• What is the theme/style of your wedding or event?
• What colors, shapes, and styles would you like to convey in your wedding or event?
• What additional information would you like to provide each guest e.g. map, reception information, brunch information, and gift registry information?
• How many invitations will you need?
• What is your invitation budget?
• Should you send out Save-The-Date-Cards?
• Is the location and any additional information finalized?
• Are there any special verses that you would like to incorporate? Photos?
• Would you like to look at ordering ceremony programs, menus, place cards, seating charts, table numbers?

When should we send out the invitations?
Wedding invitations should be sent out six to eight weeks before the event itself. If your wedding falls during the holidays or many of your guests are traveling from out of town, then ten to twelve weeks is recommended and this gives everyone time to prepare. If your wedding is taking place in a destination setting or falling on a holiday it is a good idea to send Save-The-Date cards 4-6 months in advance of the wedding date. Invitations for other events/parties should be sent out 4-6 weeks in advance.

Do you have a retail store?
InkBlot Design has private Invitation Studio that gives each couple a chance to touch and feel our extraordinary collection of handmade papers and samples of various invitations. If you would like to book an appointment please send an e-mail at info@inkblotdesign.ca or call us at 514-708-0464 / 514-260-1435.

How can we place orders?
Please contact us via e-mail or phone and we will ship your order as quickly as we can.

Should we order our Thank You cards at the same time as our invitations?
We strongly recommend that you do. We can guarantee that the material needed is ordered at the same time as your invitations, so we are not faced with backorders because of out of stock situations or discontinued product. Most importantly, it's one less headache to deal with once your day is over and the dust has settled.

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Customizing Your Invitations
We have large selection of pearlized and non-pearlized papers in an assortment of colors, textures and designs.  The possibilities are endless…we can match your invitation to your own personal style by adding matching ribbon, cutout, or even crystals.  As a paper reseller, we import a wide selection of papers, envelopes, stationery, greeting cards, and other paper products to provide you with the best selection possible at the best price.

Additional Invitation Inserts and Maps
You can include additional inserts to go along with your wedding invitations. Most common inserts used include: maps, direction cards, reception information, donation cards, additional RSVP cards, hotel accommodations, travel information, gift registry and an entourage list.

More Than One Layout or Response Card
If you need more than one layout (for example if you are inviting some guests to the church and reception and some guests to the reception only) we will happily do that for you. Just let us know how many of each version you will need. We can also print response cards with more than one response date if needed, free of charge!

Bilingual/Multicultural Invitations
Alternate languages can be used. You can either make the entire invitation in one language, or if the style allows for it, include an additional language on another attached insert, or as an additional insert in the pocket of the invitation

Invitation Wording
Once you have chosen the style of invitation we provide a few traditional wording layout templates for you to use as a guide to start from, but if you have your own wording in mind, we can definitely use that instead – as long as it fits within the amount of space we have to work with. If you want to add a short poem or verse to either the cover, or tag/seal of the invitation, that can also be done.

Ink Colors and Methods of Print
All of our stationery is printed digitally in-house. There are some limitations associated with digital printing such as slight shifts in color and the inability to print metallic shades (silver, gold, etc.). Digital printing keeps the overall costs down for our couples while maintaining exceptional quality. You can use multiple ink colors on the layouts however; we recommend only using 2 colors to match your paper and ribbon colors.

Cards for All Occasions
We've cater to many Corporate events, Bar/Bat Mitzvah's, Baptism, Birthday/Anniversary, House Warming & other types of parties & events! Please contact us for further information, so that we can help set the tone for your important day!

Invitation Size
Our invitations come in many shapes and sizes.  Please keep in mind that larger sizes will incur more postage and more material costs.  Most of our invitations do require extra postage not because of the size but because of the thickness of the overall package. Single panel invitations with no bows will be standard postage. Please check with your local post office for more information when mailing the invitations.

We get many requests for different configurations of our invitations – we will provide our expert opinion on the requests that you may have to ensure that your invitations come out beautifully. As you can see, all of our work is custom and handmade, so we are able to accommodate most requests.