The wonderfully whimsical wildflower wedding trend
Wisteria has captured the imagination of couples over the last few years, with its cascading blooms, soft shades of lilac and lavender, and unmistakably romantic feel, it's become one of the most sought-after flowers for luxury weddings with a whimsical feel.
Like many wedding trends, wisteria's popularity has been influenced by a combination of fashion, interiors and popular culture. One of the biggest influences has undoubtedly been Bridgerton.
Couples are increasingly drawn to wedding flowers that feel abundant and immersive. Rather than small, structured arrangements, today's weddings often feature flowers that transform a space, whether that's a floral arch, hanging installation or ceremony backdrop. This is even more so for venues with high ceilings such as stately homes or barn, tipi and marquee spaces.
There's no denying that wisteria creates a breath-taking impact, but it can also be one of the more expensive flowers to include in your wedding. Unlike many cut flowers, wisteria has a relatively short flowering season and its delicate, trailing stems can be difficult to source and work with. Large installations, such as floral arches, hanging arrangements or statement backdrops, often require a significant amount of wisteria (or realistic faux alternatives), which can quickly bump up your wedding flower budget.
If you love the look of wisteria but it's not practical to use it for your wedding (perhaps due to budget or venue restrictions in terms of hanging), Wisteria Wedding Invitations are a beautiful and cost-effective alternative. The flower can be carried across your invitations, welcome sign, table plan, menus and thank you cards, giving your wedding a cohesive floral theme without the expense of using fresh blooms everywhere. You could even reserve real wisteria for one or two key floral moments, such as your ceremony backdrop or bridal bouquet, and let your stationery continue the theme throughout the rest of your celebration.
Why Choose Wisteria Wedding Invitations?
Invitations should do more than tell guests where and when your wedding is taking place. They should give a subtle nod to the colours, styling and ambience you're creating - if you're planning a romantic garden wedding, a country house celebration or a Bridgerton-inspired affair, wisteria wedding invitations instantly set the tone.
What’s Included in my Wisteria Wedding Invitation Set?
Part of my Wildflower Wedding Invitation collection, the Wisteria wedding invitations come as a handy set of two – a main invitation and details card that has plenty of space for your ceremony details, guest information and instructions to RSVP. I can also include a link to your wedding website or QR code too. Adding trims and embellishments gives invitations a luxury finish, so why not upgrade and add pretty ribbons envelopes and envelope printing too. The envelopes can be printed in a beautiful script font, which is neat, matches your invitations and can save up to two weeks compared to handwriting all the envelopes.
The ribbon and envelopes are available in several shades that sit beautifully with the Wisteria wedding invitations including lilac, blush pink, pale blue and ivory.
Wisteria wedding colours
If you have your heart set on Wisteria for your wedding, you may be wondering what shades complement it?
• Lilac, blush, gold and sage
• Deep plum, lavender and champagne
• Lilac, powder blue, blush and ivory,
• Lilac, powder blue, peach and white
Wisteria wedding signs and day stationery
One of the great things about hiring a wedding stationery designer is the ability to ensure all your stationery, signage and paper goods are cohesive. Wisteria doesn’t need to stop with the invitations – it can be used across your welcome sign, table plan, order of service, menus, place cards and table numbers. Alternatively, printing menus and place cards on a plain lilac background or having white menus with lilac wax seals looks great too.
How to personalise your wisteria wedding invitations
If you love my wisteria wedding invitations, but are looking for something more bespoke, why not upgrade and add in some personalised illustrations? Some clients like to use my floral designs as a base and add in a custom venue illustration or watercolour wedding crest to make the wedding invitations more unique and special to them as a couple. If your venue has large grounds, I could also paint a custom wedding map, to be printed as an extra insert to go with your invitations.
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