Bride Blogger Update: Custom Monogram

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I love anything custom…today, Marybeth talks about custom monograms – so cute!

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Custom monograms are a great way to add a personalized theme to your wedding and tie all your elements from the Save the Date through Menus together.

Choosing our monograms was one of my favorite wedding activities to date. Yes, monograms plural because as we learned, there are a few basic guidelines for wedding monograms.  The most important monogram rule we learned, “An engaged couple should never use the married monogram until after the wedding ceremony.”

With that rule noted, our wedding planner suggested we get three variations of a monogram:

1. Our first initials and wedding date:  This monogram can be used on your save the date, web site, invitation and any pre-wedding correspondence.
2. Our first names:  The wedding date isn’t necessary in the monogram used on programs and other day of printed materials.  Most guests will have the date ingrained at that point. Also, the date will most likely appear in the heading of a program or menu.
3. Married Monogram:  This monogram features the last initial and can be used for the reception, thank you cards and other post wedding items.  Depending on what monogram you chose you could use it for stationary, towels and other items for years to come.

Remember, your monogram should reflect the style of your wedding.  Think about what items you may want them printed on cocktail napkins, coasters and make sure the monogram is appropriate for those types of items.  Below are the three monograms we settled on. They were designed by Bellatristics for a very reasonable price and came will all printing and usage rights.   I hope you like them and find inspiration for your own with them.