Flat Wedding Invitations

What Are Flat Wedding Invitations?

A flat wedding invitation is a single flat card, not folded, printed full color in 3 sizes from a 4.25" x 5.5" card up to a 6" x 6" square, on any of 20 stocks. It carries your ceremony and reception details on one panel, so there is nothing to open. Set the ink to 4/0 for a printed front with a blank back, 4/1 to add black type on the back, or 4/4 for full color on both sides. If you would rather your invitation opens, the Folded Wedding Invitations run the same details across a folded card, and the flat version sits right beside it as the simpler, budget-friendly pick.

What Size Should a Flat Wedding Invitation Be?

The right size comes down to how much you need to say. The 4.25" x 5.5" is the compact, budget-friendly card, easy to mail and quick to read. The 5" x 7" is the size most people picture when they think wedding invitation, with room for a full layout, a photo and an elegant type treatment. The 6" x 6" square is the modern choice that stands out in a stack of rectangles, and you can order a custom size up to 6" x 7" when none of the presets is exactly right. All 3 sizes, both finishes and the full stock list are grouped below exactly the way the live configurator presents them, so you know what you can change before you change it. For a smaller everyday card for showers and thank-you notes, the Invitation Cards cover that format.

Here are a few easy ways to make a flat wedding invitation feel like more.

Pick a stock that feels like the day

A heavier coated stock gives an invitation real presence in the hand. White linen reads woven and formal, metallic pearl in ice, champagne, silver or gold catches the light like foil without the foil price, and the 24pt ultra thick gloss cover feels like a keepsake. The default 14pt Gloss Cover keeps it crisp and affordable, and a High Gloss UV Coating makes a photo or a foil-look monogram snap. Kraft, cream uncoated and soft touch round out the natural, understated end of the list.

Design it without a designer

You do not need a design background to make an invitation look sharp. Start from hundreds of free, professionally built layouts in our flat invitation design templates, then change the wording, colors and photo in the online editor in minutes.

Already have your artwork? Skip the editor and download a press-ready blank instead. Each blank flat wedding invitation template is built at the real trim size with the 1/8" bleed and safe margin already drawn in, so your design never crowds the cut. Grab the size that matches your order below, drop your art in, and upload.

How Much Do Flat Wedding Invitations Cost?

Flat wedding invitations start at $19.77 per set of 25, and the per-card price keeps dropping as the quantity climbs toward 100,000, so the cost really comes down to how big a guest list you print for. A 700-card run is $106.55, roughly 15 cents each, and 6,000 cards run $238.14, about 4 cents each. So how many do you actually need? Drag the slider below to set your count and watch both the set total and the true per-card cost update live, and find the point where one more step up barely moves the budget.

What Finishing Touches Can You Add?

A finished invitation is more than the card. Add matching white wove envelopes in the same order so your suite arrives ready to address, with no separate hunt for envelopes that fit. Soften the look with rounded corners at a 3/8" or a tighter 1/8" radius, or keep the classic square corner. Sending to more than one list? Split the order into as many as 10 sets. And before a single card prints, choose a free online proof to check your layout on screen, or a next-day hardcopy proof to hold the real paper and color in your hand. Prefer to move fast? Send it straight to production and skip the proof entirely.

How Do Flat Wedding Invitations Compare to the Rest of the Range?

Flat wedding invitations are the value pick when you want a clean, classic card, but they are not your only move. If you are weighing a folded invitation or a smaller everyday card, it helps to see the trade-off in plain numbers. The chart below lines up flat wedding invitations against their closest siblings so you can compare the starting price on each before you choose.

How Fast Can You Get Flat Wedding Invitations?

Flat wedding invitations print on a 3 business day standard turnaround, and when a date sneaks up you can move that to 2-day, Next-Day or even Same-Day production out of our NYC plant. Each step buys back time for a set percentage on top of the base price, so you only pay for speed when you actually need it. Same Day orders need to be approved by the daily cutoff to ship that day. And you are not gambling on the date: 99.8% of 4OVER4 orders arrive on time and 82% ship early, which matters when a real wedding is waiting on the other end.

See the Rest of Our Invitations

Flat wedding invitations are one stop in a much larger lineup, and you can scan the full print product range any time. If a folded card, a metallic stock or a smaller everyday invitation would serve you better, the rest of the family is one tap away. Each option shows its own starting price and links straight to its product page, so finding the right fit takes seconds.

Print Your Flat Wedding Invitations Today

At 4OVER4.COM, quality comes first, and it's backed by a satisfaction guarantee and 25+ years of printing since 1999. Whatever size, stock or finish you pick, these invitations are built to feel good in a hand and look right on the day. Need them before the mailing deadline? Our Same-Day production keeps you covered. Print your flat wedding invitations today.