Wedding invitations are often an underestimated and undervalued part of the wedding planning process. But, they really shouldn’t be. They actually play a very important role in your wedding planning story.

Think about your wedding as a beautiful love story that is just waiting to be brought to life on your special day. When you are selecting a book to read, you look at the cover first, right? We all love pretty pictures! Visual images help us understand creative ideas and help pique our interest in things. Well, couldn’t this apply to your wedding too? Of course, it can! You’ve worked so hard to bring each piece of your wedding together to create this perfect, cohesive and unique event. Now, it’s time to get your friends and family excited about your love story! You can help bring that excitement through your invitations.

When your guests receive your wedding invitation in their mail or inbox, it is their first glimpse into your wedding story. They open the envelope to find a beautifully crafted invitation of hand-selected paper, font, color, design, and style. All these individual parts that make up your invitation are an opportunity for you to add your own unique style to the overall design. Think about what your guests will see when they open that invitation. Will they see elegance and simplicity, clean lines and modern vibes for your upscale city art loft-themed wedding? Or, will they see a rustic cut-edge paper with vines of greenery framing out the casual font for your rustic barn wedding? Or, will they see a classic style font surrounded by colorful floral patterns and rose gold foil details for your elegant flower garden wedding?

Your wedding invitation should convey the theme and style of your wedding perfectly! It is also what tells your guests the important information like who, where, and when and helps them understand the recommended attire.

My client above created the perfect brand story with their invitations and the vision of their beautiful day to convey a colorful, retro tropical vibe to the guests of honor. When their guests received the invitations they were given a perfect front page view of the couple’s style and what type of vibe they would expect to see at the wedding itself. This is a great example and wonderful inspiration to dream up your own storybook cover page for your guests. Just remember when selecting your colors and theme to be true to you and your significant other. Your style is always the best style and that’s what your guests want to see!

Happy Planning,

Naticia

Why are Save The Dates so important? Well, believe it or not, most people plan out their year calendar and vacations well in advance, and the sooner you can get the official date out to them, the better. This helps ensure that all the people you want there on your big day, show up.

As soon as you have a booked venue and date set, one of the first things to do is send out the Save The Dates to all the guests you plan on inviting. Such a simple and easy task to complete, it gets you started on your guest list and compiling all the addresses you will need for your formal invitations, bridal showers, bachelor/bachelorette parties, etc. Mentally you are preparing guests for the date and if they need to start saving/planning for their travels you are giving ample notice. Save the Dates can be very helpful in the planning process for both you and your guests.

With the overflow of weddings in recent times due to the pandemic, I would say Save The Dates have become even more important. As if planning a wedding isn’t stressful enough, then add the inconstancy of the last two years and now, we have a wedding boom. I would be willing to bet that you have a few dates already marked off on your calendar for weddings coming up in the next year. Weddings are coming back and it’s a boom we are very happy to see! This just gives even more reason not to wait on your Save The Dates and get them out ASAP!

Make it fun! There are so many cute ideas these days on Pinterest. I wanted to share some of my favs with you.

Magnets - make it a magnet that they can hang on their fridge, such a great way not to lose it and also a constant reminder.

Pencil us in- send a save the date card with an engraved pencil attached. The pencil becomes a keepsake and a great remembrance of your big day.

Digital - You can now even send out digital save the dates! This option can be better for your budget but still gets the job done. It’s a fun, informal and environmentally friendly way to get your wedding date out to your loved ones.

So, are you ready to start creating your Save The Dates? Here are a few of my favorite places to create and order your Save The Dates to get you started:

Minted.com - Use my code: WEDPLCALLALILYEVENT to save up to 35% off your order.

BasicInvite.com - Use my code: CLWED to save up to 30% off your order.

Julia Kay Design

Have fun with it! Make it a date night and plan and create your Save The Dates together! Enjoy the process of planning your wedding, together!

Happy Planning,

Naticia