Wedding Guest List: How To Decide Who Gets An Invite

Unless you're having a wedding of William and Kate proportions, chances are you're going to have to cut down the first draft of your guest list.

With pressures from parents, coworkers, your fiance and your budget, eliminating potential guests from the list can seem downright impossible. Fear not: this chart from Simply Bridal will help you determine -- with ease! -- who makes the cut and who gets axed.

Click through this slideshow for the latest wedding invitation trends.

• The Storyteller

  Couples are thinking outside the box when it comes to wedding invitations and adding a sense of humor about it all. One of my favorite trends is the wedding invitation that tells a story. This story style invitation from <a href="http://www.rsvpcandy.com/">RSVP Candy</a> lets your wedding guests in on how you met, what your life has been like together up to this point and then of course the info about the wedding day. I think these retro designs are a fun way to add a twist to the regular old wedding invite and brings some personality to the paper project.

• Folk Art-Inspired

  <a href="http://rusticweddingchic.com/folk-art-inspired-wedding-inviations">Folk art-inspired</a> wedding invitations are back by popular demand, maybe because great art never goes out of style. The leading invitation company featuring this style of work is the amazing, <a href="http://riflepaperco.com/index.php">Rifle Paper Co.</a>, a Florida-based company offering invitations with a hand-painted feel complete with whimsical designs. All of the invitations from this company are also printed in the USA.

• Folk Art-Inspired

• Folk Art-Inspired

• Back To Nature

  You can?t get anymore nature-inspired than choosing to have a <a href="http://rusticweddingchic.com/wood-wedding-invitation">wood wedding invitation</a>. Designed by <a href="http://www.adeuxbridal.com/portfolio/rustic/">? deux: bespoke bridal paper</a>, a Boston based invitation company, this wood wedding invitation would fit perfectly for any couple choosing the have a <a href="http://rusticweddingchic.com/">rustic style wedding</a>. I think there is something so beautiful about the juxtaposition between the unrefined wood and the elegance of a wedding invitation, putting the two together is just genius.

• Back To Nature

• Back To Nature

• Handkerchief Invitations

  If an <a href="http://rusticweddingchic.com/real-country-weddings">elegant country wedding</a> is what you are going for then you can stop looking for your invitation because I have the winner right here. These amazing <a href="http://rusticweddingchic.com/handkerchief-wedding-invitations">handkerchief wedding invitations</a> from <a href="http://www.lucky-luxe.com/HOME.html">Lucky Luxe Couture Correspondence</a> scream country charm and are something your wedding guests will soon not forget. Screenprinted right onto cotton handkerchiefs, these invitations are one of the hottest trends out there for any couple looking to step outside of the limited paper invitation world and take on a <a href="http://rusticweddingchic.com/real-country-weddings">country chic wedding</a> invitation in a class of its own.

• Handkerchief Invitations

• Handkerchief Invitations

• Modern & Minimalist

  If a simple modern design is more what you had in mind for your wedding invites then you are in luck because companies like <a href="http://www.minted.com/shop/modern--wedding-invitations?start=225&sort=popular_asc">Minted</a> have created an entire collection of modern designs for the modern couple. Fitting for an urban loft venue, an old factory space or if the ?less is more? motto fits your wedding design you should consider going with an understated and clean styled invitation.

• Modern & Minimalist

• Modern & Minimalist

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