Designed by Retro Press

Save the Dates & Wedding Invites

Bespoke, luxury stationery design for your special day. Hand crafted, hand printed with love from our studio in the heart of the Cotswolds.

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February / March 2024
Designed & made in The Cotswolds
Bespoke design and print

Save the dates & Wedding Invitations

Your save the dates and invitations set the tone for your big day and we think first impressions really count

 

Whether you have a clear idea of a concept, or no idea at all, we work with you to create something totally unique and bespoke to you. 

Save the date gallery
Save the dates

Get inspired

Take a look through our gallery of lovely archived Save the Dates
everything you need to know

From initial enquiry to receiving your stationery...

We love to get to know our couples. Understanding who you are as a couple and what you’re all about is imperative to creating something totally unique for your wedding day.

Whether it’s taking inspiration from a suite we’ve created historically or starting from scratch, we’ll set up a call or a coffee chat ‘all things you’.

Sit back and relax whilst we work our magic, printing, producing and hand finishing your beautiful stationery. All you have to do is wait for it to arrive on your doorstep.

secure your guests

Send a Save the Date card...

Sending Save the Dates ahead of your wedding invitations is a really good idea if you’re having a destination wedding, a wedding weekend or if you’re just in one of those families or friendship groups that are always busy! 

They’re also just a lovely thing to do and if you can’t contain your excitement, then send a save the date… Nothing wrong with screaming about it early! 

The best bit about sending a Save the Date is being able to tease your guests, just hinting about what to expect…

Wedding invitation gallery
Wedding Invitations

Get inspired

Take a look through our gallery of archived wedding invitations

our type of couple

We don't really have a type

Certainly one thing we can say about our couples is that they’re all definitely magpies! Hot foiling is kinda our thing and it’s very rare that it’s not the luxurious and eye-catching nature of our hot foiling that every one of our couples are initially drawn to.

Be it bold and beautiful, subtle and soft or a perfect combination of the two; we’re the girls for you. Timeless elegance is our forté.

For all couples

LGBTQ+ & inclusive

Retro Press welcomes every kind of couple

All in the details

Wedding stationery that makes a big impression

Invitations need to achieve two things; telling your guests everything they need to know; destination, accommodation, timings, dress code etc. 

Good Invitations will also allude to what your guests can expect of your big day.

We’ve been designing and creating wedding stationery for over 10 years so we’re confident in the knowledge that we know everything there is to know about getting it right.

So for us, your wedding invitations are super important.

Tara & Gary
Elegant rich autumnal wedding
Aimee & Gordon
Rustic romance at a candle-lit wedding
Jo & Max
Contemporary noir design meets Cotswold wedding
Sam & Paul
Ibiza style & neon brights for a glamorous marquee wedding
Emma & Louis
Boho opulence in a fairy lit Cotswold barn
Heather & Adam
Travel inspired Cotswold wedding luxury
wedding stationery costs

Lets talk budgets, costs & what to expect

As with any bespoke service that varies in both quantities and finishes, it’s impossible for us to have a ‘price list’. Our bespoke design fee starts from £200, with print and production in addition to this. We encourage everyone to send us as detailed an enquiry as possible so we can create an accurate quote to build upon.

Most importantly, there won’t be any surprises, we keep costs transparent and should there be any additions or luxe extras you want to add as the design process goes on, we keep you in the loop.

Save the dates

A6
350gsm card
x60
Bespoke design
No hot foiling or luxe extras

Budget £300+

Save the dates

A6
350gsm card
x60
Bespoke design
Hot foiling

Budget £450+

Invitations

5×7”
350gsm card
x60
Bespoke design
No hot foiling or luxe extras

Budget £500+

Invitations

5×7”
350gsm card
x60
Bespoke design
Hot foiling & lots of luxe extras

Budget £1300+
Sounds good so far?

We’d love to be a part of your wedding day

Get in touch and lets chat all things stationery!

What our couples think

Sometimes it’s better to hear it straight from the horse’s mouth

Striving for absolute perfection is our goal here at Retro Press

"We knew Lauren & Kate would be able to produce exactly what we had in mind for our wedding stationery. They went above and beyond our expectations. They create the best, individual designs and set the tone of the wedding theme. Every detail is thought of, even to the packaging when each box is delivered. "
"I can’t believe our wedding stationery journey is over… It felt like you were always there, cheering us on! Your personal touch definitely made me feel like I was your only customer – even though I know you are sooooo busy! So thank you for that and your attention to detail."
"Everything from our save the dates all the way through to our day stationary was just perfect! A well deserved 5 stars from me"
Frequently asked questions

Any burning questions?

See our list of FAQs for what we get asked the most, but if you have a question that you don’t see an answer to, get in touch and we’ll be glad to help.

We personally wouldn’t recommend this. You want to avoid any awkwardness in case they’ve arranged time of work only to realise they are evening only… avoid that at all costs!

Yes we do… We embrace all types of design and understand that some people would like the more traditional style invite.

Absolutely! We have an abundance of past work in our archive so hopefully we’ll have a copy of what you want to see! A bespoke sample pack is £10 and you’ll get 3-4 samples within this. Hopefully the ones you want, but if we don’t have them, we’ll send the nearest to it.

Nope! Naturally, in printing, the higher the print run the cheaper the cost per unit, so the smaller the print run the more expensive it can seem. But that’s the nature of printing sadly. But if you need 5 invitations, we can do 5!

Sadly no we can’t, we don’t offer a print only service. Historically we have and it always ends up needing a lot of time taken for print set up and art work reconfiguration and more often than not would need to be started from scratch to have the best end result.

Mmmm not so easy to answer! So, a price depends on what you want, quantities, finishes, turnaround time, so many things, hence why we can’t give you a number. We have however tried to demonstrate a typical value of suites in the budget section of this page to act as a guide.

Order a Retro Press sample pack

£10

A collection of our favourite save the dates, invites and wedding stationery so you can see our best bits (and enjoy a little luxe wedding inspo).