Anniversary party invitations
For a fortieth, a fiftieth or a sixtieth, and almost always organised by the couple's children.
$65
Your details set by hand, usually back the same day. $145 to rebuild it in your own colours.
Milestone anniversary parties are family projects. The couple being celebrated are usually not the ones planning it, and the guest list spans three or four generations, from people who were at the original wedding to great-grandchildren.
The single best design device here is the original wedding photograph. Set well, it does more emotional work than any illustration could, and it gives the whole invitation a reason to exist beyond announcing a date. Most families have one, often in poor condition, and I can work with a phone photo of a print.
The practical note is gifts. At a fiftieth anniversary nobody needs anything, and most families want to say so. A short line handles it, ideally pointing at something else, a memory, a photograph, or a donation, so guests who want to bring something have somewhere to put that instinct.
What changes for this one
The original wedding photograph, if one exists, carries the card. A "no gifts" line is almost always wanted and works better when it redirects rather than just declines.
When to send
Six to eight weeks. The guest list skews older and travels, and people need to arrange it properly.
Colours that work
Warm and classic. Bone, gold, deep green. Something that sits comfortably beside a photograph from decades ago.
Questions people ask about anniversary invitations
The old wedding photo is damaged. Can you still use it?
Usually yes. Send me a clear phone photo of the print in good light and I can handle mild fading, colour shifts and light creasing. What I cannot rescue is a badly torn or very blurred original, and I will tell you honestly rather than deliver something disappointing.
How do we say no gifts?
Redirect rather than decline. "No gifts please, but we would love a memory or a photograph for the album" gives guests somewhere to put the impulse, and you end up with something worth keeping.
Can you combine the old photo and a recent one?
Yes, and it is a lovely thing to do. Then and now, side by side, is the most emotionally effective anniversary invitation I make.
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How to have this made
Custom invitation design
Designed from nothing for one event. No template underneath.
From $285
Day-of event paper
Menus, place cards, table numbers, programs and signage.
From $95
Thank you cards and stationery
The piece everyone forgets until the week after the party.
From $145
Start with a First Look
$45 for one finished concept designed for your event, back in three days. It comes off whatever you book, and if you do not love it you keep the file and owe nothing.