We have recently been asked to print wedding stationary for a good customer of Flyer Press. This i feel leads quite nicely to a wedding stationary master class.

There are many different costly effects that can be added to wedding stationary like embossing, block foiling and spot UV Varnishing. Whilst these effects do look amazing, to get that exqisite final product, there are many cheaper ways of achieving it.

Firstly, choose your colours, i would recommend using a white card or variation of, and a single colour (with multiple shades if neccessary) in conjunction with black text. Remember that your guests will need to be able to read the invitations so whilst a scripted and serifed font looks good, it makes the text difficult to read.

An insert always looks good if it is a single colour, so consider an extra sheet of paper in your invites, order of service, thank you cards etc. Try to keep all your text to the centre of the page, and either centre the text or fully justify it. We imagine the A5 page in 3 columns and try to use the central one only, sometimes though, you have to go a little out of this guide.

Another little thing that looks really good is crisp swirly lines, that direct your attention to the content of the page, try to keep these either in your chosen colour, or in black. Alternatively, depending on the colours you have chosen, and for example if your wedding colours are purple or lilac, a silver oftens brings the page to life.

The art of good wedding stationary is to introduce and continue a theme. Something that makes all your printing, whether it be table tent cards, orders of service, invitations or thank you cards, is a sense of belonging, continued throughout your end products, something that makes them all look part of a set.

For handy AI templates for this kind of thing, all ready and set for Flyer Press to print, please contact alex@flyerpress.co.uk or call on 01394 283371.