Choosing a design
Let the venue and the season lead. Watercolor florals and the wildflower wreath suit a spring or garden wedding, greenery suits an outdoor or rustic one, and gold champagne flutes suit a formal evening reception. The minimalist design, a single pencil oval on off-white, fits a city wedding, a courthouse ceremony or a couple who likes less.
The gold design also works as a save the date. Its sample wording is already set up as one.
Want your own flowers or colors? Describe them and AI designs a card for it. Previews are free, and keeping one costs the same as a ready-made design.
What to put on a wedding invitation
A wedding invitation traditionally reads in a set order. Make sure yours covers:
- Who is hosting, such as "Together with their families" or the parents' names
- The couple's names
- The date and the ceremony time
- The venue name and address
- Whether the reception follows at the same place
- How to RSVP, and the date you need replies by
"Request the honour of your presence" is the traditional wording for a ceremony in a house of worship; "request the pleasure of your company" is used for other venues.
The card holds a headline, a short message, the date and time, the location and an RSVP line. Accommodation, a dress code or the schedule for the weekend belong on a wedding website, with its address in the message.
When to send it
Send save the dates six to eight months before the wedding, or up to a year ahead for a destination wedding or a holiday weekend.
Send invitations six to eight weeks before the wedding, and ask for replies three to four weeks before it, which is when most caterers and venues want a final count.
Print a few more than your guest list. Addressing mistakes happen, and a couple of spares make good keepsakes.
Printing your wedding invitations
Every card comes as a print-ready 5×7 PDF and a high-resolution JPG. 5×7 is the standard wedding invitation size, and it fits an A7 envelope, the most common invitation envelope.
For a large guest list, take the PDF to a copy shop and ask for heavy cardstock, or upload the JPG to a photo counter and choose a cardstock card rather than photo paper. One credit covers the design, with no charge per copy.
Turn on the free RSVP page and guests reply online with how many adults and kids are coming, so you're not collecting reply cards by mail.