Recently, I have been on the other side of weddings as I help not one, but two of my best friends get married. Being a wedding photographer for over 9 years has left me with a lot of experience with not just photography but the WHOLE wedding industry — I was overjoyed when they asked for advice when it came to wedding planning.

I was really excited to share with them this great company I have partnered with Basic Invite, for all their wedding invite needs. There is so much to note about how great their completely customizable templates are, and the BEST part… they allow you to order samples of your design with their wedding card sample. I don’t know about you but I LOVE to be able to touch and feel materials before I commit to them. I think this is an excellent way to find just what you are looking for in your invites!

Just a few variations of one wedding card. There is so much you can do with over 900 invite sets and 180 custom colors!

I love wedding invitations! One thing I ask is that our clients include a copy of their invites for us to photograph before the wedding. There really isn’t much time to do it the day of photographing the invites beforehand provides beautiful styled images that the vendors & brides can have to show off their invites. One of the best parts of a wedding invite is the opportunity to see your bride & grooms personalities shine. I have always been obsessed with design - and of course, I choose a book (and wine!) by their cover or label…

I love the options that Basic Invite has for their wedding stationary and even better, the advantage of being able to to preview it once it’s done. I always hate hitting that “add to cart” button when I can’t touch or feel a product before I buy it. I am a huge texture person too, and the way a paper feels can make or break the most beautiful of invites. I was so happy with the quality of all the samples I ordered and can recommend this more!

Seal and Send cards are my new favorite! I love that you can just add your stamp and go!

WIth their Seal and Send cards (above) you can ditch the envelope and feel better about your carbon footprint! Basic Invite even includes free address service! With just a few clicks of a button your address book can be imported and they will take care of all the printing. You really just have to add a stamp and mail it off with these — It really doesn’t get any easier than that!

Custom name cards to match Seal and Send invite

I mentioned before they have over 900+ invite sets to try out, that include saves the dates, wedding invite, enclosure cards, wedding menus, programs, thank you and name cards for wedding. I love the simplicity of the name cards and how even the smallest things can be customized! I almost wish I could do my wedding over again with some of these fun templates!

Lastly, this site doesn’t end with the wedding. You can continue to use them for all your events throughout the years! From change of address, to newborn announcements, graduations, holidays and my favorite, business cards! There are so many perfect opportunities to use Basic Invite & we can’t wait to have our clients as happy with them as we are.