Wedding Invitations: Where to Start?

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by Haley on May 23, 2009

Planning a wedding can be overwhelming. There are many decisions to make. You have to figure out what you are going to do from decorations to coming up with wedding cake ideas. You even have to decide between all of the different honeymoon locations before it is all over. One of the most important things are [...]

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Homemade Wedding Invitations

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by Haley on June 16, 2010

A homemade wedding invitation says a lot about your personality and style. But in the end you want the invitation to look thoughtful and handcrafted, not like it was thrown together in a hurry. If you are interested in making homemade wedding invitations, you should first consider what you would like to accomplish. If your [...]

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Wedding Invitation Kits

Wedding Invitation Kit

by Haley on February 13, 2010

Wedding invitations kits are very helpful when you want to create wedding invitations yourself and hopefully save a little money. They are also great because you don’t have to wait for a company to do the printing for you. Even if you decide to buy a wedding invitation kit online, it is likely that they [...]

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Damask Wedding Invitations

February 10, 2010
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Damask wedding invitations can be very elegant and beautiful wedding invitations. If you don’t know what damask is, it is a two color pattern that is somewhat floral but more focused on the leaves. Many people like black and white damask wedding invitations because the shapes of the damask can lend a softer feel to [...]

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Picture Wedding Invitations

February 5, 2010
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A picture wedding invitation does not necessarily have to be a wedding invitation with a picture of you and your fiancé. The picture can be of many different things. The picture could be of the place you plan on getting married, or even the place that the proposal took place. There may even be an [...]

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Contemporary Wedding Invitations

January 24, 2010
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What makes a wedding invitation contemporary by definition? Stylistically what one would be looking for when trying to buy contemporary wedding invitations are strong lines and bright colors. Circles and squares are popular and stripes also lend themselves to a modern feel. When looking for fonts to go with these types of invitations, a big [...]

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Heart Wedding Invitations

January 2, 2010
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Many people pick heart wedding invitations for their wedding theme. If you are thinking about using this as your wedding theme, be careful because you can easily find some very generic designs out there that have been over used. I would suggest trying to find something different that represents you and your spouse to be [...]

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Formal Wedding Invitations

January 1, 2010
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You may be wondering what makes a formal wedding invitation formal. Typically a formal wedding invitation is created on a nice piece of white paper and has type that is black. The body type is usually all caps, typically the use of small caps is preferred, and the names of the newly weds are in [...]

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Pink and Black Wedding Invitations

December 30, 2009
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Whenever you are picking out the color palette for you wedding a black and white wedding can be a very dramatic and striking statement. Some people may decide to add an accent color to give the theme a bit of a pop. What better color than pink to soften the strong color theme? Pink and [...]

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Different Wedding Invitations

December 17, 2009
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Not many people want to have the same stock things that everyone else out there has. They want to have a different car than what everyone else drives and a different wedding ring that what their friends wear. Of course this mentality also easily translates to the wedding invitation. If you are looking for something [...]

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Daisy Wedding Invitations

December 16, 2009
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Daisy wedding invitations are an awesome theme to pick if you are trying to create a country style, or English garden feel. This style would work well for a spring or summer wedding, and would be especially good if you were interested in having a backyard garden type of wedding. The daisy got its name [...]

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Floral Wedding Invitations

December 15, 2009
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Floral wedding invitations are always beautiful and make a good wedding invitation décor when one is trying to decide upon a theme for a wedding. Floral wedding invitations can be depicted in many different ways, so don’t think you are off the hook just because you came up with the floral idea! As with any [...]

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Cherry Blossom Wedding Invitations

December 10, 2009
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If you are trying to have a spring themed wedding then cherry blossom wedding invitations are definitely a good way to achieve this. There are many ways to represent the cherry blossom tree on your wedding invitation. You could choose to show the entire tree or just a branch, you may even decide that you [...]

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Black Wedding Invitations

December 8, 2009
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If you have your heart set on black wedding invitations then there are a few things that you will need to keep in mind when you are planning to have them created. The first thing being that these types of invitations will inevitably cost more money to produce than a set of white wedding invitations [...]

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Monogram Wedding Invitations

November 18, 2009
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The History of the Monogram The monogram began its existence as a royal signature. The Greeks and Romans used them on coins for the identification of the rulers. During the Middle ages crafters used them to mark their work. During the Victorian period people used them as a status symbol. Why Monogrammed Wedding Invitation Make [...]

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Tried and True Weddings for Inspiration and Tips

November 16, 2009
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I had the good fortune to find Amber Olson’s wedding site, Tried and True Weddings. It is full of all sorts of inspiration and advice to help you come up with ideas for your wedding. She also has some great advice to impart to her readers. She gets down to the nitty gritty and will give [...]

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How to Design Wedding Invitations: Common Rookie Mistakes

November 13, 2009
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If you are interested in do it yourself wedding invitations there are a few things you need to know, even if you are using a wedding invitation kit. Designing Wedding Invitations by Choosing Fonts The first thing people tend to do when they design wedding invitations with their word processor is pick out the most [...]

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Square Wedding Invitations

November 4, 2009
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Square wedding invitations are a great way to set the style of your invitations apart immediately. One thing that people often do not consider when they are thinking about using this format is that the postage cost is going to be higher. The reason for this is that the envelopes do not easily go through [...]

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Custom Wedding Stickers

October 31, 2009
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While browsing around the internet I recently I ran across a really great site called brendas wedding blog that has all sorts of ideas to help you make a desision whenever it comes to decorating for your big day. One of the ideas that I really like are wedding favor stickers. The great thing about [...]

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Diy Pocket Fold Wedding Invitations

October 29, 2009
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Pocket fold wedding invitations have actually become very popular. The reason most people like these is because it allows for a tidy way to keep all of the bits such as maps and rsvp cards handy in a beautifully designed invitation. If you are interested in adding some darker colored paper or something shiny that [...]

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