This year has completely changed the game for weddings, and, as a community (wedding pros and the pairs getting married), we’re adapting as best we can (actually doing better than we imagined, tbh!). That being said, no matter the format of the affair, we’re still hopelessly devoted to standout stationery and correspondence that makes a serious first impression. We’d even say that it’s especially important to go splashy with your wedding invitation once you’ve landed on a future date and time that feels great.
We’ve already touched on the importance of personalizing your “Please join us” prose, along with some helpful hints for ways to ‘change the date’ if COVID caused you to, but today we thought we’d cover a few ways to put it all together. Quite literally, too, with invitation embellishments and bundling options from our very own Style Me Pretty Shop! From suede and cotton cording to endlessly-spooling ribbons, you can tie it all together in fun and stunning ways, while also adding some playful texture and 3D detail to all of your styled big-day flatlays.
Photography by Elizabeth DeLuca Photography
One of the things we love about our stationery samples is that you can customize and pick and choose whichever pieces you’d like to add to your final+full invitation suite. Of course, we recommend assembling a suite that includes an invitation, an all-purpose card (even if it just mentions a prompt to where your guests can go – a reference to your wedding website – for more information), and a response card – but it’s all up to you. If you’ve already had to postpone and just want to send a simple invitation out for round two, then you can certainly omit the response card and have guests RSVP via your website or another guest management platform.
We’d be lying, though, if we said that a gorgeous wrap to hold all of your wedding who, whats, whens, wheres, and whys (#love) wasn’t a sweet finishing touch. Whether you tie it in a bow or in a knot, you can layer your custom look with a much-loved dose of character and charm.
Photography by Larissa Cleveland Photography
Cording. The simplest of our embellishments, but the overall look is clean, modern, and crisp. We have a few color and texture varieties that go very well with certain nuptial styles (the tan suede, for instance, floats a very rustic aesthetic; whereas the black and white cotton cording have a distinctly modern, almost editorial, high-fashion feel).
Ribbon. Just as it decorates a birthday or Christmas present, an invitation cinched with a bow made out of ribbon feels festive and fete-worthy. Our shop has tiered ribbon options, nylon and silk; both are beautiful, but the former is decidedly more price conscious!
Vellum Belly Band. A final option is our vellum belly band, which is a classic wedding stationery staple. We love when it’s finished with a wax seal or complementary cording (mixed media detailing is the best!)!
Go ahead, tie the knot before you tie the knot – start shopping now for your unique and statement way to stack!
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.
