Wedding websites and e-invites, though not a new concept, are growing in popularity amongst the tech-savvy Brides and Grooms. I’ve been working with the very lovely Lauren, from Thirty Three Pixels, on a recent wedding and wanted to share with you my experience of creating wedding invites for the digital age!
Firstly, what are digital invitations and wedding websites? A digital invitation, is an electronic version on your wedding invitation that can be sent to your guests via whichever method you choose- whether that’s email, WhatsApp or any other digital means. Your wedding website will contain all of the information about your celebration that your guests will need to know (including times, addresses, local amenities and useful information) as well as in some instances collecting your RSVPs.
Your e-invitations and your wedding website are not necessarily the same thing. Some website hosts don’t give you the opportunity to send save-the-dates and/or invitations through your website, others do. Having a wedding website therefore doesn’t automatically mean a digital invitation, so understand which aspect it is that you’re looking for when starting on your digital wedding journey!
There are so many advantages to consider when it comes to digital wedding invitations and wedding websites… and even though I’m a traditionalist at heart, I can’t help to see that on-line invitations are a great way to go… and here are just some of the reasons:
Easy Information Sharing
Being able to share information about your big day as soon as it becomes available is a huge advantage to having a wedding website. Not only does it mean that you can populate your website as you move through the stages of your wedding planning, it also means that you don’t need to have all of the information upfront when you’re designing, printing & sending out your paper invitations... which is another stress you can avoid!!! This means that you can share your meal choices, day plan and useful information closer to your wedding date, which will increase the excitement for your big day as you edge ever nearer!
Easy Web Hosting
With easy access and intuitive hosting any updates can be easily made to your website and shared with you guests as and when you need to, giving you the freedom to customise and share your wedding news whenever you want.
Simple International Delivery
Another great advantage is easily sharing your wedding invitation with friends and family abroad- instead of paying costly postage fees… and still wondering when (or even if!) it will arrive. Sending digital invites to overseas guests will not only cut the cost, but speed up the delivery time and ensure your guests have plenty of time to make their travel arrangements to join you for your day of celebrations.
Money Saving
And when it comes to postage costs… that applies to UK postage too! By using digital invites, there’s no need to pay for ever increasing postage costs on heavy invitations suites, with all of your invites being sent digitally!
Freedom to Choose your Sharing Platform
Digital invites give you the opportunity to use which ever platform you choose to send your invitations to family and friends- whether that’s email, WhatsApp, or any other digital form! And with online RSVP’s, you’re likely to get faster responses too!
Environmental Advantages
Since you’ll be requiring little or no paper (sending your invitation digitally and/or sharing all of your wedding details online), e-invites and wedding websites have fantastic green-credentials. So not only will you be jumping into the 21st century, you’ll be saving the planet whilst you do it!
Swift Turnaround
E-invites and wedding websites are a fantastic option if you have limited time to send your invites, before your wedding. With a relatively quick turnaround from design to sending, you will have the opportunity to share your wedding date with family and friends, on average, quicker than if you were to use paper invites.
On-line RSVP
With RSVPs often taken longer than expected to receive, giving your guests the opportunity to respond on-line will make them more likely to reply more quickly, giving you definitive guest numbers sooner. It’s also easier to collect menu choices, dietary requirements and any other important information in a simple, downloadable spreadsheet, that you can then share with your wedding suppliers.
Combinations are always an option
Choosing a combination of digital options is often a great choice if you still prefer a traditional style for your wedding- you could choose a paper invitation, combined with an online RSVP & wedding website to share all of your wedding details (that would normally be included in your invitation suite), or even use paper invitations for some guests and digital invitations for others. With huge flexibility between digital and paper invitations, which ever combination works best for you is easy, affordable and within reach!
Professional Personalisation
If you’re sold on e-invitations & a wedding Website, but you’re looking for a professional design and a straight-forward process, engaging with a professional stationer to help with your invitation and website design is the perfect way to give you stylish stationery & peace of mind. Lauren at Thirty Three Pixels is not only an experienced designer of modern & stylish wedding stationery but also an expert wedding website designer, and the perfect partner to make your digital wedding invitation dreams come true!
Working with a professional stationer, you’ll not only benefit from the knowledge & experience of a professional, but they’ll also help with the design, style and format of your invites and website. They’ll help with the wording, what to include and the invaluable do’s and don’ts of wedding stationery!
You’ll have the opportunity to have personalised & bespoke wedding stationery, designed professionally, just for you; meaning that your guests will receive a unique invitation to reflect you, your personality and the style & theme of your big day! Whether that’s through a personalised colourway to match your wedding colour scheme, bespoke monograms, venue illustrations or personalised images- all created just for you, by your stationer!
With the help of your stationer, you’ll be able to create on-the-day stationery to match your digital invitation & wedding website, to ensure that you create a cohesive design throughout the entirety of your Wedding. This is a huge advantage of involving a professional stationer in the design of your e-invitations & wedding website, as they’ll be able to transfer elements across all aspects of your digital and printed stationery.
You can still have the luxury design experience of a professional stationer, with the benefits of their design experience. Lauren creates multiple, bespoke designs based on your concept & colourway- giving you the opportunity to actually see multiple options and choose the design that you prefer for both your digital & paper wedding stationery.
With so many advantages to digital invites & wedding websites, it’s easy to see why so many couples are choosing this option to share their wedding with friends and family. Yet involving an expert stationer adds it’s own unique benefits, that I believe are simply unachievable without professional support. Having personal experience with Lauren, her tremendous knowledge & experience combined with her simple & effective process, to achieve the perfect design, Thirty Three Pixels is the only place you’ll need to look for your e-invite and wedding website design.
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