Ginkgo in citrine and champagne on cream paper with QR code

The happy couple went the extra mile to customize their wedding invitation. For one, they opted to have a QR code printed on their RSVP enclosure. A standard Mightyvites option, the QR code can be scanned by guests with a smart phone to immediately be taken to the matching RSVP website. It’s a convenient way to get guests to where they need to go to respond to an event ASAP. Also, Alyson and Eric included on their invitation a verse from E.E. Cummings’ famous poem “I Carry Your Heart With Me”. I thought that was a nice touch that helped set a lovely tone for their summer wedding.

Congratulations Eric & Alyson!


Are you in need of great looking wedding invitations that include a matching RSVP website? How about invites with a QR code? Then try a Mightyvite!

Simple, bilingual wedding invitation in German and English

Michelle and Christoph’s wedding invitations also differ from the one in the gallery in that they used the color sapphire instead of robin’s egg. The change in color made the invitation more vibrant, which lends itself well to a celebration like a wedding. Once printed it was clear the happy couple made a nice invitation choice for bringing guests to what I’m sure was a wonderful day.

A long overdue, but whole-heartedly meant, congratulations to Michelle & Christoph!

Are you looking for bilingual wedding invitations? Checkout the Mightyvites gallery and choose the design that is right for you. We can handle two languages on any design!

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Alicia was one of our more creative customers. She liked the orchids design but wanted to use the font from the nest design. She also wanted a particular color of yellow that is not on our typical palette. We could accommodate both requests and were thrilled to see the results: elegant, Hawaii style invites that look great both in print and on the web!

Alicia did a fine job of mixing and matching our gallery designs and beyond. We don’t get too many requests like hers but are always excited when we do because we enjoy bringing our customer’s  great design ideas to life.

Do you want to bring the spirit of Hawaii, California, or New England to your wedding invitation? Do it with a Mightyvite!

Ultimately any place will work to get you and yours hitched

Following far on the heels of my last informative wedding plans post comes another about venues. This time I want to talk wedding ceremony venues. Do you need one? Not if you’re lucky. You could hold the ceremony

in the same space as the reception. After all, the typical wedding ceremony only lasts a half hour. You might as well reuse the reception space and keep it easy on the guests and the wallet. That move is highly recommended for couples on a tight budget, but most brides wouldn’t dream of such a thing. No, you need a church, or something just as lovely as a church. Either way it’s one more vendor to deal with, one more thing to worry about, and one more check to write. Thankfully, a wedding ceremony venue isn’t that bad to nail down.

Similar to wedding reception venues ceremony spots tend to fall into a few different categories.

The religious and traditional wedding ceremony venue

I can’t speak for other faiths, but for Christians this means securing a house of worship for a few hours. Think that’s easy? Think again. Most parishes have strict guidelines regarding who is allowed to marry in their church. It’s common to only allow members of the congregation. So, if you really want a specific church for your wedding and you don’t belong to the parish, then you better “join” ASAP. You’ll want at least a few months of attendance before you hit them up to get married there otherwise you risk looking like a schmuck who joined the parish just to use their building. Also, there may be classes and/or training involved. Catholics in particular make it difficult by only allowing two Catholics to marry in their church. I know because I’m Catholic but my wife is not. We couldn’t get married in our alma mater’s chapel without jumping through  hoops. On the bright side, the cost to get married in a house of worship is usually reasonable.

The nature-centric wedding ceremony venue

This is the outdoor space. A forest preserve or other village/town/city park district zone. Permits are cheap but setup and tear down is all you. You don’t need much (some folding chairs, maybe an arch), but you’ll need to hire a hand or ask Uncle Frank to lug the furniture around and make sure the space is set up and later cleaned up on the day of the event. A little more orchestrating goes into having an outdoor wedding ceremony, and you have the weather to contend with, but if all that falls into place the results could be lovely.

The dual purpose wedding ceremony venue

This is the combo spot. A place where you hold the ceremony and later the reception. It could be a historical mansion, your home, a hotel, or a publicly permitted landmark. Lots of options here and prices are all over the board. There are a lot of upsides to using a combo space: no travel between venues, potential to combine outdoor and indoor spaces on the same grounds, usually these places are big and gorgeous. The only downside is that it’s not a cathedral, and in the case of some combo spots, like a hotel, it just doesn’t feel very wedding-like. Frankly, I think this is the way to go if you can find the right space. That’s especially true if they include catering for the wedding reception.

Of course this is not a comprehensive list. There are exotic options like a beach for a destination wedding. For most folks, however, the above wedding ceremony venue options are the most common. Did I miss one? Let me know and I’ll add it to the list along with my two cents.

digitally printed rustic wedding invitation with QR code enclosure

I’ve said before that California folks love the rustic design. That seems to hold true because Chrissy & Tim found it to be the perfect compliment to their Lake Tahoe destination wedding. They chose to digitally print rustic in colors concord and stone, a nice combination, I think, because concord brightens up the earthiness of the design without overpowering the invitation. The QR code was a nice touch too that I’m sure worked well with all of their smart phone-toting, bay area tech-working friends.

As a former San Francisco resident I have to say this invite was spot on. The bay area is all about tech and the outdoors. Put a QR code on rustic and you epitomize that Northern California feeling.

Great choice Chrissy & Tim! And a huge congratulations to you both.

Are you looking for QR codes for your wedding invitations? That’s a standard Mightyvite option. Order with us and we’ll hook it up!

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Thanks NYT!

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So I’m a happily married man, and my wife tells me she’s a happily married woman. Nonetheless I still have man wedding knowledge to share so I intend to keep this series going for a few more posts. So stay tuned and I’ll write something soon. I’m thinking a post about ceremony venue shopping to follow up on my previous one about wedding reception venues. Got a better idea? Please let me know. I like to write about what people want to hear.

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Digitally printed calla wedding invitation in color steel on cream paper

Letterpress is hard to beat in terms of look and feel. You really can’t replicate the tactile experience digitally. We admit, however, that letterpress wedding invitations are a pricey investment. That’s why I thought it was a smart move of Leslie to mix up her invitations for her dual-event wedding celebration. She kept the top-of-the-line letterpress for the smaller destination wedding and used the still-terrific-but-easier-on-the-wallet digital prints for the larger hometown wedding reception. I think she struck a nice balance between the two affairs, and tied them together easily by sticking with the same design. Her guests seemed to agree because I heard nothing but good things from Leslie and others at the party!

Are you looking for digital or letterpress invitations for your hometown wedding reception? Check out our hybrid invitations and pair beautiful prints with online maps and RSVP.

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Simple enough, right? A pretty common need. I thought it would be easy to find an example online that I could use. Turns out there are tons of examples, but few work! It took me awhile but I eventually cobbled together a useable config.

server {
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  location /index.html {
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  }

  location / {
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}

Dead simple once you get it. Every incoming request is served index.html (the maintenance page) and receives a 503 status code. This works with Nginx 0.7.65.

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Ginkgo wedding invitation design printed digitally on pearl paper.

I’m especially fond of the RSVP website that accompanies all ginkgo Mightyvites. The background pattern we use looks great on screen. Speaking of RSVP websites, Larry & Anke included a custom domain with their invitation order. With a custom domain guests reply to their invitation at a web address of their host’s choosing, plus all Mightyvites branding is removed from the RSVP website. In this case Anke & Larry went with ankeandlarry.com. Custom domains are a nice touch we offer customers so they can give their guests a truly personalized and unique invitation experience.

Lovely invites for a lovely couple. A long overdue congrats to Anke & Larry!

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