Hi cher and pinky.. hi ^5.
Princess -> The reason for seding e - invitation is to know who are not coming first. So you dun need send invitation cards to them.. Waste money. I invite through facebook message and for collesagues through outlook email.. haha. for those that confirmed right, i started putting them on my tables plan). I didnt have much tables as well.. around 5 for my friends. If afer all confimation, i tend to have lesser table right, then i will give my mil to use.. cos her list keep increasing.. haha.. I dun really like to backup my list as those on my backup lists normally i dun contact much liao.. Currently i have two tables confirmed. Also, you need to start putting special diets in your table plans as well.. like i got HALAL and vegetarians etc.. Princess, food tasting can do later time de.. No worries.. You could start sending sms to ask your friends whether they coming not, make a list and you will go fine!
By the way, one month is a rough guage used by most brides.. normally after you go to the shop right, they take several days to draft your insert and email to you for checking. You need to pass to mil and fil and your own parents to see if everything is ok. It takes maybe 1-2 days at most. Then, you get to the vendor to print. It depends on the quantity etc and the customization level, like hotstampng will take a longer time as they need to do the mould.. etc.. For me, it will take extra days to tie the ribbons to the cards by the vendor.. Normally, a rough guage is 1-2 weeks. So it is almost 3 weeks for a rough guage. When you get your card, you need to write the guests name on the cards, then you might spent another week figuring out what to write and and checking if that person got bring partner not etc... So, in full before you send out.. it is already close to a month.. Den around Dec, you will send out the cards liao.. It depends you wnat to send a month before or 2 weeks before etc.. But cards should be ready before Guo Da Li if you are those who needs to pass the cards with cakes to relatives etc..