Design12 min read
Wedding Invitation With Photo: Which, Where and How Many
Where a photo belongs on a wedding invitation, which photos work, how many to send, a shot list for your engagement shoot, captions to copy and how our designs frame them.
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How an invitation is designed: its opening, colours, type and the details guests notice.
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Design12 min read
Dusty Blue Wedding Invitations: 9 Blues and Something Blue
Nine wedding blues from dusty to midnight, what each pairs with and when, where "something blue" comes from, and how to make the invitation itself your something blue.
Design16 min read
Lace Wedding Invitations: Vintage Ideas & Wording to Copy
Chantilly, Alençon, guipure: what each lace says, lace on paper or on screen, vintage styles from Victorian to the 1950s, palettes and wording to copy.
Design13 min read
Black and Gold Wedding Invitations (+ Black Tie Wording)
Why black and gold reads as black tie, six palettes and what each says, gold type guests can read, black-tie wording to copy and seven evening designs to open live.
Design14 min read
Floral Wedding Invitations: 12 Flowers and What They Mean
Twelve wedding flowers and what the Victorians said they meant, roses by color, garden invitations by venue, how many flowers is too many, and garden wording to copy.
Design14 min read
Romantic Wedding Invitations: 12 Designs + Wording to Copy
The seven things that make an invitation feel romantic, seven styles from garden to moody and dark, 12 designs to open live and 16 original wordings to copy.
Design9 min read
Digital Wedding Invitations with Music: A Practical Guide
Why invitation music waits for the guest's first tap, 20 song ideas by mood, what the rights allow, how loud and how long, and the 36 original themes in our collection.
Design10 min read
Custom Digital Wedding Invitations: How Bespoke Is Made
How a custom digital wedding invitation is made, from brief to proofs to the day: three levels of personal, a brief checklist, timing, cost and 12 ways to make it yours.
Design11 min read
Video vs Animated Wedding Invitations: Which to Choose
A video plays; an animated web invitation opens, responds and collects replies. A side-by-side table, prices checked in October 2026, and how to make a good invitation video.
Design12 min read
Animated Wedding Invitations: 43 Openings, from Seal to Veil
What an animated wedding invitation is, how it differs from a video, all 43 of our signature openings by family and gesture, and what guests can do once it opens.
Design18 min read
Luxury Digital Wedding Invitations: What Makes One Luxury
The eight marks that separate a luxury digital wedding invitation from a filled-in template, paper's craft translated to the screen, 12 examples and what it costs.
Letters from the atelier
Letters to help you plan your invitation
Wording ideas, timelines and the etiquette of digital invitations, written by our designers. A short welcome series, then roughly one letter a month. Unsubscribe whenever you like.