Create a QR Code for Your Wedding
Link one code to your RSVP form, wedding website, seating chart or photo album, and print it on invitations, welcome signs, table cards and thank-you notes. If the shuttle times change, the page can change with them.
& TomasSaturday 13 September, Marlow Barn
Details and schedule on one pageScan to
RSVP
Elise & TomastableSeating list and tonight’s scheduleScan for
the seating plan
How Couples Use QR Codes Before, During and After the Day
An RSVP on the invitation, a seating chart at the entrance, a photo album on the thank-you card. The scan opens something different at each stage.
Why Put a QR Code on Wedding Stationery?
Wedding details have a habit of changing after the stationery is printed. The shuttle leaves earlier, the hotel block fills up, the ceremony moves indoors. Using a dynamic QR code can help your guests stay current with the event details. A QR code also spares you from printing a long web address with both your names and the date in it, and gives guests somewhere to look things up instead of texting you the night before.
A web address nobody has to type
Wedding website addresses tend to be long, with names, dates and hyphens. One scan skips the typos and the guest who gives up on the third try.
Fewer texts the night before
Parking, dress code, the start time, the route from the hotel. Put them on one page and the questions that reach you at midnight have somewhere else to go. Guests can look it up themselves, in the car or in the lobby.
Different codes for different cards
The RSVP card, the welcome sign and the thank-you note each do a different job. Give each its own code and you can change one without touching the others.
See how many guests scanned each card
Your dashboard shows scan counts for each code over time. It won’t tell you who has replied, because your RSVP form does that. It is useful for seeing whether the welcome sign gets any use.
Keep the essentials in print too
Not every guest will scan, and that’s fine. Print the date, time and address on the card and let the code carry the extras: the schedule, the map and the photos.
QR Code Features for Wedding Stationery
Keep the link current, match the code to your palette and get files your printer can use.
Point the code at your RSVP form now and at a photo gallery after the wedding. The code on the card stays the same, so if the shuttle times move or you switch photo albums, you update the link and leave the stationery as it is. Nobody has to reprint two hundred invitations.
Choose colors from your wedding palette, add initials or a small logo, and add a short line such as “Scan to RSVP.” Soft blush on ivory looks lovely and scans badly, so pick a deep shade from your palette for the code and keep the pale tones for the paper around it.
See how many times each code has been scanned over time. Give the welcome sign, the table cards and the thank-you notes separate codes and you can tell which ones guests used. GetQR counts scans. Replies and photo uploads show up in the form or album you linked.
Download SVG or EPS for your stationer so the code stays crisp on anything from a small RSVP card to a large welcome sign. If you’re printing at home, PNG or PDF will do. Either way, ask for a proof on the real paper before the full run.
The rehearsal dinner, ceremony, reception and thank-you cards can each have their own code, all managed in one dashboard. That keeps each page short and focused, and it means changing the reception details never touches the link on the ceremony program.
Make Your Wedding QR Code in Three Steps
Decide where guests should land, match the code to your palette, then print a test.
Six Ways Couples Use QR Codes
Use the ones that fit your day.
RSVPs and Wedding Details
Put a code on the RSVP card that opens your reply form, or on the invitation to open your wedding website with the schedule, hotel and travel details. Keep the printed date, time and address on the card too. The code carries the extras, so guests who skip the scan still know where to turn up.
Seating Charts and Table Cards
A code on a welcome sign or an easel can open the seating list so guests can find their table without crowding around one printed chart. A small card on each table can open the menu or the evening’s schedule. Build the seating page late, once the final replies are in, and you can still fix it on the day.
Programs and Orders of Service
Link from the program to the readings, song titles or a page about the wedding party, so the printed program can stay short and the type can stay large. A page can also carry translations of the readings for guests who would like them. Keep the order of service in print too. Programs get binned, but the page can stay up.
Guest Photo Collection
Put a sign on each table with a code that opens a shared album where guests can add photos. Your album service needs to accept uploads from a link, ideally without guests creating an account, so test it on a phone before you print. Set the album’s privacy to a level you’re comfortable with. Tell guests what it does.
Registry and Gift Information
If you include registry or honeymoon-fund details, a small separate card with a code is more tactful than putting them on the invitation itself. Guests who want to give can scan it, and those who don’t will barely notice it. Give it its own code so your dashboard shows whether anyone used it. Keep the wording short and warm.
Thank-You Cards
Print a code on the back of each card that opens a photo gallery, a short video or a message from you. Keep the link live for as long as people might scan it, which could be years if a grandparent keeps the card on the fridge. You can swap the gallery for the full album later.
Planning Several Weddings?
Give each couple their own codes and keep them all in one dashboard. A planner with ten weddings in a season can keep each couple’s pages apart.
Before You Order the Stationery
Pale Palettes Need a Dark Code
Blush, sage and champagne are lovely colors for paper and poor colors for a code. Use a deep shade from your palette on a light background.
Small Cards, Real Size
On an RSVP card the code still has to be big enough to scan comfortably. Test it at the final printed size, and if space is tight, drop a decoration before you shrink the code.
Don’t Tuck It Into the Florals
Leave clear space on all four sides. A wreath illustration, a border or a ribbon touching the code can stop it scanning.
Send Vector Files
SVG or EPS keeps the code sharp at any size, and your stationer will usually ask for one of them.
Ask for a Proof on the Real Paper
Print a sample on the actual stock and scan it with a few phones, including an older one, in the lighting of the room where guests will use it.
Foil, Letterpress, Vellum and Glare
Foil, embossing and heavy texture can distort a code, and shiny stock reflects window light. Test any special finish before you commit, and don’t place the code under a vellum overlay.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Questions couples ask before the stationery goes to print.
Yes. Edit the destination in your GetQR dashboard and the printed code stays the same. Guests who scan later open the new page.
Many will, because most current phone cameras read QR codes without an app. Some won’t, so print the key details, such as date, time and address, on the card and keep the code for extras.
Anyone with the link can open the page, and anyone who gets hold of the code can scan it. Leave out phone numbers, home addresses and anything else you wouldn’t pin to a public noticeboard.
The code opens whatever page you link to. If that page is an RSVP form, guests can reply there. GetQR doesn’t collect the replies itself.
If the album or folder you link to accepts uploads from a link, yes. Check that your chosen service lets guests upload without creating an account before you print.
Dynamic codes show scan counts in your dashboard. Use a different code for each card or sign to compare them. GetQR doesn’t show who scanned, and replies are recorded in your RSVP form.
As long as anyone might scan it. If the code is on thank-you cards, keep that gallery or page available well after the wedding.
A corner of the RSVP card works well, with a short line such as “Scan to RSVP” beside it. Keep it away from borders, florals and folds.
One per job. A single code for the RSVP, the photos and the schedule forces everything onto one page. Separate codes also let you compare scans.
Big enough to scan comfortably without holding the phone right up to the card. Test the printed card at its final size, and give the code priority over decoration.
Yes. Signs and table numbers give you more room, so you can make the code larger. Put it on a flat, matte surface and keep it out of direct glare from candles and string lights.
First check the card isn’t creased or covered by a ribbon. Then ask them to hold the phone a little farther back in good light. Then give them the web address printed beside the code, and fix the cause before the next batch goes out.