How to Design the Perfect Wedding Cards for Your Big Day
Getting married is one of the most exciting moments in your life and naturally you want all of your family and friends to come to your ceremony and celebrate the start of this new journey you are about to undertake. However, in order to inform your guests of and get them excited for your big day, you’ll need to send out invitational wedding cards.
It’s not simply enough to write “you’re invited to my marriage ceremony” on a blank piece of card in a readable yet mundane typeface. Failing to properly prepare sophisticated and pleasant looking wedding cards means that many guests won’t feel the buzz for your big day that they would have otherwise, with many assuming that if you’ve gone cheap on the invites you’ll probably go cheap on the ceremony proper.
In order to avoid alienating your guest list you’ll want adhere to the following tips for how to construct the perfect wedding cards for your big day.
Pick an aesthetic theme and stick with it!
One of the biggest mistakes anyone can make when designing their wedding cards (or anything for that matter) is having too many conflicting visual elements on display. Inconsistency in font types, sizes, colour and other design elements will make your creation look tacky and amateurish, which won’t get people excited to attend your big day.
If you can’t even create a consistent visual look on your wedding cards, what chance do you have in planning your big day? This is something people will think about, even if they don’t say it aloud – avoid this by choosing a coherent theme right from the start.
Luckily, there’s a near endless range of template themes out there that you can use as they are or alter to suit your individual taste. The most important thing is that you choose a theme that makes sense for you as a couple; so if you’re into early 20th century décor then it would make sense to go with an art deco style.
Choose a gorgeous typeface to highlight the main elements
While the visual theme needs to be consistent, you can have a little more freedom with the typeface used (although there are obvious limitations). When creating your wedding cards, think about a beautiful typeface you can use for the names of you and your soon-to-be l
ife partner.
Many people tend to go with script style as this gives a sophisticated and personal look you would find in a classical love letter. The script is normally surrounded by more traditional typefaces that convey important information like the date of the ceremony and what activities are planned afterwards.
Use an elegant ampersand instead of ‘and’
Almost all wedding cards will list the marrying couple’s names with an ‘and’ between them. Instead of using the boring old 3-letter word, use an ampersand instead. They look elegant, sophisticated and generally read better.
As with the last two points; make sure your ampersand matches with the typeface and visual style of your invites so that it captures attention but doesn’t look out of place. There are countless great ampersand typefaces you can use so with a little effort you can easily land on the perfect one.
Creating invitational wedding cards is easy when you simply make sure that all of your visual elements remain coherent and match your personality as a couple. Ideally, when your guests open up their letter they’ll be pleasantly delighted by the elegance of your invite and will feel more inclined to attend the ceremony.
While it may only be a small part of the overall marriage planning process, it’s vitally important that you get it right!