Invitation Timeline

■	1 Year ahead - get engaged! Set your wedding date, book ceremony and reception sites, compile your guest list. If you are having a destination wedding or are inviting guests who need to travel to your wedding, send your save the date cards at this time.
■	9 Months ahead - research invitation styles, clip photos out of magazines for ideas. Look over potential invitation wording, consider which enclosure cards you will need.
■	6 Months ahead- meet with stationer to discuss invitations. If you are having a local wedding with local guests, send out save the date cards now.
■	5 Months ahead - finalize your invitations and order them, have JDK book a calligrapher to address your outer envelopes (allow 2-4 weeks) or have JDK use computerized calligraphy.
■	4 Months ahead - receive your invitations and envelopes.
■	3 Months ahead - address your envelopes if JDK is not doing your addressing, weigh one completed invitation and take to post office, buy postage.
■	10 Weeks ahead - stuff and seal envelopes, apply stamps.
■	8 Weeks ahead - mail your invitations, have JDK create your ceremony programs.
■	4 Weeks ahead - last chance to send out "B" list invitations, mail rehearsal dinner invitations and post wedding brunch invitations, have JDK create your placecards.
■	2 Weeks ahead - contact guests who haven't RSVP'd by the deadline, give final head count and seating chart to caterer.
■	Relax and get excited, you're getting married!