What do hamburgers and wedding invitations have in common?
I recently saw an ad recommending that you celebrate Valentine’s Day at White Castle. For those not familiar with White Castle hamburgers, I believe it is fair to say that a White Castle burger is an acquired taste. I certainly would not place a visit to White Castle on my top 1.000 things to do before I die list, but some of best friends still pay the occasional nostalgic visit. Oh, a White Castle hamburger will set you back $0.49 (yes, only forty-nine cents).
Hamburgers come in many shapes and sizes and for a price you can customize the hamburger to your liking. One can add cheese, lettuce, tomato, chili, BBQ sauce, mushrooms, bacon and a seemingly endless variety of other condiments and toppings. In fact, Daniel Boulud’s burger is topped with foie gras and truffles and sells for around $50. You are probably wondering what hamburgers and wedding invitations have in common? Plenty, at least metaphorically (is there such a word?) speaking.
Like burgers, wedding invitations come in all different shapes and sizes and can be customized or enhanced with bows, lace and ribbons, motifs, ink colors, lined borders, envelope linings and a myriad of other options to create a unique theme for your wedding invitation. The weight and components of the paper and printing process all contribute to add substance and beauty to the overall design of the wedding invitation ensemble. Like the hamburger, the degree of customization and the quality of ingredients are generally reflected in the price of the end result. There are wedding invitations that metaphorically resemble a White Castle, Boulud’s foie gras hamburger or something in between. It all depends on your choices and your ability to decide what you “must have,” what you can live without, or perhaps find a less-expensive substitute or work-around solution. Working with an experienced stationer helps!
Unfortunately, the internet has made it next to impossible to tell the difference between a “White Castle invitation” and something entirely different. Samples of wedding invitations on the internet are low resolution images and one can only speculate on the the quality and weight of the paper and how ink colors will resonate under different printing processes. Short of blind faith in the outcome, the only basis of comparison is price and, as we have seen with the price of hamburgers, you tend to get what you pay for.
If you think you get a bargain when you buy a wedding invitation from weddinginvitations4less.com, invitations-rsvp, annesbridalbargains, 50freeweddinginvitations and budgetweddinginvitations, I strongly encourage you to think again. A visit to your local neighborhood stationer will help you see wedding invitations in an entirely different light. Furthermore, these stores have invitations for every budget and you will benefit from the experience of your neigborhood stationer.
Richard W. May
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