Alright, y’all, let’s be real here. Wedding planning is an interesting season, full of likely unexpected twists and turns, and maybe even a time in which you discover how many details really go into it! If you’re a more low key couple like us, you may even wonder why people put so much effort into seemingly meaningless details! Now we weren’t in the budget range of having someone plan all our details for us on our wedding day, so we did pretty much all of this ourselves! This experience, paired with our time in the industry, has introduced us to some seriously incredible vendors, and we wanted to help you out by featuring them to make your planning experience easier! Our first feature is Basic Invite, a lovely company which creates custom guestbooks, invitations, and websites, in addition to helping couples through this logistical piece of wedding planning!

When we went through the process of choosing our wedding vendors, invitations were so low on our priority list of things we A) cared about and B) wanted to spend money on. Our minds were actually blown when we saw how much people spend on them!!! We didn’t even end up sending out save the dates because, holy moly, we also wanted to eat???? (ok, we also had the shortest engagement ever, so the save the dates and invitations would’ve been mailed like 3 hours apart)

But you guys! Basic Invite makes it so easy for you to painlessly do the whole designing an invitation thing, and even gives you the ability to create a guestbook for your wedding day and a wedding website that all fit the theme, without you having to actually design anything!!! It is incredible! Keep reading for some of the seriously amazing things this company offers!

simple yellow wedding invitation surrounded by greenery, lemons, marc jacobs daisy perfume, and the bride and groom’s engagement wedding for a chicago wedding at the four seasons hotel. slo wedding photographer poppy and vine

Invitation Suites

Raise your hand if graphic design is not your passion. And if it is, friend, I am SO JEALOUS!!! Has it become a weird standard that you not only have to ace the design of all the decor of your wedding, after also creating the prettiest invitation and wedding website to build anticipation? Here is where Basic Invite has your back! All you need to do is scroll through their many gorgeous pages of invitations to see what I’m talking about ;)

Basic Invite is one of the few websites that allows customers almost unlimited color options with instant previews online. You can change the color of each element on a card, with over 180 different color options. The card can be exactly how you want it, down to the littlest detail. This is what sets them apart from any other online stationery company and is their biggest draw! Sounds pretty great to me!!! Oh yeah, Basic Invite also allows you the ability to order a printed sample of their invitation so you can see the card’s paper quality and how it will print before you place your final order! All the photos you see here are samples they sent us, and we can vouch that it is some high quality paper :)

And for my color loving friends, this company is just as colorful with their envelopes as they are with their invitations! You can choose from over 40 different envelope colors so you can make your invitation stand out even before it is opened. All of their envelopes are peel and seal so the envelopes can be closed quickly and easily (have I told y’all about what a nightmare it was for Joseph and I to spend an evening solely licking 250+ envelopes? I would kill for this feature if I could go back!!!!!).

rustic woodsy emerald green wedding invitation flat lay featuring the bride and groom’s rings and pine branches atop an acacia wood round for a moody bohemian wedding at the traverse mountain lodge in lehi utah. slo wedding photography poppy and vine

Ok, and the coolest feature for our friends out there who are biiiiig fans of consistency: each of Basic Invite’s wedding invitations is part of a set. They have all the wedding stationery you need, like save the dates, wedding invitations, enclosure cards, wedding menus, wedding programs, and even matching thank you cards! Yes, you can invent your own wedding brand and have it be consistent throughout the entire experience!

Does the thought of calling your mom’s best friend’s uncle to ask for his address (after calling 147 other people for theirs) make you cringe? Oh yeah, Basic Invite has you covered there too! Use their free address collection service to request your addresses with just three simple steps. Share a link via social media or email, collect addresses, and get free envelope address printing. You have NO idea how much time this service will save you friends!

You guys, Basic Invite makes the grueling invitation process SO EASY FOR YOU! Their seal and send wedding invitations are an all-in-one wedding invitation with a tear-off RSVP postcard included! The Seal & Send is their newest collection, and for obvious reasons, couples are LOVING them. Currently, they offer them in over 30 designs including our ever-popular foil options, and, like their other products, they are customizable.

What's special about their Seal & Sends is that guest's addresses are printed on the front of each invitation so no envelope is necessary! All you have to do is share a link, collect guest addresses, and upload them onto your design. Once you receive your order all you have to do is add postage, fold your invites, and secure them with a sticker! Simple and easy. Again, I would literally kill for this option because I spent too much time working on our invitations!!!!

simple neutral toned bohemian wedding invitation from basic invite surrounded by neutral rose chiffon, a champagne colored box with the bride & groom’s engagement rings, western cowboy booties, and greenery captured by san luis obispo wedding ph…

Guestbooks

We JUST got our guestbook back from someone who helped clean up after our wedding (bless you), and spent an evening crying at what our loved ones wrote in it. It is such a treasure, and something I am so glad we had on our wedding day. Don’t make the mistake of foregoing this detail!

If you’re like us and don’t want to take the time to search for something cool, or plan a unique piece for people to sign, you’re in the right place! There are so so so many guestbook designs to choose from, and you can even get one to match your invitations! Some even have options to upload your own photos, and I think that is an incredibly special way to really capture the entire snapshot of what your life looked like in your engagement and wedding season!!

simple clean navy blue wedding invitation by basic invite, surrounded by neutral colored chiffon, a gray hexagonal ring box with the bride and groom’s rings and other jewelry, and marc jacobs daisy perfume to make up the wedding flat lay photo, capt…

FREE Wedding Websites

Basic Invite’s wedding websites are, like all their other insanely cool offers, completely customizable! They're mobile friendly and super easy to use. You can instantly upload all of your wedding details, along with images, and a convenient map with directions for your guests. And, for those of us who are on the picky side, you’re able to choose from 180 custom colors, and a design suite to match your wedding invitations! Did I mention this service is completely free????

In Conclusion,

So friends, if you’re planning a wedding, Basic Invite is a go to place for all of the above, and so much more! We’re all about taking stress out of the wedding planning process, and this is a company that is on a mission to do the same!! You can learn more about them on their social media channels:

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We ALSO have a special code you can use to get 20% off and free shipping for your save the dates, invitations, guestbooks, and whatever other stationery you need for your wedding!!!