The Most Beautiful Wedding Invitation Trends For 2021

Artistic, graceful and elegant, watercolour invitation designs are a great way to introduce a colour scheme without resorting to a floral border or motif. Choose from abstract watercolour paint splashes or why not commission a watercolour of the location you’ll be getting married in?

A picture can paint a thousand words, so it’s no wonder landscape invitations are set to be huge in 2021. From skylines that have a personal meaning to bespoke landscapes relating to the wedding venue, these kind of invitations work particularly well if you’re having a destination wedding.

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had monogrammed wallpaper and they definitely were onto a good thing. Monograms are a wonderful way of adding a personal touch, while keeping your invitations simplistic and classy.

Go one step further than a monogram and get a crest made up that symbolizes both your personalities and your love story.

Geometric invitations might sound unromantic but actually there’s a rise in popularity for all things angular.  Whether you go for striking borders or invites that are hexagonal or some other many-cornered shape, a geometric patterned invite is a great choice for a modern wedding.

Fuss free invitations are having something of a moment in 2021. The minimalism trend has finally made its way to wedding invitations. Keep the essential information and ditch the embellishment. Our tip? Choose high quality paper to make the right impression.

Calligraphy was made for wedding invitations and swirling typography and hand-written calligraphy continues to be a hugely popular choice for wedding invitations. It often looks most effective when names or dates are given a flourish of calligraphy rather than using swirly letters for the entire invite.

For 2021 you’ll see a return to handwritten wedding invitations. It’s a lovely way to add a personal touch. Your handwriting can be incorporated into your invitation design and can be copied and printed onto luxury card, combining other invitation trends as well. One nice way to embrace the handwriting trend is for both the bride and groom to contribute their handwriting, perhaps writing each other’s names.

Destination weddings can make more of their unique location by using a map design as part of the invitation. This approach is really effective. Choose from ordnance survey style maps or hand illustrated ones that can add a personal touch.

Invites with a cosmic touch are ever more popular. From special constellations to moons and stars picked out in foil, the universe is your oyster when it comes to invitations with a celestial mood.

There are some gorgeous marble style invitations available for customisation. Luxurious, elegant and chic, choose marble style wedding invitations for a classic wedding with a hint of extravagance.

If you thought tiles were simply something for the kitchen or bathroom, then think again. Huge in Portugal, tile inspired wedding invitations are a unique way to add some rustic charm to your wedding invitations.

Romance can have a mysterious side, so why not go for a darker colour scheme? There’s a rise in demand for darker palettes, with typography picked out in silver or gold foil. The result is striking and sophisticated.

If you prefer to keep your invitations simple, one effective way of adding some glamour and interest is to include beautifully designed envelope liners so your guests have a hint of your theme without giving everything away. Pick from illustrations or floral scenes to watercolour designs.

It may sound simple, but using coloured inks on a plain background can be a very effective way to make your invitations stand out. Choose from white gloss ink on coloured card or a matt textured ink in a contrasting colour to make your words really pop!

There’s so much more choice than mere florals in 2021. For a flower themed invitation you can now pick from botanical drawings to cactus prints and palms or pressed flowers. You can even have invitations made on seeded paper that can be planted to grow flowers for bees!

There’s a growing preference for online invitations or at least having an online version to accompany your printed invites. The great thing about online invites is that you can keep track of RSVPS digitally. If you’re using a wedding planner they should be able to recommend the best sites or programmes to use for digital invites or can even link them to your wedding website.

Foiled invitations aren’t going anywhere and are the easiest way to add some wow factor to your invitations. From Midas borders to silver foiled lettering to dots and designs picked out in rose gold, there’s no limit on your invitation shine factor.

Ombre invitations are a great way to showcase your colour scheme in a refined way. Ombre looks particularly good on watercolour invitations, so you can combine two trends in one.

From velvet or silk ribbons to natural twine, hand tying your invitations is guaranteed to make a very smart impression. It’s a great opportunity to make a hint to ‘tying the knot’ and Pinterest has tons of creative inspiration for hand finished invites with impact.

Add a traditional touch to your invitations by sealing them with wax. There are so many lovely ways you can do this – from personal monogrammed stamps to a floral motif, invitations sealed in this way always look particularly distinguished.

Paper is so last year  – plexiglass what the cool kids are using to send their wedding invitations. Modern, minimalist and sure to get people excited about what to expect at your wedding, losing the paper offers a dynamic new approach.

Blind embossing involves leaving a textured impression on the paper. The results are attention grabbing. From pillowed borders to the echo of rose petal confetti to bold embossed typography, there are so many original ideas to explore with this trend.

Whether you want a lace design, snowflakes, flowers or treetops, using a lasercut design for your wedding invitations is very on trend right now.

One sure way to set your invitations apart is to print on something other than typical card or paper. Chose from non-traditional materials like wood or plastic or use an unusual sort of paper, like transparent paper set against a thicker more luxurious paper style. There are lots of unique alternative ways to invite your guests to your wedding.

Your invitations don’t have to be square or rectangular, they can be any shape you like! Thinking outside the traditional format of wedding invitations is going to be a huge trend for 2021. From circular to triangular to heart shaped, the options are limitless.

Get away from the envelope tradition and try something new. From wrapping your invitations up as mini parcels or gifts, to sending magnetic invites, or even message-in-a-bottle invites, think 3D and you may just surprise yourself (and your guests too!)..