Archive for October, 2009

Wedding menu stationery the final touch to preparations

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Alongside your wedding invitations and place settings, wedding menu cards are a key item, not to be forgotten when organising the stationery for your big day.

Wedding menu booklets promise to be a tasteful addition to the rest of your carefully selected stationary and table decorations.

Wedding menu cards give guests an idea of what is going to be served on the day and they then have the chance to decide beforehand, which option they want to choose. It can also inform guests if vegetarian or gluten free alternatives will be available.

Couples often order their wedding menu stationery at the same time as their invitations, place names cards and other stationery items required. This will often ensure that all your wedding stationery items will arrive together at the same time, leaving you one less thing to worry about.

When ordered together, you are guaranteed that all the stationery will all feature the same designs.

Many people choose their wedding menu stationery to reflect the style and theme of their wedding. Whether it will be a formal or casual affair, the perfect wedding menu stationery can be tailored to your individual needs, to reflect and accent the nature of your ceremony.

Choosing a sturdy, card-based material is a wise choice when deciding on a style for your wedding menu stationery as it will hold up better and they will stand up on their own when placed on the tables.

Standard wedding menu booklets are usually A5 in size, with a three page insert and can include personalised printing on the front cover. They are decorated with your chosen design to co-ordinate with the rest of your chosen stationery.

It may also be a good idea to frame the menu cards after use and they can be used as extra wedding favours for guests.

For that extra personal touch, DIY kits are available from most wedding stationery companies.

These kits contain all you need to recreate the stationery design of your choice by hand whilst holding onto that professional finish.

This time saving and innovative method takes the hard work out of making your own stationery whilst still being affordable.

Wedding invitations and stationery packs can be organised and ordered quickly and easily online.

Why handmade wedding invitations are becoming more popular

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Sending out handmade wedding invitations gives the bridal couple the opportunity to treat their guests to a totally unique and one-of-a-kind invite.

How handmade wedding invitations make a fabulous first impression

A once-in-a-lifetime affair, every bridal couple takes great pains to make sure everything is just picture-perfect on their wedding day. There are so many things to be attended to and preparations are started several months ahead. There’s the bridal gown, the venue, decoration for the venue, the guest list, caterers, bartenders; the list is endless. No matter how elaborate the plans are or no matter how early the preparations are started, the action till now is still all behind-the-scenes and involves only family and close friends.

The first real inkling the rest of the guests have about the wedding will be from the wedding invitation. It is essentially the first point of contact between guest and the wedding and offers the wedding guests a ’sneak-peak’ at what’s coming up.

Handmade invitations are customized to suit the wedding theme as well as the couple’s style; they set the tone for the wedding. A guest who looks at the wedding invite will immediately form an impression of what to expect at the wedding and customized hand-made wedding invitations create the most fabulous first impression of all.

Significance of Handmade Invitations

Giving a guest a handmade invitation creates a powerful impact on the guest. It says that despite all the other preparations, the bridal couple had taken time out to create a special invite for every guest. A wedding invite makes every guest feel special.

An invitation to every guest is a way of saying you care for each and every guest individually and you’d feel honored to have them grace your special occasion.

Most bridal couples realize the impact unique wedding invites can create and despite hectic schedules, more and more couples are taking the time to make handmade invitations for a fabulous first-impression.

Handmade Wedding Invitations as Keepsakes

Every handmade invite is like a miniature work of art. With several personalizing options available including custom types of paper, styles of ribbon, shapes, fonts and graphic designs there are endless possibilities for reflecting the couple’s creativity and their personal styles.

When you give out unique wedding invites, your guests are not going to toss it away like they do most store-bought invites. The wedding invites are more likely to be treasured and given a place of honor among other memorabilia in the guest’s home. More and more bridal couples feel it’s surely worth taking the time and trouble over something that they know is going to last forever.

Handmade Wedding Invitations

The invitations are not just unique; they are ‘You-nique’. Most bridal couples love the idea of handmade wedding invitations because they are the most unique idea of all. Guests are unlikely to ever find a similar invite anywhere else; no matter where they look. Handmade wedding invitations can be customized using the chosen design and wordings as well as the chosen font. The design type could be black-and-white, colored, sepia or antique and the color of the card could be taken from the wedding colors or from the venue itself. The end-result- a handmade wedding invite like no other!

It is the ultra- uniqueness of handmade wedding invitations as well as the powerful message it conveys that make them far more popular than any store bought wedding invite.

Personalizing Your Wedding Chair Covers

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Every bridal couple dreams of having a wedding that is elegant, sophisticated and special in every way. Moreover, they’d like their wedding to reflect their own unique sense of style and will go to great lengths to plan every little detail from the wedding invitations to the bridal gown, from the wedding cake to the choice of venue and the decorations.

In any wedding decor planning, chair covers are a major styling issue and more and more importance is now being given to this decor detail. Wedding chair covers make a dramatic difference to the overall ambiance of any room. A room full of chairs draped in the wedding colours can transform any room from ordinary to extraordinary in an instant.

Swathed in ivory colored satin or pure white gossamer tulle, an ordinary plastic chair can be instantly transformed into an elegant seat fit for royalty. Adding an organza sash in the same shade will give the chair a regal look if you have one wedding color, whereas a sash in a complementary color can help bring your event colors together if you have a two-toned wedding. Match the table runners with the sashes and what you have is a room that is perfect in every way.

Wedding Invitations: Why handmade invitations are becoming more popular

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Sending out handmade wedding invitations gives the bridal couple the opportunity to treat their guests to a totally unique and one-of-a-kind invite.

How handmade wedding invitations make a fabulous first impression

A once-in-a-lifetime affair, every bridal couple takes great pains to make sure everything is just picture-perfect on their wedding day. There are so many things to be attended to and preparations are started several months ahead. There’s the bridal gown, the venue, decoration for the venue, the guest list, caterers, bartenders; the list is endless. No matter how elaborate the plans are or no matter how early the preparations are started, the action till now is still all behind-the-scenes and involves only family and close friends.

The first real inkling the rest of the guests have about the wedding will be from the wedding invitation. It is essentially the first point of contact between guest and the wedding and offers the wedding guests a ’sneak-peak’ at what’s coming up.

Handmade invitations are customized to suit the wedding theme as well as the couple’s style; they set the tone for the wedding. A guest who looks at the wedding invite will immediately form an impression of what to expect at the wedding and customized hand-made wedding invitations create the most fabulous first impression of all.