Wedding Tips | Wedding Stationery Timeline
Finally, the infographic you have all been waiting for!
The Ultimate Timeline for Wedding Stationery
We here at Songbird are so paper-obsessed and in love with weddings AND good design. So, we created this handy dandy infographic to help you figure out when to order what, and when to send what!
Enjoy!
xoxo,
Rosie
You're Engaged!
Find your stationery designer and calligrapher. Luckily, that's us all in one! Contact erica@songbirdpaperie.com to set up a free wedding stationery & calligraphy consultation!
12-6 Months Before Your Wedding
Order Save the Date announcements and Thank You cards. You should send thank you cards as gifts come in. Trust us. You'll be happy you kept up with it early because the thank you list does start to pile up fast!
6-8 Months Before
Mail Save the Date announcements. If you're having a destination wedding (say, in Jamaica, Paris or in a part of the country where most of the guests will be travelling to by plane), mail them out as soon as you've set a date and venue to maximize the time your guests will have to book accommodations!
4-5 Months Before
Start the design process with your for wedding, rehearsal dinner and day-after brunch invitations. Decide on an envelope color as soon as possible in order to get the envelopes to your calligrapher ASAP. Songbird requires 1 week per 100 envelopes, but during the busy season, our turnaround time may increase!
10-8 Weeks Before
Deliver invitation envelopes to your calligrapher. Double check turnaround time with them to ensure you don't pay a rush fee to get them done in time.
6-8 Weeks Before
Mail all the invitations! Order programs, menu cards, table numbers, place cards, favor cards, signage and other stationery for the big day.
3 Weeks Before
Finalize seating assignments for your calligrapher & escort/place cards. Prepare thank you cards for your vendors! (Order more cards from your stationer if necessary.) Ask your wedding planner, or recruit a bridesmaid, to deliver the thank you cards on the day of your wedding (or when you receive the final products)!
2-3 Weeks Before
Guests should have sent in their RSVP cards by now. If not, now's the time to hunt down the non-responders!
1 Week Before
Pack a complete wedding invitation in your wedding day to-go-bag for your photographer to capture along with the other wedding details!
The BIG DAY
Get married! In the morning, write a note or card to your future spouse. It will become a cherished love letter for generations to come :)
2 Weeks After Your Wedding
Mail "we got married!" announcements, if desired. (You may order these through your stationery designer as well!)
1 Month After
Make sure all off your thank you cards are mailed out and cheers to your first month as a married couple!
Songbird Wedding | Old World Botanical | I Do Sodo 2017
This was our second year participating in I Do Sodo, and it did not disappoint!
We teamed up with Natalie at Ginger Bee Events and an amazing vendor team to turn one of our favorite local wineries, Kerloo Cellars, into an Old World Botanical dream.
Enjoy the beautiful images below from Jonathan Steinberg which bring to life our theme.
xoxo,
Rosie
Venue: Kerloo Cellars | Photography: Jonathan Steinberg | Event Planning + Design: Ginger Bee Events | Stationery + Calligraphy: Songbird Paperie | Floral Design: Gather Design Company | Caterer: City Catering | Vintage Rentals: Vintage Ambiance | Rentals: Pedersen's Event Rentals | Photo Booth: Drunken Pixel | Hair + Makeup: Kelsey Knutson | DJ: Magnolia Rhapsody | Bridal Wear: The Nature of Isa | Lighting: Crimson Haze Event Lighting | Videography: Unified Cinematic | Doughnuts: Mini the Dough-Nut
Songbird Giveaway | Photoshoot with Sharmila Photography
Calling all couples in love!
We've teamed up with Little Wedding Blush and some amazing vendors to design a styled photoshoot with Sharmila Photography and we want you to be a part of it!
How to Enter:
If you're engaged, recently married, looking to elope, or would like to nominate a deserving couple, send an email with your story to hello@littleweddingblush.com by March 31, 2017.
The chosen couple must be available on Thursday, April 27 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
The Team:
Event Design + Planning | Little Blush Wedding
Photography | Sharmila Photography
Stationery + Calligraphy | Songbird Paperie
Floral Design | Bahtoh
Cake + Desserts | Delicately Sweet Confections
Hair + Makeup | Off-White Makeup
Bridal Wear | MeaMarie Bridal Attelier
Furnishing + Rentals | Vintage Ambiance
Venue | Trinity Tree Farm
Can't wait to show you what this stellar team has come up with!
xoxo,
Rosie
Songbird Wedding | Jeweled Romance | Weddings in Woodinville 2017
We had so much fun participating in Weddings in Woodinville this year!
Julia at Wedding Wise took the lead in planning our showcase at The Woodhouse Wine Estates. The theme was 'Jeweled Romance' and all of the vendors really stepped up to bring the theme to life!
Blue Rose Photography did an incredible job capturing all of the lovely details. Take a look at the beautiful images for some major wedding inspo!
xoxo,
Rosie
Venue: The Woodhouse Wine Estates | Photography: Blue Rose Photography | Event Planning + Design: Wedding Wise | Paper Goods, Signage + Calligraphy: Songbird Paperie | Floral Design: Seattle Floral Design | Caterer: Twelve Baskets Catering | Vintage Rentals: Fanciful Rentals | Tent + Other Rentals: Grand Event Rentals | Farm Tables: Puget Sound Farm Tables | Photo Booth: Fun Frames Photo Booth | Chocolate Favors: Fran's Chocolates | Cake + Cookie Favors: Lilac Cake Boutique | Hair + Makeup: The Outer Edge Makeup & Hair Artistry | Officiant: Seattle Wedding | DJ: Affairs to Remember Entertainment | Bridal Gowns: Laineemeg Bridal
Vote for Me! | Seattle Bride's Best of 2017 Awards
2017 is here and with it comes the annual 'Best Of' Awards from Seattle Bride Magazine!
We have been fortunate enough to be nominated as a finalist for the past two years in row and would be so grateful to make the list again for Best Invitation Designer!
You can vote for your 10+ favorite Seattle-area vendors HERE:
http://seattlebridemag.com/vote-seattle-brides-best-2017-awards
We know, there are SO MANY amazing wedding vendors and it can be hard to choose who to vote for! Below are some suggestions on vendors who we've had a great time partnering with in 2017.
Wedding Planner AND/OR Day-of-Wedding Coordinator:
Perfectly Posh Events
Wedding Wise
Ginger Bee Events
Little Wedding Blush
It's All in the Details
Lindsey Ellen Events
Manette Gracie Weddings & Events
Alexis Marie Events
It's Your Day Events
Simply by Tamara Nicole
Clutch Events
A Kurant Event
Vows Wedding
Floral Designer:
Sugar Pine
Countryside Floral & Garden
From the Ground Up Floral
Floressence
Seattle Floral Design
Videographer:
Unified Cinematic Wedding Videographer
Jennavieve Films
Photographer:
Blue Rose Photography
Barbie Hull Photography
Genesa Richards Photography
Lucas Mobley Photography
Salt & Pine Photography
Rebecca Ellison Photography
Rachel Birkhofer Photography
Rentals:
Vintage Ambiance
CORT Party Rental
Grand Event Rentals
Fanciful Rentals
La Tavola Fine Linen
Caterer:
Herban Feast
Twelve Baskets Catering
City Catering Company
Bar Service:
Wedding Cakes | Groom's Cakes | Desserts:
The SweetSide
Lilac Cake Boutique
Musicians for Ceremony:
DJ for Reception:
Magnolia Rhapsody
Affairs to Remember
Audio/Visual:
Photo Booth:
Drunken Pixel
Fun Frames Photo Booth
The Snap Bar
Invitation Designer:
Dress Shop:
Formalwear for Men:
Hair:
Swink Style Bar
The OuterEdge
Kelsey Marie Hair & Makeup
Makeup:
The OuterEdge
Kelsey Marie Hair & Makeup
Quintessential Seattle-Area Reception Site:
The Edgewater Hotel
Sodo Park
Four Seasons Seattle
Northwest Destination Wedding Site:
Place for a Sunset Wedding:
Place for a Waterfront Wedding:
Golden Gardens
The Woodmark Hotel
The Edgewater Hotel
Place for a Large Gala Wedding:
Sodo Park
Fairmont Olympic Hotel
The Great Hall at Union Station
Place for Intimate Weddings:
Kerloo Cellars
The Woodhouse Wine Estates
JM Cellars
Rehearsal Dinner Restaurant:
Salty's on Alki
Canlis
Ray's Boathouse
Transportation/Getaway Car | Valet Service:
Place to Spend Wedding Night:
Wedding Show:
Weddings in Woodinville
I Do Sodo
Get Hitched Give Hope
Quintessential Wedding Registry:
Crate and Barrel
Macys
Williams-Sonoma
Specialty Registry:
Anthropologie
Sur La Table
Honeyfund
Thank you so much for all of your support!
xoxo,
Rosie