Invitation Etiquette Follow-Up

I received a great question from Meghan yesterday about her invitations and how she should incorporate some of the etiquette I discussed yesterday. So, I thought I would give you different 'tricks' I've developed over the years that give an invitation visual interest yet retain proper etiquette. The image above from Bella Figura reflects what I'm about to explain in some of the lines on the invite.

Meghan asked what should be capitalized on an invitation and what shouldn't. I've got a simple solution. That is, capitalize or use lowercase letters for everything. The trick to making this work is to incorporate at least two fonts in every invitation. For example:

THE HONOUR OF YOUR PRESENCE IS REQUESTED

AT THE MARRIAGE OF

jennifer anne smith

to

austin james clark

{please note that Blogger is 'font-challenged' so I didn't have a lot of font options for this example}

By using this technique, you avoid strange looking lines on your invitation. Oh, and don't use standard fonts. If you're making your own invitations, do a Google search for unique fonts and invest in them. Many are free and the rest are no more than $20 to $30. And if you're ordering from a company, ask what fonts are available and if you're able to use a couple of them on your invite.

~Jodi