Vintage Poetcore Wedding Stationery: For the evermore and folklore Fans

If you've been quietly building a wedding mood board that looks less like a glossy magazine spread and more like the inside of a very well-loved bookshop. With candleabra, leatherbound books, vintage typewriters, flowers pressed between the pages of a dog-eared novel… then poetcore might just be the wedding trend you didn't know had a name.

Vintage poetcore wedding stationery is part of a much bigger cultural moment: a collective shift towards the slow, the tactile, the deeply intentional.

In a world that moves very fast, poetcore couples are choosing to move more slowly. They're choosing meaning over minimalism, texture over trend, and a wedding that feels less like an event and more like a chapter in a very good romance novel.

And yes, if your internal soundtrack for all of this is a certain folksy, autumnal album (or two), you’re in exactly the right place… Because I never really felt like a showgirl either.

Bringing Poetcore to Your Whole Wedding

Before we get to the stationery (we will get there, I promise, and it's going to be wonderful), let's talk about the bigger picture. Because poetcore isn't just an aesthetic: it's an atmosphere, and the couples who do it best think about it holistically.

A few ideas to get your imagination going:

The ceremony- Ditch the standard readings and commission a poet to write something original for your wedding day! Imagine the romance that a piece written specifically for you and your partner could add to your ceremony… Alternatively, ask your most literary-minded friends to each read a favourite poem rather than a religious text or a generic passage.

Further to this, I asked my friend Jen from Jackdaw Editorial to share a little about what she does, because honestly, nobody describes it better than she does. Jen brings a vintage typewriter to weddings and writes original poetry live on the day- for couples, for guests, for moments as they happen. It is, without question, one of the most magical things you can add to a poetcore wedding. Over to you, Jen…

Thanks for having me, Becky. I write poems on the spot for you and your guests during the course of the day. These poems written live aren’t about the wedding – I make sure I deliver a separate longer poem for the two of you that encapsulates the atmosphere of the day a couple of weeks after the event – these are for your guests, about anything they like, anything at all.

I’ve written poems about Star Wars, sausage dogs, fried chicken, the Backstreet Boys, a new home, Arsenal, the particular type of love that exists between siblings, Disney World, running through the woods with your kids feeling like you could take a bite out of the sky, and dozens of other gorgeous moments. That’s what makes this experience so special – it’s about taking what you love, however small or seemingly ordinary, and showing you that there’s poetry in it. When I ask you what it is you’d like me to write about, I don’t need huge poetic life-changing moments or epiphanies. Bring me the little moments, the small pleasures that light you up, whether it’s your morning cup of tea or your favourite Netflix series, and let me turn it into a unique memento that you’ll treasure.

Each interaction I have tends to take about 10 minutes, allowing me to write for as many guests as possible, and the results are often joyful, intensely emotional ones. Happy tears are a bit of an occupational hazard (and I’m frequently watery round the eyes as well), but it’s an enormous privilege to have snapshots of so many vivid, beautiful lives shared with me. Live typewriter poetry is a gently immersive and incredibly meaningful form of guest entertainment that’s unfailingly memorable and, I’d go as far as to say, a pretty perfect interpretation of what poetcore stands for.

You can find out more about Jen and book her for your wedding day over at Jackdaw Editorial.

The centrepieces- Vintage typewriters make the most extraordinary centrepiece anchors, scattered with dried florals, old books, and tapered candles. Even just stacks of beautiful old hardbacks tied with ribbon add that instant bookish, storied quality to a tablescape.

The favour- A small card printed with a poem (your own, a favourite, or even a poem about each guest!), a personalised bookmark, a tiny hand-bound notebook- these kind of poetcore favours are the ones guests actually keep.

The soundtrack- You know what I'm going to say. The evermore and folklore albums were basically MADE for weddings like this. But beyond Taylor, think Hozier, Bon Iver, Phoebe Bridgers, Fleet Foxes. Music that feels like it was recorded in a cabin in the woods at 2am.

The dress code- If you really want to go all in… you could encourage guests towards something that fits with this world. Velvet, lace, brogues, tweed. A poetcore wedding with a romantically-dressed crowd is an even more beautiful thing.

Poetcore Wedding Stationery: Where the Story Begins

Here's why wedding stationery is the single most powerful tool you have for setting a poetcore tone: it's the first physical thing your guests encounter. Before the venue, before the flowers, before the first note of the processional music- they hold your invitation in their hands, and they start to feel something. Get the stationery right, and every guest arrives already immersed in the world you've been building.

Poetcore stationery is, at its heart, about texture and romance. It should feel like it was written with intention and sent with love. Here are some of the ways I'd approach it:

The Victoriana Collection sits right at the heart of what poetcore stationery wants to be. Those engraved-style florals, rendered in the most delicate neutral fawn tone against a clean white background, have a quality that feels genuinely antique. Like something pressed between the pages of a Victorian keepsake album.

The simple, elegant typography lets those fine floral details do the talking, and the whole suite is printed on 300gsm hammered gesso art cardstock that has a beautiful tactile quality- the kind of thing you want to hold for a moment before you put it down. It's understated and intricate all at once, which is a very poetcore combination.

Explore the Victoriana Collection →

The Rustic Luxe Collection is for the poetcore couple who wants their stationery to feel like it was typed out on a vintage machine and pinned to a noticeboard in a very beautiful study, lined with shelves upon shelves of books. Bold black text, with all the confidence of a typewriter font, sits against the warm, slightly rustic texture of kraft card, with sketched vintage botanical illustrations that feel like they've been lifted from a field journal.

The contrast is what makes it. The interplay between the rustic warmth of the kraft and the crispness of the black print is striking and elegant in equal measure. The kind of stationery that looks at home in both a barn or a castle- versatility is a very useful quality to have.

Explore the Rustic Luxe Collection →

For bespoke designs, this is where things get really exciting. Some of my favourite poetcore stationery ideas:

More about fabric wedding signage here →

Go All-In With Bespoke Design

The beauty of bespoke for a poetcore wedding is that you can go as deep as you like. Maybe that means a subtle thread of vintage typography and dried botanical illustration running through a design shop suite. Maybe it means a fully bespoke collection where every single piece, from the save the date to the thank you card, is designed around a specific album, a favourite novel, a particular line of poetry that has meant something to you throughout your relationship.

I’ve worked with couples who wanted the gentlest nod to this aesthetic, and couples who basically wanted their entire wedding to feel like the sister albums given physical form- and both approaches are completely wonderful. The bespoke process means we can start with what moves you and build outwards from there.

More about themed wedding stationery here →

If you're an evermore or folklore fan who wants their wedding stationery to feel like it belongs in that world, I would genuinely love to talk to you about it. This is the kind of brief that makes me want to sit down with a very good cup of tea and get designing immediately.

Explore bespoke design and get in touch →

Ready to Write Your Next Chapter?

Poetcore is for the couples who believe their wedding should feel like a story worth telling.

Whether you're drawn to a design shop suite that already has that vintage, textured quality, or you're dreaming of something entirely bespoke and immersive- your stationery is where the story starts, and I'd love to help you tell it beautifully.

Here's where to go next:

Your love story deserves stationery that reads like one.