For funerals, weddings and every ceremony in between — printed and finished in-house in Exeter by people who make small, beautiful booklets all day long. Free file check and a proof to approve on every order, however few copies you need.
A plain, kind guide to what goes in one — running orders you can copy, hymn and reading suggestions, how many copies to print — and printing that works backwards from the date of the service.
The funeral guide & printingWhat to include, running orders for church and civil ceremonies, when to order and how many — plus booklet printing that looks the part on every place setting and in every photograph.
The wedding guide & printing| Folded card | Saddle-stitched booklet | |
|---|---|---|
| Pages | 4 (one folded sheet) | 8 to 80, in steps of 4 |
| Sizes | A5, A4, square | A5, A4, square |
| Best for | Simple services, civil ceremonies, day programmes | Full running orders with hymns, readings and photo pages |
| Finish | Quality card, printed both sides | Heavier card cover over quality inner pages, stitched square |
A5 is the standard for good reason — comfortable in the hand, easy to keep. Square formats make a distinctive alternative that very few printers offer. Quantities run from 10 copies with no upper limit, so the order matches the guest list, not a minimum.
Most order-of-service printing comes from general print shops; ours comes out of a working bookbindery. The same presses, papers and finishing that produce our short-run books produce these booklets: covers that feel right, stitching that sits square, pages that turn properly. It’s a small object, but people hold it at an important moment and keep it afterwards — it deserves book-grade making.
A print-ready PDF is ideal — Canva or Word exported to PDF is fine. No file yet? Send your questions; the funeral and wedding guides have running orders to copy.
We check size, margins, photo resolution and colour at no charge, flag anything that needs attention, and send a proof to approve before a single copy prints.
We work backwards from the ceremony date, not forwards from a queue — tell us the date up front and we’ll confirm immediately what’s possible.
If you arrange orders of service for others — as a funeral director, celebrant, church or venue — we’re built for your kind of work: repeat orders, fixed dates, consistent quality, and a production team you can actually phone. Talk to us about trade arrangements.
The same formats serve christenings and naming days, memorial and thanksgiving services, carol services and school ceremonies, graduations and civic events. If people gather and follow an order, we can print it — and for anything longer or grander, our booklet printing runs to 80 pages.
The printed booklet or folded card handed to guests at a ceremony — most commonly a funeral or a wedding, but also christenings, memorials, carol services and civic events. It sets out what happens in what order, carries the words to anything sung or said together, and becomes a keepsake of the day.
A5 is the standard (easy to hold, keeps well), with A4 and square formats also available — as a single folded card (4 pages) or a saddle-stitched booklet from 8 pages up to 80. A heavier card cover over quality inner pages is what makes a booklet feel properly made; we’ll recommend stocks when we see your file.
From 10 copies with no upper limit — so you can print for your actual guest list rather than a printer’s minimum. For funerals, expected mourners plus 20–30% spare is the sensible rule; for church weddings, one per guest; for civil ceremonies, one per couple plus spares.
A print-ready PDF is ideal — and a design made at home in Canva or Word and exported to PDF is absolutely fine. Every order includes a free file check (size, margins, photo resolution, colour) and a proof to approve before anything prints. Not sure where to start? Our funeral and wedding guides include running orders you can copy.
Tell us the date of the ceremony when you get in touch and we’ll confirm immediately and honestly what’s possible — we work backwards from your date. For funerals, where time is usually short, phone rather than email and have your file (or your questions) ready.
No — wherever you are in the UK, we print and dispatch nationwide by tracked courier, and most orders of service are arranged entirely by email and phone. If you are near us, we’re in Exeter and you’re welcome to collect. What matters more than distance is the date: tell us yours and we’ll be straight with you about what’s possible.
Yes — we print for families directly and for the people who serve them. If you arrange orders of service regularly, talk to us about trade arrangements; as a production printer and bindery we’re built for repeat, deadline-driven work.
Send your file for a free check, or just your questions — printed in-house in Exeter, proofed before printing, from 10 copies.