants when calculating the number required.

Reception stationery.
Once you've chosen the theme of your wedding stationery you can continue the same design throughout your reception with tableware that will perfectly match the style of your invitations and can add a sense of sophistication to your celebrations.

Menus
Menu cards can be printed for the guests and placed on each table. However, you shouldn't feel obliged to provide them and this should be a budget decision as they can be expensive. Your hotel or reception venue may be able to provide these for you at a lower price and this could be worth investigating.

Place name cards
Place cards are crucial if you have a seating plan, so that guests know where to sit. Names can be printed, or you might prefer to write them by hand.

Favour boxes
The long-standing tradition of giving bomboniere to celebrate special occasions such as weddings was started centuries ago in Italy. Each favour box (or even bag) traditionally contains sugared almonds symbolising health, wealth, happiness, fertility and long life. Often used at place settings they make a wonderful way of saying thank you to your guests.

If you have been inspired by any of the designs on the website, please phone or email with your enquiry. I can send you samples and discuss your ideas with you.

 

If your order is straightforward, and you know exactly what you want, please fill in the order form (by copying and pasting what you need below), and email or post it to me. Your proof will be processed quickly and you should receive your proof within a week or two at most. One you have checked all the proofs and I have received your cheque/payment, the order may take 28 days to make, depending on the quantity. If they are required sooner, please phone and I will see what I can do.

 

Please include as much detail on the order form as you can.

Essential Information is: -

 

•     Names of the bride's parents or other hosts.
•     First name of the bride.
•     First name and surname of the bridegroom and his title (Mr/Lieutenant/Sir etc.)
•     Where the ceremony is taking place.
•     Date, month and year of the wedding ceremony.
•     Location of the wedding reception.
•     Address to which guests should reply, and a reply date.

Typeface codes

 

  

Order Form and Information Sheet 

(please fill in the order form by copying and pasting what you need below)

 

Contact Details,

Elspeth Thomson, Bank Fold Lane Farm, Bank Fold, Darwen, Lancs. BB3 3QG

Tel: 01254 54383, Email: elspethelspeththomson.co.uk

 

Please include as much detail on the order form as you can.

Essential Information is: -

•      Names of the bride's parents or other hosts.
•      First name and surname of the bride and her title (Dr./Lady etc.).
•      First name and surname of the bridegroom and his title (Mr/Lieutenant/Sir etc.)
•      Where the ceremony is taking place.
•      Date, month and year of the wedding ceremony.
•      Location of the wedding reception.
•      Address to which guests should reply and a reply date.
•      Preferred layout.
•      Preferred Typeface and colour.

  

Designs shown here             Minimum Order: 20 cards	Price per card:
Save The Date	£3.00
Invitation, printed inside	£3.00
Evening Invitation, printed inside	£3.00
Thank you card, printed inside	£3.00
Menu, printed inside	£3.00
Order of Service, printed inside	£3.00
Place Card, blank	£1.00
Wedding Invitation, blank inside	£2.50
Evening Invitation, blank inside	£2.50
Thank you card, blank inside	£2.50

The price includes quality ivory pearl envelopes. Larger sizes of cards and envelopes, or unusual sizes of cards and envelopes may be a little extra. Phone Elspeth on 01254 54383 to discuss other sizes and colours.

For special designs, as a rough guide, please add £40 for design work. If you have a very elaborate design in mind, it may be more.

 

Order Form

Items as described in above price list.	Design Name	Code No.	Typeface code	Ink Colour	Quantity	Total Price
Save The Date
Wedding Invitation
Other Invitation
Evening Invitation
Thank You Card
Order of Service
Menu
Acceptance Card
Place Card
Wedding Invitation Blank Inside
Evening Invitation Blank Inside
Thank you Card Blank Inside