By the Shore Printable Wedding Invitation

by Karen Jones · August 09, 2026

This page restores the historical PrintablePress web address /item/By-the-Shore-Invitation/531/pgc5, which led to the By the Shore Invitation from A Printable Press. We independently re-confirmed this exact path through the Wayback Machine before setting up the redirect below, per our own verification process for these restorations.

Download the Coastal Wedding Invitation

Printable modern vintage by the shore wedding invitation on cardstock

Finished invitation size: 5" x 7"
Page / sheet size: US Letter (8.5" x 11"), with printer crop marks so you can trim it down accurately
Format: print-ready PDF, plus a fillable PDF for on-screen customizing
File size: about 54.3 KB (main) / 9.5 KB (editable)

Download the Print-Ready PDF Download the Editable PDF

About the Historical By the Shore Invitation

What we verified: the Wayback Machine holds a snapshot of this exact URL from January 31, 2015, under the page title “A Printable Press – By the Shore Invitation.” Surviving wedding-community references connect the design to waterside weddings — one Ruffled commenter specifically suggested it would suit a wedding on the Chesapeake Bay. A Printable Press sold its designs both as professionally printed cards and as printable files, in a vintage-with-a-twist style with matching belly bands, backers, programs, menus, place cards, and table numbers available.

Historical detail not recovered: we could not retrieve the archived page's images, so what specifically made the design “By the Shore” — its exact color palette, artwork, typography, dimensions, price, or paper — is unverified. We have deliberately not added seashells, starfish, anchors, waves-as-clip-art, sailboats, or sand imagery on the assumption that a coastal name implies them; nothing below claims to reproduce the original design.

Coastal Design

This is a new, original invitation inspired only by the confirmed connection to waterside weddings: a restrained teal-and-sand palette, an airy handwritten display font, and a subtle line-wave pattern along the top and bottom edges rather than literal nautical clip art. It's meant to feel like an elegant seaside wedding rather than lean on beach clichés.

Customize Your Invitation

Both the print-ready and editable PDFs use the same generic placeholder wording shown in the preview so you can see exactly how your own details will sit on the page. The editable PDF has real fillable fields — open it in Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) or Apple Preview, click each line, and type over it:

Partner/partner name (or bride/groom names)
Wedding date
Ceremony time
Venue name
Street address
City and state

The reception line and the “together with their families” opener are set in the design itself; if you need different wording there (a couple hosting themselves, a different opening line, or a wedding website URL), that's a simple text swap for anyone comfortable in a PDF or design editor, or we're happy to point you to a local designer who can adjust it for you.

How to Print Your By the Shore Invitations

The PDF is built at true 5" x 7" size on a US Letter page with printer crop marks in the corners, so it works with ordinary home printers, local copy shops, and professional print shops alike.

Home printer: use a heavyweight cardstock your printer can feed (most inkjets handle up to about 110 lb / 300 gsm), choose the highest-quality print setting, and print at 100% / Actual Size — not “Fit to Page,” which will resize the card. Run one test print on plain paper first.
Copy shop: take the downloaded PDF to a local print or copy shop on a USB drive or by email and ask for it printed on cardstock at actual size.
Professional printer: for larger quantities, heavier cardstock, or the most accurate color and trim, a professional printer will usually give you a cleaner result than a home printer, especially past 20–30 invitations.
A4 paper: if your printer only takes A4, select “Actual Size” or “100%” rather than “Fit to Page.” The 5" x 7" card sits comfortably inside an A4 sheet with room to spare, so nothing gets clipped — you'll just trim the extra margin along with the rest.

Cutting and Finishing

Because the invitation is imposed on a full sheet, you'll need to trim it down to its finished 5" x 7" size. Cut along the thin crop marks in each corner with a paper trimmer or a ruler and craft knife for the straightest edges. If you're printing more than a handful, a paper trimmer with a guide will save a lot of time over scissors.

Matching Coastal Wedding Stationery

We haven't built a matching RSVP card, details card, save-the-date, program, menu, place card, table number, or thank-you card yet. Those would be reasonable additions in the same coastal style if there's demand — we wouldn't call any of them historical By the Shore pieces unless we can verify they existed.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I customize the wording?
Yes, the editable PDF has fillable fields for your names, date, time, venue, address, and reception line.

Can I change the colors?
The download uses a fixed teal-and-sand palette. A designer can recolor the underlying vector artwork if you need something different.

What size is the printable?
5" x 7" finished, on a US Letter sheet with crop marks — the modern restored size, not a confirmed historical dimension.

Can I print at home?
Yes — heavyweight cardstock, your printer's best quality mode, and 100% / Actual Size.

Can a professional printer use the PDF?
Yes, it's a standard print-ready file suitable for any copy shop or professional printer.

Is this the original historical PrintablePress design?
No. We could not recover the original artwork, so this is a new design created around the confirmed coastal-wedding association, not a reproduction of the historical page.

About Karen Jones

Karen Jones spent seven years as an office manager at a mid-sized financial services firm in Atlanta, where she was responsible for a fleet of more than forty inkjet and laser printers spread across three floors, managed ink and toner procurement contracts, and handled first-line troubleshooting for connectivity failures, paper jams, and driver conflicts before escalating to IT. That daily exposure to printers from Canon, Epson, HP, and Brother under real office conditions gave her a practical command of setup, maintenance, and common failure modes that spec sheets never capture. At PrintablePress, she covers printer how-to guides, setup and troubleshooting tips, and practical advice for home and office printer users.