The first thing to think about is the style of your wedding.
What colour is your wedding dress, bridesmaids dresses? Do you have a wedding day theme? Your wedding stationery should complement your colours and themes.
It should tie everything together and should be a consist theme throughout the day.
Your menus, place cards, table plans, orders of service should all coordinate.
Some couples prefer to have all their stationery match including the wedding invitations, evening invitations, reply cards and thank you cards.
All though this looks good, if achieved, it is not necessary.
After all, will your guests remember that your wedding invites are not in the same style as your menus? However they might notice if your menus and place cards did not coordinate as they would be on the same table together.
When looking for your wedding invitations take note of what other stationery is available in the same design.
You do not want to plan to have matching Orders of Service to find out that the particular design you have chosen does not have one.
Something you should look out for is colour options.
Most designs will come in a choice of colours and some companies will change the colour to suit your theme.
If you are wanting a specific colour you may want to contact smaller printing companies/wedding stationers as they are more likely to offer this service.
Some of the large companies will not do this as it is not cost effective for them to do so.
Before placing your final order for stationery make sure to order a sample.
It can sometimes be difficult to really see what your wedding stationery will look like from an image online.
Once you have a sample you might want to compare it against your other wedding accessories to ensure that it compliments.