To make the wedding memorable for the guests, you must initially invite them beautifully to the celebration. To do this, use our tips with ideas for beautiful invitations.
An ideal holiday should be thought out to the smallest detail. Wedding preparation includes many interesting stages, one of which is the design of invitations for guests. The newlyweds are trying to turn the process of issuing invitations into a unique and inimitable project that would satisfy every participant in the celebration.
A wedding invitation creates the first impression of the upcoming event, so this detail should be given due attention. Let's take a closer look at the most interesting solutions and non-standard designs. One of the ideas will definitely appeal to you and will open your imagination to new fantasies.
Edible invitations
Unusual, tasty, interesting. The main purpose of invitations is to provide information about the place and time of the ceremony and celebration.
When the postcard is read, at best, it will be shoved away on a shelf. And here are beautiful, stylish and very tasty cookies.
This option will especially please children, and adults are unlikely to refuse the delicacy.
Minimalistic and strict
Names, date, place, dress code - all this information can be placed on the invitation without additional elements or drawings. Such cards turn out to be very elegant and effective in their simplicity.
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You can dilute the “rigor” with handwritten fonts, simple black and white sketches and a visual map of how to get to the wedding venue.
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Inflatable
An original type of invitation placed in or on a balloon. You can present such an invitation personally or send it by courier.
It is recommended to choose the color of the balloon in accordance with the colors of your wedding.
If the invitation is inside, choose clear balloons.
Texts for a wedding invitation
As we have already said, it is most pleasant to receive individual invitations made for a specific person or couple. But if you plan to have a lot of guests, you can use similar templates for several invitations.
It’s easy to guess that invitations in the same style are unlikely to be suitable for close friends and second cousins. Therefore, we recommend that you immediately identify some groups of guests, for example: distant relatives, close relatives, university friends, work friends, close friends, etc.
Surely the participants in these groups will have something in common and the same templates will suit them. In the invitation, you can immediately set the tone of the future event by using a strict business style or a fairly free conversational style when writing the text.
However, you should take into account who the invitation is addressed to: in the message to friends, you can allow a little more jokes and liberties, and for older guests you can simply point out the atmosphere of the wedding.
You also need to understand that if fairly young people are invited to the wedding, but you have a business relationship with them, then taking liberties in inviting them is definitely unacceptable.
An interesting fact about European wedding etiquette: as a rule, invitations are signed with the name of those who organize and pay for the wedding. Typically these people are the newlyweds' parents or older siblings.
But in modern Russia such a signature may seem funny and simply absurd. Well, it’s not like that with us! Therefore, for Russian wedding invitations, the names of the bride and groom are suitable as signatures.
How to contact invitees?
Taking into account the rules of etiquette, and not only wedding etiquette, any official address should begin with the words “dear/respected.” But a wedding invitation is not exactly an official letter.
Undoubtedly, such an address would be appropriate in the text of wedding invitations for distant relatives or work colleagues, but for friends and close acquaintances you can use a less formal tone.
For example, you can address friends, classmates, and close acquaintances as “dear/darling.” Grandparents, brothers, sisters and closest friends can be called “beloved”.
In general, you can choose absolutely any word that characterizes your attitude towards a given guest, especially if in real life you often address him with this very word. If you think that you can do without such requests, it’s up to you.
Perhaps the refusal of an official address will be appropriate for an informal event and free communication, but if a serious celebration is planned, in a strict classical style, then the address should be appropriate.
Another important point that will reveal to your guests your politeness and knowledge of etiquette is the sequence of names. Did you know that when inviting a couple or spouses, the woman's (girl's) name is put first, and only then the man's name? The same applies to the signature: the name of the bride is put first, and then the name of the groom.
Fragrant
What smell do you associate with morning? For many, this is ground coffee and orange juice. As soon as you inhale this aroma, you immediately feel a surge of vigor and a positive attitude for the coming day.
What does love smell like? For most, these are the aromas of flowers from a bouquet on a first date, coffee and croissants from a romantic trip to Paris...
Everyone has their own love story. Tell your guests about it with unusual invitations!
Some tips:
- It would be good if the text was individual for each invitee. You can easily do this, provided that there are not many people. Otherwise, divide people into small groups, for example, parents, relatives, best friends, classmates, work colleagues, and so on.
- Be sure to include the names of both newlyweds in the text. After all, it often happens that before the wedding, guests only know one of the couple, and if they at least know the name of the other, this will help avoid an awkward situation during the celebration.
- For parents, close relatives and best friends, the appropriate address is: “Dear” and “Beloved,” but for colleagues, “Dear.”
- Indicate exactly what part of the wedding day the person is invited to. After all, everyone knows that a certain number of people are allowed into the registry office, usually only the closest ones are invited to the wedding, and so on.
- If you are going to send an invitation by mail, then be sure to check with the recipient after some time whether it has reached him.
- The text font should be clear and legible, especially for important points: date, time, address.
- Before sending, check what you have written to see if there are any punctuation and grammatical errors, and if everything is correct.
It would be great to hand over the invitation personally to the guests; of course, if there are a lot of invitees and not all of them live in your city, you will have to use the mail or courier services.
Eco style wedding invitation
A wonderful option for a wedding in the now fashionable eco-style.
Typically, such a celebration is held in spring or summer outdoors, near the sea or in the forest.
An unusual invitation on thin wooden or birch bark plates will tell your guests better than any words that what is planned is not banal gatherings in a restaurant, but a forest festival with traditions, wreaths, bonfires and national costumes that guests will remember for a long time.
Romantic
Light paper, light ribbons made of tulle and organza, names of guests, as if written in perfect handwriting in a hurry, and simple drawings - just tenderness itself. It seems that such letters were written by Juliet.
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Openwork
Made in the Baroque and Rococo style, delicate and airy, openwork invitations set guests up for a magnificent wedding,
the bride in a dress with a crinoline and a breathtakingly long train, high hairstyles, candles and ceremonial decoration of the hall.
Neutral and classic
Add just one calm shade to the black and white, write the main words using a combination of handwritten and printed fonts, and seal it in a simple envelope. Often this is enough to make an impression.
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Postcard using quilling technique
An original and fairly budget option. If, of course, you master this technique and love creating beauty with your own hands.
You will need strips of paper and a rolling tool, which can be purchased at any craft store.
Invite your friends to help you. You will not only have an interesting time in a fun company, but also acquire new skills. Maybe quilling will become your hobby.
Creating patterns using the quilling technique is fun and not difficult, but you need to use your imagination. As a result, you will receive exclusive wedding invitations for each guest, filled with your energy and love.
Scroll
This type is one of the most trendy and stylish and can become a highlight in the recipient’s interior. To make it you will need paper, sealing wax and imprint, ribbons, rope.
It is better to choose paper with an antique effect. You can trim its edges with embossed scissors or lightly singe them for greater realism. A striking impression is achieved by tinting with brewed coffee.
Next, type the text or write it by hand with pen and ink. The invitation is wrapped in a package, twine is attached and a bow is tied. The scroll is ready, and for greater authenticity, put a company seal.
Invitation in a mitten for a winter wedding
The winter version of the wedding requires appropriate paraphernalia. In Catholic countries, it is customary to give gifts in socks at Christmas, but you can create a new, your own tradition.
Use mittens for small souvenirs and nice things.
Just put the invitation in your mitten. Let it warm the hands and hearts of your guests and create a warm atmosphere on your important day.
Especially if you plan to walk in the snow or play outdoors.
Design of wedding invitations
Naturally, the appearance of the wedding invitation will be the way the newlyweds wish to make it. But it must definitely set the tone for the future event.
The modern market offers future spouses a huge number of different forms. A classic envelope with an invitation sheet is far from the only option at the moment. You can purchase an invitation in the form of a postcard, scroll, sweet gift, etc.
It doesn’t matter what the appearance will be, the most important thing is still the text. The most preferable is the text typed in a beautiful ornate font and printed on a printer.
If you think that the fonts you found are not festive enough or do not reflect the chosen wedding theme, then you can always turn to professionals for help who can create a font of the desired style.
The other side is handwritten text that you write yourself. However, not everyone will be able to sign such a large number of invitations, especially since not everyone has exquisite handwriting, which becomes less and less neat over time.
Despite this, more and more couples are choosing handwritten invitations, and all because things made by hand are always more valuable and receiving a handwritten invitation is much more pleasant than identical printed pages.
"Easter"
This is how we decided to name a special type of invitation, the idea for which was taken from the traditions of celebrating Easter in European countries. When Europeans come to their home, they bring a beautifully decorated egg with a souvenir.
We invite you to place an invitation to the celebration inside the Easter egg. Or design a postcard with information about the place and time of the event in the form of an Easter symbol.
If your wedding is scheduled for the post-Easter period, and the invitation of guests takes place before the great Christian holiday, then be sure to use this idea.
Interesting ideas
With photo of the bride and groom
Your loved ones will undoubtedly be pleased to receive your photographs as an invitation to a wedding. They can be anything: color, black and white, from a joint vacation, from a beautiful professional Love Story photo shoot, romantic collages, or even for children. Everything depends only on imagination and desire.
Video
Wedding invitations can be in the form of short videos. Such a message will no longer contain only the banal date and time, because in video format you can record a short story about your relationship or acquaintance.
The video is sent either by email, regular mail, or via courier. In the last two cases, wrap the disc in a beautiful envelope.
This method of inviting someone to a wedding has a lot of positive aspects:
- firstly, it is definitely original, unusual and fashionable;
- secondly, it allows you to demonstrate the creative abilities of a couple in love;
- thirdly, it is enough to record one video, copy it and send it to all guests;
- and fourthly, in this version the sincere emotions of the bride and groom will be visible, which is very difficult to do on a piece of paper.
Electronic
A fairly popular and convenient idea in the modern world is electronic wedding invitations. On the Internet you can easily find a lot of templates with which you can create your own individual cards.
Among the advantages can be noted:
- an electronic postcard looks more interesting than a regular paper one;
- the ability to add your photos;
- such a message will definitely not be lost.
Balloons
Another rather original and unusual idea to invite your family to your wedding is to send them an inflatable balloon. Write the text directly on the balloon and leave it in front of the guest's door. You can also put a note inside the balloon, but in this case, the person must burst it. Sometimes they simply send balloons and invitation cards with them.
Sweet
This option will surely appeal to those with a sweet tooth. The future wife can bake cakes, cookies, cupcakes herself or buy them and present them in a box along with a card.
You can order chocolates wrapped in labels with an invitation and photographs of the bride and groom.
Jars of jam and jam are also used. All you have to do is write the desired text and attach it to the jar.
Flavored
You can add fragrance to invitation cards with the help of perfume, essential oil, fragrant flowers, boiled coffee; which scent to choose depends on the future spouses.
Magnet
Another modern idea is to print text on a magnet, which will remain with your family for many years. The image can be in the form of a photo of the future husband and wife, or simply something symbolic - rings, doves, silhouettes of the bride and groom, and so on.
Puzzle
Ordering a puzzle is probably the most expensive option of all those presented above, but the most stylish. And to find out the location, date and time of your event, the guest will first have to solve a small puzzle by putting the pieces together.
Postcard - magnet
An interesting version of the invitation, printed on a magnetic basis, ensures that guests will not forget the wedding date.
There are no restrictions on the choice of image. Try to choose an interesting picture or story.
After all, for sure, the magnet will decorate the refrigerator of your family and friends even after the wedding.
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Under the wedding concept
Please note that these invitations reflect the entire concept of the wedding and the mood of a mysterious and starry Spanish night.
Organization: Special Wedding; photo: Maxim Koliberdin
Another option is how you can use a place of celebration in an invitation: here the spirit of sunny Italy was shown through the leaves of an olive tree attached to the letter with a wax seal.
Photo: Andrey Baida
