Design Ideas & Tips

Tips For Typefaces

Mixing type styles is an innovative way to change your invitation's look. You could even pick one font just for your names to make them stand out from the other lettering. If you cannot find anything that strikes your fancy, try flipping through design books and magazines for inspiration, you may find combining ideas from a few different invites is what you want. By checking out what's hot in the graphic design, you're sure to find a cutting edge look. If you go with a trendy design make sure your designer understands your needs. In your paper communication with your guests, consistency is key.

Something New:

Brides and grooms are now moving away from the center of the invitation and experimenting with left or right justifications. Some couples like to place their monogram in the upper and lower corners of the invitation, or justify the important information to the right or left for a more trendy, new feel.

Hints For Printing:

It is very important to make sure your paper goods are readable.

Guests still need to be able to gather information, you do not want to make it difficult to figure out. 

Trendy Styles

Wedding invitations no longer have to be rectangle and white with black script text (Although in some instances this is very classy and elegant. White and cream invitations are no longer the norm, couples today want to spice things up. Colored paper choices like espresso and navy are the new white and cream. You can still be fun and creative and maintain a level of formality.

Something New:

If you are not sure of a design for your invitations, you can still express your wild side, try it in your save the dates. Many brides save the dates are completely different than their invitations. There is now law that says it has to match although some brides know exactly what they want starting with the save the date.

Hints For Printing:

Many wedding invitation trends come directly from wedding fashion. You may be in love with the lace or crystals on your dress, so your invitations may have a lace or crystal embellishment.