Simply choose a template that fits your theme, add your event details, and download or share your digital invitations hassle-free. This method not only saves time but also allows for creativity and personalization without the need for specialized design skills. Give it a try and see how easy it is to create stylish invitations for your special occasion!

Lots of brides are starting to use digital invites and distribute using social media and emails. If you are a Google user (gmail and spreadsheets) have the names and emails of everyone you want to invite in a spreadsheet then you can use a mail merge software that invite everyone with a push of a button. If you’re more traditional and you love the look of those gold or silver foil invitations, you’re not alone! They’re super popular right now, and most people don’t know that you can create them at home. With a few simple items, you can DIY these beautiful invitations and save some serious cash. Here’s what you’ll need:

• A Laser Printer
• Card Stock
• Heat Reactive Foil (available at any craft store)
• A Thermal Laminator (available for about $20 on Amazon and at craft stores)

How to Create the Foil Invitation

The first step is to design your invitation the way you want, keeping in mind which lettering you want to show up with the foil finish. Print off your invitations so they’re ready to go. Next, looking at your invitation, cut the heat reactive foil so that it will cover only the lettering or designs you want to show up in gold. For instance, if you only want the names at the top to be gold, cut a block of the foil that covers only those names.

The Laminator

The next step is to run your invitation through your laminator a few times to warm it up. Then, place your block of foil over the areas you want to be covered in gold and rub it down. The trick is that the gold foil sticks to the printed text and not the blank areas of the card.

Classy Cutter shows how this works with a beautiful foil print used as a teacher gift!

When you lift up the foil, the printed letters will be covered in the gold foil but the rest of the invitation will remain white (or whatever color you’ve chosen).

Voila! It’s super easy and inexpensive to create and you don’t have to order these from a professional. The result is elegant and classy and most importantly, cheap! Let us know what you think of this idea in the comments below.

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Looking for a wedding day that’s all about style and class? Start with your wedding invites. Unless you decide to go with a digital version by sending out emails to your guests then you’ll enjoy what I have for you! Today we’re featuring several elegant wedding invites from BasicInvite.com Whether you’ve chosen an exquisite vintage theme or a formal ‘black-tie’ event, your wedding day will always be memorable and your wedding invites give guests a bird’s eye view into how the day will shape up.

Elegance Through Simplicity

Your wedding invite is the first peek your guests will get into your wedding style –– so make it count. Many brides make the mistake of thinking that wedding invites should be eye-catching masterpieces infused with imaginative creativity. The truth is that it doesn’t have to always be dramatically out there. In fact, some of the most elegant wedding invites are defined by their sheer simplicity in design, words and images. A gorgeous corner wreath invitation filled with details of your wedding is simple in its elegance, but high on visual appeal. A string lights wedding invitation is minimalistic, but high on classy style.

Classic Colors For Sophisticated Finesse

Elegance rides high on hints of subtlety, so your wedding invitations should reflect restrain even in color. Ivory, cream, black, grey, white and off-white are classic color choices you can never go wrong with. They also work well with your popular wedding theme colors. Metallic fonts and finishes add a degree of sophistication to your wedding invites, but don’t forget to consider readability. After all, there’s no point in creating the most elegant invites if your guests can’t read them, is there? An antique elegance wedding invite is a beautiful addition to your vintage-themed wedding.

Never Clutter Your Wedding Invite

One of the biggest mistakes bridal couples make when planning wedding invites is cluttering it with unnecessary information. You don’t need to include long wedding quotes and lengthy stories for your guests because this will just make the card look busy. Stick to the important points like ceremony location and time, couple names, dress code, RSVP information, reception venue and time. Attempting to squeeze more information into your wedding invite card will make it harder to read and far less elegant than you desire. Direction maps to your wedding can be prepared on separate cards.

Follow these inspired tips in your quest to make your wedding invitations brim with elegance. Basicinvite.com has a large repertoire of elegant wedding invitations at your disposal to help you choose something that resonates with your desires.

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This is one of our absolute favorites from Swiss Cottage Designs. What we love about it is that while it has the elegant scrollwork in gold foil, it is also brightened by an explosion of color in the folk-art design that goes around the invitation and is also present in the envelope. We think it’s absolutely stunning.

This rose gold wedding invitation featuring tons of beautiful filigree in gold foil is by CeCe in New York and just gorgeous. While it has the elegance and beauty of gold foil, it also has a vintage, romantic quality that works very well with many different themes.

Another one from CeCe in New York, the baroque style wedding invitation is definitely one of our favorites. It’s perfect for the bold bride, featuring a deep, rich red envelope with black backgrounds and gold foil writing and designs. This is the invitation you want for old Hollywood, glamorous, art deco era wedding themes.

Available from an artist on Etsy, we love the color and the feel of this one – it’s very boho, casual and laid-back. It definitely has a summer vibe and is perfect for just about any theme.

There are few things we love more than we love this wedding invitation design. The combination of the gold foil designs and lettering with the beautiful and vivid pink roses is just divine. It is perfect for a spring or summer wedding and would work well for any theme.

It’s not hard to see why gold foil wedding invitations are so unbelievably popular right now. Becoming even more popular in the past several months, we’re sure to see a continuance of this trend through the end of this year and well into the next. Which one is most your style? Let us know in the comments below.

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Select Color Palettes with 1-3 Main Colors

Sure, color palettes with vivid, wild colors are super hot right now, but a traditional bride wants something a little more subtle. Choosing color palettes with 1-3 main colors (with at least one of the colors being black or white) is a good way to make sure the invitation is traditional in style. We love the Elegant Gold Stripes wedding invitation by Basic Invite. Designed in black, white and gold, it features clean lines and beautiful traditional font.

Stick with a Single-Font Invitation

Invitations that feature several different fonts can be beautiful, but they often have a more artistic feel and don’t really say “traditional wedding.” However, choosing an invitation with just one or two fonts keeps things more subtle and clean. The Subtle Elegance wedding invitation proves that a single-font invitation doesn’t have to be boring and can certainly be gorgeous.

Muted Colors

What if you want your invitation to be colorful and traditional? Go with muted colors that are more subtle and pretty. The Falling Arrows wedding invitation is colorful, but still has that traditional vibe. Notice that it features three colors, so you’re still staying within that 1-3 color rule, but there is an artistic feel to this gorgeous card.

Stick with Subtle Images

If you want a traditional invitation that still has a beautiful design that you love, choose invitations with subtle images. Skip the vivid, bold stylized designs and go with something understated. Designs with just one color, or semi-transparent designs are a great idea. We love the Illustrated Rose wedding invitation because it combines everything you want in a traditional card and still has a beautiful design.

Browsing through the traditional wedding invitations from Basic Invite is a great way to discover a diverse line of traditional invitations that suit every bride.

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Red Filigree

This stunningly beautiful laser-cut wedding invitation is a red scroll design, and acts as a “pocket” for the actual invitation to sit in. It’s perfect for virtually any theme and season, and is sure to impress the recipients.

Ivory Gatefold

This gatefold invitation has a very vintage feel, especially with the decorative clip. It folds so that the invitation is still visible under the decorative aspects, but offers a beautifully elegant embellishment.

Hearts and Silhouettes

We absolutely love this “hearts and silhouettes” invitation offered by Not on the High Street. It’s charming, very whimsical and absolutely elegant. It’s also unique, so you could be sure your invitation is different from most that you’ve seen.

Tri-Fold Laser Cut

This invitation, offered by Giant Invitations, is perfect for the rustic, vintage wedding themes that are so popular right now. It’s absolutely gorgeous, and the white of the laser cut portion looks spectacular against the darker color of the craft paper portion.

Enchanted Forest

The beauty of this invitation is in the details around the circle, which displays the prominent wedding information. It includes flowers, leaves and branches – giving it a wonderfully simple but very elegant look.

Elegant Navy Blue Laser Cut With Ribbon

Classic white, silver and navy swirls – all just perfect for your elegant wedding!

These are just a few of the gorgeous laser-cut wedding invitations available to you. We encourage you to explore this idea for your own invitations; they can be just as elegant and beautiful as letter press invitations and are often much more affordable.

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Invitations

These beautiful fairytale wedding invitations look aged, and are complete with a picture of a medieval castle. Of course, no fairytale is complete without the “happily ever after,” which is also included here.

We absolutely love this illustrated invitation. It’s whimsical and adorable and perfect for a fairytale wedding.

Wedding Cakes

This adorable cake is just perfect for a fairytale wedding; it’s simple and elegant, but still has that fairytale vibe. The writing and picture on the cake are done in a shimmery silver, which is just beautiful.

This cake takes a little bit different route, as it’s not in the shape of a castle, etc. but it still has “fairytale” written all over it. Covered in beautiful sparkling embellishments, this cake is certainly fit for a prince and princess.

Wedding Dress

As everyone knows, the dress is the most important part of a wedding. This is even truer when it comes to a fairytale wedding. Think dramatic with lots of gorgeous fabric, like this stunning dress.

The best fairytale wedding dress will have an ethereal quality, like this one from Allure Bridal. It’s embellished on the bodice and the textured skirt flares out beautifully.

Dinner and Décor

For a fairytale wedding, the dinner can be a formal affair with all the trappings, like the one featured at this absolutely stunning wedding.

Or it can be a slightly more casual, garden-style meal that has a tea-party fairytale feel.

Let these fairytale wedding ideas inspire you and get your creative juices flowing as you plan your own whimsical, charming fairytale celebration.

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This gorgeous invitation combines a few different handwritten fonts for a rich but simple look. The lines are clean and the artist created an elegant design.

This couple went with a handwritten wedding invitation that is less formal, but very personal. It’s created in letter form, so it addresses each guest directly rather than simply requesting their presence. It’s fantastic for a non-traditional wedding.

This is a beautiful example of a hand-addressed envelope for a wedding invitation. It’s very simple, with the only flourish being present in the recipient’s last name. It has a modern vibe that is perfect for today’s weddings.

This rustic example of a handwritten wedding invitation is beautiful. It’s simple and pretty without a lot of fuss, which is perfect for laid-back ceremonies and couples.

Finally, this example is all whimsy. Definitely designed for a non-traditional wedding, every embellishment and letter in this invitation is hand-created. It’s beautiful and charming.

These great hand-written wedding invites can help inspire you if you’re thinking of going this route for your own wedding invitations.

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Letterpress

Letterpress invitations are considered the most elegant when it comes to weddings and other events. This is the method that has been used for hundreds of years, long before printers could whip invitations out in an hour. Letterpress invitations have deeper impressions and crisp letters and images. They’re absolutely beautiful and elegant. However, they typically come with a larger price tag than printed invitations. If you want something truly elegant, you’ll probably want to go with the letterpress option.

Printed

Printed invitations are very versatile and can be incredibly beautiful. You have the option of choosing from a huge array of designs, fonts and colors. They are usually cheaper than letterpress invitations and most can be ready in a shorter amount of time. For most brides, printed invitations will suit them must fine, as it is easy to match their themes and colors.

What to Choose

If you have your heart set on letterpress invitations, then shop around for a great price. If it doesn’t really matter to you or you’re working on a tight budget, you’ll probably want to go with printed invitations. All in all, it’s about what you love most as it’s your big day!

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What are they for?

Save the date cards are said to be for letting guests know way ahead of time when the wedding will be. Guests are then able to mark the date on their calendars so they won’t plan anything for the day of your wedding. The thing is, most people don’t plan things that far in advance anyway, unless it’s a vacation.

When are they sent out?

Save the date cards are usually sent out anywhere from 6 to 8 months in advance. While it does give guests the opportunity to mark the calendar, it’s such a long time before the wedding that the card will likely be forgotten long before the actual invitation comes.

Extra Expense

These cards are an extra expense brides and grooms will have to cover, and for those on a budget, this can make a big difference. Depending upon the style of cards you choose, you could end up paying more than $100 for save the date cards.

Overall, if you can afford save the date cards with no problem and have your heart set on them, then go for it. However, if you only want to purchase the necessities for your wedding, you might want to skip the save the date cards.

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Elegant Wedding Décor: Candles

If pillar candles will play a big role in your wedding, why not make them even more special? With a toothpick or other sharp object, write the lyrics to your special song around the sides of the candle in script. You can either dust the candle off when you’re finished and leave it be, or highlight the writing. To do that, rub brown or black acrylic paint over the sides of the candle and then wipe it off with a clean cloth. The paint will sink into the dips in the writing and create a beautiful look.

Elegant Wedding: Invitations

Instead of having your invitations printed, hire a calligrapher to hand write them for you. This is perfect for a vintage or royal themed wedding and is a small detail that can make all the difference. If you’re feeling really bold, learn calligraphy and create them yourself; just be sure to purchase extras in case you mess up and need to start over on one or two of them.

Personalized Wedding Favors

Personalized items are all the rage, and can make your wedding favors extremely elegant. The great thing is, you don’t typically have to pay extra. For instance, this beautiful and personalized hot cappuccino mix is perfect for wedding favors, and you can even get it with an adorable tiny whisk. There is a plethora of options for personalized wedding favors, and they’re fun and elegant.

By taking extra care of small details, you can ensure that your wedding as a whole is everything you’ve ever dreamed of.

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