SAVE THE DATES & INVITATIONS
How Your Luxury Wedding Invitations Are Created
Every love story deserves a Wedding invitation and Save the date that feels as unique as the couple it celebrates. Our design process is fully bespoke: starting from your vision, we craft timeless wedding stationery that reflects your style and your wedding destination.
Whether you are getting married on the unique island of Sicily, among the Apulian olive groves, or on the breathtaking backdrop of historical Rome, we design luxury wedding invitations and save the dates that anticipate the essence of your destination wedding in Italy.
With meticulous attention to detail, we select the finest papers, we propose combinations of font and calligraphy paired with printing techniques to create heirloom pieces that announce your day with elegance, and become a keepsake for years to come. So what does this exactly look like? Read along.
Design Process
Initial Quote
Timing: 3-4 days
The Quote is drawn up in 3-4 working days and is revised according to your needs as many times as you wish. Once you have signed the Quote and secured the deposit, the design can begin. Together with the Quote you will receive a Timeline of the next steps together.
Design
Timing: 3-6 weeks
In this phase we create digital mockups of the proposed designs; we design the monogram, we calligraph and digitize words that need handwriting and we propose combinations of cards, envelopes, sealing wax and inks and other embellishments. We will share the first drafts with at least 3 different invitations or save-the-date designs, which will be the starting point for 3 other rounds of edits to fine tune the smaller details. Once we’re towards the final design we’ll share with you the Print Acknowledgement for production.
Production
Timing: 30-45 days
Once the PAs are signed and filled, we will order the materials necessary to create your graphic suite. We'll take care of coordinating the different production phases, the typographies, the production of the wax seal stamps and the calligraphy envelope addressing (if requested) as if we were conducting an orchestra. Keep an eye on our Instagram Stories, we share a lot of behind the scenes!
Shipping
Timing: undefinable in advance
Once the invitations have been completed, the next step is to send them either to you or directly to your guests addresses. Delivery times depend on where you are located or where you want them sent, and you will receive a code to track the shipment to your address.
The documents
we share with you
Custom Quote + Conditions of Sales
It is the document which, together with the payment of the deposit, reserves our availability for your wedding date and allows us to start the design. You will also find the Conditions of Sales which we recommend reading very carefully.
Timeline
The Standard Timeline states what to expect and when, from both sides. It explains when you’ll be receiving your proposals, when wordings are due from your end, when PAs need signing and your invitations are ready to be shipped.
It is possible to have a Urgency Timeline, if deadlines are missed or you need a faster track. If the Urgency Timeline cannot be fully met, we may deliver only the print-ready digital files, leaving production to the client or wedding planner.
PRINT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This document summarizes what we are going to produce and with what graphic/aesthetic peculiarities, and must be scrupulously checked in all its parts. It contains a 1:1 scale proof of the media, so that when you print the document at home you will have a better understanding of the sizes of elements. It must be filled in with the date and quantity of copies for each element, as well as signed by a member of the couple.
FINAL BALANCE
This document summarizes all the elements that have been really made compared to the originally signed Quote. The quantities confirmed in the Print Acknowledgement, shipping costs, any bank intermediation fees or urgency fees are taken into consideration. The payment of the final installment is required in order to ship the material.