With all the distractions during wedding planning, misspellings and typos are easy to miss on your wedding invitations. If that happens, don’t panic. Typos are completely normal and quite common. So, while seeing the wrong date or a misspelled name might cause that unwanted sinking feeling in your stomach, a minor misspelling won’t steal any joy from your wedding.

Nevertheless, you want to avoid typos.

Learn how to fix a typo on a wedding invitation (and avoid them in the first place) so small errors don’t take away from your stunning invitation suites.

Key Takeaways:

• Ask family and friends to proofread the invitation before approving the wording.
• Order invitation proofs to double-check for typos.
• Ask if your vendor gives a reprinting discount in case of mistakes.
• Avoid self-correcting invitations as that draws attention to the typo.

How to Avoid Typos on Wedding Invitations

The best tip for invitation correction is to avoid typos before they’re permanent. So, here are a few steps to reduce the chances of typos occurring.

Know What Support Your Vendor Provides

The invitation wording must be correct for guests to know the time and location of your wedding. So, your wedding invitation vendor should have a process to prevent typos.

Before signing a contract with an invitation vendor, double-check the contract and revision process. If you have little control after submitting your first draft, you probably don’t want to work with that vendor.

For instance, Shine Wedding Invitations offers up to three rounds of edit before printing your invitations. So, you have plenty of opportunities to proof the wording, adjust the design, and fix typos. If you’re unhappy after three rounds or there are still mistakes, you can cancel the order and receive a full refund.

Double-Check Important Details

Some typos cause more issues than others. For example, if you forgot a second d in “wedding,” your invitation would still make sense, so that typo isn’t worth panicking over. However, the invitation is unusable if it has the wrong date.

So, when designing and proofing your invites, pay special attention to those non-negotiable details. Double or even triple-check the:

• Date
• Address
• Time

You also want to ensure the wedding website is correct so your guests can check the info on the website if you missed a typo.

Ask Someone Else to Proofread Your Invitation

When you spend hours looking at the same invite, you’ll be less likely to notice errors because your mind naturally reads it how it should be. That’s why getting an outside opinion is essential.

A proofreader will notice mistakes you overlooked. You can ask two or three other people to help you spot typos.

You and those helping with proofreading should read it aloud, which helps you spot errors easier. You can also spot mistakes easier when you read it in a different direction, like from the bottom to the top, as your mind is less likely to self-correct errors.

Ask for a Proof

If your vendor doesn’t automatically send you a proof, request one from the invitation designers. A wedding invitation proof is either a digital or printed copy of what the final invitations will look like. So, you’ll want to review the proof carefully before it goes to the printers.

If you receive the digital proof, consider printing a copy out at home so you can see it on paper – this gives a different perspective when reviewing it.

How to Fix a Typo on a Wedding Invitation

Your box arrives, and you excitedly open it just to notice a pile of crisp, beautiful invitations with a glaring typo. Now what? Is it too late to remedy an error once the invitation hits the printers?

Here is how to fix already printed invitations.

Request a Fix

If you notice a mistake on the invitations, contact the vendor and let them know. Don’t be embarrassed – experienced vendors know mistakes can happen to anyone.

The first step is to discover when the typo occurred. If the typo wasn’t on an approved proof, it might be the vendor’s mistake, so you’ll be eligible for a refund. However, if the typo was present on the proof you approved, you’ll be responsible for part of the costs.

Thankfully, Shine Wedding Invitations have other options. We offer a discounted reprinting so you can fix the typo and still have stunning invitations without breaking the bank or starting from scratch.

Review Alternate Printing Options

If your wedding date is close, you might be unable to reprint your first-choice invitations. Invitation design, printing, and mailing take time, so you need to calculate the extra time for reprinting.

Hopefully, you plan for delays and order the invitations with time to spare. But, if that isn’t the case, you can look for vendors that offer rush printing and delivery.

Shine Wedding Invitations offers one or two-day printing options for rushed orders. The exception is letterpress invitations, which take a little longer to print. The fastest we can print letterpress invitations is six days – with a rush fee.

Send Invitations with Minor Errors

If the typo is minor (like saying “your invited” instead of “you’re invited”), you can send out the invites as is. This option is a last resort, so consider reprinting or reordering your invites before resorting to sending the error invites. However, if reprinting is out of the budget or there’s no time, this might be the only option and that’s okay.

Most guests won’t notice, and those that do won’t care if there’s a subtle mistake. They will be too excited about your upcoming wedding to fixate on a typo in the invitation.

If you do send the invitations with the typo, avoid trying to correct it yourself. Extra pen marks, whiteout, and other attempts will draw attention to the typo.

Instead, focus on planning a memorable and fun wedding that outshines any minor error on the invitation so your guests won’t ever remember that small mistake.

Mistakes Happen, and We’re Prepared

Shine Wedding Invitations understands that mistakes happen. They’re part of being human and more likely to occur when you’re stressed or distracted with wedding planning.

That’s why we have your back with multiple ways to avoid and correct any typos on your invitations. You have up to three rounds of edits to ensure the wording is just right. Then, we offer a discount if you need to reprint your invitations after ordering.

So, don’t sweat the small details. Your invitations are in good hands.

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