A custom QR code for your wedding, made from your own photo

A custom QR code for your wedding can be a small piece of the design instead of a technical box in the corner. QRPetal takes your engagement photo, your monogram or a detail from your invitation and turns it into the code itself, then checks with two QR readers that it still scans.

Where couples use QR codes

• Invitations and save-the-dates: link to your wedding website or RSVP form so guests do not have to type a long address.
• Welcome sign: a code for the day’s schedule, the seating chart or the Wi-Fi details.
• Tables: link to a shared photo album so guests can upload their pictures from the evening.
• Thank-you cards: link to the photographer’s gallery after the wedding.

Static or editable?

If you are linking to a wedding website that will not change, a free static code is perfect: the address is inside the pattern and will work for as long as your website does.

Choose an editable code if you might change your mind after printing. A common case: you print the invitations months before you pick the photo-sharing app. With an editable code you can point it to the RSVP form now and to the photo album after the wedding, without reprinting anything. Our free plan includes one editable code, which is often all a wedding needs.

Picking the photo

• Faces work, but simple compositions work best. A couple silhouetted against a sunset, rings on a plain background or a bouquet on a table read more clearly than a group photo.
• Avoid tiny details in the corners. Three corners of every QR code hold solid square markers, so anything important there will be covered.
• Try the Photo first style for invitations that are held in the hand, and Balanced for signs read from further away.

Printing tips for stationery

• Minimum size: at least 3 cm (about 1.2 inches) wide on invitations and cards that are held in the hand. On a welcome sign read from a couple of metres away, go for 15 to 20 cm.
• Paper matters. Heavy textured or metallic paper can scatter light. Matte cotton paper scans well; foil and heavy embossing over the code do not.
• Ask your printer for a proof. Scan the printed proof, not just the file on your screen, with at least two different phones.
• Leave the white border alone. Borders and floral frames should sit outside the quiet margin around the code.

Share it the smart way

Put a short line next to the code, such as “Scan to RSVP by 1 June”. People are much more likely to scan when they know what they will get. Keep a plain typed web address somewhere on the card too, for guests who prefer to type.