![Wedding Wednesdays: Sweet Ways To Personalise Your Wedding Invitations [Episode 105]](https://www.weddingsonline.ie/blogimages/880x680/2024/06/Featured-Image-WW-pod-2.jpg)
Your guests’ first glimpse of your wedding is through the invitations! Just like your personalities and style, as a couple and just like your wedding theme, your invitations can be as unique and personalised!
In fact, there are a few elements in each wedding invitation which provide opportunities for couples to add their personal style. A big thank you to Donna from Amore Stationery and Hazel from Coill Design for sharing their expert advice in this episode!
Wedding invitation elements:
- The colours and theme
- Font choice
- Wording
- The finishing touches
The colours and theme
Donna Gormley from Amore Wedding Stationery says:
Your invitations give a glimpse of your style, theme and even your personality
Blues convey calmness and trust
Reds are about passion and energy
Your colour should mirror the overall theme and setting of your wedding (consider the colours of your venue too)
Garden venues inspire green, soft florals
Beach weddings call for blues
Autumn weddings are for rich reds, oranges and golds
Spring weddings look great with pastels
Winter weddings are wonderful with silver and blue
There are no strict rules, only guidelines and suggestions!!
Font choice
As with the rest of your invitations, the font will help guests to determine how formal or casual your wedding will be.
Things to consider:
- It’s not just the words themselves which communicate the structure and formality of your wedding (we’ll get to that) - but the style of the font too! So select a font that is as formal or casual as your wedding.
- You’ll want to pick a font that will work with the rest of your wedding stationery, not just the invitations. Think about your menus, programmes, welcome signs etc. You don’t necessarily need to mimic the font everywhere, but it needs to be in the same font family or match well.
- Select a font that will pair well with other fonts. Good branding usually requires multiple fonts which work well together. You’ll often see a script font for bigger text and a serif or sans serif font for smaller details.
Wording
We’ve gone into great detail in previous episodes where we talk about wedding invitation content and wording. What you need to say and how you can phrase things to match the style of your wedding.
Episode 76: What to put on your wedding invitations - https://www.weddingsonline.ie/blog/wedding-wednesday-heres-what-to-put-on-your-wedding-invitations-episode-76/
Episode 77: Wedding invitation etiquette - https://www.weddingsonline.ie/blog/wedding-wednesday-wedding-invitation-etiquette-episode-77/
Episode 78: How to make it easy for guests to RSVP - https://www.weddingsonline.ie/blog/wedding-wednesday-how-to-make-it-easy-for-guests-to-rsvp-episode-78/
The finishing touches
Hazel from Coill Design says:
Paper types - many to choose from (textured, to metallic, sustainable papers etc) - plantable seeded papers grow into beautiful wildflowers and could double as favours.
Envelopes and liners - can come in all different colours and shapes (at Coill Design they like to go for earthy tones).
The inserts - maybe include a QR code with further information, directions, etc.
Wax seals are a nice idea too to give a final touch!
Ribbons and raffia are great to wrap your invitation bundle together and to give an idea of what your wedding idea will be like.
BONUS
To really personalise your wedding invitations, I highly recommend working with a designer. Someone who specialises in creating beautiful invitations and incorporating a couple’s personality, style and wedding theme into their invitations. It may be tempting to find a free or cheap template online, but that’s the opposite of personalising your wedding invitations - you’ll end up selecting a design that hundreds of couples have used before. So if your unique wedding theme and style is important to you - choose someone who gets you!
