Wedding is considered to be the biggest cultural and social event in India, wedding invitation also plays an important role for this societal gathering. In ancient times “Haldi Chawal” was more than enough to invite people, but since last seven decades wedding invitation has become more civilized and sophisticated. This is the known fact that wedding invitations is a formal invite which has to be addressed by hand to show the importance and personal meaning of the occasion. Due to the changing marriage trends, wedding invitations 
has drastically changed from Haldi Chawal to designer wedding Cards.
The standard invitation was just a plain rectangle card which was usually printed with the picture of god to invite their loved once. But Today, the innovative designer cards have taken a place of the traditional cards, today the couples are looking for something unique and innovative. Round, tri-fold, or tea length cards are some of the popular choices among brides and grooms. In fact colour and style has tremendously changed the look and feel of the wedding cards, As per the traditional cards picture of god were printed on the cards, but today flowers and other beautiful things have taken its place. Today, the consumer is more concerned about his choice and desire, says Manas , a wedding & Event planner
Although traditional whites and off-whites are still common colours used for invitation cards, but most of the modern couples are now looking forward to have jazzy and vibrant colors such as rich browns, deep greens, and dark blues etc to give a new look and feel to the wedding invitation cards. However, orange and red is the most common colour in the entire wedding event. Red and orange colour is not only found on bride wedding dress, but these are quite popular in decorations and invitation cards, he added.
Environment friendly invitation cards are also getting popularity because of global warming and other environmental concerns, more and more couples are opting for recycled papers for the invitation cards , it gives elegant and modern touch to the wedding invite.
If we talk about the formal or casual invitations this year, there is another trend which is gaining popularity. As the couples used to be limited in decorating the invitations with ribbons or dories, but today the trend have taken a turn and there is a wide choice of laces, silver charms, decorative beads, feathers, precious stones or dry flowers and artificial flowers etc which can be used to decorate a invitation card and make it look more colourful. Today, you can be as creative as you want to be.
To give a feel of glamour and elegance in your wedding invitations you can go for engraved invite – although it's an expensive option, but it creates a distinct look, If you can't afford engraving, one can also opt for thermography. The wedding planners also design the wedding cards as per the theme of the décor of the wedding.
Wedding! It is not only an occasion marked by rendering of two souls, but is marked to weave two families and their cultures together. In India, Wedding is the most sacred social event in the family and the family does everything to make it just perfect.
The perfect beginning for such a pious event should be embarked with a perfect wedding invitation cards.