Complete Guide For Hindu Wedding Invitations & Wedding Wordings

 A wedding is one of the most beautiful and essential events of a person's life. All of the cultures around the world have their own unique and beautiful ways of celebrating this beautiful Union between two lovers.

Hinduism is one of the oldest and beautiful religions. It is a unique religion, and everything about Hinduism is special and unique in its way, and so are Hindu weddings, in simple terms.

A wedding in Hindu culture is celebrated like a festival; everything about it is just tremendous.

Today I will like to detail you about one such beautiful and fantastic aspect of the Hindu wedding, their wedding cards and the meaning of the words and symbols used in a wedding card-

●       Concept – The concept of a Hindu wedding card is based upon the belief of the Hindu religion. A wedding is the join of two souls, which is decided in the heavens by the gods. So you will notice lots of religious symbols in a Hindu wedding card, all of these symbols have a profound and beautiful meaning. According to the Hindu religion, do you know the first wedding card given to the temple so that the Gods can be a part of the beautiful ceremony and bless the couple.

●       Ganesha- All Hindu wedding cards will for sure have a picture of Lord Ganesha printed on the card, as it is the belief that before starting any ceremony, the worship of Lord Ganesha will be first.

●       Swastika- This is the symbol for stability and safety. The combined meaning of two Sanskrit words is swastika which means may virtuous triumph.

●       Jaimala- This symbol is used to portray the beautiful garland ceremony of the Hindu wedding in which the bride and groom exchange beautiful garlands made of beautiful flowers.

●       Doli - Doli is a traditional Indian palanquin used to bring the newlywed bride home in earlier times. Doli is a symbol of unity and peace.

●       Mangal ghat- this is a beautifully designed water pot covered by coconut and leaves. It stands for piousness and good fortune or wealth.

●       Peacock- The peacocks symbolize beauty and love; everyone knows seeing a dancing peacock is such a joyful experience. They are used to magnify the card's beauty and depict the love between the bride and groom.

In a Hindu wedding card, these are the symbols in a wedding to be used beautifully. A wedding card, according to Hindu traditions, is a very sacred thing from the same card. In Hindu weddings, to make part of the ceremony, gods are also invited. Therefore the Hindu wedding cards are gorgeous and meaningful.

If you want one for your wedding after getting to know all these fantastic things about a Hindu wedding card, I recommend sevencolourscard.com. They are incredibly talented artists who will provide you with excellent quality.

2021 top wedding invitation styles for you

 

Your wedding is grand and so should be your wedding invitation. Some couples like to keep it simple and traditional while others go for stylish Indian Wedding cards, we at Seven Colours Card respect your opinion and so we have our wedding cards available in simple traditional style as well as modern styles, whatever you need, we have got it.

For those couples who want to buy stylish and trendy wedding cards in 2021, this list has got you covered and who knows even simple non-millennial couples would like to switch to these after reading our post.

Top wedding invitations in 2021

Letterpress wedding cards: - Letterpress cards are a type of Laser Cut Invitations, if you want a stylish and cost-effective card that can impress your guests then the letterpress invitation cardlike The coolest 10 wedding invitation trends for 2021 is for you, it’s hard, raised surface makes it a smooth card.

Various styles and colors are available for you to choose from, the best part is the customization, where you can play with the font type and choose what makes the details look unusual yet stylish. It is suitable for any wedding, but we would say that it’s best suited as a Christian Wedding Card.

Vintage wedding cards: - You can feel the charm of the old days with these cards, your guests are sure to go into nostalgia with vintage wedding invitations.

You can choose the rustic theme and colors that represent the golden era, thus this is the best way to delight your guests. The colors and designs are well suited to roll these up into Scroll Wedding Cards that we have plenty in stock.

Water-themed wedding cards: -Getting one of these can set the spring mood in your wedding because of the splash of light blue shades, plus a water-themed card can speak volumes about how much you are interested in making your wedding grand.

You can choose an invitation card with a white background and a splash of colors for an elegant look. We would advise you not to get your card decorated with golden or silver borders, otherwise, it will look messy.

Modern wedding cards: - If you are among the ones who prefer a modern design over a classic one then the modern wedding cards are your excellent choice.

If you want a hippie influence then you can choose a floral theme and pale colors, such as off-white, pale yellow, light blue, baby pink, etc. You can get these cards customized to your heart’s liking only at our online store called sevencolourscard.

Personalized wedding cards: - Personalized wedding cards are all about you and you’re to-be soul mate. You have got multiple options with these cards, for example, you can take your enthusiasm to the next level by including cards that have your videos, pictures, musical notes, etc.

We would suggest you go for an animated wedding card, as that is the latest trend in the market. There are endless possibilities with personalized wedding invitations such as adding slides to showcase your journey together or you can share special moments from your court marriage.

Destination wedding cards: - As the name suggests these things are perfect for destination weddings. You can relate these things to travel, for example, you can paste postcards on top.

 For an even more convincing look, you can choose boats, plains, or trains as vector graphics on your cards. Your guests can plan an early trip to your destination because of the excitement from destination wedding cards.

Wedding invitations to match this spring mood

 We all love spring; it’s the perfect season for fun, going on trips, playing sports, and weddings. If we think about it, half the happiness and cheer is gone when weddings happen in summer or winter because of the extreme heat or extreme cold that can make everyone sick, spring has neither of that so it’s good for weddings.

This spring wedding season, everyone’s mood will be full of cheer and excitement, you can add to the mood by opting for one of our themed Indian Wedding Cards from this list.

Summer theme invitations for a delighted mood

These themed cards are available in our most popular designs at Seven Colours Card such as Laser Cut Invitations and Scroll Wedding Cards. Check out this list and pick your favorite ones.   

Watercolor cards: - These give a hint of the spring rain that fills the air with an aromatic scent, its artistic design will be loved by your guests for sure. Even though the design has a lot of randomness to it, it’s still without a doubt a masterpiece. Here’s the best part, you will get a sign of spring without the details being clouded.

Blooming love invitations: - These are one of the unique cards on our list. Spring invitations usually feature warm greens; yellows, light brown shades, and peachy pinks, but blooming love invitations give a classicspring effect with garden roses in blacks, grays, and whites. The result is a truly special wedding card.

Painted bouquet cards: - The warm spring brings with it, little flowers that are ready to be painted on wedding cards. The card is made with stunning hand-painted rose designs that bring the innocent sweetness of spring with a classic twist ready to mesmerize your guests.

Fantasy garden cards: - Adding the delight of spring to your invitation is not a fantasy anymore, only the name of this card style is fantasy garden, you will get the feel of walking in a spring garden. With a stunning background overflowing with soft white and pink flowers with shots of greenery, it’s sure to visually interest your guests.

Dream sky invitations: - The spring sky is like a dream come true, isn’t it? All of us must have imagined how it would be to fly in the spring sky? Now we can with dream sky wedding cards. A card is backgrounded with lovely sky blue color, mixed with dabs of pink to give you the mood of spring in any season and not just spring, to add to the delight, it is finished with glitter to give it the shine of the season. Who knows, your guests might even keep one as a souvenir.

Royal Romance wedding card: - Spring is all about romance, add a little royalty to it and you have got yourself the best invitation on our list, like people say, we saved the best for last. printed with royal colors such as white, gold, purple, violet, blue, dark pink, which represent purity, wealth, devotion, and grace respectively. You are sure going to feel like king and queen and your guests will be your lovely people with one of these.     

Acrylic wedding invitations are not user friendly: here’s why?

 

We all want to buy the best looking, most stylish, creative, and unique wedding cards, our sole purpose is to show our enthusiasm to our guests, that we are ready for the wedding and so our invitees.

You go to the shop or visit a wedding card buying website where every card is Created With[RA1] [RA2]  Love, after hours of choosing between the seemingly unlimited choices, you come across a nice-looking acrylic card, you are amazed by its transparent cover, beautiful design, and font.

 But wait before you buy one, have a look at why it’s not user-friendly, and then decide for yourself.

The sad truth about acrylic wedding cards

Not eco-friendly: - We were shocked to hear this one, but it’s the truth, an acrylic card is as harmful to nature as it is amazing in looks. Since it is a type of plastic, it is not recyclable and you already know that plastics take time to biodegrade.

Unless it looks like a showpiece, you are going to throw the wedding card in the dustbin as soon as the big event is over and acrylic cards don’t look like one. Besides you can get paper invitation cards that are recyclable at the same cost.

We are also environmentally conscious and so we also don’t sell acrylic invitations and don’t encourage you to buy one either.

Cost factor: - You might be thinking that acrylic cards are expensive, but it’s the complete opposite, acrylic invitation cards are cheap, so there is no problem with money, but there are other problems that shouldn’t be ignored.

Each type of plastic has a different type of clarity, Plexi acrylic cards have a clear font, but lower-end plastic acrylic invitation cards appear foggy and gimmicky.

You might be thinking that you can make DIY acrylic cards, but there will be various challenges that you will face such as.

1)      If you are applying paint or pen, it can be easily wiped off from the plastic.

2)      If you are applying stickers you need to be careful not to tear that.

3)      If you are using permanent pens, there is still the risk of scratching the ink off.

The only risk-free way to write on plastic is by using special printers. Whatever the reason,its plastic people and the bottom line is, that plastic is harmful to nature.

Issues in mailing: - We are talking about good old-fashioned mailing with the mailbox here. You can distribute the cards by going to the guests’ house who live in your region, but what about guests from abroad, mailing is the only option unless you are sending an e-card.

You need to keep in mind the additional postage cost and will need to spare some more from your wedding budget so that the Cards reach your invitees on time. We are sorry to tell you that high-quality acrylic invitations are expensive and you might be charged higher mailing fees depending on size and weight. Your post office may also discard acrylic card since it is plastic and you then need to send it as parcels which will cost more than the card itself.

You may also need to get thick envelopes since the acrylic invite is solid and have rough corners, if it is not rounded plus the card can tear out of the casing if handled incorrectly. Overall you will pay more just for invitation cards.

The font and fingerprints: - Your guests will have a hard time reading the text because of the transparent cover. Anything written on acrylic can be hard to read without a background.

If you ever touched a sample you ordered, your guests are going to notice the fingerprints on the card, which will spoil the entire mood, even if you were extra careful while handling, your guests will eventually smudge the card with fingerprints.

What’s the solution?

Vellum invitation cards: - If you love the idea of a transparent marriage invitation, but do not want to harm the planet, your solution is vellum. Vellum is a transparent paper made from the same material as used to make normal paper.

Vellums are easily recyclable and some are even approved by FSC, others contain recyclable fiber. It is not as transparent as acrylic but your guests will still be impressed.

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Wedding invitation websites: the next step in wedding invitations

 

Forget paper wedding invitation cards, it’s the time of the digital era and in the digital era, everything is digital. We have good news for you. We as Wedding Cards Online sellers have also gone completely digital.

the e-card is a good alternative for you, but it’s still a card that went digital, so we put our creative minds to use and brought you the next step in wedding invitations and that is a wedding invitation website, yes you heard us right, a website.

Today we will tell you why you should choose to build a wedding invitation website for your next grand event.

Benefits of wedding invitation websites

Share all the details: - If you put all the details into one electronic Designer Wedding Card, it’s going to look messed up with all the text crammed up into one space, even if the patterns on the card is beautiful, it will still not look attractive, plus even if you put all the information into an e-card in a readable way, your guests will still have to browse through its pages.

On the other hand, your invitational website will be just one user-friendly page that your guests will have no problems in reading; you can share all the details such as accommodations, pre, and post-wedding functions, various schedules, engagement photos, you and your fiancé’s love story. Overall you can add as many details as you want.

Better organization: - An invitational website can do much more than sharing details, it can be used to manage and communicate with invitees. The website that we create for you will have a guest list tool, which can be used for creating custom RSVP.

You can label all your guests according to the responses, for example, bride’s group and groom’s group or attendees and non-attendees.

Send dates: - This is something that has never been done before, but now you can send dates to guests via the website, you can choose to email the dates to only the guests who are attending to make double sure that no attendant misses out on the events.

All registry information in one place: - The little things in weddings include the registries, this includes wishing wells, charities, etc. For example, you can add cash registries on the website telling your invitees that the cash gifts you receive will all be donated to charity.

It is also a great way to remove registry information from your traditional or e-invitation card, if you are also giving those as formalities, Buy Wedding Cards Online only from us as our cards are affordable for all. You should also know that it’s considered rude to include registry URLs in your invitation cards.

The mobile app is also available: - Is a wedding website not the thing for you? Or you don’t have a desktop or laptop? We got you covered.

We can also create a marriage invitational web application or a mobile application for you that will have all the features of the website for you to use.

The coolest 10 wedding invitation trends for 2021

 We love to be in trend, whether it be, clothing, food, home, accessories, technology, and even wedding. Themed weddings are trending these days.

We would love everything to be beautiful and unique at our wedding destination; after all, we wed only once, and as the same as our wedding the wedding invitation cards should also leave a long-lasting impression on our guests.

So we have carefully picked the 10 coolest and in-trend invitation cards to help you with your next Indian Wedding Cards selection.

In trend invitations of 2021

Vellum card: - These cards are made from vellum; a kind of paper that is semi-translucent with a frosted finish, we would suggest that an invitation card made with a combination of vellum paper and traditional or modern front covers is sure going to be a memorable wedding invitation.

To add to the beauty of this card, white ink font, metallic foil, or soft watercolor florals can also be added.    

Acrylic card: - If you want to add a hint of romance to your wedding card then an acrylic card is the thing for you, these beauties will make sure that your guests are excited about the big event.   

Deckled-edge paper card: - Deckled edge invitation cards are also going to be popular in 2021, if you want your invitation card to be stylish, then you should go for deckled edge paper invitational card, this card is known for the handwritten calligraphy fonts written on it   

Gold foil card: - Cards containing golden foil are also in demand, the tiniest of details can be written with a gold foil, you can either use a patterned golden design or use it to highlight names or the date of the auspicious night.

Other metallics such as bronze, copper, and rose gold are also getting recognition in 2021.  

Letterpress card: - These are made with the premium technique for our premium and non-premium users. The design is finished into a plate that is pressed into cotton paper to leave a beautiful impression on the paper as well as in your invitees’ minds. 

Minimal card: - This is the simpler card on our list; the cards use simple hand lettering and one glossy completely inclusive design. The invitation card looks simple enough but is in trend as couples do choose these sometimes over the other more complicated styles on our list    

Calligraphy card: - Calligraphy is an art that has been fascinating us for years, now based on trend and your demands, we are incorporating new and creative hand lettering on to the invitations, you can just notice how beautiful and stunning, your and your bride’s name looks handwritten on the cover     

Custom monogram card: - this invitation card is fully customizable; a monogram invitation card has meaningful lines. It’s a Designer Wedding Card preferred by pattern-loving couples.    

Floral and botanic designs card: - The idea for these cards is taken straight from the fact that wedding decorations are full of flowers and other botanical designs. Now you can get a similar design on your Seed Paper Invitations. 

Moody colors card: - The color combination in these cards is different from the one you would normally get. Bold colors are perfectly blended with shades of deep plum, dark navy, and black which is perfect for Christian Wedding Invitations.

Choose e-invitation over traditional invitation

 A wedding can be the most beautiful ceremony of our lives; it’s a ceremony that binds two souls for all 7 births according to scriptures, thus it happens only once and is the most important day for the bridegroom.

 The various traditional rituals such as Ganesh pooja, ladies sangeet, 7 fere, reception, and baarat among the various small and big rituals spark us with excitement and what other thing can mark the beginning of that happiness than a wedding card.

Earlier people used to distribute traditional printed wedding cards personally to each guest, but now times have changed, with the emergence of the internet, we have our priorities, now the internet is the new social and e-invitation came with it, so with that being said, here’s why you should choose e-invitation over a traditional one.

Advantages of e-invitation

Time saver: - The biggest advantage of digital invitation is that you can create it from anywhere, forget going to the card printers over and over again, telling them your priorities plus it removes the waiting time that it takes for a wedding card to be finished since e-cards can be created within minutes.

Other than that your guests can immediately respond to an invitation sent by mail, overall you can easily pay attention to wedding preparations.

Lots of customizations: - With traditional cards there is another problem of limited choices regarding details and designing, on top of that you may have to pay extra which is not acceptable.

But when it comes to an e-invitation you can get tons of customizable templates that include, font styles, a personalized message, multiple designs, and whatnot that you can play around with till it matches what you had in mind and not even pay extra.

Money saver: - Like we mentioned before, traditional wedding cards can cost you a lot as you also have to pay for stamps if you want to send a card outside the city, state, or country you are living in, even if you don’t have guests outside your area (which is a rare case), you will get indirect costs such as petrol or taxi costs.

E-invitations are a cheap yet amazing solution, sending e-wedding cards save all direct and indirect costs which you can later use for other endeavors as well.

 If you like the idea of e-invitation but want the feel of traditional wedding cards, we have got customizable digital Laser Cut cards and Scroll Wedding Cards among the many at affordable prices.

Save our planet: - You can save our trees and indirectly save the earth if you buy e-invitation.

Just think about it, wedding cards are made from paper and that paper is made from trees, so you are responsible for getting so many trees cut when you buy paper wedding invitations.

That’s why we at sevencolourscard.com encourage you to buy Digital Marriage Invitation Cards and save our planet.    

 Manage your guest list: - Indian wedding ceremonies are grand and like all other grand things this ceremony also requires your full attention for going smoothly, but how are you going to pay full attention, if you are busy managing the list of guests.

Some Indian Wedding Invitations making companies provide you with the feature of digitally managing your guests by providing easy to use tools that are customized from the forms filled by you.

The importance of wedding cards in marriage, even during the modern days

The wedding is the most beautiful, auspicious, prosperousand most important event in a person’s life.

We would want every arrangement to be the best from the catering to the marriage garden, the music, the baaarat band; everything must be spot on, since marriage only comes once in our lives.

But what about a wedding without any guests; and guests arrive only because of Indian wedding cards, these cards make each of the guests feel special invited and thus are very important, even in modern times when we can invite anyone and everyone via social media.

Wedding cards before modernization

Wedding invitation cards existed, even before the introduction of technology and modernization of India, these cards date back to the 1900s and are a very important part of our wedding tradition, in earlier times invitation cards used o be plain and simple, but as India started developing over time it affected the wedding cards too, the cards are however still used to inform the guests about the bridegroom’s name and the dates of the event.

The true importance of wedding cards

Even in the present date, wedding cards are still an important part of our marriage tradition, and here’s why?

Inviting Ganesh Ji: - The god of wisdom must always be invited to weddings first so that, the god can remove all obstacles from a wedding ceremony and bless the bridegroom with a prosperous married life, to do this an image of the lord is printed on the top of the card.

He is the god of beginnings who is given the most respect throughout the country and not only worshipped before a wedding ceremony but also before starting anything new, we must pray to Ganesh Ji that he blesses us so that our new work starts without any hindrance.

Socializing: - In the modern society where we can always use our phone to chat and invite people to events, even weddings too, but earlier when the bride and grooms families will go from home to home and distribute wedding cards to the relatives, the family would socialize and get to know each other, even a simple card would make a strong bond between families even before the marriage rituals, although a modern wedding card is full of eye-catching colors and features and the costs are expensive, it must still be used to socialize and keep our tradition alive.

A card conveys a lot of information: - Other than the name of the couple to be wed, a wedding card can convey a lot more information, it can tell the dates of the different events that all together complete a successful wedding, it can also tell the type of wedding, whether it is a Hindu, Christian, Muslim, Sikh or Isai marriage, each of these cards are available in different styles such as Scroll Wedding Cards, Laser Cut Cards and many more at sevencolourscard.com, So Buy Wedding Cards Online at affordable prices.

It tells foreign guests about our culture: - In most of the Indian families there are NRIs who visit the family just on a wedding occasion, but not alone, the friends of that family member also arrive to enjoy the event, the wedding card gives those foreigners attending the Indian wedding the details about the rituals to the foreigners, thus alighting the world with our culture and tradition.

Add-on items to include in a Wedding Invitation

Once we have picked an antique wedding invitation for our specialday it is time to acknowledge the add-on items for wedding invites.

Below given in the list of add-on wedding items we should include along with our marriage invitations.

·         Boxes

Add-on item boxes like ribbon box, big laddu box with tassel, small cube favour box and other personalized boxes can create a sweet memory of our wedding on every guest. Not only used to stun people with the beauty, items like snack and sweet boxes can serve different purpose as well. Now it’s time for us to think outside the box and shop creative add-on items for wedding.

·         Gift Bags

Presentation is extensive. This is the reason why gift bags have now become mandatory to include in every marriage card. Whether we are choosing a large size wedding gift bags or small size wedding gift bags they can add a spark to marriage invites.

Gift bad add-on items can be used to distribute wedding invitation in elegant way, give return gifts to guest, add cultural charm to marriage and so on. 

·         Money Envelopes

In Hindu wedding, Shagun (a token of good luck) is considered very auspicious. It is offered at every ritual in the wedding, especially at the time when Barat arrives at marriage place. Brides’ family welcomes groom family by placing tilak on forehead and giving Shagun in Money Envelopes to them.

This is an ancient Hindu tradition and Seven colours Card is making every effort to protect this tradition.

Thus it is clear to us money envelopes are not an optional add-on item in Hindu wedding invites.

·         RSPV cards

Some of us may be unaware about the RSPV add-on item. If we want to finalize the guest list and exempt from the awkward situation of shortage of food, gift items, rooms, then only RSPV cards can save us. 

These cards ask your guests to reply whether they are attending the wedding or not. Isn’t this a brilliant idea?

It is much easier for us now to plan everything accordingly with the final number of invitees rather than being in doubt and making last minute arrangements.

·         Thank you cards

Planning a large wedding may not give us proper time to express our gratitude to each friend and relative. But thank you cards can surely work as a helping hand. 

Everyone may not notice the entire elements of our well-planned marriage, but thank you card add-on item can add a pleasant and warm memory in their hearts.

·         Menu cards

Isn’t it a wonderful idea to communicate the details of meals to our guest? I think it is.

Whether we are going to choose a buffet system or a simple traditional-serving system, menu cards will surely help give guests the courtesy of knowing the particulars of food options.

There are various other options of add-on items in wedding like Table cards, programme books and others. Include final fabulous touches to your wedding by selecting the best and suitable add on items for marriage invites. Happy Wedding!