Figure Out Your Invitation Style First Okay so the biggest mistake I see couples make is jumping straight to browsing designs before they actually know what they need. Last spring 2023 I had this couple who ordered 200 invitations and then realized they forgot to include their rehearsal dinner info and needed a whole separate […]
Getting Your Walima Cards Right Without Losing Your Mind Okay so walima cards are honestly different from the main wedding invitation and I see SO many couples treat them like the exact same thing which drives me absolutely nuts. The walima is your reception, your celebration meal, and it has a different vibe than the […]
The Basics You Gotta Know First Chinese wedding cards are completely different from Western ones and honestly back in summer 2021 I had a bride tell me she wanted “red invitations with some gold dragons” and I almost cried because that’s like saying you want “a white dress” for your wedding—there’s SO much more to […]
Getting Started with Korean Wedding Invitations So Korean wedding invitations are honestly one of my favorite things to work on because they’re so different from Western ones but also there’s like this whole cultural protocol thing you gotta navigate. I remember back in spring 2023 I had this couple who wanted to blend traditional Korean […]
Okay So Wedding Invitation Greetings Are Actually Way More Complicated Than You Think The greeting is literally the first thing people read on your invitation and it sets the whole tone, but somehow couples always leave this part until the last minute and then panic. I had this bride last spring 2023 who changed her […]
Getting Your 25th Anniversary Invitations Right Okay so first thing you gotta know about 25th anniversary invitations is that people are gonna expect silver. Like, I had this couple in spring 2023 who wanted everything in coral and turquoise because those were their wedding colors and I had to basically talk them off a ledge […]
Okay So First Things First: Know What “Fancy” Actually Means for Your Wedding Look, I’ve been doing this for 20 years and honestly the word “fancy” means something completely different to every single couple. Last spring 2023 I had this bride who thought fancy meant gold foil everything and her fiancé was picturing like… minimalist […]
Getting Your Walima Invitations Right Without Losing Your Mind Okay so Walima invitations are actually way more complicated than people think and I learned this the hard way back in summer 2021 when I had this couple who ordered their invitations like three weeks before their event and then freaked out because the colors didn’t […]
Okay so Hindu wedding invitation cards are basically their own universe Hindu wedding invitations are not like your standard “join us for our celebration” cards. They’re elaborate, symbolic, and honestly kinda overwhelming if you’ve never ordered them before. I remember in spring 2023 working with this couple who waited until THREE MONTHS before their wedding […]
Timeline Is Actually Everything Here Okay so first thing—you gotta mail wedding invitations 6-8 weeks before the wedding date. I know everyone says this but I had a bride in spring 2023 who ordered her invitations like 10 weeks out, felt super ahead of schedule, then the printer messed up her order twice and we […]