Custom Wedding and Invitation Boxes Sized to Your Stationery

What are wedding and invitation boxes?

They are slim rigid boxes that hold printed wedding stationery, or slightly deeper boxes that hold small gifts for the wedding party. Both use a base and a separate lid wrapped in paper.

Our photos show four takes: a grey linen-look box with the invitation resting on a raised bed, a navy box tied with a gold satin ribbon, a pale pink bridesmaid box printed with flowers, and a deep green box with a gold foil wreath and a green bow.

How does a lift-off lid suit wedding stationery?

The lid lifts straight up and away, so the whole invitation is revealed at once, flat in the base. There is no flap folded over the card to crease it and no magnet click to rush the moment.

On a slim invitation box, a full-depth lid is common because it hides the base completely and gives a neat block. Deeper gift boxes often use a part-depth lid so a band of base wrap shows below. That band is a good place for a second colour from the wedding palette.

Some invitation boxes in our photos open on a hinge instead. If you would prefer a box that opens like a book, our book-style rigid boxes page covers that build.

What size box fits a 5x7 inch invitation?

A 5x7 inch card measures about 127 x 178 mm. Add 3 mm on each side so the card lifts out without catching, giving an inside size of about 133 x 184 mm.

Depth depends on what goes in with it, and it is the number most often guessed wrong. A single card needs only 10 to 15 mm. A full suite with an RSVP card, a details card, a ribbon and perhaps a pressed flower or a wax seal needs 25 to 35 mm.

If the box will be posted, check the outer thickness against the parcel size you plan to use before you fix the depth. Our rigid box measuring guide shows how wall thickness adds to the outer size.

Invitation box or gift box: which build do you need?

The two look alike in photos but are planned differently. This comparison helps you brief us correctly.

Wraps, ribbons and colour matching

Most couples want the box to match the wedding palette, and stationers usually work from the same swatches used on the cards. Plain papers in sage, dusty blue, blush, navy, ivory and deep green are common. Textured and linen-look wraps give the soft, woven surface many stationers prefer.

Ribbon ties are options in satin or grosgrain, fixed under the base so they stay with the box, in a shade chosen to match the wrap. Tell us the colour reference your stationer is using and we match the wrap and ribbon as closely as the papers allow, then show both on the proof.

Which finishes suit a wedding box?

Gold or rose gold foil blocking, chosen as an option, is the classic choice for a monogram, the couple's initials or a wreath like the one in our green box photo. Blind debossing gives a quieter mark pressed into linen-look paper.

Printed florals work well on smooth paper with matt lamination, as on the pink bridesmaid box. A short printed line on the lid, such as a proposal question for a bridesmaid, reads well in a simple script. All finishes are options and show on your proof. Our article on foil, debossing and other finishes explains each one.

Can you post a boxed wedding invitation?

Yes, but not bare. Put the box inside a padded envelope or a slim plain carton, and put the address on that outer layer. Ribbon bows crush in a flat envelope, so tie the ribbon flat or use a pull tab on boxes that will be posted.

Many couples hand deliver boxed invitations to close family and post simpler cards to everyone else. That keeps the number of boxes, and the postage, down. If every guest gets a box, post a test one to yourself first and see how it arrives.

Ordering wedding and invitation boxes

Send the inside size, quantity, wrap colour and any ribbon or foil. Every order is quoted in writing.

Our designers place your monogram or artwork for free, and the proof shows the lid, the base and any printed inside panel. Read it twice, and ask someone else to check every name and date. Stationers who supply many couples can get a quote for invitation boxes once and reuse the same size with a new wrap and foil each time.