Friday
Apr132007

Unique Wedding Invitations Can Be Yours

You've always been the type to have your own unique style, so why should your wedding invitations be any different? Whether your wedding falls during the high season and you want to make sure your invite stands out, or you're just a unique sort of snowflake chafing at the bonds of formality, you can easily put together the unique wedding invitations of your dreams!
Break out of the boundaries of soft pastels or too-traditional white. Color is just what you need to make your wedding invitations stand out! Bright forest greens show the nature girl in you, while saucy reds are perfect for more daring couples. And you need not go all out, if it's not in you – if you're going for a brightly colored invitation, you can counterbalance it with a traditional white envelope, or vice versa.

Embellishments add that little something extra. For simple beauty, the answer is ribbon accents. You have plenty of options for elegant ribbons, from sheer organdy to smooth, pretty double-faced satin. Less formal invitations can use youthful grosgrain or skinny capriccio ribbons. For a little extra kick, try metallic silver or gold ribbons to really catch attention.

Are you the more nature-oriented type? Add in a flower or two! Pressed dried flowers are great for making a nature-friendly statement. Skip the multi-colored daisies in favor of pressed aspen leaves or lobelias. Wild larkspurs look lovely too, with their imperfect petals, and pressed violas, while standard for your front yard, aren't necessarily so for wedding invitations.

Why not go all out? With all the options you have for your wedding invitations, you have the freedom to create something truly different. Try red invitations with gold organdy ribbons and pressed red roses, or striped invitations with color-coordinating twinkle ribbon. Add checked taffeta ribbons to standard solid-color invitations for an extra kick. It's easy to make your invitations stand out – now, all you need is a stand-out wedding to match!

Thursday
Apr122007

More Than Just Wedding Invitations: Inviting Guests To Your Rehearsal Dinner

When you're planning for your wedding, it might feel like it takes forever to pick out your wedding invitations! Every detail has to be perfect, from the color to the shape to the wording, even the envelope they come in. Luckily every other aspect of wedding planning isn't so fraught with importance!
The evening before your wedding brings one of the most enjoyable events of your wedding weekend: the rehearsal dinner. Traditionally following the wedding rehearsal, the rehearsal dinner is a time to relax and enjoy a meal with the members of your wedding party. When you're choosing your wedding invitations, be sure to choose lovely rehearsal dinner invitations too!

Since they lack the formality of wedding invitations, you can get a little clever with the invitations to your rehearsal dinner. Fun options include striped invitations with glittery accents, cute dinner plate designs, or invites with detachable "Eat, drink, and be married!" cards. You can match them to your wedding color scheme, or go all out with your choice of mix and match colors.

For less formal pre-wedding events, like ladies' luncheons or dinner parties, try invitations with quirky champagne buckets or floral prints. You can get even more creative with dinner party invitations, which need not contain the formality of rehearsal dinner or wedding invitations.

Whichever invitations you choose for your events, you should be sure to take advantage of the more relaxed atmosphere of pre-wedding occasions. Sit down, enjoy your time with your friends and family, and eat well!

Tuesday
Apr102007

Different Types of Wedding Invitations and What They Say About You!

Your wedding invitations say exactly what your friends and family need to know about your upcoming nuptials - but did you know that they also have a little something to say about you? Find out what your wedding invitations reveal about who you really are!
Floral: Are your wedding invitations a floral feast? Whether it's a pretty botanical print background or a real pressed blossom, flowered wedding invitations show that this bride is a girly girl to the last! Classic roses reveal the romantic in you, while cheery daisies match your sunny disposition.

Black: Black wedding invitations say one thing, and it's that you're classy through and through! You're a city sophisticate, and your wedding will be as sleek and glamorous as your invitations, with anything from a sexy cocktail party dress code to a list of sublime specialty cocktails at the open bar!

White Panel: You're a traditionalist, with an appreciation for the classics, the time-tested, the tried and true. A simple girl, you don't need frills to get across your message - you'll let the words speak for themselves. What's important is that you're getting married, and you don't need any other than sweet sentiment when you're after RSVPs.

Beribboned: Nothing says extra-special like wedding invitations decorated with ribbons! You're a girl that likes presents, believing that the anticipation of opening one is almost as fine as the gift itself. Now you've extended this feeling to your wedding guests with charming beribboned wedding invitations.

Folio: When you announce events, you do it right. Folio wedding invitations recall the style of other important event invitations in your life, such as graduation, and they offer a stylistic echo of the professional look of a business portfolio. For the girl who means business, folio wedding invitations are the way to go.

Wednesday
Apr042007

It's a Nice Day for a Black and White Wedding

It's time for the wedding of your dreams, and you're going for glamour! With a black and white wedding, you're getting the best of old-school class as well as the cache of a modern trend. Easy to dress for and decorate, a black and white wedding makes for a fun, attractive theme, and you can start the fun with black and white wedding invitations!

Aim for simplicity with mix-and-match wedding invitations in deep black and stark white, but don't think the limited color palette limits your choices. Pocket Fold Mix 'n Match invitations have spaces within for enclosure cards - why not include an extra card detailing the theme and dress code? For an unexpected kick, try white on the outside and black on the inside.

Envelopment invitations bring a charming flair to your invites. Cleverly folding open to reveal your wedding invitations, Envelopments are available in different shapes and sizes so you can get exactly the look you want. If you're aiming for a slightly more daring look with your wedding attire - layered gowns, perhaps, or swirling black-on-white embroidery - then these invitations are ideal, with their sweetly revealing shape.

Are you going for a more elegant black and white wedding? You'll want everything to be perfect, from your elbow-length white gloves to the black candles and red rose accents, and that elegance should extend to your wedding invitations. Signature Pocket Invitations come in solid black, and open to reveal scripted white invitations in a simple, stunning display.

You can even go simple and traditional with 2-Layer Panel wedding invitations. With a black and white wedding, you won't have to worry about coordinating an overbearing color scheme, you can just relax and let the classics work for you, right down to the color of your wedding invitations!

Tuesday
Apr032007

Before the Wedding Invitations, the Bridal Shower!

You've chosen the perfect wedding invitations - now, don't forget about one of the most fun days leading up to your wedding! The bridal shower is where you'll get a chance to gather all well wishes from friends and family before the mania of the bachelorette party or you get too tangled up in wedding planning. Make sure everyone knows the date with bridal shower invitations!
There are plenty of sweet options for bridal shower invitations. Since they don't necessarily carry the formality of wedding invitations, you can get a little wilder in terms of what you want to send out. How about invitations shaped like bridesmaid dresses? There are many clever options that'll catch attention and capture the spirit of your upcoming celebration.

Are you hoping for gifts that are a little spicier? With a lingerie shower, you can amass a fine trousseau for a great honeymoon! You can get a little saucier with these invitations than you can with your wedding invitations. Lingerie shower invitations are available with darling designs ranging from friendly ladies to fun pink lingerie.

Want colorful mix and match lingerie shower invitations? Now's the time to go crazy with color! Try poppy bright pink and gold, or sexy red and black. You can even match the lingerie color scheme to your invitations! If you're hoping for pretty pastel undergarments, reflect that with a darling pale pink or green invitation. Want feistier platinum lace? Go for shiny metallic silver and white invitations.

Since your bridal shower invitations lack the pressure that finding the perfect wedding invitations can bring on, you can be free to do something sweet or silly with them. Get fun, get creative - find the perfect invitations for you!