Task |
Should be completed by |
Start working on your guest list for the wedding and reception.
|
11-12 months before |
Research invitation wording and design.
|
9-10 months before |
Consolidate all the guest lists and decide on the final list for the wedding and reception. |
6-9 months before |
Decide what to include in your invitation.
|
6-9 months before |
Pick a design for your invitations, finalize the wording (and map or other artwork, if necessary), and order your invitations (and announcements if you plan to send them).
|
6-9 months before |
If you want to hire a calligrapher to address your invitations, research and hire one.
|
3-6 months before |
Get your invitations and announcements from the printer. |
3-6 months before |
If you're using a calligrapher, print out the guest list and deliver it and the envelopes to the calligrapher.
|
2-3 months before |
If you're not using a calligrapher, start addressing the invitations (and announcements, if you have them). |
2-3 months before |
Take a completed invitation to the post office to weigh it and buy the stamps you need.
|
2-3 months before |
Assemble the invitations after the envelopes are addressed.
|
2-3 months before |
Mail the invitations. |
2-3 months before |
Assemble the wedding announcements after you've mailed the invitations.
|
1-2 months before |
Give the wedding announcements to someone who can mail them the day after the wedding. |
2 weeks to 1 month before |
Mail the wedding announcements.
|
day after wedding |
