custom wedding invitations

why custom?

People often wonder the difference between pre-made invitations you can buy online versus custom invitations when working with a stationer. The biggest difference is personality! When buying a pre-made design online, it most likely doesn’t capture the spirit of you and your fiance, and all the little details captured in your unique love story. Want to include your pet in your wedding suite? We can do that! Interested in a pretty little venue illustration? You got it! Want to add a map with your favorite things to do around town for your guests to make the most of your wedding weekend? Let’s paint it! When working with Pip & Cricket, we collaborate with you to find the right tone, color palette, and art elements to truly tell your story that includes details that mean the world to you. Bonus if your guests love the back of your invites so much they want to frame them and keep them too!

the Investment

Pip & Cricket custom wedding invitations start around $2,200 for 100 custom watercolor invitation suites (a double-sided invitation card, RSVP card, details card, printed envelope, and printed RSVP envelope), but not every suite is the same! We’ll work with you to decide what’s included in your suite. Our pricing varies depending on quantity, number of cards printed. It also depends on additional embellishment pieces such as envelopes liners, additional cards, pockets, ribbons, wax seals, addressing, postage, and all of the other Pinterest-worthy embellishments we can dream up. Once we receive the information from the initial questionnaire, we will provide you with a detailed quote tailored to your wedding vision and budget.

our process

Step I

8+ MONTHS AWAY FROM YOUR WEDDING DATE
After you’ve filled out our invitation inquiry questionnaire, we’ll send you our invitation proposal. Once your customized package is agreed upon, you’ll get a little “assignment” from us –  the Couple’s Story & Invitation Details questionnaires. These are the forms that inspire your invitation suite! You’ll also gain access to a personalized client portal that stores our proofs, revisions, and questionnaires all in one place!

Around this time is when save the dates should go out!

STEP II

7-6 MONTHS AWAY
Once we’ve learned about your love story, your favorite things, and your wedding details, we’ll provide you with a custom look book for your wedding! The look book includes: color palette, design aesthetic, inspiration images, and detailed descriptions. This step will also include a preliminary sketch or mockup design of your invitation artwork. We’ll begin working through the details to make sure you absolutely love the direction the design is going before any major artwork is produced.

STEP III

5 MONTHS AWAY
After we agree upon the direction of the pieces, and you approve the initial sketch/mockup, the fun part begins! We will begin to create your custom stationery! You’ll then receive the proofs for printing approval. We’ll work together to make any adjustments and then we’ll take care of the rest of the details.

step iv

4-3 MONTHS (16-12 WEEKS) AWAY
All of your pretty paper goodies are sent to the printer. Hooray! Then, if you opted for us to assemble, we will start working on that for you! Anything from envelope printing, custom stamps, to wax seals — we take care of the gluing, stamping, stuffing and sticking so you can just sit back and relax and enjoy a date night with your fiance, without adding any extra to-dos on your list.

STEP V

3-2 MONTHS (12-8 WEEKS) AWAY
Your stunning hand-crafted invitations will arrive in your guests’ mailboxes! (Eeek!) The next major thing you have to do is get all dressed up and marry the love of your life!

Are you ready to begin?