Monograms } How to Build Initials

Quickie post! Lot's of questions pour in here about monograms. What is traditional? What is modern? What initials go where?

Here's a few tips that I hope will help!

Wedding Traditional Approach:

Use only your single first initials on pre-ceremony stationery

Use your new married single initial or 3 letter initials in post-ceremony stationery

Wedding Modern Approach:

Anything goes!

Use your new 3 initial married monogram

Use your new single married last name initial

Use your first initials

What goes where?

Unmarried Stationery

Jill Anne Smith = J, JAS, JS -or- JSA

Eve Marie DuPont = E, EMDP -or- EDPM

Rob Michael Davis = R, RMD -or- RDM

Married Stationery

Jill Anne Smith Davis = J, JSD -or- JDA

Rob Michael Davis = R, RMD, RDM

Jill and Rob Davis = D, JR -or- JDR

Hyphenated names get tricky ... if you have questions on those feel free to email us at stephanie@stephaniejdesigns.com!

Happy Monogramming ...