Revelry Invitation Studio

If you’re looking for a way to class up your invitations, you simply must check out Revelry Invitation Studio! The pictures we have here don’t do these beauties justice! Thick paper covered in silk and accented with a bit of sparkle – perfect for an elegant event.

I got to sample a gray and plum invitation set which included the invitation itself, reception enclosure and RSVP card (and envelope), and the envelope that held everything together. Not only are the pieces assembled wonderfully, but they simply feel luxe. Once you get your hands on one, you won’t want anything else!

You can get some really fab stuff from Revelry - silk invitation boxes, DIY invitation supplies, birth announcements, occasion cards, and even a sample before you buy. And if you can’s find something that fits your style exactly, you can always build your own silk invitations!

Check out the site for more inspiration and information! Or, send an email to info@revelryinvitations.com to communicate with Glory, the fabulous creator, directly.

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MagnetStreet {GIVEAWAY}

Happy Monday! I’m super excited to start the week off with a fabulous giveaway from MagnetStreet Weddings. Check it out!

Save the dates have become a must for some people, and sending magnetized ones can be a useful way to keep your wedding date in the minds of your guests. Enter, MagnetStreet Weddings! MagnetStreet has more than just magnet save the dates; they carry invitations, thank you notes, mini magnets, and labels and seals.

Check out just a few of their hundreds of designs:

I got to sample a few magnets - the quality is fantastic. Clear pictures, great graphics, and stylish all around. They come in a number of shapes and designs and can be easily customized. So, if you’re looking for some save the dates, check them out!

Now for the giveaway details! MagnetStreet Weddings is offering one of our fabulous readers 200 FREE SAVE THE DATES - any design, and style. To enter, click on over to their site and pick out your favorite design. Come back to this post and tell us your favorite design and how you would change the colors to make it your own. We’ll randomly pick a winner after the new year!

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Jaime Kae Paper Studio {GIVEAWAY}

I am SO EXCITED for today’s giveaway. I’m even more excited, however, to share with you Jaime Kae Paper Studio!! JK provides “original handcrafted stationery for life’s special events”. So true! Jaime takes each client’s event details and builds a design around her (or his, or their) specifications.

Jaime began sharing her invitation and stationary fabulousness with others after designing her own wedding paper ensemble. You can see more of her work throughout her site on the Floralies, Luxe, Voyages, Letra, and Bebe (for tiny new additions to the family) pages. You can also find a detailed outline of the process Jaime’s clients go through when designing and ordering their invitations.

THE GIVEAWAY DETAILS

Enter the Jaime Kae Paper Studio Giveaway by submitting an original inspiration board with your wedding ideas in a collage format. Use MS Word, Publisher, Paint, Photoshop, Illustrator, or any other program you prefer to create a file that can be submitted for judging (please send your images to us in .jpg format). Be sure to provide your sources for all images. Check out this example Jaime sent us - an inspiration board with a red and pink cherry blossom and Chinese double happiness wedding theme.

Hair: www.hubpages.com/hub/Wedding_Hairdos
Cherry blossom cookies: www.dianescakesandmore.com
Invitations: Jaime Kae Paper Studio www.jkpaperstudio.net
Parasols: www.theknot.com
Tall floral centerpiece: www.scentboutique.co.nz/
Shoes: Anne Klein New York www.instyleweddings.com
Cake: GrowsOnYou
Chopsticks: www.weddingfavours.ca
Wedding gown: www.beatecouture.com
Short floral arrangement: www.kabloomofsandysprings.blogspot.com

At the close of the contest the first prize winner will receive 50% off their entire custom wedding stationery package by Jaime Kae Paper Studio and two runners up will recieve 20% off their stationery packages. That includes everything from save the dates to thank you cards and everything in between. Jaime Kae will use your inspiration board and wedding vision to create a stationery package that is unique and exclusive to your wedding.

Contest will end on December 5th. We will be judging the entries and posting them as they are sent to us (via email: weddingfanatic {at} gmail {dot} com).

Good luck to everyone and feel free to contact Jaime Kae if you need assistance with your inspiration board!

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My Invitation Link {GIVEAWAY}

Sorry I didn’t get this to you yesterday! Crazy day.

Let me tell you about MyInvitationLink.com, a fabulous online wedding invitation creator. It’s definitely something you should look into if you’re wanting to forgo the traditional paper invitations or if you’re looking for a way to be extra environmentally friendly.

So how does the site work? Once on the site, start by selecting a template (there are more than 40 to chose from). Next, upload photographs from your computer - engagement shots, your favorite “sweet” pictures, etc. The next step is to add text slides - tell your love story, share wedding day details, whatever you want to share with your guests. After the text slides, you can add music by choosing from a selection the site already has or uploading a tune of your own. Next, organize the slides in the order you want them, finalize everything, and create and send! Easy as that.

And just because we’re focusing on the wedding-related aspects of the site, many of the invitations can be used for showers, engagement parties, and even new babies!

GIVEAWAY DETAILS: We will be giving away two free accounts! Yippie! MyInvitationLink will host the invitations for three months (the winners don’t have to create accounts right away, however). To enter, simply post a comment sharing with us your favorite eco-chic invitation alternative or other earth friendly wedding favorite.

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Invitation Consultants {GIVEAWAY}

Happy Monday everyone! I’m excited to introduce this week’s giveaway : a custom stamper from Invitation Consultants! The site carries invitations and stationary for all types of events: weddings, showers, new babies, and holidays. There are a ton of invitation and stationery style options to look through and pick from.

Some other great features on their site include the Invitation Consultants’ Blog which is full of up-to-date information on invitations, great ideas, and advice. And speaking of advice, the site also has an invitation etiquette page that helps to answer questions like “When should I order my wedding invitations?”, “Can you explain etiquette for wedding invitation wording?”, and “What font should I choose for my wedding invitations?” I also really like the Staff Favorites page where you can find the staff’s favorites (obviously!) and their reasons for liking them so much.

The giveaway details: The Invitation Consultants are graciously giving away a customer stamper like the one above. (Fabulous, right?! I want one!) To enter, simply leave a comment with one of your favorite invitation elements or your favorite Invitations Consultant product (there are so many wonderful things to pick from!). We’ll randomly draw a winner at the end of the week!

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Response Cards

You must keep track of the people you invite to your wedding! Otherwise, things could be disastrous. So, here are a few fun things you can do with your response, or R.S.V.P, cards.

Keep it Traditional. Use small, pre-printed cards that ask guests to fill in their names and the number of people attending. Included with this small card is a similarly sized and shaped envelope, already marked with a stamp and addressed to the bride’s or her parent’s home. Below is a fabulous little number from Wedding Paper Divas.

Wish you were here! Save on postage and paper by sending postcard response cards. Generally the stamps cost less, and not needing envelopes will save you a bunch of money (and trees)! Below is an example (minus the stamp) from Custom Paper.

Blank looks. The way response cards are “supposed” to be - blank. Send with your invitations, along with corresponding stamped envelopes, and guests write their own little message to you. You may get something like “0 will attend”, or, you may get a nice note explaining why the whole family can’t come yet they wish you all the best. The image below is from Eclatante Event Design.

Tech Savvy. Inviting a small number of guests? Absolutely sure all of your guests use computers and could easily find their way to your wedding website? Some sites offer RSVP options that allow your guests to RSVP right on your wedding website. eWedding.com is a site that has this feature (along with many others).

And a few more things to keep in mind:

-It’s wise to keep track of guests in a spreadsheet, either in Excel or via Google Documents (I love Google Documents because it’s always online and can be updated from any computer that’s connected to the internet….and in case there is a crash, you won’t lose your stuff!).

-Keep the guest information all in one place; names, phone numbers, addresses, the number attending from each family, what they gave you as a gift and whether or not you’ve sent a Thank You note.

-Keep the response cards in one place. Either separate the Yes’s and No’s into separate boxes or separate areas of the same box so if a question ever arises, you don’t have to run around the house looking for one or the other.

-Always open the response cards and sort them right away. Don’t leave them sitting around or tuck them into you planner so that you can file them away later. They could get lost or forgotten! And that would be sad.

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Special Offer!

Hello lovely readers! I just wanted to share a fabulous offer with you.

Here are the details:
Free personalized, matching thank you notes with the purchase of the “Spring Poppies” personalized invitation. This is eInvite’s best selling invitation and can be completely personalized with your event details, then previewed before you order. You will receive the matching thank you notes FREE with the purchase of this invitation, which can also be personalized before checkout. You will receive the same quantity of thank you notes as invitations ordered.

BONUS: The first 20 people to order this product and enter the coupon code 07F0EE at checkout will receive their first 20 invitations free, in addition to the free matching thank you notes - all the customer will pay is shipping. This coupon code is only good on this product and for the first 20 people who use it. After 20 people use the code, remaining orders will still receive the matching thank you notes free of charge!

Check out the Spring Poppies:

Be sure to check back for more offers in the coming months! Yay!

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How To : Write a Thank You Note

It’s good to give thanks. In wedding world, it’s especially good to give thanks in the form of a thank you note. What you should not do:

Send out mass thank you notes looking something like this:
“Thanks for coming to our wedding and for your generous gift. Love, Sally & Ed”
The only thing worse is not sending one at all (although if you send something like this, you’re not really accomplishing much).

Wait a year to send them out. People will wonder if you ever actually got the gift or if you got them and are just a particularly rude or forgetful couple. Your best bet is to get them out of the way as soon as possible! You can do it!

Think a verbal thank you is enough. For some people, saying thanks verbally is more than enough. But still, it is a nice gesture to send it in writing. It shows that you put some thought into it and took a little time to put it on paper.

With the should-nots out of the way, here are a few tips to make your TY note writing go a bit more smoothly.

1. Address the individual(s) the note is to
2. Say THANK YOU!
3. Mention the specific gift
4. Say why you love/like it and what you’ll use it for
5. Add any additional note or thanks you’d like to include
6. Close and sign your names

An example:

(1)Dear Hannah and Ryan,

(2)Thank you so much for the (3) Vera Wang wine glasses! We were so excited to receive them - we can’t wait to (4) use them at our first dinner party.

(5)Thank you also for coming from Chicago to share our special day with us. It was so great to see you again. We hope you had a wonderful time!

(6)Best wishes,
Katie and Connor

We like these fabulous notes from Hammer Press.

Happy writing!

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Blogs We Love : Hello! Lucky

As you may or may not know, I love paper - old, new, green, blue, whatever! I love it all. So of course, stationary fabulousness is always of interest. Let me introduce to you Hello! Lucky, a letterpress wedding invitation and social stationary company, and their must-read blog.

The company does everything - engagement and birth announcements, wedding invitations, personal stationary, and tons of greeting cards. And perhaps my favorite item, gift wrap!

As I mentioned before, they ladies of Hello! Lucky write a great blog. Here are a few of my favorite posts!

Dreamy Magical Surrealism + Tim Walker

First, I adore that Hello! Lucky likes the “Alice in Wonderland-style dreamy magical surrealism”. I think it makes for some FAB-U-LOUS wedding inspiration. The post above features photographs from Tim Walker’s Soldier, Soldier, Won’t You Marry Me? If you’re looking for a dreamy, girly, soft wedding vibe, definitely check out this post.

Moving a Letterpress Studio

You have to hand it to these ladies - moving in itself is quite the task…I would imagine moving an entire letterpress studio would be an even more daunting task! But the reason I like this post so much? Because it’s always nice to see what goes on behind the product.

Hello!Lucky at the National Stationery Show

For a company that is easily accessible through the internet, it’s nice to see the real people that run the company. And, I’ll be honest - I really wish I were at the National Stationary Show so I could look at each and every single one of their pieces… to die for!

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Blogs We Love : The Green Kangaroo

Sorry for the absence of “Blogs We Love”! No worries - we’re back! This week we are loving The Green Kangaroo’s blog (which can be found on the fabulous site of the unique wedding invitations and stationary company. They offer nothing but unique, original designs. Check out a few of our fave posts!

Top Ten Wedding Invitation Trends for 2008

We gotta know what’s up with invitations and stationary - so why not take a word of advice from the people who know what’s going on! They touch on color, themes, and pockets, oh my!

Chinese Lantern Wedding


SUCH an awesome way to see a bit of inspiration turn into reality. Also a great way to see what The Green Kangaroo is capable of!

Vineyard and Wine Inspired Wedding Invitations

A more recent post and great way to show how you really can incorporate a theme into your paper ensemble in a very, very classy way. A must read!

Check out The Green Kangaroo for more posts. They are relatively new, but I expect to see great things from them!

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