Each design is available as a complete range:

Save The Date Magnets an excellent and innovative way to get those important family and friends to keep your special day free. They are especially useful if you are getting married in a busy holiday period. These can be sent out as soon as you’ve set your date.

Wedding invitations are historically sent out by the bride's parents but are often sent by the couple themselves. We have a range of wording for you to choose from or if you would prefer, you could compose your own for a more personal touch. You need to send one wedding Invitation per household invited to the wedding. Don't forget to order a few extra to allow for a ‘reserve’ list if you have one.

Evening Invitations are used when there are additional guests invited to the evening reception. They are sent out at the same time as the invitations and avoid any confusion as to which part of the celebration guests are to attend. It is always an idea to order a few extra to allow for a ‘reserve’ list if you have one.

RSVPs are sent out with the invitations with a ‘please reply by date on.’ It’s a simple way of getting your responses quickly. You will need one for each invitation.

You need to order your invitations 5 months before the wedding date and send them out 8-10 weeks before the wedding. We require 8 weeks to produce your wedding stationery for you to receive your order in plenty of time but the more notice you give, the better.

Our pricing structure we feel, is quite unique. We offer savings from 10% up to 30% dependent on how much you buy. The more you order the better the price. If you do want to split your order, please be aware that each individual order will be subject to the minimum order value of £150.

We will always try to accommodate any colour scheme requests you may have. Tell us your preferred colour scheme and we will endeavour to match your requirements.

Although you may be inviting 100 guests you will not need 100 wedding invitations. Lots of your guests will be couples who can be given one invitation, as can families who live in the same house. It is also a good idea to order a few extra day and evening invitations to allow for any mistakes when addressing them or if you have a reserve list.

There are a selection of hymns, which are still under copyright and will require permission or payment to be printed. Please check with your Minister/Officiate.

The Civil Partnership Act 2004 came into force on 5 December 2005 and the first civil partnerships was registered in England and Wales under the standard procedure on 21 December 2005.

Civil Partnership is a completely new legal relationship, exclusively for same-sex couples, distinct from marriage.

The Government has sought to give civil partners parity of treatment with spouses, as far as is possible, in the rights and responsibilities that flow from forming a civil partnership.

There are a small number of differences between civil partnership and marriage, for example, a civil partnership is registered when the second civil partner signs the relevant document, a civil marriage is registered when the couple exchange spoken words. Opposite-sex couples can opt for a religious or civil marriage ceremony as they choose, whereas formation of a civil partnership will be an exclusively civil procedure.

The couple must both be of the same sex, not already be in a civil partnership or marriage, be 16 years of age or older, and not be within the prohibited degrees of relationship (i.e closely related)

The Government has sought to give civil partners parity of treatment with spouses, as far as is possible, in the rights and responsibilities that flow from forming a civil partnership.

In England and Wales and Northern Ireland, people who are aged 16 and 17 will have to obtain the written consent of their parent(s) or legal guardian(s) before registering a civil partnership. In Scotland individuals aged 16 or over will be able to register their partnership without the need for parental consent. (This is also the rule, in Scotland, for opposite-sex couples who marry).

The prohibited degrees of relationship can be found in Schedule 1 to the Civil Partnership Act for England and Wales, Schedule 10 for Scotland and Schedule 12 for Northern Ireland. These Schedules list the people who, due to the closeness of their relationship with each other, are prohibited from registering a civil partnership with each other or, in certain cases, who are prohibited from registering a civil partnership with each other unless certain conditions are met.

If you want to register a civil partnership, you will be able to give formal notice of your of intention to do so from 5 December 2005. You should contact your local register office to make a booking and find out what arrangements you can make.

The range of places you can register your civil partnership will be broadly similar to those available for civil marriage.

Every local authority is required to provide a facility for the registration of a civil partnership. It will also be possible to register a civil partnership at approved premises such as hotels and stately homes etc. Any premises that are presently approved for marriage will also be approved for civil partnership registrations until the current approval is renewed or expires. After 5 December, premises are approved for hosting both civil partnerships and marriages.

Yes, all forms used in Wales in connection with civil partnerships will be printed in Welsh and English. It will be possible for these forms to be completed in English or in Welsh and English as for marriage.

After registering a civil partnership, some people might want to change their surname to that of their partner’s, or a couple may choose to hyphenate their names. Government departments and agencies such as the Passport Agency and the DVLA will accept civil partnership certificates in the same way that they accept marriage certificates as evidence for changing names.

When you give this notice, you will both have to be able to give the date and the place where the civil partnership is to be registered, which means that you will have to have arranged this already with the venue and the Kent registration authority.

There is a 15-day waiting period once each person has given notice of intention to register, before the civil partnership can be registered.

Example:

You give notice on 1 July and your partner gives notice on 3 July. The first date the registration can take place is on or after 19 July, which is 15 clear days from the date of the second notice. The notice is valid until 1 July the following year, which is 12 months from the date of the first notice.

It is possible to reduce the 15-day waiting period in exceptional circumstances where there are compelling reasons to do so.

There is also a procedure to allow couples to register a civil partnership quickly in the cases of former spouses, one of whom has changed gender under the provisions of the Gender Recognition Act 2004.

Civil partnerships can only be registered between 8am and 6pm (as is the case for marriage). However, where one of the couple is seriously ill and not expected to recover, then the civil partnership may be registered at any time.

When you give notice of your intention to register a civil partnership, details from the notice will be available in a registry office for public inspection (as for marriage) but the details will not include the address of you or your partner.

It is important that these details are publicly available during the 15 day waiting period, to allow for objections to be made, just as is the case for marriage.

A civil partnership is registered once the couple has signed the civil partnership document in the presence of a registrar and two witnesses.

If they wish to do so, the couple can speak to each other the words printed on the document: "I declare that I know of no legal reason why we may not register as each other's civil partner. I understand that on signing this document we will be forming a civil partnership with each other."

Civil partnership registration is an entirely secular process, and the Civil Partnership Act prevents any religious service from taking place during the statutory steps leading to the formation of a civil partnership.

Yes, you can arrange a ceremony in addition to the signing of the legal documentation if you wish, but a ceremony is not required under the Act. It is up to you to decide. Most local authorities in England and Wales will offer a ceremony but there are other organisations who also offer ceremonies too. The Association of Registrars and Celebratory Services, after consultation with members of the gay community, has drawn up a model ceremony which can be seen at http://www.arcs.uk.com/index.php?page=cps.

The current fees for registering a civil partnership are as follows:

• for giving notice in advance of forming a civil partnership is £30.00 per person.
• for registering a civil partnership at a register office is £40.00
• for registering a civil partnership at an approved premises: there will be the cost for attendance by a civil partnership registrar as set by the registration authority and a further charge is likely to be made by the owners of the building for the use of the premises.
• civil partnership certificate (on the day of registration): £3.50.
• civil partnership certificate (additional copies): £7.