Where to find high quality wedding invitations and save the dates
Many popular stationery sites and samples look and feel cheap, while local printers vary wildly in price without making it clear if higher costs reflect better paper stock or just a wedding markup. This leaves couples unsure how to evaluate quality and navigate all the different vendor options.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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Where to find high quality wedding invitations and save the dates
- 1Using Etsy wedding sign packages with templates and editing them on basic design tools, then using local print companiesDid this help you?
- 2Mixing providers, such as using Zola for save-the-dates and Truly Engaging for invitationsDid this help you?
- 3Buying digital templates on Etsy and printing through office supply stores like Staples.Did this help you?
- 4Skipping the wax seal and only using embossing to save on extra postage and prevent postal damageDid this help you?
- 5Using an ornate embosser paired with a simple single-letter wax seal to keep the suite balancedDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Where is everyone getting their save the dates and invitations from? I tried Zola but the samples came out so rough and cheap looking. I want something a bit nicer looking and feeling.”source ↗
“I’ve also looked at Truly Engaging, Minted, and Canva but not sure what route to go. Any suggestions?”source ↗
“Is custom embossing invite envelope and custom wax stamp on vellum jacket overkill?”source ↗
“Question- is doing both overkill and would it make the invite suite feel busy?”source ↗
“Am I overthinking this? Absolutely- but we aren’t getting married locally so this is like the one single item I get to “DIY” and I don’t want to be heavy handed just cause it’s the one thing I can do lol.”source ↗
“Reached out to 3 local printers and got a huge range back, from $80 on the low end to $300 on the high end, seemingly for the same type of paper stock.”source ↗
“Does anyone know what I should actually be asking these printers to figure out if the price difference reflects a real quality difference, versus just paying more for no real benefit?”source ↗
“so I'm not sure if the higher cost reflects higher quality or is just a wedding upcharge.”source ↗
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