Type both names, pick a style, a color and a frame, and download your wedding monogram as a PNG for invitations, signs and your website. Free, no sign-up, no watermark.
High-resolution download. Perfect for printing on invitations, signage, and stationery.
Take each partner's first initial, join them with an ampersand, set them in one font that matches your invitations and repeat that same mark on every printed piece. Before the wedding, use first initials only. After the ceremony, you can switch to a three-letter married monogram.
Watch a guest scan the table card QR code and add photos from the browser, no app and no account. Every candid from the reception lands in one album you keep.
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Every example below is drawn with the same fonts the maker uses. Match the style to your venue and invitation suite, then keep it on everything. WeddingWire's advice holds: if your initials look awkward in a flowery script, a plain classic font is the safe choice.
Black tie, ballroom and church weddings. The safest choice when you are unsure.
City venues, lofts and modern stationery with lots of white space.
Garden, estate and romantic themes. Check it on your own screen first.
Barns, vineyards and outdoor weddings. Bold enough for kraft paper and wood signs.
Gatsby, 1920s and glam evening parties, especially with gold foil.
Courthouse weddings, elopements and clean, modern designs.
Need an exact shade? Pick Custom in the maker and paste a hex code from the wedding color palette generator.
The styles use fonts that are already on your device, so the script and Art Deco styles can look slightly different on Windows, Mac and phones. Check the preview on the computer you download from.
Two-letter monograms put the partners' first initials side by side. Three-letter married monograms put the shared last name initial in the center, set larger. Most etiquette guides now put her first initial on the left, and the older order puts his there. Either is fine if you use it everywhere.
Each partner's first initial, joined by an ampersand. The style this maker builds.
Use on: Engagement, save-the-dates, invitations, ceremony programs
Her first initial, the shared last name initial in the center and larger, his first initial.
Use on: Reception menus, cake, dance floor, registry and home items
His first initial, the shared last name initial, her first initial. Keeps his first and last initial side by side.
Use on: Same uses, for couples who prefer the older order
First initial, last name initial in the center and larger, middle initial. Emma Claire Morgan becomes EMC.
Use on: Getting-ready robes, clutches, bridesmaid gifts
| Situation | What to do |
|---|---|
| Keeping different last names | Skip the shared center letter. Use both first initials with an ampersand, or each full set of initials side by side. |
| Hyphenated last name | Brides of North Texas suggests four letters with both last name initials set larger, or a simple two-letter monogram. |
| Same-sex couples | The same rules apply. Order the first initials alphabetically or in whichever order reads best to you. |
| No middle name | Use a two-letter monogram or a single last name initial. |
| Mc, O' or von in the name | Use the first letter of the last name: Anna Claire McDougal becomes ACM. |
| Single letter | A last name initial suits barware, towels and stationery for the household. |
“In general, a married monogram should not be used before the couple is officially married.”
The maker builds the two-initial style, which is the one to use before the wedding. For a three-letter married monogram, take the order above to your stationer or a design app.
A short walkthrough of monogram etiquette: which initial goes in the center, how individual and couple monograms differ and why the last name letter is set larger.
Watch on YouTube (6 min)Sources, checked October 2026: Southern Weddings, Southern Etiquette: Monograms; Monogram Etiquette from Emma J Design; Brides of North Texas, Monogram Etiquette 101. Example names are illustrative.
The rule of thumb: anything guests receive before the vows uses your first initials. Anything they see after the ceremony can carry the married monogram.
| Item | Monogram to use | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Save-the-dates and invitations | First initials with an ampersand | You are not married yet, so the shared surname initial waits. |
| Ceremony programs | First initials with an ampersand | The program is handed out before the vows. |
| Reception menus and place cards | Married monogram is fine | The meal is served after the ceremony. |
| Cake, dance floor and napkins | Married monogram is fine | Southern Weddings lists these as the places to debut it. |
| Getting-ready robe or clutch | Your own (maiden) monogram | You wear it before the ceremony. |
| Registry items | Married monogram | You will use them after the wedding. |
| Thank-you cards | Married monogram or first initials | Sent after the wedding, so either works. |
Timing rules from Southern Weddings, checked October 2026. Ordering personalized registry items? Brides of North Texas points out that many stores do not take returns on monogrammed pieces.
One small mark, repeated, makes a wedding look planned. These are the places couples put it most, from the first envelope to the last dance.
Top of the invitation, the envelope flap or the back of the card.
A small mark at the top ties every printed piece together.
Show the PNG to your baker for a piped, stenciled or topper version.
A gobo projector throws the monogram onto the floor or a wall.
Printed cocktail napkins at the bar are a cheap, easy win.
Round stickers on boxes, bags and bottle labels.
Use it as the logo on your site, social posts and digital invites.
Put it above the QR code guests scan to share their photos.
Pair the monogram with a QR code in the free QR sign designer so the table cards match your stationery.
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Design your monogram, then print it next to a Pix Wedding QR code. Guests scan, their photos and videos land in one album, and your monogram carries through the whole venue.
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The download is a 960 by 960 pixel PNG on a white background. Printers ask for 300 DPI for sharp stationery, so the file prints cleanly up to about 3.2 inches wide. That covers almost every paper use at a wedding.
| Use | Typical size | PNG works? | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invitation, menu or program header | 1 to 1.5 in | Yes | Well under the 3.2 in limit at 300 DPI. |
| Envelope sticker or favor label | 1.5 to 2 in | Yes | Order round stickers to match the circle frame. |
| QR table card or sign topper | 2 to 3 in | Yes | Fits a 4x6 or 5x7 card. |
| Wedding website, social posts, digital invite | Screen | Yes | 960 px is plenty for screens. |
| Welcome sign or large poster | 18 to 24 in | No | Too few pixels at that size. Ask the sign maker to redraw it. |
| Foil, letterpress, engraving, embroidery | Any | Reference only | Most vendors ask for vector art or redraw it from your PNG. |
Math: pixels divided by DPI equals inches (960 / 300 = 3.2). The 300 DPI standard is from StationeryHQ and Catprint's file setup guide, checked October 2026. Your printer's own upload rules win.
Writing the invitation next? The invitation wording generator drafts the text that sits under your monogram, and the QR code on invitations guide covers whether a code belongs on the card itself.
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Beach house wedding, whole crew there for the full weekend. Album has everything from arrival day thru the goodbye brunch on Sunday. People were uploading pics of their breakfast at the house lol. Genuinely the best thing we paid for
Told everyone scan the QR or you dont eat (jk obviously 😂). It worked tho. The photo missions were lowkey the best part, we got a photo of every single table holding up their drinks at the same time, thats framed now
Destination wedding in Hawaii, four full days of activities. The album has sunsets, snorkeling, the welcome luau, the ceremony, the after party, everything. Voice messages from our friends were the sweetest surprise we didnt even know that was a feature ngl 🌺
What couples ask while they design: letter order, timing, file size and how the maker works.
A wedding monogram is a small design made from a couple's initials, usually two first initials joined by an ampersand or a three-letter mark with the shared last name initial in the center. Couples repeat it on invitations, menus, napkins, the cake and signs so every piece looks like it belongs together.
The most common modern order is ladies first: her first initial on the left, the shared last name initial larger in the center and his first initial on the right. The older order puts his first initial on the left. Southern Weddings notes that most etiquette books now use ladies first, and either is fine as long as you use the same order everywhere.
Traditionally, no. A three-letter married monogram is saved for after the ceremony, so save-the-dates, invitations and programs use your first initials with an ampersand. Reception menus, the cake, the dance floor and registry items can carry the married monogram.
Yes. All 6 styles, 7 preset colors, the custom hex color, the 5 frames and the PNG download are free, with no account and no watermark.
The PNG is 960 by 960 pixels on a white background. At 300 DPI, the standard for printed stationery, that prints sharp up to about 3.2 inches wide, which covers invitation headers, stickers and table cards. For a large welcome sign, ask the sign maker to redraw it.
No. The maker builds the two-initial style: the first letter of each name with a connector between them. That is the version etiquette guides recommend for anything before the wedding. For a three-letter married monogram, use the letter order rules on this page with a stationer or a design app.
Download the PNG and upload it to the editor you use for the invitation, such as Canva, Adobe Express or your print shop's online designer. Place it at the top of the card, on the envelope flap or on the back. Keep it between 1 and 1.5 inches wide for a clean header.
Yes. Choose one of 7 presets (black, navy, gold, rose gold, forest green, burgundy or silver) or pick Custom and type any hex code. If you do not have a code yet, the free wedding color palette generator gives you five per palette.
