How To Use Belly Bands for Wedding Invitations

Do you need belly bands for wedding invitations? What are belly bands anyway?!

If you’re wondering what that elusive finishing stationery piece is, if you really need to have one, and why belly bands for wedding invitations are a thing, you’ve come to the right place.

Let’s talk belly bands, and, while wildly comfortable, nah, we aren’t talking about these maternity ones, although I just finally put away all the maternity clothes from a few months ago! Man, those jeans were commmmmmfy! Ha!

Let’s go!

Belly bands are small strips of paper (or vellum) that are designed to go around the middle of a wedding invitation and keep everything held together nicely.

A belly band is the ultimate finishing touch to a wedding invitation.

When you think belly band, think: organization. That is their sole purpose.

It is also the piece that will make guests go, dannnnnng, this is gorgeous, or something of the sort, upon opening up your wedding invite. ;)

As you know with invitations, presentation is everything; belly bands are one of the pieces that serve a purpose and add to your overall style.

When guests open the outer envelope to reveal your invitation, it will be held together neatly and organized with the proper cards in order.

Belly bands are helpful to have when you want your invitations to be as presentable as possible upon delivery.

So, with all this talk about belly bands, where do you get them? How do you add belly bands to wedding invitations?

It’s easy, really!

If your invitation stationer doesn’t already offer them, you can buy belly bands for wedding invitations here.

These belly bands are easy to add to your invitations with a simple clear sticker, included, to securely seal.

If you wish to get a complete suite of invitations with belly bands that match, you can shop looks here.

But what we love about these belly bands is the ability to add them to existing invitations (5″ x 7″ in size), so if you’ve already ordered your invites but now want to add bands to them, you can do it in an instant.

With so many designs from which to choose, you can add a fun pop of color, accents such as gold foil or gloss, include your initials and/or your wedding date for a personalized touch, incorporate a motif or theme, and more.

Here are some examples of belly bands for wedding invitations, all designed by independent artists (yay!) for Minted from this huge collection.

Black and White Belly Bands with Initials

Gold Foil

Floral Autumn Band

Personalized Belly Bands

Monogram

To shop these styles or to buy belly bands to match your invitations, click here to get started.

Happy Planning!

xo
Emma