| It's a lot of fun to create elegant wedding celebrations, | | | | reason. In other words, it's not the action of using |
| and one nice touch that is becoming more popular is to | | | | personalized postage on wedding invitations that would |
| create custom postage stamps from photos or | | | | be judged harshly. It's how the design is created. |
| artwork. | | | | Luckily, the places where you can upload a photo to |
| Or is it so nice? One one internet wedding forum, I | | | | make the custom postage have a lot of easy-to-use |
| recently noticed someone asking if photo stamps | | | | tools so you can see exactly what the photo stamp |
| were just too tacky to be used for weddings. Nobody | | | | will look like. |
| had answered her. My immediate reaction was "Of | | | | Most people really love to receive mail with photo |
| course custom postage isn't tacky. It's great for | | | | stamps on it, and invitations with an attractive image |
| weddings!" but since that wouldn't have really | | | | are very special. Often people may save the stamp; |
| answered her question, I didn't post. But I've been | | | | scrapbookers have been known to use them in a |
| thinking about it since then. | | | | page about the wedding. Custom postage is available |
| Using photo stamps for wedding invitation postage can | | | | in the United States, Canada, the UK, New Zealand, |
| be tacky: | | | | Australia, and most likely in other places as well, so you |
| - If the photo that is used is unclear or blurry | | | | can use it in many countries. |
| - If it has too many people so that nobody is really | | | | Besides being used for wedding invitations, photo |
| visible | | | | stamps can be used in several other ways related to |
| - If one of the engaged couple is featured significantly | | | | the marriage, and there are more tips and ideas at the |
| more than the other one | | | | website listed below. However the personalized |
| - If the photo selected is in bad taste (postal | | | | stamps are used, the important thing is to select an |
| regulations prohibit anything too revealing) | | | | image that is clear and easy to see, even when |
| - Or if it is hard to understand at a glance, for any | | | | reduced to miniature size. |