Larisa is an expert in weddings, RSVP, wedding invitations, wedding templates and save the dates. She writes every guide on this blog, from announcing the date to the final headcount the venue asks for.
Her approach is practical: wording that sounds like you, an invitation that looks right on a phone, an RSVP guests fill in themselves, and a list that stays readable once the replies arrive. When a detail depends on the country, the budget or a local custom, she says so instead of rounding it off.
What Larisa covers
Weddings
The planning decisions that shape the day, from the timeline to the guest count.
Wedding invitations
Digital invitations built for a phone, with wording and etiquette that hold up.
Wedding templates
How to pick and adapt a template so it looks made for you, not borrowed.
RSVP
Collecting replies, reminding the quiet guests and keeping the list accurate.
Save the date
Announcing the date early, in the right order, without giving away the invitation.
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The 9 Best Digital Wedding Invitation Platforms in 2026
Nine digital wedding invitation platforms compared on current price, RSVP depth, built-in delivery, guest experience and documented limits.
One Wedding, Multiple Languages: How to Invite an International Guest List Without Duplicate Invitations
A step-by-step tutorial for building one digital wedding invitation your guests can open in multiple languages, with a single guest list and one RSVP behind it.
Matching Your Invitations to Your Wedding Theme
Your invitation is the first piece of your wedding theme anyone sees. Here is why it has to match, and how to carry your palette and mood from the save-the-date to the day.
Wedding Decor on a Budget: Maximum Impact, Minimum Spend
How to decorate a wedding beautifully without overspending: where to focus, what to skip, and the tricks that make a small decor budget look generous.
Wedding Themes Worth Considering in 2026
The wedding themes worth your attention in 2026, what makes each one work, and how to borrow from a trend without building your whole day on one.
Wedding Color Palette Ideas That Actually Work Together
Wedding color palettes by season and mood, the simple formula behind every one that works, and how to carry your colors from the table to the invitation.
How to Choose a Wedding Theme That Actually Fits You
How to choose a wedding theme that holds the day together, drawn from a feeling and your venue rather than a pile of clashing inspiration.
Destination Wedding Venues: A Practical Guide
How to choose and book a destination wedding venue, what changes about the timeline and budget, and how to help guests say yes to travelling for your day.
Outdoor and Garden Weddings: What to Know Before You Commit
Outdoor and garden weddings are gorgeous and high-risk. Here is the weather plan, the logistics, and the small details that make an outdoor day work instead of unravel.
Types of Wedding Venues Compared
Hotel, barn, garden, restaurant, historic or destination? A clear comparison of wedding venue types on cost, control and atmosphere, with who each one suits.
The Questions to Ask Before Booking a Wedding Venue
The full checklist of questions to ask a wedding venue before you sign, covering price, logistics, suppliers and the small print that catches couples out.
How to Choose a Wedding Venue (Without Regret)
A clear method for choosing a wedding venue that fits your budget, guest count and the day you actually want, plus the trade-offs to weigh before you fall in love.
How to Split a Wedding Budget by Category
How to divide your wedding budget across categories using real proportions, where to flex, and how to adapt the split to your own priorities.
The Hidden Wedding Costs Nobody Warns You About
The wedding costs that never make the headline budget, from service charges and overtime to alterations and tips, and how to plan for them before they blindside you.
How to Save Money on a Wedding Without It Showing
The wedding savings that guests never notice, from the venue lever to the digital stationery swap, and the ones that quietly ruin the day if you cut them.
How to Set a Realistic Wedding Budget
A step-by-step way to set a wedding budget you can actually keep, starting from what you can spend rather than what weddings supposedly cost.
Average Wedding Cost Breakdown (With Real Data)
What the average wedding actually costs and where the money goes, category by category, backed by The Knot's real weddings data, plus why the average is the wrong target.
The Most Common Wedding Planning Mistakes (and How to Dodge Them)
The wedding planning mistakes we see again and again, from booking the venue before the budget to leaving the seating plan too late, and how to avoid each one.
Planning a Wedding With or Without a Planner
Should you hire a wedding planner or run it yourself? An honest comparison of cost, time and stress, plus the middle options most couples overlook.
In What Order Should You Plan a Wedding?
The order you plan a wedding in matters more than how early you start. Here is the sequence that prevents expensive backtracking, and why each step comes where it does.
The 3-Month and Week-Of Wedding Checklists
The final stretch of wedding planning, broken into a 3-month, 1-month and week-of checklist, so the home straight feels calm instead of frantic.
The 12-Month Wedding Planning Checklist
A month-by-month wedding planning checklist for the year before the day, with an interactive list you can tick off and links to each task in detail.
Wedding Invitation Wording for Blended Families and Co-Hosts
How to name hosts on a wedding invitation when families are blended, divorced, or both sides are hosting, without slighting anyone or making it read like a legal document.
Adults-Only Wedding Wording That Will Not Offend Anyone
How to say your wedding is adults-only kindly and clearly, the wording that works, and how to handle the parents who push back.
Dress Code Wording on Wedding Invitations
How to put a dress code on your wedding invitation so guests actually understand it, what each term means, and wording for every level from black tie to come-as-you-are.
How to Word a Digital Wedding Invitation for the Screen
Wording a digital invitation is not the same as wording a printed one. Here is how to write for a phone, shorten the right lines, and make the RSVP button do its job.
Wedding Invitation Wording Examples You Can Use
Ready-to-use wedding invitation wording for formal, warm and relaxed couples, plus opening lines, RSVP phrasing and closing lines you can lift and adjust.
What to Do About Guests Who Do Not RSVP
Some guests will always go quiet past the deadline. Here is the calm, non-naggy way to chase RSVPs, and how to count the ones who never reply.
Wedding Seating Chart and Table Planning, Step by Step
How to build a wedding seating chart from your confirmed RSVPs, how many tables you need, and how to handle the family politics without a meltdown.
How to Handle Plus-Ones at a Wedding (A Clear Rule)
Plus-ones are a budget and etiquette minefield. Here is a single consistent rule that decides who gets one, plus how to word it without causing offence.
How to Track Wedding RSVPs Without a Spreadsheet Meltdown
A calm system for tracking wedding RSVPs in one place, collecting the right detail, and finalising your headcount without chasing texts and voicemails.
Save the Dates for Destination Weddings: How to Do It Right
Destination weddings need an earlier, richer save-the-date. Here is when to send, what travel detail belongs on it, and how to help guests plan without overloading them.
Digital Save the Date Ideas That Guests Remember
Interactive digital save-the-date ideas, from scratch reveals to wallet boarding passes, and what actually makes guests screenshot and forward yours.
Save the Date vs Invitation: What Is the Difference?
Save-the-date and invitation are two different jobs, sent at different times. Here is exactly what each one does, what goes on it, and why you want both.
What to Write on a Save the Date: Wording and Examples
The four things every save-the-date needs, what to leave off, and ready-to-use wording for formal, romantic and funny couples.
How to Make a Wedding Guest List Without Losing Your Mind
A tiered method for building a wedding guest list that fits your venue and budget, plus how to make cuts without starting a family feud.
When to Send a Save the Date (With a Timing Chart)
How far ahead to send your save-the-date, the seasons and trips that change the timing, and how it lines up with the invitation that follows.
When to Send Wedding Invitations: The Timing That Works
Exactly when to send your wedding invitations, how that differs for destination weddings, and how to set an RSVP deadline guests actually meet.
How to Send Wedding Invitations by WhatsApp, Email or Link
The right way to send a digital wedding invitation so it gets opened, not buried, including the personalised-link trick and which channel suits which guest.
Wedding Invitation Styles and Formats: Find Yours
A field guide to wedding invitation styles, from classic and botanical to cinematic and minimalist, and how to match the look to the wedding you are actually having.
Wedding Website vs Digital Invitation: What Should You Send?
Compare images, PDFs, videos, wedding websites, hosted invitations and paper-plus-link options by readability, updates, directions and RSVP.
How to Make a Digital Wedding Invitation (Step by Step)
The full walkthrough from blank template to seated guests: build the invitation, set up RSVP, publish, send links, track replies and arrange the tables.
Wedding Themes, Colors and Decor: A Guide to a Cohesive Day
How to choose a wedding theme and color palette that hold together, decorate beautifully on any budget, and carry through to the invitations guests open first.
Wedding Venues: How to Choose, Compare and Book the Right One
The venue decides more about your wedding than any other choice. Here is how to choose it, what to ask before booking, the types compared, and how to plan around it.
The Wedding Budget Guide: Set It, Split It, Protect It
How to set a wedding budget that holds, split it by category, spot the hidden costs, and save where it does not show. The full money guide, with sourced figures.
The Wedding Planning Timeline: A Calm Guide From 12 Months Out
A month-by-month wedding planning timeline that puts the big decisions in the right order, with an interactive checklist and links to every stage in detail.
Wedding Invitation Wording and Etiquette: The Full Guide
How to word a wedding invitation that sounds like you, names hosts correctly, handles dress code and adults-only gracefully, and works on a screen.
Wedding Guest List and RSVP Management: The Full Guide
How to build a guest list, track RSVPs without a spreadsheet meltdown, handle plus-ones, and turn replies into a seating plan. The complete system, linked throughout.
Save the Date: The Complete Guide for 2026
Everything a save-the-date should and should not do: when to send it, what to write, how it differs from the invitation, and how to make one guests remember.
Digital Wedding Invitations: The Honest Guide for 2026
What a digital wedding invitation actually is, how it compares to paper, and how to send one that guests open twice. The full guide, with the supporting reads linked throughout.
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