{"id":16093,"date":"2025-10-15T22:05:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T22:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/?p=16093"},"modified":"2025-10-15T22:05:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T22:05:31","slug":"a-complete-guide-to-wedding-invitations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/a-complete-guide-to-wedding-invitations\/","title":{"rendered":"A Complete Guide to Wedding Invitations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wedding invitations are more than paper. They set the tone for your celebration and give guests the details they need. Creating them can feel overwhelming, but breaking the process down into steps makes everything smoother. Let\u2019s walk through what to include, what to avoid, and how to make the timeline work for you.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wedding invitations are more than paper. They set the tone for your celebration and give guests the details they need. Creating them can feel overwhelming, but breaking the process down into steps makes everything smoother. Let\u2019s walk through what to include, what to avoid, and how to make the timeline work for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":16095,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,11],"tags":[52,50,48,49,51],"class_list":["post-16093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiration","category-weddings-engagements","tag-complete-weddings-events-des-moines","tag-des-moines-stationery-vendors","tag-des-moines-wedding-invitations","tag-iowa-wedding-planning","tag-wedding-invitation-etiquette"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Complete Guide to Wedding Invitations | Complete Weddings + Events Des Moines<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Create the perfect wedding invitations in Des Moines with local stationery vendors, expert tips, and Complete Weddings + Events\u2019 advice.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/a-complete-guide-to-wedding-invitations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Complete Guide to Wedding Invitations | Complete Weddings + Events Des Moines\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Create the perfect wedding invitations in Des Moines with local stationery vendors, expert tips, and Complete Weddings + Events\u2019 advice.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/a-complete-guide-to-wedding-invitations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Complete Weddings + Events Des Moines\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/completeomaha\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-15T22:05:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2025\/10\/InvitationSuit_Cover.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"dsmadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"dsmadmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Complete Guide to Wedding Invitations | Complete Weddings + Events Des Moines","description":"Create the perfect wedding invitations in Des Moines with local stationery vendors, expert tips, and Complete Weddings + Events\u2019 advice.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/a-complete-guide-to-wedding-invitations\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A Complete Guide to Wedding Invitations | Complete Weddings + Events Des Moines","og_description":"Create the perfect wedding invitations in Des Moines with local stationery vendors, expert tips, and Complete Weddings + Events\u2019 advice.","og_url":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/a-complete-guide-to-wedding-invitations\/","og_site_name":"Complete Weddings + Events Des Moines","article_publisher":"http:\/\/facebook.com\/completeomaha\/","article_published_time":"2025-10-15T22:05:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2025\/10\/InvitationSuit_Cover.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"dsmadmin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"dsmadmin","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/a-complete-guide-to-wedding-invitations\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/a-complete-guide-to-wedding-invitations\/"},"author":{"name":"dsmadmin","@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/#\/schema\/person\/bf37b5ff25c71f62d8baa2cc65278296"},"headline":"A Complete Guide to Wedding Invitations","datePublished":"2025-10-15T22:05:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/a-complete-guide-to-wedding-invitations\/"},"wordCount":60,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/a-complete-guide-to-wedding-invitations\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2025\/10\/InvitationSuit_Cover.jpg","keywords":["Complete Weddings + Events Des Moines","Des Moines Stationery Vendors","Des Moines Wedding Invitations","Iowa Wedding Planning","Wedding Invitation Etiquette"],"articleSection":["Inspiration","Weddings &amp; Engagements"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/a-complete-guide-to-wedding-invitations\/","url":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/a-complete-guide-to-wedding-invitations\/","name":"A Complete Guide to Wedding Invitations | Complete Weddings + Events Des Moines","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/a-complete-guide-to-wedding-invitations\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/a-complete-guide-to-wedding-invitations\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2025\/10\/InvitationSuit_Cover.jpg","datePublished":"2025-10-15T22:05:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/#\/schema\/person\/bf37b5ff25c71f62d8baa2cc65278296"},"description":"Create the perfect wedding invitations in Des Moines with local stationery vendors, expert tips, and Complete Weddings + Events\u2019 advice.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/a-complete-guide-to-wedding-invitations\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/a-complete-guide-to-wedding-invitations\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2025\/10\/InvitationSuit_Cover.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2025\/10\/InvitationSuit_Cover.jpg","width":1200,"height":800,"caption":"A Complete Guide to Wedding Invitations"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/#website","url":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/","name":"Complete Weddings + Events Des Moines","description":"Photography | Videography | Photo Booth | Lighting | DJ","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/#\/schema\/person\/bf37b5ff25c71f62d8baa2cc65278296","name":"dsmadmin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d604bc1f8ac5fd0164792bd65450405ca2b93870ebe2a63f35948ee9ba4db15?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d604bc1f8ac5fd0164792bd65450405ca2b93870ebe2a63f35948ee9ba4db15?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d604bc1f8ac5fd0164792bd65450405ca2b93870ebe2a63f35948ee9ba4db15?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"dsmadmin"},"url":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/author\/dsmadmin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16093"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16101,"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16093\/revisions\/16101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}