Are you getting married soon? If so, one of the first things you'll have to think about will be the wedding invitations. It is important that the wedding invitations reflect the importance of such an event for the bride and groom, as well as their style and taste.
A wedding invitation it contains a lot of information. Beyond informing the guests about the date and place of both the wedding and the banquet, it can become a declaration of intent and help us create some expectation. They can also become a preview of our wedding theme. Do you want a vintage wedding for you and your partner? Learn the keys to creating vintage wedding invitations and get inspired!
There are elements that are characteristic of vintage invitations; fonts and flourishes used to wrap the text, representative of this style. Wax seals, those that were used to seal letters between the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries, also give an unmistakable vintage flavor to invitations. From the support to the last detail, do you want to know what are the keys to vintage wedding invitations?
Vintage fonts and flourishes
Typography plays a very important role in any wedding invitation. The fonts that are inspired by handwritten texts of the last century are widely used in this type of work. Also those that are inspired by retro posters of well-known commercial brands have a great pull. The first are romantic, the second more fun.
The text on these types of invitations is often decorated with flourishes. And what are the flourishes? We call flourishes to intricate looking ornaments that occupy the edges of the invitations or underline specific words or lines. They are a perfect complement to romantic vintage wedding invitations.
Sealing wax
Sealing wax is a solid paste, composed of shellac and turpentine with an addition of vermilion or another color that, when melted, is used to close and seal letters. Indispensable in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, it became a key element to decorate well the cards, or the envelopes of vintage wedding invitations.
Vermilion is, without a doubt, the most characteristic color of the wax seal. However, these types of invitations mainly use golden or pastel shades. The stamp can also be used together with other elements: bows, cords and / or branches to give the invitation a more romantic, rustic or natural style.
Floral motifs
Along with the flourishes, flowers are the most used motif to give color to vintage wedding invitations. Those engraved or painted in watercolor they are the most popular today. Especially the latter, a trend in the world of decoration. You can use them on the invitation itself, but also on the envelope.
Lace
We do not know if calling this element lace is the most correct. The RAE defines lace as "generally narrow lace that forms waves or peaks on one of its edges and is placed as an ornament on the edge of handkerchiefs, towels, dresses." The lace that we propose, however, they are not always lacy.
Lace trim is used to decorate vintage wedding invitations. However, it is increasingly common to replace these with other laser cut materials that imitate the previous ones and allow us to play with this effect in different elements. We have seen lace decorating the invitation envelope, but also forming part of it.
Rustic papers, "burned" edges ...
The support from which we are going to create the wedding invitation is also important. Laid paper, watercolor paper or kraft paper are widely used as support. But there are also other craft papers more special, inlaid with banana fiber or natural leaves to give a few examples, which can give our invitation a unique look.
Soft colors
In addition to the elements mentioned, the colors chosen for the wedding invitation are also very important. As you will have observed the natural tones and the cakes are the favorites in this type of vintage style invitations. While the natural ones are the ideal ones to look for a rustic touch, pastel pinks and blues become favorites to create romantic style invitations.
It is always interesting also look for the contrast between the invitation and the envelope, being able to use for the latter a color contained in the flourishes or ornaments of the invitation itself. The usual thing is to bet on invitations in white and cream tones and toasted or pastel envelopes. But we don't have to limit ourselves to these combinations.
Once you know the different elements that can help you create your vintage-style wedding invitations, do you have a clearer idea of which ones you would like to find in them? Tell us in a comment.