Invitations by Ajalon - Trish J's Blog – January 2010 Archive (13)

There is nothing that sparkles on a wedding invitation quite like hot foil stamping. From gold to green, silver to sapphire, finding a foil that coordinates with your wedding invitation theme or design makes a much stronger impression upon your guests.



While adding foil to letterpress wedding invitations is nothing new, we recently had a job that was something I had never seen before. For this bride, who was feeling particularly unique and creative, we designed an invitation and RSVP… Continue

More brides are engaged in the winter months from Christmas to Valentine’s Day than any other time of the year. This makes way for a wonderful spring season filled with weddings. To stay ahead of the wedding planning curve I have created a useful list of the 5 hottest trends for weddings in 2010:



Blogging Brides



Whether they are written to make wedding announcements or document the brides planning progress, now more than ever brides are starting their own blogs. When… Continue

A lot of brides to be that I encounter want to DIY (do it yourself) some portion of their wedding invitations. Whether its cutting out envelope liners, properly inserting the liners into the envelope, addressing, stuffing the envelopes or even designing the invitation themselves, today’s brides have become a central part of the wedding invitation process.



However, I also know the stress and anxiety that can come with attempting to DIY 100+ invitations alone. So I wanted to give you 5… Continue

I can appreciate a fine handcrafted wedding invitation that someone has taken the time to engrave. They are beautiful, elegant and one of a kind, but they do not come without a certain level of problems and pitfalls when compared to letterpress.



Recently I was discussing the finer points of the engraving to letterpress wedding invitation comparison with a friend of mine that is getting married soon. These are the reasons that I suggested to her that letterpress printing is a better… Continue

In this season of engagements, bridal parties and of course, letterpress wedding invitations, it is rare that our attention here at Invitations by Ajalon would be focused on anything but these exciting affairs.



But something has happened in the international arena that we cannot ignore. A national disaster in Haiti caused by a series of massive earthquakes necessitates our help in the relief efforts.



While we have made personal donations to several charities, we'd like to… Continue

For the creative bride to be, paper selection for your wedding invitations can be a very important job. If you are like me and like a lot of options, then you will enjoy this display of eco chic, environmentally themed papers from Gmund.

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One of the things I was most excited about for the wedding was picking out a dress. I looked for about 4 months in magazines and online, and after my finals were over in April, we actually started looking. I first went to Priscilla of Boston (in Boston) by myself to get an idea of what I liked and what I didn’t like. I found a few that were beautiful, but unfortunately they were out of my price range, and I also wasn’t ready to commit on my first trip.



After that, I checked out a few… Continue

A very important event in the life of every Jewish boy and girl is their Bar or Bat Mitzvah. This coming of age ceremony is a very special celebration that requires an extra special invitation set. Letterpress Bar and Bat Mitzvah invitations are the only suitable way to invite your guests to this joyous occasion.



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We just got the coolest gadget that has ever entered into the DIY scene! A hand held tool that you use to emboss your address onto your wedding invitation envelopes. With a beautifully contrasting image from typical letterpress invitation printing, embossed envelopes exist in a world unto themselves.







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I love letterpress printing. Everything from wedding invitations to holiday cards, baby shower announcements to Bar Mitzvahs, letterpress add an extra special texture and emotion that everyone can see and feel.



Part of the amazing qualities of printing with letterpress is the paper. Cranes Lettra 110# tree-free (100% cotton) paper feels amazing. It has a life and character of its own. The instant you touch a letterpress printed invitation you know that you are holding something… Continue

For those Jewish newlyweds out there, if you are planning on having children, before you know it they will be of age and the time will come to announce their passage into the adult community. I know, it may seem like a million years away at this point, but pretty soon you will find yourselves needing another type of invitation, one for a Bar or Bat Mitzvah.



When thinking about the impression you want to make on those guests, why consider anything but a letterpress invitation… Continue

As our world becomes more diverse and technologically advanced, traditional wedding invitation themes and styles are becoming a thing of the past. 21st century brides are looking to new designs for their invitation sets, and finding very beautifully innovative ideas. There is an increase in unique colors, decorations, custom options and new styles that are making the modern bride’s dream invitation set a reality.



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One of the concerns of eco friendly brides is the acid used to make the paper for their wedding invitation sets. Whether the paper is made from wood pulp or tree-free materials like cotton, part of the traditional manufacturing process involves using harmful acids. But it does not have to be this way.



There have been a handful of technological advances that allow printers now to use acid free, tree free, 100% recycled and recyclable paper products that are just about as… Continue