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Can’t Miss Wedding Invitations Styles

Author: Ryan Anderson

This year the hottest wedding invitations styles take their cue from the world around us. Colors both bold and subtle, patterns that make an immediate impression and styles that combine tradition and innovation in a unique, contemporary look are all great styles. Your wedding invitations will set the tone for the wedding of your dreams when you choose from a variety of can’t miss wedding invitation styles taken from today’s hottest designers. Take a look at what the top designers are offering for your 2009 wedding invitation needs.

Vera Wang

Bold prints and delicate, subtle patterns combine in designer Vera Wang’s wedding invitation lines. Wang mixes contemporary and traditional in a style that is unabashedly joyful, un-self-consciously playful and inimitably modern. In the Vera Wang Retro Verso line, Wang turns tradition on its head to print on both sides of the invitation, pairing bold prints with delicate patterns to create wedding invitations that are memorable and unique.

• Vera Wang Retro Verso Dual Sided Gingko Wedding Invitations are simplicity embodied. One side features a bold imprint of the lovely fan-shaped gingko biloba leaf in reverse print, while the invitation appears on the other side, framed by a delicate spray of gingko leaves traced along the border. Lovely for the modern bride who still wants to offer a nod to tradition. It’s an especially apt choice for an Oriental themed wedding.

• Vera Wang’s William Arthur Black and Pink Paisley Letterpress Wedding Invitations are delightfully retro with a modern punch of color. Black and pink play against each other in a paisley-inspired flower print in bold black detailed with pretty-as-pink touches. The hand-lined pink envelope completes the ensemble that is both whimsical and very Art Deco at the same time.

Anna Griffin

The Retro Verso and Letterpress wedding invitation lines from Vera Wang are absolute can’t miss wedding invitation choices for today’s modern bride. Designer Anna Griffin focuses on the traditional, playing with touches of ribbon, satin embossing and layered panels to create a feeling of opulence and timeless elegance.

• Anna Griffin Celadon Repousse Wedding Invitations: Anna Griffin offers a subtle and elegant square invitation bordered with a pale green botanical print. The ivory center panel features an embossed border and is bound with satin ribbon at all four corners. The invitation is a statement of timeless elegance without being caught in the lock-step of engraved tradition. Pretty, subtle and definitely bridal, this is an ideal invitation choice for any formal wedding.

• Anna Griffin Platinum Toile Wedding Invitations: Beautiful invitations that save you money, is there anything better? The Platinum Toile Wedding Invitations from the Anna Griffin line is only available blank. Each invitation consists of a platinum-bordered ivory card that can be printed with your invitation wording, a vellum gatefold sleeve to wrap around it and a matching bow to create a truly romantic wedding invitation. Make a romantic statement with your wedding invitation or announcement by choosing this or one of Anna Griffin’s other floral printed lines of wedding invitations.

Custom Mix ‘n’ Match Wedding Invitations

Are you looking for wedding invitations that are completely and totally your own? Custom Mix ‘n’ Match Wedding Invitations fit the bill. You can choose your print colors, choose the color of your envelope linings and even choose the style of your enclosures. In fact, there are so many custom options that your wedding invitations are bound to be completely one of a kind.

Custom Mix ‘n’ Match 7 x 7 Pocket Fold Invitations

Classic elegance and contemporary styling combine in this unusual wedding invitation style. You have a choice of 90 different color papers, including a range of metallic colors from pearl white to lapis blue. Customizations available for the Mix ‘n’ Match wedding invitations include the color of the liner paper, color of the backing paper and color of the invitation panel. The pocket fold is contemporary and sleekly elegant, ideal for today’s bride with a sense of timeless style.

Reagan 3-Layer Wedding Invitations

Who said the only thing that comes in layers is the wedding cake? The Reagan 3-Layer Wedding invitation is part of the Custom Mix ‘n’ Match wedding invitation collection. The three layer panel invitation can be customized in literally hundreds of ink and paper colors, making your wedding invitations truly one-of-a kind creations. Choose two different backing colors, one panel color and ink color, customize with your chosen type style and pick out an envelope to accent or contrast with your invitations.

Your wedding is your day, a day when your personal style should hold sway. Invite your guests to your wedding in style, your own personal style, with a wedding invitation that catches the attention of your guests from the start.

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Ryan Anderson is a writer and blogger who discusses topics such as event planning and event coordination, along with specific topics such as wedding invitations.

Affordable Wedding Invitations on a Budget

Author: Jeff McDougall

When you are planning your wedding with the word budget in bold print at the top of your priority list you can feel under pressure. Rest assured it's certainly not the end of the world and just because you are having a budget wedding it doesn't mean that your wedding won't look extravagant. You can plan the wedding of your dreams on a budget, it can be done, and this article will help you with the first step, your invitations.

Firstly you need to decide how formal your wedding will be. You can have a full formal wedding, semi formal, casual semi formal or just casual; it's up to your own preference. The style of wedding you plan to have will have an influence on your wording and design options for the invitations. There are many websites on the internet where you can find free invitation templates with and without word samples and design samples, these websites are a great resource and if you can't find one you like there you can at least get an idea of what you do like. Some websites will try to hook you by requiring you to purchase something from them before they will allow you to download their templates, don't give in to them, do some more searching online to find another site without these requirements.

Next you must choose a font that matches your theme and the style of your invitations. There are many places where you can purchase your wedding stationary such as cards, paper and envelopes. Search both online and offline for the best deals you can find. It's always a good idea to have a few extra than you actually need just in case something goes wrong with a couple of your invitations.

Try to set a day or night where you are going to make your invitations and put them into envelopes ready for posting. It's best to address and name the envelopes first and then do the invitations as you come across the envelopes as it lessens the chances of putting the wrong invitations into the wrong envelopes. If you have children then aim to do your invitations when they are in bed as the less distraction from the task they better otherwise you may find yourself making mistakes and possibly doubling up on invites.

If you are having your wedding at a garden, beach or country area then it may be a nice idea to take a photo or download a picture of this type of area and use this as the background for your invitations in either color, black and white or sepia depending on your tastes and theme.

When it comes to wording you could use a quote on your invitations such as one from a poem, a word of wisdom, a bible entry or even a lyric from a favourite love song like "from this moment on".

A good idea is to make trial copies of your invitations first on plain white printing paper to get an idea on how they will look and to see if the wording suits you. A wedding is such a special day and self made wedding invitations are not only affordable but also add a special personal touch.

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