Weddings are a momentous occasion to celebrate. People have their own idea of a perfect wedding since they were little kids . Now the time has come for you to walk down the isle. You have been preparing for that perfect event and now have 3-4 months left before your big day. The time and place have carefully been selected which is memorable for both of you. The outfits to be worn by the whole entourage were already selected, which brings us to your Wedding Invitations. We all know that invitations should be sent out 2 months before the wedding or even earlier so that your special guests will have time to accommodate your wedding in their schedules for they may have a planned trip during your special day somewhere in a ski resort perhaps or the Maldives.
Wedding Invitations is an important component of a perfect wedding since it heralds your upcoming union to all the important people in your life. Time is of the essence here and one good news is that you can save a lot of time by taking advantage of web shopping and finding your perfect invitations on the internet. There are a lot of choices available for you on our Online Wedding Stationery Store from ready made wedding cards with personalized messages already available for printing and if you prefer customized wedding cards in a variety of selections is also available for you to choose from. You can even order samples by post for you to be able to see it before buying them to ensure that all your expectations have been met to your satisfaction.
That’s the advantage of contemporary weddings nowadays since they don’t follow etiquette as strictly as 50 years ago. You can express yourself in anyway that you would like and originality and creativeness out of the standard norms is now welcome. Since there are a lot of designs available for you from our wide array of beautiful wedding invitation cards, the question you might want to ask yourself is what card to choose. Well, to give some advice, you should select a design that matches your style taking into account your preferences, the theme of the wedding and the format of the reception. To make things a little easier here are some tips that you can take into account when choosing your wedding invitations:
Black tie reception
Colour: white/ecru/ivory cardstock with black, gold, silver, red, purple, royal blue, burgundy accents.
Style: The most popular trends are Damask style, Antique style, Peacock theme, Monogrammed Classic style with elements of calligraphy, Fair Tale style (considered to be the hottest trend for 2011 and you can choose from a variety of fairy tales from childhood bedtime stories. Like the infamous Fairy Tale princesses Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel or even the Little Mermaid.)
Vintage inspired wedding:
Colour: white/ecru/ivory cardstock decorated with lace, ribbons and pearls.
Colour palette: candy pink, dusky rose, mocha, teal, mint, light blue, poppy red.
Style: polka dot pattern and retro vignettes. Whatever your era you are interested in from the fox trot dancing 40\\'s to the rock and roll days of the 60\\'s or the new wave generation of the 80\\'s.
Romantic Garden reception
Colour: white/ivory/colour cardstock with botanical graphics. Colour palette: sage green, grey green, fuchsia, yellow, orange.
Style: popular styles to choose from for these theme are silhouettes of grass, cherry blossom, flowers, stylized birds, butterflies and other insects all the things that you can find in your garden. You might want to stretch your imagination further making it a magical garden to add Fairies.
Seashore wedding
Colour: white/ivory/turquoise
Style: You can choose from various themes like a motiff of seashells in the background, seahorses, corals and other sea attributes. Nowadays you can also be creative because there are a lot of unconventional styles to choose from an example of which is scrolls tied with seaweeds or a message in a bottle.
Destination wedding
(Destination Weddings highlights the place where you are going to be wed. After choosing a romantic place you can include it in the style of your invitation to make it more memorable.)
Colour: Specific colour natural for the theme
Style: Airplane ticket theme, geographical map theme, tropical foliage theme, mountain themes, pyramids theme, Tourist spot destination themes like the Eiffel tower, The Statue of Liberty etc. These could all be incorporated in your wedding stationery design.
Casual weddings
Colour: any colour preferred
Style: Informal theme comprising of an informal wedding stationery personalized by the couple could be featured with an informal wedding stationery. Most wedding couples today prefer to express themselves creatively and tend to ignore the conventional norms of wedding etiquette. Now they tend to incorporate a part of their personality or things important to them in the wedding invitation. It could be a cartoon of the couple, a picture of their pets, anything that reminds them of their love story, even their baby pictures, even a multimedia presentation on cd.
With a variety of designs available for you I’m sure you will be excited in coming up with an original way of expressing yourself through our wedding invitations cards. Dare to be different it will make your wedding not only memorable for both of you as a couple but also for all of your beloved guests. Let it be the talk of the town for the entire year.
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