Instead of an envelope, a box. Our wedding cards boxes keep the invitation, the RSVP and any extra cards together, cut to the size of your stack in rigid or folding board. Most couples add their names in foil, maybe a soft-touch wrap or a ribbon pull too.
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An envelope’s fine for a save-the-date. The main invitation, though? More and more couples (and the planners and stationers working for them) want something guests open slowly, so wedding card boxes hold the invitation, RSVP, a details card, maybe a little keepsake, all stacked flat in a box cut to fit them exactly.
Most of our orders come from stationery designers and wedding planners who’ve already designed the cards and need a box that matches. Some couples come straight to us, usually four or five months out. That’s a comfortable amount of time, honestly.
Start with your biggest card.
Invitations are mostly 5 x 7 inches or 6 x 9, square ones are popular too, and we add about an eighth of an inch per side so the cards lift out easily without sliding around, because too tight and your guests are prying the stack out with a fingernail at the kitchen table. Still deciding on card size? Our standard envelope sizes guide lists the usual formats.
Depth depends on what goes in. Cards alone need very little, maybe half an inch. Add a pressed flower, a wax seal on a vellum wrap or a tiny bottle of something, and you’ll want a shaped insert and more height.
Rigid board with a lift-off lid is the classic. Feels weighty, and guests keep it later for photos and dried flowers. Folding cardstock boxes cost less and are cheaper to mail, which adds up fast when you’re sending 150 of them.
Something people miss. Rigid boxes alone can dent in the mail, so most couples hand-deliver the nice ones to close family and post the rest inside a plain outer box or a padded mailer. Our wedding invitation boxes page shows a few more structures, some made to go through the post.
Usually the lid gets your names and the date, and most people ask for gold foil (silver now and then), which honestly does look its best on soft-touch or a textured wrap. Want quieter? A blind embossed monogram, no ink, just the raised letters. We also like printing inside the lid, a pattern or one line of a poem, so there’s something waiting when it opens.
Couples care about color. A lot. Send us the palette or a fabric swatch and we’ll get close on the digital proof, and if the blush has to match the bridesmaid dresses exactly, get a physical sample first. Design help is free, dieline and artwork setup included.
Standard production is 10 to 12 business days after you approve the proof, and ground shipping anywhere in the USA is free. Leave time for assembly too, stuffing 150 boxes takes an evening and a couple of friends with wine. Minimums are low, often around 50 boxes depending on the style, so small weddings are fine, and rush is there if things get tight. More in our invitation boxes range, or just send us your card sizes for a quote.
Yes. Tell us the envelope size and we’ll size around the biggest piece, or add a little pocket inside the lid for it.
Printing a different name on every lid adds a lot of setup. Most couples print one design and add name tags or calligraphy cards by hand.
It does. Gold foil on navy or forest green paper is one of our favorite wedding combos, actually.
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