40 Wedding Invitation Ideas for Every Type of Couple

It doesn’t get much more classic than letterpress — a printing style that involves embossing text or patterns onto card stock, and then filling the texture left behind with ink or foil. Letterpress is a great way to add a bit of visual interest to simple designs, or to up the luxe factor of more whimsical invitations.

Think of blind embossing as letterpress’s modern cousin, making it perfect for couples going for an updated take on traditional weddings. This printing style is created using the same letterpress process, but forgoes adding ink or foil to the pressed areas of the design, allowing couples to play with patterns without sacrificing a minimalist-inspired color palette.

No matter the aesthetic of your day, gold foil press is an excellent way to add a bit of glamor to a wedding invitation. Pair it with a simple letterpress style to make traditional designs feel more luxurious, or use it as an opulent accent to add drama to more modern invitation styles.

If you like the sparkle and shine of a gold foil press, but feel like gold isn’t quite your style, go for a foil press in a non-traditional color. Minted offers eight foil colors to choose from, including unique options like black, bronze, and silver foil, all of which allow you to get that luxe detailing you crave, without sacrificing your unique point of view.

If you’re looking to lessen the environmental impact of your wedding, opting to print your invitations on recycled paper is a great way to remain true to your values. Minted’s recycled paper invitations are made from 100% post-consumer waste, manufactured using a carbon-neutral process with wind power, and have a brilliant white hue. And, if you’ve fallen in love with a letterpress or blind embossed invitation design, don’t fret—our DoubeThick and TripleThick cardstock is part of our recycled paper collection.

A refreshing alternative to classic rectangular invitations, a square design feels modern without being over-the top. We love how a square shape can balance asymmetrical designs and how it can serve as a beautiful frame for organic and illustrative elements.

Arches have taken weddings by storm over the last few years, showing up everywhere from welcome signs and seating charts to altars and ceremony backdrops. An arched invitation shape can be a great way to nod to the other arched details you’ll have on your big day—or can be a more budget-friendly way to incorporate the trend into your wedding.

To add some seriously unique flair to your invitation, go for a die cut shape. An oval or scalloped design adds a bit of grand millenial flair to typography-heavy designs, while a half arch or rectangle with softly rounded corners are nice contemporary options.

If you like the idea of traditional RSVP cards but don’t want to splurge on a multi-piece invitation suite, an all-in-one design is the perfect compromise. These invitations feature a unique construction that allows them to serve as envelope, invitation, and RSVP — and are sure to be a delight for your guests to unfold.

If your wedding vision involves white roses, beautiful linens, and all the trappings of tradition, a classic or formal invitation design will perfectly set the tone for your day. These designs are classics for a reason — and lean into time-tested fonts, heritage-style embossing, and heavyweight cardstock for a beautiful and luxurious finish.

If the only thing white about your wedding will be your dress, go for an invitation that celebrates your bold love of color! Clean and minimal designs become personality-packed when printed on cardstock in saturated hues like magenta and cobalt. Or, you can opt for an artistic design that incorporates your entire wedding palette into a playful pattern.

Photo by The Axtells Photo Film | Invitation: Classy Type by Minted

Love the monochromatic look, but can’t decide on just one shade? Go for a mixed-and-matched invitation suite! The colors of all of Minted’s designs can be customized to match your wedding palette exactly — and you can also customize the colors featured on each card within the same invitation suite for a result that is uniquely you. Schedule a free consultation with our stationery expert to help you mix and match colors in your invitation suite.

Your invitation sets the tone for your big day, so why not use it as an opportunity to give guests a sneak peek at your venue? From castle to countryside, Minted’s collection of invitations features designs that bring many of the most popular wedding venues to life. If you’re looking to turn your invitation into an heirloom, you can also work directly with us to create a custom illustration of your wedding venue that you’re sure to treasure forever.

Creating a monogram with you and your soon-to-be-spouse’s initials is a nice way to add a cohesive design element to all of the stationery that will be included as part of your wedding. Design your monogram by choosing an invitation that features a monogram template or make your own using our free monogram maker. Then, use it on everything from wax seals and stickers to dinner menus and cocktail napkins.

It's easy to prioritize the ideas and opinions of your family and friends during wedding planning, but going for an invitation that uses your names as the main design element is a nice reminder that the day is about, well, you! On a less philosophical level, it is also a fun way to amp up the visual interest of an invitation without incorporating busier design elements like patterns or illustrations.

Handwritten invitations have never gone out of style, but in recent years, slightly imperfect fonts have made a major comeback. Going for a handwritten-looking font is a great way to add a bit of whimsy and old-world charm to simple invitation styles, and have a certain casualness about them that can help set the vibe for your big day.

No matter what type of watercolor design you go for, the style adds a delicate feeling to your invitation that almost always reads as custom (even if it’s not!). Minted’s collection has watercolor invitations that fit every type of wedding aesthetic — including moody, minimal, garden-party, rustic, and bohemian.

In the camp that more is truly more? Go for a wedding invitation that features a riot of color, pattern, and intricate design elements. Just be sure to pick a design that aligns with the overall aesthetic of your big day, and remember that you can work with a Minted designer to recast your design in a color palette that matches your decor perfectly.

If you’re partial to minimal designs, but are worried about going too plain, look for an invitation that plays with texture as a way to add a bit of depth. Herringbone or charcoal-inspired designs are great options for city weddings, whereas designs that draw from natural textures like wood grain and stone are perfect if you plan to tie the knot surrounded by nature.

Whether you plan to incorporate all of the traditions into your big day or not, pulling from the colors and iconography of your heritage is a lovely way to make your invitation feel like a celebration of everything that makes you who you are.

Designs that leverage soft geometric shapes and flowing lines are one of the biggest trends in modern wedding invitations.These styles work especially well when paired with a muted color palette, and combine beautifully with letterpress, blind embossing, and foil printing techniques.

If your venue dates back to the turn of the 20th century — or you simply plan to party like you’re the Great Gatsby himself, art deco may be the invitation aesthetic for you. To get this right, look for designs that feature clean fonts, sunburst-style design elements, a high-contrast color palette, and plenty of gold foil.

Vintage-inspired invitations are perfect for weddings taking place at historical properties of all types. We recommend using the venue’s design details as a jumping off point for finding the perfect design. For example, look for something featuring soft florals if your venue has extensive gardens, or go for a design with an illustrative border that calls to mind the crown molding in your reception space.

Marble-inspired details are a creative way to add a dreamy touch invitations with more muted color palettes. We especially love invitations featuring stone or marble-inspired designs for city weddings, as it highlights the organic textures found in urban architecture.

You can go as literal or as abstract as you’d like with a beach-themed invitation — gold foiled shells and letterpressed palm trees communicate the vibe just as clearly as washes of watercolor in blue and sand tones.

Mountain venues offer endless sources of design and decor inspiration, and you can’t go wrong by incorporating rugged peaks and leafy green tones into your wedding invitation. A pro tip? Select an mountain-inspired invitation design that has details that tie back to the season in which your wedding will take place — for example, go with lighter greens and brighter blues for summertime nuptials and lean into moody dark colors and snow-filled skies if you’re saying “I do” in the winter.

A storybook-style illustration of the desert is a cute way to turn your invitation into a custom-feeling keepsake for your guests. If you’d like to tie your invitation to your venue more subtly, go for a design that renders the stark rock formations and dusty pinks, greens, and browns of the desert in painterly strokes of color.

Whether you’re tying the knot in a lush greenhouse or a beautiful botanical garden, let the setting be your guiding light when choosing an invitation design. Just be sure to choose an invitation that features botanical details that nod to your venue — think leafy tropical plants for a greenhouse setting, roses for a classic English garden, or the butterflies that call the area home.

Even if you’re not getting married in a literal garden, your invitation can still celebrate your love of florals. We recommend choosing a floral invitation design that features a few of the botanicals from your arrangements—even if it is as subtle as the eucalyptus leaves you plan to weave into your bouquets.

Having a winter wedding? Go for an invitation that embraces the beauty of the season, whether it be with evergreen trees rendered in watercolor, unique gray-and-gold botanicals, or a nod to classic and cozy plaids.

Invitations inspired by Spring all feature one thing: florals! The amount of greenery and blooms you incorporate into your invitation is totally up to your personal style — a simple wreath around an initial is perfect for classic and traditional couples, while a design featuring a thick frame of foliage is great for the maximalists at heart.

Like Spring-inspired invitations, designs inspired by the heat of the Summer also tend to incorporate plenty of floral elements. The main difference between the two tends to come down to color—we love going a bit bolder with Summer weddings, whether it be designs that incorporate a colorful variety of blooms or that feature stark contrasts that call to mind Italian pottery.

We love leaning into all of the warm tones for a Fall-inspired wedding invitation. This could be as simple as a monochrome invitation in a dusty terracotta, or you could up the glam factor by opting for an invitation design that uses glowing rose gold foil to bring Fall foliage to life.

A semi-transparent vellum jacket is a luxe way to add a bit of extra texture and detail to your invitation suite. Choose a jacket that ties into your invitation design, whether it be through the use of your wedding monogram or floral patterns in a similar style to the one featured on your invitation or RSVP cards.

Speaking of texture, using ribbon is a special way to keep all of the elements of your invitation suite secure as your guests take them out of their envelopes. When it comes to choosing the perfect ribbon, keep both texture and color in mind. Silks and velvets are great for weddings with classic or old-world inspired aesthetics, where slightly undone organza goes well with an elevated rustic vibe.

If you like the idea of a vellum jacket, but don’t want to obscure the entirety of your invitation suite underneath it, opt for a belly band. Typically only an inch or two wide, these are an easy way to up the specialness factor of your invitations, and Minted offers a wide variety of fun belly band styles for couples to choose from.

Envelope liners are one of those little details that can leave a major impression on your guests — and can be a budget-friendly way to add an air of luxury to your invitations. Many of our invitation designs come with a coordinating envelope liner to keep things feeling cohesive, but we also love using the envelope liner as an opportunity to inject an artist element into more minimal invitation suites.

There are multiple places where you can use a wax seal to add some vintage-inspired charm to your wedding invitation. Seal a vellum jacket, belly band, or ribbon with a press of wax, or use it as a finishing touch on your wedding envelope (or, do both for an extra opulent touch). When it comes to picking out the perfect wax seal, you can never go wrong with one featuring your wedding monogram, or go for a design that hints at your wedding venue with a sweet seashell or floral motif.

Set the tone before your guests even open your invitation by adorning your envelopes with a carefully curated collection of vintage (or vintage-inspired) postage stamps. You could spend hours scouring the internet and vintage markets to build a collection of stamps, or let Minted do the work for you. Our huge selection of vintage-inspired stamps and stamp collections draw inspiration from cities around the country, the natural world, vintage travel, and art.

You could opt to have your return address printed on your invitation envelopes, but there’s something that is just plain fun about a rubber stamp featuring your return address. No matter what type of stamp you choose, it is sure to add a perfectly imperfect flair to your envelopes—and is something you’ll be glad to have on hand when it comes time to write thank you notes or send holiday cards.

When it comes to choosing your wedding invitations, simply remember this: the perfect invitation is one that speaks to you! Though taking details from your venue, the season you’re getting married in, and the theme of your weddings are great ways to help you narrow your search down, there really are no rules. (Especially because Minted’s team of designers can help you customize nearly any style to fit your wedding vibe!) If you’re ready to start browsing, you can check out our full selection of wedding invitations here.