What Actually Goes in a Wedding Card to Your Daughter Okay so I’ve seen literally hundreds of parents freeze up when trying to write their daughter’s wedding card and honestly it’s kinda wild because you’d think after raising a human for 20-30 years you’d have plenty to say but nope. The blank card just sits […]
Okay So You Need to Postpone and Tell People Look, nobody wakes up excited to send postponement cards but here we are. I’ve designed probably hundreds of these since spring 2020 and honestly they’re just part of wedding planning now. Not fun, but necessary, and you can actually make them not terrible if you approach […]
okay so trifold programs are actually my favorite format The trifold wedding program is basically three panels that fold like a brochure and honestly it’s such a practical choice because you get six surfaces to work with if you count the back panels. I started pushing these hard around spring 2023 when I had this […]
So You Need After Party Invitations Okay so after party invitations are kinda this weird thing that nobody really talks about in the wedding world but they’re actually super important if you’re planning to keep the celebration going past your reception end time. I learned this the hard way back in spring 2023 when I […]
Okay so ribbon on wedding invitations Right so you’re probably looking at those gorgeous invitation suites on Pinterest with the silky ribbon tied around them and thinking yeah I want that. And honestly? It’s one of the easiest ways to make your invitations look expensive without actually spending a fortune. I’ve been doing this since […]
What Belly Bands Actually Are So belly bands are basically those decorative paper strips that wrap around your wedding invitations to hold everything together. They’re kinda like a belt for your invite suite, which is where the name comes from obviously. You slide them around the middle of your stacked invitation pieces and they keep […]
So You Need Reception Cards Okay so reception cards are basically those little insert cards that tell your guests where the party’s actually happening if it’s not at the same place as your ceremony. Sometimes they’re called reception details cards or party cards or whatever your stationer decides to call them that day. The point […]
Getting Started with Vellum Overlays So vellum overlays are basically this translucent paper layer that sits on top of your actual invitation, and honestly they’re one of those details that makes invitations look SO much more expensive than they actually are. I had this bride back in spring 2023 who was totally set on letterpress […]
Reception Invitation Cards Are Different From Your Ceremony Invites Okay so first thing—and I cannot stress this enough because I literally had a bride freak out on me about this in spring 2023—your reception invitation is NOT the same as your ceremony invitation. If you already had the ceremony (maybe it was intimate, maybe it […]
Insert Cards Are Those Extra Little Papers That Basically Save Your Life Okay so insert cards are literally just those smaller cards that go inside your main invitation envelope and they tell guests all the important stuff that doesn’t fit on the main invitation itself. I had this bride back in spring 2023 who wanted […]