No matter how the world changes, adapts, and evolves, we will always be here for traditional, timeless things like paper invitations and stationery. There is nothing quite like opening a piece of mail addressed to you, sliding out its contents, and reading the exclusive details that await you inside. It’s such a gratifying and deliciously exciting experience. Alternately, if you’re the one sending the correspondence, you have a unique opportunity to make your invitation speak volumes about the event you’ll be hosting – long before it happens. It’s the ultimate first impression and one that should reflect you and your partner… in an infinitely pretty way. If ever there was a better way!
Of course, working with a custom invitation couturier can give you access to the most sophisticated, deeply personal, and brilliantly-bespoke designs – ones oh so worthy of those flat lay detail shots on the big day – but you can also find stunning designs online. These aren’t just templates, either, they’re sensational suites that can be customized to suit your event, your style, and your overall for-the-aisle aura. You can make tweaks to the tonality of the invitation, to match your color palettes, as well as simple wording swaps to make the request for their presence at your wedding all the more you-sounding. And the affordability factor with these e-commerce examples is major in that all of our invitations can be bundled with auxilliary cards for much less than a suite of custom-designed a la carte cards.
We’ve received and kept enough gorgeous wedding invitations to know what guests truly cherish when it comes to ceremonious cardstock. As such, our thoughtfully-curated selection of Style Me Pretty wedding invitations will set the perfect tone for your wedding day. And given our panache for romance, our suites can be paired with complementary 3D details and embellishments to turn up the texture and intrigue of your official party bid. From silky bows to cotton or vegan leather cording, the options to tie your look together are both on-trend and on-point – and certainly everything you’ll want to include in your stationery shadow box, when that time comes.
Before we featured some of our favorites, we first wanted to provide a few tips on creating an invitation that is undeniably you. Hint: If your guests open it up and know who it’s from, before reading ANY names, then you’ve done your job. Reading the return address doesn’t count 😉.
Remember, this is your first impression. So, keep these things in mind:
If you have one or a few word(s) that describe(s) your wedding, start there. Will your fete be modern and clean, or whimsical and romantic? Will it be a ballroom gathering to rival Gatsby or a botanical, garden party that mimics the iconic strokes of Monet? Undoubtedly, you can have several themes and feels at play on your day, but your overwhelming vibe will inform all your little details – and the invitation kicks everything off!
It’s true, a lot of couples will try not to pigeon-hole their color palette for their wedding days, but inevitably some shades are just going to prevail. And that’s great! These colors that show up in your fashion, in your flowers, in your focal points throughout the day should first show up in your invitation – a sort of hue-ful amuse-bouche. Nearly all of our Style Me Pretty invitations can be color customized, and a number of them have gold foil adornments, as well (rose or yellow gold and platinum varieties).
All the prettified parts of the paper invitation mean nothing if the words you use to invite your crew to your “I Dos” don’t line up with the rest of the look. That’s why you’ll want to spend some time carefully choosing your words. It should sound heartfelt, like it’s coming from you (or your parents, friends, if they’ll be hosting on your behalf) and not forced. Imagine how your forward would look, what it would say, if your wedding was a new book and you were writing an introduction. You’ll want your guests to keep reading/RSVP right away, so make it meaningful and have the words mirror your love story.
All of our invitations are beautiful, but we have a special place in our ❤️ for these four. Note, every invitation is offered with a choice of four supporting pieces: response card, all-purpose card, program, and thank you card. Customize your order with all five pieces or pick and choose the elements you’d like to include or leave out. Of course, the invite, response card, and all-purpose (noting where accommodations have been reserved, a timeline of the day – from ceremony to cocktail hour and reception, and/or a reference to your wedding website for the most comprehensive event explanations) cards are usually suggested standards.
You’ll also find that every invitation is not only personalizable with regard to the phrasing, it’s also tailor-made with trim options (square, rounded, refined, natural edges, etc.), ribbon or cording embellishments, and/or paper type (standard matte, pearlescent, classic felt, and standard cotton) to further align with your tastes!
Shop with us now for everything you need to make your first impression. That being said, if you are one of the many couples who have had to postpone or cancel your wedding due to unfortunate circumstances akin to COVID-19, you can absolutely personalize our invitations for your ‘I Do’ redo or take #2. Hopefully same time, same place, same people, just a brand new date to celebrate!
Danielle Halibey is a writer, editor, and publicist living in New Jersey. She has been immersed in the world of weddings since planning her own whimsical, romantic affair in 2014. And isn’t that what they always say, “those who can’t do, teach?” Well, once her nuptials were over, she still had stuff in the ‘I Do’ industry to do. She writes regularly for top wedding blogs including Style Me Pretty and Wedding Chicks, and has garnered millions of press impressions for brands in the wedding space: fashion, beauty, wedding talent+tastemakers and more.
