Country is a popular wedding theme in every location, no matter the time of year. However, this broad term covers everything from Tuscan-like French country wedding ideas to beach weddings and barn locations. Let’s take a look at different country wedding invitation styles along with our design templates to give you quick inspiration and ideas.
Country wedding theme meaning
A country wedding theme pays homage to the outdoors, whether it’s hosting the big day outdoors or incorporating elements of nature inspiration.
Country wedding invitation colors
The most effective country wedding stationery designs have a very simple color scheme and neutral colors. These designs often include wildflowers, such as poppies and ferns, and dark wood tones to reflect the colors of the big day. Read on to check out our collection of invitation design templates, including some country craft wedding invitations that look and feel organic and earthy.
Winter country wedding colors
The color scheme for a winter country wedding is almost always neutral brown tones. Sometimes with rich wood tones, copper, deep purple, earth green or dusty raised accents. Incorporate wildflowers, such as native ferns, to give winter country wedding invitation designs a more country feel.
Country craft wedding invitations
Kraft wedding invitations with dark or black ink will create an eye-catching country look no matter the time of year. Kraft invitations and envelopes look and feel earthy and warm, and best of all, they can be paired with any color scheme. Kraft paper is a popular choice because the organic brown and earthy feel complement a natural wedding theme. Plus, they’re made from 100% recycled paper, making them the most eco-friendly option.
Country luxury wedding designs
Luxurious country weddings still incorporate natural elements such as wood, lace, burlap, country flowers, grass and foliage. We’ve designed some country and luxurious wedding invitations that include gold graphics for a luxurious look. Check out our Chatsworth wedding invitation designs featuring a natural estate with wildflowers, perfect for a country theme with a majestic feel.
Our elegant Middleton wedding invites are designed in a deep lavender shade similar to burlap tones, surrounded by floral outlines Perfect for incorporating burlap into a tabletop display and hanging lanterns for a French country wedding or outdoor setting. These wedding invitations are perfect for design ideas and give your guests a great first impression of your big day.
After choosing a template, you can choose from our selection of portrait, square, folded wedding invitation prints. Then customize your prints, including choosing your paper type, finish and thickness. Our conqueror paper is textured and perfect for luxurious and country invitation printing. Kraft printing is also a popular option, offering a more country, earthy feel.
Elegant country wedding theme
These modern elegant yet slightly country designs feature wildflowers, green sage and native ferns. Luxurious country wedding designs still incorporate natural elements such as wood, lace, burlap, country flowers, grass and foliage. We have designed some country and luxurious wedding invitations with some gold accents in the design to add a subtle touch of elegance and luxury. Once you’ve selected a template, choose from our country paper types, such as conqueror cream outline, which give your designs a textured, natural, earthy feel.
Now that you have some ideas for your wedding invitation, you can choose one of our existing design templates or use them as inspiration when you design your own. We have an in-house team of graphic designers that can work with you to create truly bespoke designs if you wish. We can make all your wedding stationery in the same design using the same paper type. This includes country wedding invites rsvp cards, save the date, menus, business cards, table planners, hotel information and programming.
Information to include in wedding invitation
If you’re still not sure how to format your wedding invitations and are looking for ideas for your wedding invitation wording, here’s a list of what to include in your invitations:
- Happy couple names
- Date and time of ceremony and reception
- Wedding venue name
- Reply to contact information
- Reply deadline
You may also want to add the guest’s name to make it clear if partners and children are invited, so this can be done manually. Add namespaces to your wedding invitations or even dotted lines. If you invite all guests to all parts of the celebration, then you can continue to include this information directly in your invitations, however, if some guests are only invited to the dinner, then we recommend that you create separate evening wedding invitations. Likewise, if the coronavirus pandemic affects the size of your guest list, you can create separate invitations for the few invited to the ceremony and those invited to watch the wedding live, and then join the larger celebration. Later date.
We also recommend that you use our guest information card to include all the more detailed information such as directions to your venue, accommodation options, gift list information and more. This will free up space for your wedding invitations and ensure your guests have all the information they need to arrive at their wedding on time!
