Where to Find Beautiful, Vintage-Inspired Personalized Stationery

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Basic Invite. All opinions are my own.

When planning for a special occasion, one of the first steps is sending out memorable invitations with all the details. These days, it’s easier than ever to create custom wedding invitations, birthday invitations, thank you cards, holiday photo cards and personalized stationery.

I’m an old-fashioned gal, and think sending a letter or card to a loved one is still one of the most thoughtful gestures you can make. That’s why I was excited when Basic Invite reached out about their custom stationery. There are so many beautiful, elegant design templates to choose from and customize for all of life’s major celebrations. Plus, you can order a printed sample of the stationery before placing the final order. This way, you’re absolutely sure your stationery looks how you want.

Envelope of custom stationery from Basic Invite

I was able to try Basic Invite and order samples of different products to see how the process works. With so many gorgeous designs to choose from, it was hard to narrow it down. Naturally, I was drawn to the vintage-inspired designs. In the end, I created a business card, personalized stationery and custom thank you cards. It was fun to get creative with the fonts and colors until I found my style. And there are so many options! Incredibly, Basic Invite has over 180 colors for cards and over 40 colors of envelopes to choose from. They even have clear cards. Have you ever seen a clear wedding invitation??

Before I go on, I’ll let you know how to save money on your own vintage-inspired personalized stationery. Basic Invite is currently offering 15% off with coupon code: 15FF51.

Personalized stationery from Basic Invite

Here are some of the products Basic Invite offers. You can customize all of them to match your event, business or personal style:

Personalized Stationery

Basic Invite has a huge selection of stylish, customizable stationery designs. I chose a classic design and changed the fonts and colors to match my blog. This might be my favorite product I ordered because there are so many ways to use personalized stationery.

My sister lives in another state and we mail each other gifts for holidays and our birthdays when we can’t be together. I always like creating a special little note with card stock to include with her packages. Now I have beautiful stationery to write her notes.

I also made a matching business card to go with the stationery. I’d like to start including a business card and a note with orders for my Etsy shop customers. Whether you use stationery for your small business or to write love letters for that special someone, custom stationery adds a memorable touch.

Custom Birthday Invitations

Personally, I love a good theme party. For my last birthday, I had a 1960s-themed party complete with a cheese ball appetizer and retro rum punch. You can create a custom birthday invitation with Basic Invite for a mod 1960s party, a 1920s dinner party or whatever theme you decide. In addition to changing colors and fonts, you can also add photos to your invitations.

There are also templates for milestone birthdays including quinceañera parties, bar mitzvah celebrations and more. Whether you’re looking for 30th birthday invitations or want to design a special 60th birthday invitation, there’s a unique design for you.

Custom Wedding Invitations

Creating elegant wedding invitations was one of my favorite parts of planning my wedding. If you’re in need of wedding invitation ideas, Basic Invite has plenty of wedding invitation templates to look through. I couldn’t help but browse through the vintage-inspired designs with old-fashioned script and botanical motifs. From save-the date-cards and change-the-date cards—thanks, pandemic—to invites and menu cards, you can make an entire suite of custom wedding stationery.

Remember what I said about over 180 color options for cards? That means if you have an uncommon wedding color palette, let’s say, cotton candy pink and hunter green, you’ll still be able to get matching wedding invites. If your wedding style is more glam, there are also options for flat or raised foil cards in gold, silver and rose gold.

And remember, you can order a wedding invitation sample before placing your final order.

Personalized Thank You Cards

Custom thank you cards from Basic Invite

Sometimes the selection of thank you cards at the store is just kind of, blah. With Basic Invite, you can make custom thank you cards to match your wedding or birthday invitations. You can choose whatever colors you like and even add your name. I made a custom thank you card with a vintage script font and selected colors to match the rest of my stationery.

And speaking from experience, I know it can take a while to track down the addresses for every person you invited to your wedding. Who keeps an address book these days? Through Basic Invite’s address capturing service, you can share a link on social media to request all the addresses you need. The addresses will be stored in your account and can be printed on your envelopes at no additional cost. If only I had known this when I got married, I could have saved myself from the hand cramps that came with writing every address out.

Personalized Holiday Cards

Within the last few years, I’ve started a tradition of giving a vintage Christmas card to my husband. While that works for one person, it’s not as easy to find unused packs of vintage holiday cards in good condition for your whole family. Basic Invite has tons of beautiful holiday card designs to choose from, including photo cards, so I can make my own personalized Christmas cards. Many designs have a vintage look already, and you can adjust the colors and fonts so your custom holiday cards look more authentic to a particular decade.

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