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  • One thing that’s certain about weddings is that just about everybody looks forward to dressing up and attending a classy and elegant  affair. Your elegant wedding invites should set the tone for the rest of the event. Plan accordingly when choosing your elegant wedding invitation designs. Choosing Your Invitation Colours The colours used in your invitation design should ideally reflect the wedding colour palette you already decided on for your wedding theme. While experimenting with lighter or darker shades is fine, it’s best to stick to the same primary colour choices for a streamlined wedding design and décor from start to finish. Choosing a colour palette from a universal colour scheme or standard like the Pantone colour wheel is a quick and easy method to ensure all your wedding elements use the right colour, even if you’re working with multiple wedding vendors.  Once you’ve selected colours, the rest of your invitation design and planning will follow suit smoothly! Elegant Wedding Invite Add Ons Adding a photo to your elegant wedding invitations combines modern flair with elegance and a personal touch.  Sometimes guests will have not met your groom to be or vice versa, so this is a great for them...

    Classy Wedding Invitation Designs

    Posted on May 13, 2013 | No Comments
    One thing that’s certain about weddings is that just about everybody looks forward to dressing up and attending a classy and elegant  affair. Your elegant wedding invites should set the tone for the rest of the event. Plan accordingly when choosing your elegant wedding invitation designs. Choosing Your Invitation Colours The colours used in your invitation design should ideally reflect the wedding colour palette you already decided on for your wedding theme. While experimenting with lighter or darker shades is fine, it’s best to stick to the same primary colour choices for a streamlined wedding design and décor from start to finish. Choosing a colour palette from a universal colour scheme or standard like the Pantone colour wheel is a quick and easy method to ensure all your wedding elements use the right colour, even if you’re working with multiple wedding vendors.  Once you’ve selected colours, the rest of your invitation design and planning will follow suit smoothly! Elegant Wedding Invite Add Ons Adding a photo to your elegant wedding invitations combines modern flair with elegance and a personal touch.  Sometimes guests will have not met your groom to be or vice versa, so this is a great for them...

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  • Weddings are an elegant event loved and cherished by all. It’s a perfect day full of precious moments that are sure to last for a lifetime. A bride’s goal when planning the wedding of their dreams is to create a wedding fantasy that is perfect, beautiful, and elegant. It’s easy to do if you have the right inspiration; from wedding day invitations to the elegant cake, your wedding is sure to be a breathtaking affair. Elegant Wedding Day Invitations Your invitations should be mailed out four to six weeks before the big day; sometimes even further ahead of time if you have a lot of out of town guests. It’s important to make sure you have all of the addresses on hand and ready so that you can mail out these elegant invitations in a timely manner. Your wedding invitations can be elegant and classic in a variety of ways through different designs, fonts, colours, and add-ons. Elegant Décor Your decorations for your ceremony and reception can easily transpire to a beautifully elegant canvas. From elegant floral arrangements, to lace and pearl centrepieces, to scrolled table cloths and a cake fit for a royal couple; you’ll find that pulling off...

    Precious Wedding Day Invitations

    Posted on May 1, 2013 | No Comments
    Weddings are an elegant event loved and cherished by all. It’s a perfect day full of precious moments that are sure to last for a lifetime. A bride’s goal when planning the wedding of their dreams is to create a wedding fantasy that is perfect, beautiful, and elegant. It’s easy to do if you have the right inspiration; from wedding day invitations to the elegant cake, your wedding is sure to be a breathtaking affair. Elegant Wedding Day Invitations Your invitations should be mailed out four to six weeks before the big day; sometimes even further ahead of time if you have a lot of out of town guests. It’s important to make sure you have all of the addresses on hand and ready so that you can mail out these elegant invitations in a timely manner. Your wedding invitations can be elegant and classic in a variety of ways through different designs, fonts, colours, and add-ons. Elegant Décor Your decorations for your ceremony and reception can easily transpire to a beautifully elegant canvas. From elegant floral arrangements, to lace and pearl centrepieces, to scrolled table cloths and a cake fit for a royal couple; you’ll find that pulling off...

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  • Spring time is upon most of us in the upper hemisphere, and it’s time to prepare for the busy wedding season that’s upon us. One of the hottest trends is to use nature as the inspiration for wedding design and themes. Today, we look at the beauty and uniqueness of dandelion inspired elegant wedding invitations. It’s certainly not a design you see often, but we love it just the same. The Beauty of the Dandelion Many people see dandelions as weeds or yard “pests” in their grasses, but have you ever looked at the floral meaning of the dandelion? It’s a gift from nature that also is a flower of happiness and it’s said to be a promise of true faithfulness. The floral meaning goes on to describe how when the seeds of the dandelion float away, the ‘love’ or ‘seed’ continues to move on through this earth. It’s a beautiful flower with a beautiful meaning that will mean something when you use them on your dandelion inspired elegant wedding invitations. Dandelion Colour Schemes You’ve chosen dandelion inspired elegant wedding invitations, what about the colour scheme to go with them? A trendy colour combo for 2013 summer weddings are yellow...

    Dandelion Inspired Elegant Wedding Invitations

    Posted on April 18, 2013 | No Comments
    Spring time is upon most of us in the upper hemisphere, and it’s time to prepare for the busy wedding season that’s upon us. One of the hottest trends is to use nature as the inspiration for wedding design and themes. Today, we look at the beauty and uniqueness of dandelion inspired elegant wedding invitations. It’s certainly not a design you see often, but we love it just the same. The Beauty of the Dandelion Many people see dandelions as weeds or yard “pests” in their grasses, but have you ever looked at the floral meaning of the dandelion? It’s a gift from nature that also is a flower of happiness and it’s said to be a promise of true faithfulness. The floral meaning goes on to describe how when the seeds of the dandelion float away, the ‘love’ or ‘seed’ continues to move on through this earth. It’s a beautiful flower with a beautiful meaning that will mean something when you use them on your dandelion inspired elegant wedding invitations. Dandelion Colour Schemes You’ve chosen dandelion inspired elegant wedding invitations, what about the colour scheme to go with them? A trendy colour combo for 2013 summer weddings are yellow...

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  • The Asian culture is one that is used to decorate and design so many pieces of fashion, design, and of course– weddings. You don’t have to be of Asian decent to enjoy such beautiful and elegant designs and traditions. Chinese porcelain will be the inspiration behind our elegant wedding invite ideas today. This design is one that is loved by all and can be used for an array of wedding designs and themes. Chinese Porcelain is Inspiring Have you ever dined at a Chinese restaurant and noticed the elegant and beautiful plates, bowls, and cups that your food is served on? Chinese porcelain is beautiful and timeless, and is perfect to gather inspiration for an Asian themed wedding, whether it’s a wedding thrown by parents or a bride and groom couple of have an Asian culture, or anyone who loves the culture so much that they wish to use it on their special day. Many can incorporate this Chinese porcelain inspired theme into their wedding while also incorporating other factors such as Chinese New year, Cherry Blossoms or a New age wedding theme. Using Chinese Porcelain as Invitation Inspiration Your invitations, as we always discuss, sets the tone for the...

    Chinese Porcelain Inspired Elegant Wedding Invites

    Posted on April 3, 2013 | No Comments
    The Asian culture is one that is used to decorate and design so many pieces of fashion, design, and of course– weddings. You don’t have to be of Asian decent to enjoy such beautiful and elegant designs and traditions. Chinese porcelain will be the inspiration behind our elegant wedding invite ideas today. This design is one that is loved by all and can be used for an array of wedding designs and themes. Chinese Porcelain is Inspiring Have you ever dined at a Chinese restaurant and noticed the elegant and beautiful plates, bowls, and cups that your food is served on? Chinese porcelain is beautiful and timeless, and is perfect to gather inspiration for an Asian themed wedding, whether it’s a wedding thrown by parents or a bride and groom couple of have an Asian culture, or anyone who loves the culture so much that they wish to use it on their special day. Many can incorporate this Chinese porcelain inspired theme into their wedding while also incorporating other factors such as Chinese New year, Cherry Blossoms or a New age wedding theme. Using Chinese Porcelain as Invitation Inspiration Your invitations, as we always discuss, sets the tone for the...

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  • When you think Bohemian, what comes to mind? When we think of Bohemian, we think of natural, inspirational, whimsical designs. We think of simplicity balanced with just enough fashionable sense. Part of the simplicity includes the ability to do these wedding invitations with your own style for an equally magical wedding day. Bohemian Weddings Bohemian themed weddings are becoming more and more popular especially with the rise of hipster and Mediterranean trends. Bohemian blends the two, creating an original and unique wedding look. It allows for broad spectrum of styles and decor, giving an array of options for the bride to chose from. Items like finch birds, feathers, headbands that go across the forehead, the paisley print, and yellow gold are frequently used here. Bohemian Wedding Invitations – Elegant and DIY As previously mentioned, the beauty of the bohemian style allows you to really embellish the natural element to it. You can create invites with gold embossing and then adding feathers to the border of the invites. You could also go down the DIY route by using seedling papers (paper that grows into flowers or grass), or printing out the invites in your home using store-bought paisley paper. The DIY...

    Bohemian Wedding Invitations

    Posted on March 20, 2013 | No Comments
    When you think Bohemian, what comes to mind? When we think of Bohemian, we think of natural, inspirational, whimsical designs. We think of simplicity balanced with just enough fashionable sense. Part of the simplicity includes the ability to do these wedding invitations with your own style for an equally magical wedding day. Bohemian Weddings Bohemian themed weddings are becoming more and more popular especially with the rise of hipster and Mediterranean trends. Bohemian blends the two, creating an original and unique wedding look. It allows for broad spectrum of styles and decor, giving an array of options for the bride to chose from. Items like finch birds, feathers, headbands that go across the forehead, the paisley print, and yellow gold are frequently used here. Bohemian Wedding Invitations – Elegant and DIY As previously mentioned, the beauty of the bohemian style allows you to really embellish the natural element to it. You can create invites with gold embossing and then adding feathers to the border of the invites. You could also go down the DIY route by using seedling papers (paper that grows into flowers or grass), or printing out the invites in your home using store-bought paisley paper. The DIY...

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  • When we think of royalty and extravagance, what do we think of? Rich bolts of silk, intricate patterns, decadent tapestries, and rich, bold, and beautiful colours. Can you imagine being given a wedding invitation with such rich extravagance? I can’t either, but a bride-to-be can dream! You can however, create silk fabric inspired wedding invitations. The elegance of the silk inspired invites will be the closest you can get to use the actual, rich fabric that silk always implies. Silk + Colour The clean and sheen look of silk is one that makes it look so luxurious and elegant; the light reflects off it and the feeling of it looks and feels so expensive. The rich bold colours of silk also aids in this illusion as well. This being said, you can achieve the silky look and feel to these elegant wedding invite by choosing rich and bold colours. Choose from the palette of regal and royal colours; colours such as royal blue, plum, or evergreen. Those looking for a softer wedding invite can choose sage green or rose pink. These colours are softer, but still bring a lustrous look to your elegant wedding invites. Silk + Asian Theme Many...

    Silk Fabric Inspired Elegance for Wedding Invitations

    Posted on March 9, 2013 | No Comments
    When we think of royalty and extravagance, what do we think of? Rich bolts of silk, intricate patterns, decadent tapestries, and rich, bold, and beautiful colours. Can you imagine being given a wedding invitation with such rich extravagance? I can’t either, but a bride-to-be can dream! You can however, create silk fabric inspired wedding invitations. The elegance of the silk inspired invites will be the closest you can get to use the actual, rich fabric that silk always implies. Silk + Colour The clean and sheen look of silk is one that makes it look so luxurious and elegant; the light reflects off it and the feeling of it looks and feels so expensive. The rich bold colours of silk also aids in this illusion as well. This being said, you can achieve the silky look and feel to these elegant wedding invite by choosing rich and bold colours. Choose from the palette of regal and royal colours; colours such as royal blue, plum, or evergreen. Those looking for a softer wedding invite can choose sage green or rose pink. These colours are softer, but still bring a lustrous look to your elegant wedding invites. Silk + Asian Theme Many...

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  • A wedding is an elegant affair. It is treasured from culture to culture and is known as an exciting event for all events where ever you are, regardless of what age you are or your love story. It’s important that your wedding invitations convey that elegance. There are wonderfully designed elegant invitations that are a perfect fit for you and your wedding theme, personal style, and wedding vision. Elegant Font Choosing a font is an important part of the wedding invitation selection process. The font determines the style for the entire invitation. For instance, if you were to have a formal wedding in a grand ballroom for 300 people, you would not have a casual chalkboard school font that you had use for a baby shower or second birthday party for a child, would you? Choose an elegant scripted font that conveys the formal theme you dream to have on your wedding day. Flowing calligraphy, scripted letters, and flowing print are great options for wonderfully elegant wedding invitations. Colour Inspiration The sky is the limit when choosing colours for elegant wedding invitations. Pastels usually transcribe to a dainty, feminine kind of class and elegance, while the jewel tones of royal...

    Wonderfully Elegant Wedding Invitations

    Posted on February 19, 2013 | No Comments
    A wedding is an elegant affair. It is treasured from culture to culture and is known as an exciting event for all events where ever you are, regardless of what age you are or your love story. It’s important that your wedding invitations convey that elegance. There are wonderfully designed elegant invitations that are a perfect fit for you and your wedding theme, personal style, and wedding vision. Elegant Font Choosing a font is an important part of the wedding invitation selection process. The font determines the style for the entire invitation. For instance, if you were to have a formal wedding in a grand ballroom for 300 people, you would not have a casual chalkboard school font that you had use for a baby shower or second birthday party for a child, would you? Choose an elegant scripted font that conveys the formal theme you dream to have on your wedding day. Flowing calligraphy, scripted letters, and flowing print are great options for wonderfully elegant wedding invitations. Colour Inspiration The sky is the limit when choosing colours for elegant wedding invitations. Pastels usually transcribe to a dainty, feminine kind of class and elegance, while the jewel tones of royal...

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  • A wedding theme that is popular regardless of if you’re getting married at a vineyard or not is a wine country themed wedding. The settings, themes, and the designs are of a picturesque wedding day that we all dream of. Wine Country isn’t classified as just being surrounded by grapes, either. It’s the rich colours, the bold designs, and the affluent look and feel of everything– from the invitations to the food to the cake, it’s an element of style many brides want on their wedding day. Wine Country Wedding Invitations It’s always a good idea to start with the invitations when choosing your design and theme. The invitation lets the guests know what sort of wedding it’ll be and what to expect. Allow your invitation to convey just that. Choose a scripted, elegant font and the rich bold colours of wine country– bold purples, rich gold tones, and elegant greens. Utilising the Wedding Country Theme Incorporate wine into your menu from the salad dressing, to the marinate on your roasted vegetables, or on your meat of choice. Wine brings such a unique and rich flavour to everything and is culturally accepted nearly everywhere, why not utilise it from drinks...

    Wine Country Themes for Invites and Weddings

    Posted on February 11, 2013 | No Comments
    A wedding theme that is popular regardless of if you’re getting married at a vineyard or not is a wine country themed wedding. The settings, themes, and the designs are of a picturesque wedding day that we all dream of. Wine Country isn’t classified as just being surrounded by grapes, either. It’s the rich colours, the bold designs, and the affluent look and feel of everything– from the invitations to the food to the cake, it’s an element of style many brides want on their wedding day. Wine Country Wedding Invitations It’s always a good idea to start with the invitations when choosing your design and theme. The invitation lets the guests know what sort of wedding it’ll be and what to expect. Allow your invitation to convey just that. Choose a scripted, elegant font and the rich bold colours of wine country– bold purples, rich gold tones, and elegant greens. Utilising the Wedding Country Theme Incorporate wine into your menu from the salad dressing, to the marinate on your roasted vegetables, or on your meat of choice. Wine brings such a unique and rich flavour to everything and is culturally accepted nearly everywhere, why not utilise it from drinks...

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  • There is nothing more classic and classy than the monochromatic design of black and white. It’s simple, yet dynamic and stands out immediately. Black and white is a very versatile, elegant, and modern duo that will be an immediate favourite for your elegant wedding invitations. This colour scheme is also great for the couple who cannot set their minds to one colour combo such as blue and pink, green and purple, or yellow and tan. With so many different colour combinations it’s understandable as to why choosing a wedding colour palette can be so overwhelming!  Adding Photos You’ve chosen your black and white colour scheme, but how can you add to it so that your invitations are unique and stick out. How about something as personalised as the two of you? A great way of making wedding invitations personalised and unique is to add photos of the two of you. Many couples wish to have a save the date photo shoot or engagement shoot, and using a photo or two from that shoot collection is a great addition to your elegant black and white wedding invitations. It’s an updated way to let guests see you two as a couple before...

    Elegant Black and White Photo Wedding Invitations

    Posted on January 24, 2013 | No Comments
    There is nothing more classic and classy than the monochromatic design of black and white. It’s simple, yet dynamic and stands out immediately. Black and white is a very versatile, elegant, and modern duo that will be an immediate favourite for your elegant wedding invitations. This colour scheme is also great for the couple who cannot set their minds to one colour combo such as blue and pink, green and purple, or yellow and tan. With so many different colour combinations it’s understandable as to why choosing a wedding colour palette can be so overwhelming!  Adding Photos You’ve chosen your black and white colour scheme, but how can you add to it so that your invitations are unique and stick out. How about something as personalised as the two of you? A great way of making wedding invitations personalised and unique is to add photos of the two of you. Many couples wish to have a save the date photo shoot or engagement shoot, and using a photo or two from that shoot collection is a great addition to your elegant black and white wedding invitations. It’s an updated way to let guests see you two as a couple before...

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  • Every bride has their own personal style that sets them apart from others. Some brides look for a simplistic or vintage inspired wedding with elegant wedding invitations to match it, while others look to host a wedding that speaks elegance, luxury, and high class in every detail. What better place to get that inspiration than France? France is known for its high class, one of a kind art, culture, fashion, design, and food. A Bordeaux themed wedding brings all of the class of France- touching on elegance, exquisite detail, and high class all the way. Bordeaux Themed Wedding The Bordeaux themed wedding is of course inspired by the culture revolving the city of Bordeaux, France. This city is the sixth most urban in the country and its primary export and reputation has to do with wine and the rich, bold and robust theme that accompanies it. A bold and rich colour palette of warm reds, royal purples, and jewelled tones accompanies this theme.  Bordeaux Wedding Invitations Bordeaux wedding invitations can vary in style and colour, but typically one sees a border of floral and leaves around the invitations in the colours previously discussed. Deep maroons, rich purples, and robust shades...

    Bordeaux Themed Weddings and Elegant Invites

    Posted on January 10, 2013 | No Comments
    Every bride has their own personal style that sets them apart from others. Some brides look for a simplistic or vintage inspired wedding with elegant wedding invitations to match it, while others look to host a wedding that speaks elegance, luxury, and high class in every detail. What better place to get that inspiration than France? France is known for its high class, one of a kind art, culture, fashion, design, and food. A Bordeaux themed wedding brings all of the class of France- touching on elegance, exquisite detail, and high class all the way. Bordeaux Themed Wedding The Bordeaux themed wedding is of course inspired by the culture revolving the city of Bordeaux, France. This city is the sixth most urban in the country and its primary export and reputation has to do with wine and the rich, bold and robust theme that accompanies it. A bold and rich colour palette of warm reds, royal purples, and jewelled tones accompanies this theme.  Bordeaux Wedding Invitations Bordeaux wedding invitations can vary in style and colour, but typically one sees a border of floral and leaves around the invitations in the colours previously discussed. Deep maroons, rich purples, and robust shades...

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