2014 Minted Wedding Collection

I can’t believe 2014 is here. It’s time for a fresh start, new resolutions and, oh yeah… I’m getting married! With less than 10 months to go, it’s time for me to start thinking about sending Save-the-Dates.

In a twist of fate, the online stationery marketplace Minted reached out recently to ask if I could check out their wedding collection. There’s so much great stuff out there, you guys. And Minted makes the whole thing look easy. As a graphic designer, I’m really picky about stationery and paper products for our wedding (and everything else in life, really). But Minted is a design marketplace, which means that the products on the site are created and sold by a huge network of independent designers with their own talents and styles. There’s something for everyone.

In fact, once you’ve browsed the huge selection and settled on the perfect design, there’s even more ways to customize it. After adding your own names and photos, you can change the paper, shape and colors of most of the designs. Plus, Minted makes it easy to add backers, envelope liners and coordinating labels.

I drafted this Save-the-Date suite up in just a few minutes with our engagement photos and wedding details (It’s the New Adventures design). Even with all the bells and whistles—a patterned backer, matching wrap-around return address labels, and a kraft paper envelope with a glittering gold liner—the grand total for 55 professionally designed cards is around $200.

With most designs in Minted’s wedding collection, you can follow up your Save-the-Date with coordinated Invitation suites and thank you notes. It’s like having your own custom stationer, but for way less cash.

The first step to gorgeous wedding paper is, of course, picking the perfect design. Here are a few of my favorite design suites for different personalities:

For a trendsetter and fashionista:  Ombre

For urban city hipsters: Bokeh Bride

 

For world travelers and destination weddings: Come Fly With Us

 

For the classic couple: Love Letter Letterpress

 

For a modern celebration: Dot and Cross

 

For vintage lovers: A Blessed Union

 

For outdoorsy types: Enchanted Forest

 

For music lovers: Wedding Vinyl

 

For a weekend bash: Launch Party Invitation Minibook

 

For modern romantics: Midnight Fete

 

For simple style: Charm School Letterpress

 

For workaholics and geeks: Invitation-O-Matic

 

For minimalists: Baseline

 

If you order by January 6, you can take 15% off any wedding stationery order on Minted by entering code WINTERWED15 at checkout.

 

I received payment, trade and/or products from Minted in exchange for this review. All opinions are my own. Affiliates and sponsors are screened to make sure I think they are a great fit for the site. Thank you for supporting the partners that keep Formal Fringe up and running!