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What to Include in Your Letterpress Wedding Invitation Design

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…


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Customize Your Wedding Guestbook Video Webcams and Tech Savvy Weddings

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…

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An Amazing DIY Wedding Idea Do It Yourself Flowers in the Desert

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.…



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Added by Invitations by Ajalon - Trish J on February 21, 2010 at 3:00am — 1 Comment

Our Newest Indian and South Asian Letterpress Wedding Invitation Designs

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.…



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DIY Brides Wedding Planning Countdown: What to Do and When

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…

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Top Wedding Invitation Blogs From DIY to Design Ideas

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…

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DIY Wedding Invitation Address Stamp How Brides Make Handheld Impressions

We recently used one of the coolest DIY tools for self addressing

wedding envelopes. It is a small metal stamp that can easily emboss

your address onto the flap of your letterpress wedding invitation

envelope. I decided to make a quick video to show you ‘do it yourself’

brides exactly how easy this really is:

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Added by Invitations by Ajalon - Trish J on February 17, 2010 at 9:48am — 1 Comment

How to Plan an Eco Friendly Wedding *Hint* Letterpress Wedding Invitations are Important!

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…

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New South East Asian and Indian Letterpress Wedding Invitation Design

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.…



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Introducing Our New Foil Wedding Invitation Design 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…

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In A World Ruled by Social Conventions...Wedding Invitations Via Videos Rock!

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…

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Wording Your Wedding Invitation What Will Your Font Look Like?

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…

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Dessy's Pantone Wedding™ Color Guide is HERE! 194 New Colors for 2010 Brides

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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Amazing Indian Wedding Cards New Designs in Time for Spring

New to Our Wedding Community? Browse our wedding planning guide to find the perfect photographer, invitations - you name it!…

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We Print Letterpress Marriage Vows Stylish New Idea In the World of Weddings

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…

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Go Behind the Scenes With a Letterpress Wedding Invitation Design

Watch a Video of Your Wedding Invitation Being Printed



After printing one our most popular letterpress wedding invitation designs we decided it was time to start filming a little more of what goes on behind the scenes here at Invitations by Ajalon.



So we brought out the camera, set up the lights and action: Printing the Fleur letterpress wedding invitation design video!



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Behind the Scenes Video: Letterpress Wedding Invitation Design

In between designing and printing our new letterpress wedding invitation designs we thought it would be a good idea to show you brides what goes on behind the scenes here at Invitations by Ajalon.



So the next time we printed the Monica letterpress invitation design, we decided to film it so everyone could see how beautiful this invitation set is.



Here is the video giving you a brief overview of the printing process: continued at… Continue

Added by Invitations by Ajalon - Trish J on February 2, 2010 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

Foil Stamping Gone Wild! Four Foils, No Ink, One Video Wedding Invitations Taken to the Next Level

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

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5 New Wedding Trends for 2010

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

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5 Steps to Taking the Stress Out of DIY Throw a DIY Party and Invite your Friends The Wedding Invitation Process Made Easy

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

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