How To Choose The Right Wedding Invitations

Choosing your wedding invitations is one of the most important decisions you’ll make for your big day. Since the event is a celebration of two people joining their lives together forever, it’s crucial that the theme and style is a reflection of your tastes and preferences. It should have the power to make your guests think, “wow, this is SO them!”

Define Your Wedding Style

Before making any big decisions about the venue, colors or decor, the first step is defining the overall wedding style. If you’re unsure of how do this, ask yourself some of these questions:

Where do we spend our downtime together?
What does our home decor look like?
How do we want our guests to feel while at our wedding?

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While you might be tempted to spend hours sourcing wedding inspiration in hopes that it will help you decide, the endless options might overwhelm you so it’s best to ask yourself these basic questions before making any decisions. Whether your wedding theme is rustic, vintage or formal, the decision should ultimately reflect who you are as a couple!

Find A Style That Fits Your Theme

Once you’ve chosen a wedding style, it’s time to choose wedding stationery. This is when Pinterest can be super handy. Collect images that reflect your wedding style so you can see what invitation fits in seamlessly. To make this even easier, we’ve collected our favorite seed paper wedding invitations for the most popular wedding styles so that you can see the idea. Made with plantable paper that doesn’t produce excess waste, all of the following invitations are eco-friendly and grow wildflowers (or herbs if you choose!) when planted in soil.

Find your style & see our most popular seed paper wedding invitations to match!

Rustic Weddings

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If you and your partner love the natural beauty of the great outdoors and feel most comfortable in natural environments, the rustic wedding style is the perfect choice for you. Whether your venue is in a barn, near a picture-esque mountain or you simply incorporate the details within your decor and stationery, this theme is timeless and beautiful.

Take a closer look at these rustic-style wedding invitations (left to right):

Prairie Love Seed Paper Wedding Invitations
Rustic Lace Seal and Send Wedding Invitations
Mountain Seed Paper Wedding Invitations

Bohemian Weddings

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Whimsical and fun, the bohemian wedding theme is perfect for couples that live a carefree lifestyle and love details like feathers, dreamcatchers and blooming wildflowers. Since the beauty of bohemian weddings is all in the details and decor, the venue possibilities are endless because they can be held either indoors out outdoors.

Take a closer look at these bohemian-style wedding invitations (left to right):

Feather Seed Paper Wedding Invitations
Floral Letters Seed Paper Wedding Invitations
Leaf Seed Paper Wedding Invitations

Modern/Geometric Weddings

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Whether you choose to marry in a contemporary museum, a hotel or an industrial building, modern/geometric wedding styles are sophisticated and timeless. With details featuring graphic lines, angles and an assortment of colors, this theme is perfect for couples that love modern elegance and unique, ecclectic beauty.

Take a closer look at these modern/geometric-style wedding invitations (left to right):

Geometric Seed Paper Wedding Invitations
Cupid’s Arrow Plantable Wedding Invitations
Chevron Seed Paper Wedding Invitations

Earthy & Natural Weddings

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Perfect for couples who see the true beauty in elements found within nature, the earthy and natural wedding style has the power to make guests feel comfortable and relaxed. Whether you wed in a garden, forest, mountain or you simply incorporate details like pinecones, greenery or vines, this style photographs beautifully and will always remain timeless.

Take a closer look at these modern/geometric-style wedding invitations (left to right):

Love Grows Seed Paper Wedding Invitations
Dandelion Seal and Send Wedding Invitations
Pinecone Seed Paper Wedding Invitations

Formal & Sophisticated Weddings

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If you love the idea of your wedding being an extravagant affair that guests will never forget, the formal style is just for you. Whether you plan the black-tie event to take place at a grand ballroom or you have a classic Great Gatsby theme, the sophisticated details make it elegant and classic.

Take a closer look at these formal-style wedding invitations (left to right):

Formal Text Seal and Send Wedding Invitations
Modern Damask Seed Paper Wedding Invitations
Art Deco Seed Paper Wedding Invitations

Park Weddings

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Natual and laidback, park venues are perfect for couples that want their guests to feel relaxed and comfortable while at their wedding. With beautiful details like old trees, picnic tables and colorful gardens, this style makes it easy for couples to manage since much of the decor is already there!

Take a closer look at these park-style wedding invitations (left to right):

Park Birds Seal and Send Wedding Invitations
Rustic Tree Seal and Send Wedding Invitations
Song Seed Paper Wedding Invitations

Vintage Weddings

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As one of the most popular wedding themes of all time, the vintage style has the power to add old-world beauty to weddings while keeping the look timeless and sophisticated. Whether you incorporate old bicycles, suitcases, typewriters or classic calligraphy on your wedding stationery, this style will make you and your guests feel like you’re spending an evening from a history book.

Take a closer look at these vintage-style wedding invitations (left to right):

Vintage Seed Paper Wedding Invitations
Fancy Vintage Seed Paper Wedding Invitations
Tandem Bike Seed Paper Wedding Invitations

Lush/Floral Weddings

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As one of the most classically beautiful details among many weddings, the lush wedding style incorporates an abundance of blooms for a look that’s both whimsical and elegant at the same time. Flirty and feminine, the beauty of this style is that it since florals come in a wide variety of colours, you can choose specific kinds to fit within the rest of your color palette! And as always, you can even select custom colors with your seed paper wedding invitations to match them, too.

Take a closer look at these floral-style wedding invitations (left to right):

Romantic Floral Seed Paper Wedding Invitations
Painterly Floral Seed Paper Wedding Invitations
Ornate Floral Seed Paper Wedding Invitations

Woodland Weddings

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Rustic and whimsical, woodland-themed weddings are perfect for couples who feel the most comfortable when surrounded by nature. Since woodland weddings are typically held outside, this theme is best suited for summer or fall weddings when the weather is warm and the growth is fresh and new.

Take a closer look at these woodland-style wedding invitations (left to right):

Floral Woodland Seed Paper Wedding Invitations
Classic Greenery Seed Paper Wedding Invitations
Classic Wood Grain Seed Paper Wedding Invitations

Are you looking for more stylish wedding ideas? Check out our entire Inspiration Boards page as we’re always getting inspired by gorgeous color combinations like this one! Take a look at our Wedding Printables and Wedding Planning pages – it’ll be your one-stop-shop for all things wedding related!

Or if it’s simply stationery you’re after, we have tons to choose from including reply cards, menus, favors, seal and send wedding invitations and more! All printed on quality eco-friendly seed paper that grows flowers when planted.

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