Industry Information about Invitations & AnnouncementsA wedding invitation is a letter inviting and asking a recipient to attend a wedding. While during the 19th century such invitations where sent by a horse and carriage, today wedding invitation are mailed or even sent via email. While a wedding announcement is made whenever, the invitation itself is usually mailed up to eight weeks before the day. The industry of wedding invitations makes most of it's profit from the printing part of an invitation. Invitations may be ordered from a private artist or vendor specializing in special occasions, or lastly a large franchise printing company. The 'Wedding Cards' section of Business.com provides an array of printing companies and vendors.Recent Trends in Wedding Invitations & AnnouncementsWedding invitations are usually printed by any methods such as, lithography, engraving, letterpress printing, thermography, offset printing, and more so in the late 1900s and early 200s, on laser printers with many do-it-yourself kits. Whether the invitation is homemade or created through a printing company, there is always an RSVP card inside with another envelope. A good example of s small invitation company that sells wedding invitations and announcements in Miami, and is known as The Invitation Place. However, Hello Lucky Letterpress and Printing, provides wedding invitations and announcements in San Francisco, and various other states throughout the U.S. because of its company's large scale employees and size.Businesses in This CategoryThe category is primarily engaged in the sending of a wedding invitation and announcement via email with a hand-written or printed letter.