Heavy Card Stock

• Heavy card stock, the most commonly used paper by professional printers, is thick and resists bending and creasing. The heavy material is available in a variety of colors and textures and accepts ink well, which leads to minimal bleeding for a professional finish. It is ideal for wedding programs, as it is heavy enough to be framed as a memento.
  
  

Handmade Paper

• Handmade paper is a novel way to achieve a unique wedding program. Made from natural organic materials such as cotton, hemp and plant fibers, handmade paper creates a rough, uneven surface. Order pre-designed paper or mix and match different flowers, herbs, seeds and vegetables to create a custom paper tailored specifically to your wedding. Free of chemicals, this route is ideal if you are looking for an environmentally friendly option.
  
  

Marbled Paper

• Marbled paper, generally available hand-dyed with vegetable dyes, dipped and swirled in vats of color or leafed with gold and silver, adds originality and glitz to your wedding programs. The patterns emerge after color is floated on either plain water or a viscous solution, and then transferred to an absorbent surface. Although commonly used as a writing surface for calligraphy, marbled paper can also be used for printed programs and comes in various sizes, colors and textures.
  
  

Rice Paper

• Rice paper provides a non-traditional option for your wedding programs. Very thin, lavish and elegant, it is not actually made of rice, but of mulberry. It has a distinct, nearly translucent texture that gives it a slight glow, which goes a long way in setting a romantic wedding tone. Available in many sizes and colors, rice paper is suitable for calligraphy, print and hand painting.