Bookblock’s Custom and Unique Wedding Invitation Services

Personalised Wedding Invitation Sample Packs

Unsure about where to start? Why not try out Bookblock’s free personalised wedding sample packs. They include the invitation, R.S.V.P, save the date and one information card from three suites in our main range. Choose your designs and personalise them to include all your wedding information for a perfect test run. If that wasn’t enough, we also include a sample of all our G . F Smith colour range invitations too (colours are shown below!). This is a brilliant opportunity to see how all your wedding details will fit together.

Not sure what to write on a wedding invitation or save the date? One great advantage with our wedding stationery is it all comes with pre-added information text. Of course, the finer details such as names and venue need changing, but the overall message of welcoming guests is already there. This also means you have your text layout too. If you are unsure about what to include and where, this will help a lot.

 

G . F. Smith colours shown in circles

 

Wedding Invitations and Flowers

If you find you love our colour choices, why not check out some of our bridesmaid flower hair combs or custom-made bouquet service to match? We have three main combs available to order through the website, but you are more than welcome to contact our florists through florencia@bookblock.com if you have specific ideas or requests! So many of our wedding invitation designs would look beautiful alongside our dried flower bouquet range. See below for an example of a bespoke dried bouquet and buttonhole for gorgeous bride Alix.

A Bookblock bouquet and married couple

‘Huge congratulations and thank you to @gravelix for sharing this joyful photo of their wedding, featuring a custom made Bookblock bouquet and buttonhole!
Our amazing Bookblock Florists hand made these pieces for their special day celebrations. Our wedding service offers a tailored floral service, from bespoke bouquets for the bride, flower girls and bridesmaids to matching boutonnieres and hair accessories.’

Bookblock’s bespoke dried flower service makes it a lot easier to match up your flowers to your wedding invitations, especially those from our G . F Smith range. Take a look at a couple of our favourites below. One detailed floral invitation and one simplistic G . F Smith invitation next to one of our bridesmaid hair combs. Both compliment the comb beautifully, showing how you can create a cohesive theme across all the finer details of your wedding.

 

Two wedding invitations and a photo of a bridesmaid wearing a hair comb in pink and cream colours

 

Wedding Stationery and Photo Albums

Our premium clothbound wedding photo albums and guest books are made with your wedding day (and beyond) in mind. See below for some inspiration on how you can tie these in with your wedding stationery and wow your guests with ultimate coordination.

The Ginkgo Leaf Invitation and Our Story Photo Album

This match has the obvious draw of identical leaf motifs and similar colour palettes, which ties your wedding details together in a lovely way. In addition, the wedding invitation suite is part of our G . F Smith range, so the card colour can be changed. A perfect solution if another card colour suits other details in your wedding. (Although we do love these neutral colours!)

 

A photo album and wedding invitation with ginkgo leaves, in gold, cream and brown colours

Pink Wash Invitation, Rose Foiled Photo Album and Watercolour Flowers Planner

If your wedding is all things pink, this is the perfect trio. The colours compliment each other beautifully. Watercolour brushes on the invitation and wedding planner create a wonderful pair, pushed further with the gold foiled flowers on the album. A yellow/gold foil colour also connects to the yellow flowers on the planner, as well as the black invitation text and black detail on the planner. You couldn’t get these products to match much more!

 

A watercolour wedding invitation and wedding planner with a photo album in pink and green colours

 

We hope that this blog has made our wedding invitations services clearer and provided some inspiration for how to fit them in with your wedding theme. Head over to our wedding invitations to start your browsing!

 

Bookblock Designers’ Picks: Luxury Wedding Invitations

Our luxury wedding invitation collection takes advantage of our premium G . F Smith card stock, so it’s a perfect choice to maintain the high-quality standard for your wedding. As well as the card stock, each invitation comes with up to eight colour options for you to take your pick. A fantastic feature if you love a certain design, but prefer a different colour card.

 

Floral Doodle and Elegant Floral Wedding Invitations

Starting with a love for classic weddings, our Floral Doodle and Elegant Floral wedding invitation suites are wonderful choices. A wreath surrounding the text can represent unity and makes a gorgeous, illustrative design. The line work on both invitations also connects your eyes to the text, and the calligraphic text and floating flowers ooze classiness and luxury. The beauty of these designs is that they can be used with a lot of the card stock colours we provide, such as this pale blue to match the illustrations!

Two luxury g . f. smith wedding invitations in blue colours, with decorative floral illustrations

 

Ink Sketching and Ginkgo Leaf Pink  Wedding Invitations

Two more premium suites we love are our Ink Sketching and Ginkgo Leaf Pink. Similar to the previous suites, the single colour for the illustrations and text is lovely on the eyes. They create a feeling of sophistication, especially Ink Sketching with its black-tie vibe. We love that they have bold elements but are still simplistic and will compliment whatever text you choose to include.

Two luxury g . f. smith wedding invitations in cream, black and orange colours, with decorative leaf illustrations

 

Big Day Invitation

If you want to focus more on the luxury quality and beautiful colours, our Big Day wedding invitation suite is a match. This suite uses its contrasting fonts and lightweight border to stand out. The small addition of a line-break is the perfect touch for another classy, classic wedding invitation. Just like the previous four suites, this will work with every colour of card we provide!

Big Day luxury g . f. smith wedding invitation

 

We hope that this blog has helped relieve any difficult wedding decisions you might be experiencing, but to help further, we’d recommend browsing our Bookblock wedding planners. We have a range of beautiful designs and customisable covers for a personal touch. You can put all your details and decisions into one place to minimise wedding stress!

 

Bookblock Designers’ Picks: Elegant Wedding Invitations

There are endless choices when it comes to wedding invitations. It can be difficult to choose between them all and find the perfect suite that will best suit your wedding. The idea of elegance almost goes hand in hand with weddings, and the idea of elegant wedding invitations can encompass many different styles. We hope that our designers’ picks from our elegant range will help you find the right one for you. 

 

Leaves and Botanical Breeze Wedding Invitations 

We know that leaves are a popular feature in wedding invitations for a reason. Our leaves and botanical breeze suites work well in combining botanical themes with elegance and fit both categories perfectly. The almost-white backgrounds contrast beautifully with the darker leaves and highlight their movement, creating the elegant style. 

 

Three elegant style wedding invitations suites in green and white colours

 

Gold Stems and Traditional Pink Wedding Invitations

Continuing with this simplicity, sometimes small gorgeous flowers at the top of an invitation are all you need. Our gold stems and traditional pink suites will definitely tick the boxes if this is the case. The illustrative flowers compliment the elegant text underneath. They also show that multiple text styles can work, as both the calligraphy and serif styles fit perfectly here. The colours really compliment the idea of elegance too, with the gold text in the gold stems suite and a beautiful pink in the traditional pink suite!

Two elegant style wedding invitations in gold and pink colours

 

Art Deco Tiles Wedding Invitation

Lastly, we think our art deco tiles suite is a great contribution to our elegant invitation range. The symmetrical line work creates a classy feel, emphasised by the gold and simple font choice. Similar to the previous suites, the white background is a lovely choice here to contrast with this gold. A diamond shape is the very definition of elegance, so we added a smaller diamond motif at the top and bottom. 

Elegant, art deco style wedding invitation in gold and white

 

We hope these picks can help you with your invitation search, and if you’d like to browse more, head over to our elegant wedding invitations range for many more design suites.

Bookblock Designers’ Picks: Rustic Wedding Invitations

Picking a wedding invitation that suits your aesthetic is important to help you set the tone for the day. With so much choice, it can be a daunting decision. Rustic is a very popular style of wedding suite and one we are seeing a lot more of in 2021, so our designers have picked out five of their favourite rustic wedding invitations to help you choose.

 

Watercolour Layers, Sandstone, Watercolour Sketch Wedding Invitations

Looking for an abstract style with neutral tones? Our sandstone, watercolour layers and watercolour sketch suites will be the perfect match. We love the natural, earthy colours and bold brush strokes. The addition of a gold foil effect included in the watercolour layers and sketch suites provides a hint of sparkle. We feel they catch your eye and make bold, but warming invitations for your guests.

Three rustic wedding invitations in cream, orange and beige colours and gold decorative detail.

 

Leaves and Stones Wedding Invitation

If you’re wanting to push that natural style further, we would definitely suggest our leaves and stones wedding suite. It’s a wonderful mix of neutral simplistic backgrounds, with bold shapes and leaf stems in richer, rustic colours. The textures emphasise the natural aspects further, giving a luxurious overall effect.

Leaves and stones rustic wedding invitation suite in cream, orange and beige colours

 

Blush Wedding Invitation

Last but absolutely not least, we love our blush suite. Similar to the leaves and stones, it has a mixed aesthetic of simplicity with a bolder brush stroke as the focus. The pinky colour and petal-like shape give a more floral style, making this a versatile suite that can suit a range of wedding themes. Perfect if you’re not 100% set on your theme yet!

Blush rustic wedding invitation suite in pink and white colours

If you love these designs and want to see more ideas, head over to our wedding invitations section to browse our rustic range and find your perfect invitations. Or, if you’re still struggling, check out our other wedding invitation blogs for more of our designers’ choices.

Sending Out Wedding Invitations: Everything You Need To Know

Wedding invitations are a wonderful, exciting part of the wedding process. They list all of the details about your special day with the people you want to share the occasion with. Picking a wedding invitation that matches your aesthetic and reflects your personality is important for setting the tone for your wedding day. On a more practical level, it provides guests with crucial information and means you can get started with planning the finer details and being more prepared. When you know exactly who will be attending, this helps with things like the number of people to cater for and the size of the venue. Here’s everything you need to know before sending out those all-important wedding invitations.

When to send them

There’s no set time for when to send out wedding invites, but typically they are sent out 6 – 8 weeks before the wedding. This gives your guests a good amount of time to make the necessary plans, like travel arrangements or clearing their schedules, and gives them enough notice to move things around if needed. If you’re doing a destination wedding or having your wedding during a busy period, send them a bit earlier, so 8 – 12 weeks in advance of the wedding date. Your save-the-date cards go out first, usually 6 – 8 months in advance so this gives people the chance to block that date out.

What to include

A traditional wedding invitation includes key information that your guests will need to know about the wedding: your names, date and time, venue (or venues, if your reception and ceremony are in different locations), plus-one rules, whether children are allowed or not, the dress code, RSVP cards and return address, and if you have a wedding website, a link to that! For anything where people need to get back to you like menu options if you have these, and RSVPs, be sure to include a date to get back to you by so you have enough notice. If you’re sending wedding invitations to evening-only guests, just slightly tweak the wording to make it clear that it’s just an invite for the evening reception.

What to say

The choice of wording is totally up to you and each wedding invitation will be different. It depends on personal preference, and whether you want the invitation to be more formal or more fun – there’s no right or wrong way to word it. Examples like: “Naomi Smith and John Richards are getting married and would love to invite *insert name here* to join them on their special day,” or “Katie Williams and Aaron Collins are tying the knot and would love for *insert name here* to celebrate their wedding,” are two simple options. Just make sure to be clear and to cover the main things you want guests to know – write out the names of the people who are invited to avoid any confusion with guests who want to bring children (if it’s an adult-only wedding) or people who want to bring plus ones.

When to set the deadline for RSVPs

This can vary from wedding to wedding but it should be at least 4 weeks before your wedding date. You’ll have to confirm final numbers as close to the date as possible, so you need enough time to let the caterer know, order any final bits of wedding stationery and finalise the seating chart for the day. A good amount of time between sending out the invitation and setting the deadline for RSVPs is at least 4 – 6 weeks. If it gets any closer to the date, give any remaining guests a call to ask for their RSVPs.

Getting your wedding invitations sorted and sent out in enough time is just one more thing for you to check off your wedding to-do list. These invitations will be memorable keepsakes that you (and your guests!) can keep to remember your special day, for life.

Your Shopping Cart

£0.00

Your shopping cart is empty. 0 items in 0 packages.

Detail View
List View
It seems that your cart is currently empty. Why don’t you check out some of our most popular gift ideas, design your own personalised cards or choose from our curated gift boxes?
Want to send cards and/or gifts to someone else?
Add New Recipient
Add New Package
Our site does not currently support your browser. Please use any of the other major browsers to ensure the best user experience. We apologise for the inconvenience. We suggest using these supported browsers: (or Microsoft Edge on Windows 10)

I am new here

Please click below to create new Bookblock account in a few seconds.

Returning Customers

Keep Me Logged In

I am new here

New To Bookblock ?

Create Account

New To Bookblock ?

Create an account now and we will send you a 10% discount code after your first purchase.

Guest Checkout

If you want to continue with your order without registration, please just fill in your email address so we can contact you about your order.

Create New Account

Creating new account with a coupon code

Verifying the code validity...

By creating your account you confirm that you agree with our terms of service and privacy policy.