Post Office Hosts Best-Dressed Wedding Invitation Bridal Show

What:
New York Post Office representatives will present ideas and tips that can help wedding planners save time and money when designing their wedding invitation, response card, thank-you note and other wedding related mail.

Online demonstrations of how to design your own stamps and cards

Free Priority Mail boxes designed especially for shipping Bridal gowns

Who:
Postal Service mail piece design and marketing specialists
Over 500 invitations for the event were sent to wedding planners in NYC

When:
April 2, 2008, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Where:
James A. Farley Post Office, Lobby
421 – 8th Avenue (at 33rd Street)
New York, NY 10001-9998

Background:
May starts the wedding season. The time to think about Postal Service prices and mailing requirements is when wedding planners are designing the wedding invitation and other wedding mail pieces. Can the address fonts be read on postal equipment? What about the weight and shape of the invitation? Does it need to be hand-cancelled? What about stamps?

Postal Service mail design specialists will demonstrate the top ten red carpet mailing tips that can help wedding planners, design consultants, and the bride and groom save time and money and have some fun, too.

Attendees are encouraged to bring a sample of their invitation for review.

Postal representatives will demonstrate how to design your own stamp (personalized postage), and how to design the wedding invitation and other mailings online.

Free Priority Mail boxes custom-designed for the Bridal gown and Tux (while supplies last.)

Contacts:
Monica A. Hand, 212-330-3118
monica.a.hand@usps.gov
George Flood, 212-330-3307
george.b.flood@usps.gov