Most couples who build their own invitation are what you might call accidental designers: confident about what they like, less confident nudging text boxes around a canvas. The good news is that a few editor features do most of the precision work for you.

Let the editor do the lining up

  • Drag any element and alignment guides appear, snapping it into line with other elements and with the edges and center of the canvas.
  • Hold Shift, Ctrl or Cmd while clicking to select several elements, then move them as a group so spacing stays intact.
  • Use the layer list to reorder, hide or lock elements. Locking a background photo stops it moving while you work on the text above it.
  • Ctrl or Cmd + D duplicates a selection, which is the quickest way to make matching labels or icons.

Edit all your text in one place

Templates often repeat your names and date in several boxes. Instead of hunting for each one, open Quick edit text at the bottom right of the canvas. It lists every text box in reading order, so you can update them one after another without changing any fonts, colors or layout.

  1. Open Quick edit text and type straight into each line.
  2. Use Find & replace to swap a placeholder name for yours across the whole card, with options for matching case and whole words.
  3. If a replacement goes wrong, one Undo reverts the whole change.
  4. Watch the footer: it shows when your edits are pending, saving or saved.

Remember that a published card only changes for guests after you publish the update. Edit freely, then push the new version live when you are happy with it.

Keep photos sharp but light

Wedding photos straight from a photographer can be many megabytes each, and a card full of them loads slowly on a guest's mobile data. Compress them first with the free image compressor at /tools/image-compressor, which runs in your browser and lets you compare quality before you download.

  • Pick one hero photo for the opening screen and a small set for the album.
  • Keep all photos in a similar tone so the card feels consistent.
  • Check how many images your plan includes: 10 on Free, 50 on Basic and 100 on Premium.

Know when guests respond

Once the card is out, your dashboard notifications tell you when a guest submits an RSVP, leaves a wish, confirms a gift or signs your guestbook. It is a small thing, but seeing the first replies arrive is one of the nicest parts of sending an invitation.

Want more detail on any of these? The editor sections of the /guide walk through layers, shortcuts, photos and publishing step by step.