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Invitation advice

We’re here to help you with wedding invitation wording and wedding invitation advice for all your sticky, awkward situations.

"Is it okay to email my wedding invites?" Yep, and here's why it's awesome

Is it okay to email wedding invitations? Totally yes, here are 7 reasons why

The time to hem and haw about whether it’s okay to email your wedding invitations is over. It’s totally okay! Couples are aiming for more eco-friendly wedding choices and even your older relatives are probably even rocking smartphones or at least have internet access. The benefits of digital invitations are huge and you don’t have to feel bad taking advantage of them.

Here are six reasons why online wedding invitations are awesome…

Here's how to save money & the environment with gorgeous digital wedding invitations (with tracking, RSVPs, and more!)

Digital wedding invitations save money & the environment (with tracking, RSVPs, and more!)

What if I told you there was a service that offered you totally customizable online wedding invitations with RSVP tracking, a digital resource page (aka wedding website!), and so many more features that gave you all the elegance of a printed invitation without the hefty cost to your wallet and to the Earth? Let’s meet our partner, Greenvelope

6 tips for making your wedding website useful AND stylish

6 tips for making your wedding website useful AND stylish

Are you engaged? YAY! I have a feeling that a lot of you are thinking about wedding hashtags and websites and social media, oh my. Weddings are way more high tech these days and a wedding website is pretty standard fare now. Here’s how to make yours great…

How to avoid your email save-the-date going to spam

How to avoid your email save-the-date going to spam

My partner and I decided to send out email save-the-dates instead of a physical card. I do, however, have a warning for you if you are planning on going the green route with your save-the-date by sending out electronic ones. If you send an email with an image, you may hit your guests’ spam folders. Here are some pros and cons of going green with your save-the-dates and how you can avoid your save-the-date going to spam…

I am planning a pre-invitation survey to get a guest list headcount. Will this work?

I am planning a pre-invitation survey to get a guest list headcount. Will this work?

I have been scouring all the posts and comments threads about RSVPs and guest lists, and haven’t seen an answer to a tricky question. How do you deal with guest list ambiguity when you live in an extremely expensive area, 2/3 of your desired invites are from out of town, and venues require guaranteed minimums on catering?

Is it over okay to make a survey for your friends and family to gauge best-guesses for will they/won’t theys for a wedding a year and a half or two years away?

accessible wedding invitations

Are there accessible wedding invitations for sight-impaired guests?

While there are lots of invitations designers who either already produce accessible wedding invitations or can easily customize them for you, my first thought actually went to a video invitation! If you, or someone you know or can hire, can whip up a video invitation that speaks the information (at least the major highlights of date, time, location, etc.), that might be a secondary way to make sure your partner’s grandmother can watch and re-watch to get the info on to her calendar. But I digress. Here are a few vendors who can craft up beautiful, large print, and accessible invites for your inclusive wedding…