Last week I touched a bit on invitation wording and this week I will take that topic a little further and talk about how to deal with wording when you have divorced or deceased parents and what to do when you don’t want to invite children. Read the rest of this entry »
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Old and New Traditions
There have always been traditions in weddings—from the white dress, to the wedding cake and the first dance. One of the very formal traditions was the wording on the invitations. And while I still believe in having a certain level of formality in the wording, people are breaking the traditional mold for more personal wording. The biggest change I see is that the majority of the invitations I create are written from the bride and groom instead of their parent’s. This is mostly due to the fact that many couples getting married are in their 30’s and are paying for their wedding (or most of it). Read the rest of this entry »
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Keep on Giving
I often find that my clients struggle with what to give as a gift to their guests. This is a long-standing wedding tradition, and although it has changed over the years it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. Most people I know, at some point or another, have received something at a wedding that they had no idea what to do with and it usually ends up in the garbage or collecting dust in a box somewhere. Read the rest of this entry »
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Making Meal Options Fun!
So you’re offering your guests options for their meal at your wedding and you need a way to find out what each person would like. There is the standard way of writing the choices as the words beef, chicken, vegetarian… OR you can do something fun like have little symbols representing each option. This has become a signature of mine and it always seems to get rave reviews! Read the rest of this entry »
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Pick a Colour
First of all let me introduce myself—I am Laura from Laura K Design and I am thrilled to be a guest blogger for Weddingbells. I look forward to sharing my ideas, designs and experiences with you over the next few months.
As my first post I want to start off talking about Colour. Colour has always been key element in my designs. I have a tendency to create invitations with colour that fills the entire page (or most of it) and this has become my signature style. Fortunately for me there are many people who share my love and aren’t afraid to make a bold statement! Read the rest of this entry »
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