Wedding and event stationery, printed properly

Most wedding stationery that comes to us was bought on Etsy or made in Canva, and that is completely fine, because it is the majority of our wedding work. But three things catch people out between downloading a template and holding a printed invitation, and all three are easy to sort if you know about them.

US sizes wearing A size names. A lot of Etsy sellers are American, so a template called A6 is often actually 4 x 6 inches, against a true A6 of 105 x 148mm. Close, but not the same shape. Printed as is on A6 card you get uneven margins, and stretched to fit, your type distorts. We resize properly, adjusting the layout rather than warping it.

Editable templates that were never exported. Corjl and Templett designs need downloading as a print ready PDF, not saved as a JPEG or screenshotted. Export at the highest quality option and include bleed if the seller offers it.

Colours that looked different on screen. Blush pinks, sage greens and dusty blues, the standard wedding palette, are exactly the colours that shift most between screen and ink. We check these before printing and, where a colour is going to move, we tell you and show you rather than surprising you on the day the box arrives.

We proof everything. For wedding work we always send a proof, and for anything you are nervous about we will run a single printed sample so you can hold it before we print fifty. Names are worth checking twice, because we can catch a print problem but we cannot catch a spelling your guest list got wrong.

If a file needs more than a resize, artwork work starts at £15 and we quote before we touch it.

Save the dates, six to twelve months out. A6 or A5 on 350gsm, often as a postcard format so they can go in the post without an envelope.

Invitations, three to six months out. 25 A6 cards are £40 and 50 are £55, with A5 at £50 and £65. Order about 10% more than your guest count, because there is always someone who gets missed off and a set that gets lost in the post.

On the day stationery, two to four weeks out. Menus, place cards, order of the day and table numbers. A4 prints on 350gsm silk or matte are £3 each, and place cards and unusual shapes are cut in house, so see custom sizes for anything non standard.

Order of service booklets, two to four weeks out. Eight page booklets are £125 for 50 or £185 for 100, and longer booklets are quoted per job.

The seating plan, last, always. A2 on foam board is £40 and A1 is £55, and A1 is the size a queue of people can actually read. Names change late, because someone drops out the week before or a plus one appears, and we are entirely used to that. Same day or next day on a seating plan is normal for us, so do not panic print it early and then need it redone.

For funerals and memorials, our order of service page covers that properly, and those jobs always go to the front of the queue.