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So, it only took me 4 months and 11,579 invitation styles
later but we finally decided on our wedding invitations! A huge thank you to Minted for making this process as easy as possible for me. The
site is extremely easy to navigate with options galore. You're able to pick
filters based off of the wedding style your have planned, from rustic, to
minimalist, vintage or modern. On top of that, you can find invites based on a
color or shape. Some add-ons are foil (very popular option) and letterpress.
I've listed out all of the options on Minted below for you to see. Take a deep
breath, it's a lot (but that's a good thing). I've listed all of the options
below:
Style:
- Modern
- Modern
- Classic & Formal
- Simple & Minimalist
- Botanical
- Rustic
- Vintage
- Geometric
- Bohemian
- Bold & Typographical
- Painterly
- Offbeat
- Illustrative
- Preppy
Theme:
- Beach & Nautical
- Watercolor
- Religious
- Cities & States
- Destination
- Monogram
- Photo
Color:
- Color
- Foil Color
- Gold Press Color
Price &
Format:
- Four Panel ($)
- Four-in-One ($)
- Petite ($)
- Classic ($$)
- Minibook ($$$)
Printing Type:
- Flat
- Foil
- Letterpress
- Gloss-Press™
Orientation:
- Portrait
- Landscape
- Square
Shape:
- Straight Edge
- Bubble Scallop
- Classic Frame
- Curved Frame
- Rounded Corners
- Scalloped Circle
- Tag
- Waved Frame
- Heart
Photos on Front:
- 0
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4+
Photo Orientation:
- Portrait
- Landscape
- Square
Tip: Create an account and just wait for emails to come in
with coupon codes (they usually have them around holidays). Who knew being
indecisive on which style to choose would also help save me 20% on my invites.
That's a win/win if you ask me!
You can heart (save) all of your favorite invites to decide
on later, which is what I did (a lot). Let me add that I had to take a month
off and when I came back to it I knew exactly which one I wanted. We went with
a rustic theme with succulents. **Alexa, play Sucker by the Jonas Brothers**
"I'm a sucker for you! dum dum dum dum!" It matches our centerpieces
perfectly too! Anyway, here are some ideas to get you started.
Photos (from Minted.com)
Decision Making Time
After you decide on and design you want, submit it and go to the payment screen. If you have all of your addresses ready, you can upload it (via Excel) into Minted.com. They have a template you can download to use as the format, which I found incredibly helpful. I'm using Zola and was able to download my attendee list and adjust it to the needs of Minted. If you don't have all of your addresses when you're ordering your invitations that's okay because they will leave all the extra envelopes blank for you.
From here, someone from the Minted team will review your order and check for any special requests and implement them. They'll send you an email once all your requests have been entered and will await your approval. Once you review and are happy with everything, you'll do your final submission and off to the presses they go.
Note: during this time, you'll be able to add address up until the final review. Which means, you can pay for the order and have them work on it before you enter all the addresses.
Addresses and Envelopes
Minted allows you to edit the invites with names, dates and
addresses to see how it would look with all of your real information. You can
also select font, size and color for each text section, which is a treat
because you really do get to customize every part of your invitation. Matching envelope designs and printed addresses are free!
Tip: If you choose the enveloping labeling option with a cursive/script font the post office will charge you an extra fee per envelope. It's free if you choose any of the basic print fonts (which is what I did, because it's really not that big a deal and I'm trying to save $$).
Special Delivery
The items were delivered in a small box with Minted printed on the side so there's no way to be confused once you see it. Inside is a beautiful canvas bag with additional wedding paper samples (dinner menu, program, place cards, etc.). The invitations come wrapped in plastic with a ribbon around it with your name and the name of the person who was working on your order, and then two bundles of envelopes (one for the ones with addresses and the other for blanks). For my particular order, they provided 7 extra blank envelopes which I truly appreciate because my penmanship is not perfect! Only thing left to do was to put the invitations into the envelope, add a stamp and away they go!
Your Turn
If you're interested in creating your save the dates or wedding invitations through Minted, click here. You can also order individual samples with a $10 credit, code: 10FREE.
Share With Me
If you're in the processing of creating save the dates, wedding invites, or anything Minted has to offer, I'd love to see which design you picked! Please share them with me on Instagram @labouroflovecrafts. I can't share our wedding invites just yet but here are the few save the date options we played around with.
Leave a comment and let me know which one you think we ended up using!
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