Many brides ponder the necessity of “save-the-dates” as they compile the expenses that pile up during the planning process, but they do have their purpose within the framework of the wedding. Why should you bother and how should you go about creating and distributing them? Read on for a few quick save-the-date tips:
Out of Town Guests:
Save-the-Dates are particularly important for your out-of-town guests. A typical wedding invitation won’t make it to their front door in time for travel plans and timely accommodations (especially if your nuptials fall during a holiday or high-travel season) – they need to know well ahead of time that they should be planning for your big day. There is such a thing as “too early,” though – ten to six months ahead of time should be plenty warning for your far-away kin.
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Congratulations to Andres and Andrea Muller, who were recently married at Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque Catholic Church in Lomita,California! Don’t worry, there are photos and stories to come regarding the big day itself, but what about the little things that led up to the nuptials?
One of the most important wedding day details is making sure that guests know where and when to show up!
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People always ask us “The Green Kangaroo? What does that have to do with anything?” Certainly our company name is outside-the-norm, which is fitting, since uniquity has always been our mission.
Lucky for us, that mission is fulfilled every day: our products are a direct reflection of YOU, our customers, who are so very unique! It is always a pleasure to hear satisfied clients remark, “It’s just we wanted!” Because that’s what we’re all about! If you can dream it, we can do it. Your personality and taste should shine through all of your wedding details, (and we believe) especially your wedding invitations.
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Alas! The last wedding dance to remember on your Christmas card!
{Vera Wang by William Arthur Gold Mesh Christmas Photo mount card}
Before you close your wedding book on all those wonderful memories, there is just one last gesture to your family and guests that brings them back, one more time, to your day of days; that gives them a lasting memory to treasure on their own. What may that be?!?
The Wedding Christmas Card, with, of course, a photo to capture that most meaningful event in your life.
{William Arthur distinctive round corner with brown suede corners}
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Autumn Aspen leaves at 10,000 feet above Breckenridge, Colorado last week. Reminder of all the possibilities that change can bring. Photo, Marjorie Maxfield
What a surprise!
One of the more popular wedding invitation album vendors, Encore Studios, headquartered in northern New Jersey, cease to do business this week, with a formal announcement today to its dealers.
Although we had no working orders with Encore this week, ( I have a stationery store in Houston, Texas) we had placed telephone calls to the firm for information on availability of stock, and no one answered the phone. With the zanny weather on the East Coast lately, we didn’t bat an eye and thought they will get the phones back on shortly.
Who would have thought a firm of this stature, doing business for 32 years, would close their doors overnight. Which, apparently they did.
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Part deux of our National Stationery Show inspiration spotlight! So many fun new trends to watch for and ideas to work with. Here are a few more that have the ladies in the studio buzzing:
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Back in the early summer, my staff and I attended the National Stationery Show in NYC. The TGK gals have been brimming over with ideas and inspiration ever since! Take a look at this inspiration board below for a peep into some of our NYC trend-spotting!
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Q: Does the paper of my wedding invitations need to match the color of my wedding dress? I’ve selected a diamond white dress and want to be sure to coordinate … and not clash!
A: While this level of detail is often overlooked, there are certainly those brides that consider the color of their dress – or even table linens – in selecting the color for their wedding invitation paper. We find that many – though certainly not most! – brides do in fact want to achieve a seamless color scheme across the board. One of The Green Kangaroo’s Facebook Fans commented:
“I selected a diamond white dress – not pure white but not ivory either. It has made MANY other color decisions (groom’s vest and tie color, linen color, etc.) a bit complicated. Having pure, bright white paired with any other shade of white (and there are many, it turns out) makes the darker of the two appear dingy.”
If shades of white (and ivory!) are an issue for you, be sure to order ink and paper swatches from your wedding stationer so that you can easily compare not only the paper’s color, but also the texture against the fabrics you are trying to match. Most stationers are happy to provide swatches for a minimal fee, and these are often available for free. So take advantage of the opportunity to see and feel your options (and compare them against your dress!) before making a selection.
Of course, if you’re like me and select a diamond white dress and ivory invitations without a second thought to your color scheme, we doubt anyone will be the wiser (`wink’)!
Which comes first, the tissue or the card? Did you expect there would be so many elements to consider when designing your wedding invitations? Now that you have them in hand, and the task of assembling all these pieces comes to play, here’s a guideline on the assembly of those materials and the order they should go.
Unless your invitation is designed to stack the enclosures within the invitation (like Envelopements), place the enclosures on top of the invitation in the following order:
- Start with the invitation, face up; this will be the bottom of your pile.
- Next comes the tissue paper. Originally designed to keep the ink of your invitation off of the other elements as well as to prevent smearing, this element may be obsolete, depending on your print selection or the formality of your invitation.
- On top of the tissue paper is the reception card and/or map (if applicable), also face up.
- Then tuck the RSVP card (face up) into the flap of its envelope (which would require the envelope to be face down, so the flap is up) and set that grouping on top of the reception card.
- This nicely stacked pile of paper slips into the inner envelope with the printing facing up and the back of the invitation (i.e. the bottom of your pile) sliding in against the wall of the envelope. Your guests will see the print as they open the inner envelope and the materials will be staggered with smallest element front. Do not seal the inner envelope.
- The inner envelope is placed inside the outer envelope so that the front of the inner envelope (i.e. the part you write on) will be face out (so your guests will see their names as they open the outer envelope flap.)
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The Crane Bride! A Royal Blush! Princess Kate, Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Grace of Monaco.
Postcard flashbacks of Princess Grace Kelly, Cote d’Azur, and the Wedding of the Century!
Fast forward. Princess Kate. Great Britain. The 2011 Crane Bride. Contemporary, classic and anywhere in between.
Both Princesses exude beauty, confidence. Take a page from the Princess Diaries before you shop for your wedding invitation! True beauty comes from within to be expressed in everything you do.
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