Wedding Invitations – A Return Address Stamp
If you don’t have your invitation or reply card envelopes preprinted with your address you might want to consider having a personalized rubber stamp created for you. Handwriting is nice but time consuming and labels can sometime feel like an impersonal, last minute afterthought, slapped onto an otherwise beautifully created invitation. (Although I have seen them done nicely.)
I highly recommend Impress Rubber Stamps. They have wonderful custom stamps and great customer service. Their website is easy to use; you simply type in your text and then choose the style and size. Within a day or two I had a draft emailed to me and then a few days later (after my approval) it arrived in the mail. I actually liked the stamp and the font so much that I ordered the font from My Fonts. Then I used the font through-out the invitation to maintain continuity. The font cost $19.95 and the stamp was $13.50 plus $4.95 shipping and tax.
Another note to mention is the idea of just using your first names, that way the stamp works before and after the wedding on thank-you cards and whatever else you want to use it on. Also, if you do want less of a stamp look on your invitation you can opt to emboss the address. You can find embossing powder and embossers at any Joann or Michaels store. Then you simply stamp, add the powder, emboss with hot air for a couple of seconds and let dry. Embossing powders come in any color of the rainbow including metallics. This also might ensure that the ink doesn’t run in the event that your invitation comes in contact with any rain! Happy Stamping!
Great tip! I took your advice, got my stamp made, and it’s here already! I definitely have to second the idea of embossing, as my stamping ink was still not dry after a full day. I imagine it would have gotten ruined in the mail, but the embossing makes sure it’s set, plus I think it looks nicer.
[...] Wedding Invitations – A Return Address Stamp If you don’t have your invitation or reply card envelopes preprinted with your address you might want to consider having a personalized rubber stamp created for you. Handwriting is nice but time consuming and labels can sometime feel like an impersonal, last minute afterthought, slapped onto an otherwise beautifully created invitation. (Although I have seen them done nicely.) I highly recommend Impress Rubber Stamps. They have wonderful custom s Source: http://avantbride.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/wedding-invitations-a-return-address-stamp/ [...]
Stamping the return address like that is a neat idea and a good compromise between the handwriting and the labels. It shows that you still took the time to handle each invitation individually.
Great idea! I’m glad that worked for you! Keep stamping!