Save the Date Card
An announcement to your guests of your wedding date, asking them to reserve the date without giving
additional details. This is especially important if you have many out of town guests, are getting married
during a busy holiday or vacation season, or are having a destination wedding. These are sent about six
months to a year before the event.

Invitation
A written request for a person's presence at your wedding ceremony. The invitation is the most formal piece
of wedding correspondence and is the first impression of your wedding. Generally the largest portion of your stationery budget should be spent here in order to make a big impression on your guests. If the reception is
to be at the same location as the ceremony, it is acceptable to include that at the bottom of the invitation.

Announcements
A card with envelope (or postcard) to inform people who were not invited to the wedding of your marriage. Announcements are particularly pertinent if you elope, are having a small destination wedding, or are having
a small, family-only ceremony.

Response Card
A small card that accompanies the invitation and allows guests to respond to your invitation. It is joined by a stamped, self-addressed envelope for your guests' convenience. A "respond by" date is given and is generally
two to three weeks before your wedding date. A line beginning with "M" (for Mr. or Mrs.) allows guests to fill in
their names so that you know who is responding. If you would like your guests to choose an entree for a
sit-down dinner you can list the options on this card.

Response Postcard
A postcard version of the response card. These generally cost less, require less postage, and create less
waste because they eliminate the need for an envelope. Guests simply fill out the card and put it back in
their mailbox as-is.

Reception card
A card to let your guests know when and where your wedding reception will be held. This information may
also be printed on the invitation if space allows.

Brunch Card
A card to let your guests know when and where your post-wedding brunch will be held.

Direction Card
An additional card included as a courtesy to your guests with directions to the various locations they need
to be throughout the day or weekend.

Local Attractions Card
An additional card included as a courtesy to your guests with information about attractions such as museums
or parks in the location of your wedding. This is pertinent if you have many traveling guests or are having a destination wedding.

Accommodations Card
An additional card included as a courtesy to your guests with local hotel information.

Itinerary Card
An additional card included as a courtesy to your guests with information about the weekend's events.
This is especially important if you have many events for guests to attend throughout a weekend.

Web Card
An additional card included as a courtesy to your guests to let them know they can find details about your
wedding on your wed site. If you include a web card, you can list the directions, hotel information, and gift
registry information on your wed site. This is the only etiquette-appropriate place to list registry information.
Keep in mind that some members of your guest list might not get the information if they do not have internet
access.

Rehearsal Dinner Invitation
A request for the participants of the wedding ceremony and other chosen guests to attend the traditional
dinner following the wedding rehearsal.

Program
A listing of the order of events, the attendants, or other pertinent information about the wedding ceremony.

Seating Card
A card placed at each place setting at the table letting each guest know their assigned seat.

Escort Card
An array of cards placed on a table near the entrance to the reception directing guests to their assigned table.
They may be used in conjunction with or in lieu of seating cards.

Seating Chart
A list of guests and their assigned tables placed near the entrance to the reception. This is often a favored
option if the reception is outside where wind may blow seating or escort cards. A seating chart may be used
in conjunction with or in lieu of seating cards.

Table Card
A card to be used in conjunction with escort cards or a seating chart indicating the table's number.

Menu Card
A card indicating to your guests what they will be eating for dinner. This is the perfect place to list any special meaning behind the chosen foods - for instance, if you are sharing a dish you first ate on your trip to Paris
together or if Grandma Eileen made the cookies.

Event Signage
Signs that indicate where specific locations are within the reception location, such as parking, restrooms, or
the coat room. Event signage is especially important if your event will be at a personal residence or a location
that is not designed for large gatherings.

Favor Sign
A sign indicating to guests that a donation has been made to a charity in their honor in lieu of purchasing
favors. This information may also be listed on menu cards.

Favor Packaging
A special box, tag, or label that allows personalization of favors and ties them into the theme of your wedding.

Thank You Note
A flat or folded card with envelope which has gratitude-specific text printed on it, intended for thanking guests
for their gifts or for simply attending the wedding.

Personal Stationery
A card with envelope that has your married names, monogram, or a design printed on them without gratitude-specific text. These cards are intended for any correspondence you may have after the wedding, and may be
used as thank you notes. Even though thank you notes are the most popular choice, personal stationery can
be more practical. If there is any left over after your thank you notes are sent, it can continue to be used for
other occasions.

At Home Card
A card that has your married names and new address printed on it to inform guests of your new address.
This is the perfect way of announcing the bride will be keeping her maiden name or using her maiden name
in conjunction with her husband's name with or without a hyphen.