Invitations by Ajalon - Trish J's Blog – February 2010 Archive (21)

Choosing the right words for your wedding invitations is an important task. From non-traditional families to specific cultural or religious ceremonies, picking the right wording for your wedding

invitation (which hopefully will be letterpress) requires careful

consideration.

When thinking about wording your (letterpress ;) ) wedding invitations it is important to keep a couple key points in mind:

Is your event a formal or casual affair? This…

Planning your wedding can be a complicated process. With so many different things to remember, who has time to think about the planet? Luckily, in the field of letterpress wedding invitations alone, there

are several different ways that you can go green.

While wedding invitations are typically not the first things that come to mind when you envision a green wedding ceremony there are several different…

If you were ever wondering what all the buzz about DIY or Do It Yourself was about, then you have come to the right place. At Invitations by Ajalon we are always striving to give our brides the

highest quality letterpress wedding invitations and designs possible,

and sometimes that means integrating a little DIY into the wedding

preparation mix.

If you order letterpress wedding invitations there are countless ways to make them more beautiful or add your own…

It's that time of the year when all of our summer Indian wedding invitation card design projects are finally ready to be unveiled. Over the past few months we have been scouring over different colors,

papers, designs, Indian style themes and new creative wedding

invitation ideas to come up with 3 of the coolest new Indian wedding

card designs I have seen in a long time.

The first wedding invitation card integrates a beautiful letterpress design with a…

Because we like to help you decide on what design and style of letterpress wedding invitations you want, I thought I would create a quick check list of items that brides often include in their invitation sets. This way, when you are

thinking about type of invitation set you should order, you will know

exactly what you want:

• Directions to the Venue or map…

Part of the fun of blogging about weddings, letterpress invitation designs and DIY ideas, is finding out the latest news in the wedding world. I stumbled upon something today that was so amazingly simple, yet creatively genius, I

couldn’t help myself but tell everyone about it.

Thrilled for You Video Guestbook is a software program that allows your guests to record their very…

I had the amazing opportunity over New Year's weekend to attend the wedding of one of my best friend’s sister in Joshua Tree, California. This bride and her family were some of the most DIY savvy people I have

ever seen when it came to planning her wedding. From invites to

flowers, the wedding dress and music, this bride took ‘do it yourself’

wedding to another level.…

It’s wedding season again! Which means it is time to show off our new South Asian and Indian letterpress wedding invitation card designs. This week we are unveiling Rana 2, the newest addition to our ever growing South Asian and Indian letterpress design gallery.…

It’s the wedding planning season and time to prepare for your wedding celebration. For those of us without a wedding planner, I have decided to create a quick month by month check list of all the major

things that need to be planned. Everything from venues to wedding invitations:

1 Year Before Your Wedding Ceremony

If you haven’t done this already, picking a day, place and time is probably the first thing you should do. Make sure to reserve the…

What Everyone is Looking for In a Wedding Invitation Blog

I was humming around the blogosphere and checking up on what you the readers are looking for in wedding invitation blogs. Beyond the typical wedding invitation design questions, DIY strategies and address or envelope discussions, each…

Planning eco-friendly weddings is a growing trend in 2010. Brides to be that are environmentally conscious are looking for new ways to integrate green solutions into their dream weddings. Luckily, I can honestly tell you that sending letterpress wedding invitations to your guests is one of the least expensive, most effective ways to cut the carbon emissions and environmental footprint of your…

Our amazing team of invitation design staff have been hard at work this wedding season. We are proud to announce the addition of our Rana 1 design to our entourage of letterpress wedding invitation designs. It is the newest creation in our South East Asian and Indian letterpress invitation card gallery.…

Letterpress Wedding Invitation Printer Has It All

It's wedding season again and that means new wedding invitation designs. We have been hard at work designing and coming up with beautiful new ideas to make this year’s wedding invitations more amazing than ever

before.

One addition that we are ecstatic about offering this year is foil stamping on most of our invitation designs. Whether it is gold, silver, copper or turquoise your foil is our…

Couple Creates Short Video to Use as Wedding Invitation and Save the Date Card

One of my favorite past times is seeing what creative and entertaining things couples-to-be think of. Yesterday I was poking around Youtube and I stumbled upon this amazing piece of work. Instead

of printing a save the date card and wedding invitation set and sending

them overseas, these amateur video connoisseurs designed and produced

their own version of a save the date…

Wedding invitation fonts are an important aspect of the overall wedding invitation design. Beyond the color, word choice and overall theme of your invitation, the

font that you choose speaks volumes about your celebration and really

sets the tone for your guests' expectations.

Many online wedding invitation printers have only a couple stock font samples to view or choose from which…

The Dessy Group, a wedding and bridesmaid dress manufacturer, recently partnered with the folks at Pantone Inc. to produce the first ever Pantone Wedding™ Color Guide. It is a beautiful array of new 2010

wedding color selections that are conveniently arranged by color tone.

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I love letterpress printing. When it comes to wedding invitations, there really is no better way to set the tone and generate authentic excitement from your guests than by choosing letterpress. The texture,

the unique designs, the matching envelopes (and sometimes liners)

combine in a scrumptious aesthetic that is supreme among invitations.

However, I also understand that many boutique letterpress printers do charge a premium for their services, and in this economy…