Some Paperless Post users say they are willing to send online wedding invitations, says Alexa Hirschfeld, but their mothers won't allow it.

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"We had just finished putting the wedding invitations in envelopes and were just about to post them when I got the email, " she said.

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Crew sent what looked like wedding invitations, printed on heavy card stock and chicly engraved inviting customers to come in and chat with a dedicated specialist.

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Calligrapher Carrie Shuping, who specializes in wedding invitations, gets many requests from brides these days for a guest's name to be written in cursive or italics but the address in block print.

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For 30-year-old bride-to-be Jessica Stanley in London that something special was invitations to her wedding in December from Essex-based Typoretum.

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If your wedding is called off after the invitations are mailed and time is running short before the planned date, then you--or a friend or a family member--must pick up the phone and call each guest to inform them of the cancellation.

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