The Laldie, London 2023

Journal24 September 20262 minute read

Ordering wedding matchboxes from London for a wedding in the United States

Prices in dollars, duties included, delivery and timing: the practical side of ordering from London.

Personalised wedding matchboxes displayed in a mirrored box by candlelight

Paying in dollars

If you are in the United States, the site shows our prices in US dollars and you pay that amount at checkout, so the figure on the page is the figure on the payment page. Prices are set in pounds in London and converted at the day’s reference rate.

Guests seated on a lawn for a wedding ceremony beside a lake
A ceremony by a lake. Delivery is planned around the date, wherever the wedding is. Reference photograph: Ben Atkins

Duties and delivery

Everything is sent from London with tracking by DHL, UPS or FedEx. US prices include import duties, and delivery to your door is included, so there is nothing more to pay on arrival.

You can send the boxes to your home, your planner or the venue. Include a contact name, and tell us if the venue only takes deliveries at certain times.

Timing

Standard delivery is about three weeks from the order. Express takes about two weeks (£75) and Priority about one week (£175), shown in dollars at checkout.

Delivery dates are estimates, so aim to have the boxes in hand well before the wedding, especially if you are travelling to it.

An evening reception with long tables beneath strings of lights
An evening reception laid out under strings of lights. Reference photograph: Nahima Aparicio

The proof, wherever you are

The whole design happens by email. We send a digital proof, you ask for changes, and nothing is printed until you approve it. A drawing by the studio is one fee of £100, shown in dollars on the site, whatever the subject, with revisions until it is right. There is no need to be in London at any point.

How many to order

Most couples order about one box per guest, often 100 to 150, with a few kept back for the table and the photographs.

If you would like to see the papers first, the Sample Folio is £35 with delivery included, and the £35 is credited against a later matchbox order.

Commission personalised wedding matchboxes: see prices and order

Image references

The reference photographs in this note show real weddings, tables and rooms photographed by others. They are not work by The Laldie and are used under the Unsplash Licence.

  1. A ceremony by a lake. Photograph by Ben Atkins on Unsplash. Image: images.unsplash.com/photo-1775126964466-ff3133e8fd2c
  2. An evening reception laid out under strings of lights. Photograph by Nahima Aparicio on Unsplash. Image: images.unsplash.com/photo-1643066873594-4df339b2e232