Proofing Your Wedding Invitations: A Checklist
Category: All About Wedding Invitations, Invitation Etiquette, Stationery DIY and How Tos | Published on: Aug 18, 2015
There are lots of ways to blow your invitation budget; some of them are super-fun (like adding foil or fancy envelopes) and some of them are not-so-fun. Like having to pay to reprint all your invites because you missed something while proofing them.
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It’s hard not to get excited when you finally see your invitations, so it’s understandable if you forget to do some rigorous proofreading. Here’s a checklist you can print and keep handy while you (and at least two of your most grammarly friends) review those invite proofs.
Before Printing:
The Design:
- Did you do a test print to review the design?
- Are the colors correct and consistent with the ones you picked out? Remember that if you’re getting special printing the colors may look very different.
- Are the fonts correct and consistent with the ones you picked out?
- Are the custom elements as you and your stationer discussed?
The Details:
The Invitation
- Are your names spelled correctly?
- Is the date correct? Does the day correspond to the date?
- Is the time correct?
- If you don’t have a directions or info card, is the full address of the ceremony on the invitation?
- If you don’t have a reception card, and the reception is at a different location than the ceremony, is the full address of
the reception on the invitation?
The Envelope
- Are invitees’ names spelled correctly?
- Are all the invitee’s addresses spelled correctly?
- Have you double-checked the format for international addresses?
- Is the return address either in the upper left-hand corner or on the back flap?
- Is the return address correct?
- Is the return address either in the upper-left-hand corner or on the back flap? Is it correct?
The RSVP Card
- Is your RSVP by date correct?
- Do you have a place for invitees to write their names, or have you pre-written their names?
- Do you have a system for tracking RSVPs with no name?
- Is the envelope or postcard addressed to the person in charge of collecting replies?
Enclosure Cards: Reception Card
- Is the date correct? Does the day correspond to the date?
- Is the time correct?
- Is the full address of the reception correct? Do you have the phone number of the reception location in case guests get lost?
Enclosure Cards: Hotel/Accommodations Card
- Do you have the name, address, phone number, and web site of each hotel?
- If a block is reserved, do you have the name invitees need to reserve under?
Enclosure Cards: Directions Card
- Are all the locations and addresses correct?
- Have you tested the directions to make sure they are correct?
- Did you include parking information?
- Did you include toll information?
Enclosure Cards: Map Card
- Are all the markers in the right spot?
- Are all the important markers labeled?
- Does the map include all the important roads?
- Are all the important roads labeled?
- Is the highlighted route correct?
Before Mailing
- Did you weigh a complete set to make sure you have the right postage?
- Did you have the post office check your RSVP envelope or postcard for the right postage (remember postcards require less postage)?
- Is your RSVP envelope or postcard pre-stamped?
- Are the outer envelopes completely sealed?
Print out the checklist so you can mark it up as you go along the proofing process!
Or, Pin it for later:
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The most important proofing tip? Check and check again! You’ll thank yourself when you see your beautiful (and correct) invitations!
— Ashleigh
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