Okay So Your Friend’s Getting Married and You Need a Card First thing – don’t overthink this but also don’t show up with one of those generic drugstore cards with the weird cartoons on them. I mean you can, but if you’re reading this you probably want something that feels more personal, right? The whole […]

Photo Invitation Cards Are Actually Way More Complicated Than You Think So you want to put a photo on your wedding invitation and honestly this is where like 60% of my clients get stuck because they think it’s just slapping a picture onto cardstock but nah it’s way more involved than that. I learned this […]

Figure Out What You Actually Want First Okay so the biggest mistake I see couples make is jumping straight to Pinterest before they even know what they need. Like, you’re gonna end up with seventeen saved pins of letterpress cards that cost $18 each when you have 200 guests and a $300 stationery budget. I […]

Telugu Wedding Invitations Are Their Own Category, Trust Me So Telugu wedding invitations are completely different from what most people think of when they picture Indian wedding cards. I learned this the hard way back in spring 2023 when a client’s mother-in-law literally called me crying because the invitation didn’t have the right deity illustration […]

What Doodle Wedding Invitations Actually Are So doodle wedding invitations are basically invites that have this hand-drawn, sketch-like vibe going on. Think little illustrated flowers, quirky line drawings of the venue, maybe cute stick figures of you and your partner, or these whimsical borders that look like someone sat down with a pen and just… […]

Start With Your Timeline Because Everyone Messes This Up Okay so first thing – you need at least 4-6 months before your wedding to order invitations. I know that sounds like forever but trust me, I had this couple in spring 2023 who waited until 10 weeks before and we had to do rush printing […]

Getting Started With Muslim Wedding Invitation Cards Okay so Muslim wedding invitations are actually kinda different from regular Western ones and I learned this the hard way back in spring 2023 when a client came to me literally three weeks before their Walima and I had NO idea about the specific terminology that needed to […]

Rose Gold Invitations Are Trickier Than You Think Okay so rose gold invitations seem like they’d be straightforward but honestly they’re one of the most frustrating finishes to get right and I learned this the hard way back in summer 2021 when a bride nearly lost it because her “rose gold” invitations arrived looking straight-up […]

Getting Started With Your Twilight Theme So twilight weddings are having this massive moment right now and honestly the invitations are where you really set that whole vibe. I had this couple back in spring 2023 who were dead set on a twilight ceremony and their invitation process was… well, let me just walk you […]

Okay So You Need to Design and Order Invitations The timeline thing is probably the most important part and honestly where most people mess up. You need like 4-6 months before your event to start this process if you’re doing custom printed invites. I learned this the hard way back in spring 2023 when a […]