Today, more than ever, couples are doing everything they can to make their wedding day uniquely personalized. Your wedding invitations are the first piece of your wedding that guests will see so make sure they introduce your wedding and reflect your very own personal style.

When choosing your wedding invitation design, there are several things to consider that can make them uniquely yours.

• Everyone has a favorite color so why not use it on your wedding invitation, especially if that color will be used for your wedding. Your special color could be reflected in the invitation paper, the printed design or the ink color used for your wording (make sure it looks good on your chosen paper color).

• Do you and your fiancee have any special interests or hobbies that will also be visible in your wedding planning? Use special theme wedding invitations for extra emphasis.

• Proudly celebrate your ethnic or religious heritage with specially designed invitations.

• Display your favorite flower which you are probably also showcasing in your wedding bouquets.

• Provide your guests with a cherished photo of you and your fiancee on the front of your invitation.

• No doubt the location of your wedding means something special to you so why not reflect it with your wedding stationery design.

• Celebrate your married name by featuring your monogram in your invitation design.

• Another creative idea for your custom wedding invitations is to include a favorite line of poetry, a beloved quotation, a cherished Bible verse, or words from a special song. Many times the printer of your invitations will also have a large selection of special add-on verses to choose from. Just be sure your chosen style has enough space for these extra lines of printing.

Your wedding invitations should be uniquely personal to match your wedding. With all of today’s gorgeous choices, you are sure to find exactly the perfect design for your special day.

One of the most popular embellishments for ‘dressing up’ wedding invitations is ribbon. Ribbon wedding invitations can be simply decorative or the ribbon can be useful in assembling your invitation ensemble.

This invitation design (‘Letter of Love’) uses the ribbon as an accent to highlight your monogram.

This ‘Bound by Love’ style uses the ribbon (available in different colors) to actually tie all your enclosures together and then attach them to the inside of the invitation. The response card is perforated at the bottom so your guest can easily remove it without untying the ribbon.

A whole new invitation look is created with this ‘Paisley Perfection’ design where the ribbon actually attaches the smaller invitation card to the patterned base card.

Two colored ribbons are used to wrap around this ‘Tied Together Forever’ wedding invitation to create a unique look.

There are also other embellishments that can be used to make your wedding invitations look a little more elegant.

This classic-looking invitation style (‘Classically Wrapped’) features a floral border wrap. A final touch would be adding a clear rhinestone to the border wrap.

This handsome invitation (‘Long on Style’) happens to use a thin black cord to tie together its layers.

Please keep in mind that some embellishments might be more bulky and therefore add weight to your mailing envelope resulting in added postage costs.