Invitation Station

You’ve found the venue, picked out a dress and chosen the rings - now it’s time to focus on your guests!

The stationery you choose can help bring the whole wedding together and is the first step to making your guests really feel as though they are part of your big day.

But how do you decide what to go for? What should you personalise? Which colours and fonts should you go for?

The Invite Shack - one of Cooling Castle Barn’s recommended suppliers - design and provide a wide range of wedding stationery, from save the dates, invites, table plans, signs and more.

And to make things easier for some couples, owner Liz Willis has now created a platform which allows couples to customise some of her most popular designs.

She said: “As the company grew, I realised it was important to find a way where couples could use some of my most popular designs, but make them their own.

“They can follow the linktr.ee links and change the font and colours and other parts to help keep costs down but still personalise them to their own tastes.”

Liz, a graphic designer for around 15 years, has been a recommended supplier at Cooling Castle Barn for four years.

For those opting for the venue, she has even designed a sketch to make invitations and other stationery stand out.

She added: “I love the venue, and I think the sketch of Cooling Castle really finishes off the stationery, perfectly.

“Wedding Stationery is such an important part of a couple’s big day. It’s often the first time they are revealing it to their friends and family and it’s the first glimpse their guests get of what it might look and feel like, so the invites can really set the tone.

”A lot of couples say that it feels real to them after they have the invites - I love being part of that initial excitement!”

Liz’s most popular designs include a concertina, tri-fold invitation. Couples can opt for bespoke designs or follow the links on her website and customise dozens of designs and view them on screen before ordering, cutting down on waiting time and costs. More designs are being added to the site every day.

The company, based in Maidstone, also provides all other matching stationery such as save the dates, table plans, place cards, table numbers, thank-you cards, and more, with customer visits available for those who want to discuss their requirements in person.

Take a look at the website www.theinviteshack.com for more information.