DIY: What to say on a Wedding Program

Clients are always overwhelmed with their programs. What do they say? How do they say it? It is a lot of text and organization for sure! I thought it would be helpful to post a sample so that you could take what you need, fill in your details and be a lot less stressed about it.

Here is a program I created for my lovely client Katherine. The format is useful because it uses both sides of a standard 8.5 x 11" piece of cardstock. The program is printed on both sides and folded down the middle. No ribbons, bows or assembly hassles which is a bonus when you're so close to your wedding date. You need to be primping your beautiful self, not tying bows on 100 programs!

A tip on program quantities: You don't need a program for every guest. Most couples will only take one and share it. If you expect 150 guests, you may only need 100-125 programs. Tragic true story: I put a lot of effort into my programs (bows, special assembly etc) and made enough for one per guest, only to see the huge basket still filled with programs after the wedding was over. All the late nights of laborious assembly gone to waste...don't let that happen to you. ;o)

Inside the program

Front and Back side of the program

Wedding Invitation Tip: Multi-Purpose Save-the-Date

We're always looking for new, functional design ideas for wedding stationery. This one helps a couple's budget and their wedding guests.

The idea is to include accommodation information with your Save-the-Date, instead of printing a separate Accommodations card as part of the formal invitation. With this format, out-of-town guests have important travel and hotel information well in advance, allowing them to plan ahead for your big day, and you have a simpler invitation with a smaller price tag. Perfect!

Reply Postcards

We have seen quite a trend here to do reply cards as postcards instead of the traditional card/envelope duo. Brides are breaking away from all kids of traditions with their invitations and this is a good one to include in the invitation progress category.

Why? It saves printing costs. It saves paper. It saves postage.

Here are just a few samples to see how it works. Most brides choose to print everything on one side, but some like the look of printing on both sides as well.


As long as the card is larger than 5x3.5" and smaller than 6x4" then you can use the standard postcard stamp. Some have asked if the card gets lost in the mail and, though I can't vouch for the USPO, we've not seen any problems with this.