Your wedding involves lights, flowers, outfits, jewelry, food, music, and more— but don’t forget about the paper! You’ll be selecting a variety of paper products for your big day, from the invitations and envelopes to the place cards and gift tags. Check out our list of some top paper products you’ll need to order from your favorite designer before the big day arrives.
Invitations
Wedding invitations, save-the-date cards, and RSVP cards are must-have paper items that you’ll need to order. The invitations set the tone for your wedding, hinting at your color palette and letting guests know how formal or informal the wedding will be. One of your first decisions as a bride— besides the wedding date, time, and location— will be choice of design, paper, font, and wording for the invitations and related items.
Programs
Although it’s not an essential, a wedding program is a nice formal touch. It’s something for guests to hold and peruse as they wait for the ceremony to begin, and it lets them know about the order of events. Within the wedding program, you can also give credit to certain vendors, thank specific people, or include quotations or song lyrics.
Seating Cards and Place Cards
Assigned seating is a subtle way of arranging the guests to facilitate conversation and minimize potential conflicts. For a sit-down reception dinner, you could simply provide seating cards that assign guests to specific tables. If you want to take the arrangements a step further, you may choose to have individual place cards for your guests.
Table Cards
Do you plan to number your tables? If you’re having a sit-down meal with assigned seating for the reception, it’s a good idea to number the tables so guests can find their spots more quickly. You’ll need large cards in holders or numbered signs that are clearly visible to incoming guests.
Wedding Favor Tags and Gift Tags
Many modern wedding favors include imprinted messages, while others include tags instead. Tags are removable, allowing the gifted item to be used in a variety of situations. If you choose to use labels instead of imprinting or engraving the wedding favors, you’ll need tags that include a special message, along with your names and the date of the wedding. Remember to order tags for the gifts that you give to your bridal party as well!
Signs
On the day of your wedding, you may need to have a few signs posted around the venue, welcoming guests and directing them to the areas where the ceremony and reception will be held. Talk to your wedding coordinator about where to place these signs, and order designs with fonts and colors that match your wedding invitations and coordinate with your theme.
