Archives for: December 2006

Guest Lists. Invitations. Table Settings. Party Outfits. Gift Bags. Oh My! The list of thinking, planning, shopping, and creatively adding your own touch to this holiday season is a long one. Make it easier by ordering all your holiday paper needs at once. Here’s how:

1. List your Holiday and Seasonal Events – both ones you are hosting and ones you’ll be attending as a guest.
2. In the second column, make a checklist of paper products and tick the items you’ll need for each particular event.
3. In the third column, make notes so that when you’re sending out invitations, wrapping gifts, or preparing your table settings—in the midst of hectic holidays— it’ll be easy to remember what to do.

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Easy Artist Touch for Everyone!
Parties are an opportunity to extend yourself to friends, family, colleagues, and special guests. Put personality into your invitations and your guests will all appreciate it. Look at the invitation as the start of your special event. Set the party tone with color, style, and personalized touch. Involve your friends in some small way. And create an air of expectation.

Where to begin?

1. Pick a color scheme for your party. With the holiday season palette you have a wide range of choices. After you pick a color, choose an invitation that coordinates with your party décor. Select an envelope lining that matches your table cloths or an accent color that highlights a small part of your party pattern. Click here to see our lined envelopes, or see our article, Make Custom Envelope Liners At Home!

2. Accessorize. Add a decorative clip, coordinating chiffon bow, or stylized ribbon. Small objects create a 3-d picture box look, updating classic 2-D cards with a contemporary twist. Echo this theme in your party arrangements. Thread the same chiffon ribbon through your wreaths or floral arrangements. If you use a small item like a snowflake or Japanese dried twig, emblazon your place card with the same motif. Click here to see our decorative paper clips and chiffon ribbon.

3. Personalize It! Create a participatory atmosphere for your party with an engaging note on your invitations. If you’re using a bold color, ask your guests to bring or wear something in that same accent shade. Handwrite: “Wear or Bring a Splash of Red!” on the invitation. Not only will it create intrigue starting from the moment your guests receive your invitation, it’ll make a great ice breaker and conversation starter at your party.

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Brilliant pure white snow. Early evenings. Cozy firesides. Winter weddings have an extra romantic and magical glow. Like the fabled princess of time-honored fairy tales and the earnest knight who comes to promise a beautiful life ever-after, the bride and groom of a winter wedding can surround themselves with signs of magical purity, grace, and royal opulence.

While summer is still the most popular time for weddings, more and more couples are choosing the romance of the holiday season to make their lifelong vows. The winter holidays mark a special time of year and a time when families gather together. With a winter wedding, you can celebrate your new life in an atmosphere of joy, thankfulness, and good cheer.

White Is the Source of All Color

Winter weddings open up new possibilities for color. The white of snow lends itself to bold accents, a brilliant red, symbol of love and passion or an espresso brown or sugar plum purple for warmth and wealth. You can choose to stay in the cool tones, with a light accent of turquoise blue, the color of aquamarine, the color symbolizing tranquility and harmony. Or accent with lavender, the color of amethyst, known as a healing and a magical hue. If you choose to hold your wedding in December or early January, you can weave your motif around traditional holiday décor. Indeed, many halls will be pre-decorated so be sure to work closely with them in planning your event.

In the Dusk of Winter, Let There Be Light

However you choose to accent your décor scheme, light is a central element of winter wedding motifs. Dot candles around the tables, reception areas, present trays, and dessert spreads. For added reflectiveness, set votives on a mirror surrounded by a wreath of winterberries and stephanotis. The light will reflect and sparkle through the weave, dancing with mysterious twinkle in your winter setting. Plant icicle-like crystals and prisms in your arrangements, they’ll catch the flame and refract it, breaking it into color in captivating ways.

Décor of the Season

An ice sculpture, illuminated with spotlights or candles, will add an artists’ touch and a centerpiece for all eyes to rest on. Artists, caterers, and decorators will be able to help you find a talented craftsperson. Designs can be very intricate, from oriental to abstract, swans lifting into flight or portraits of the bride and groom.

While winter wedding planners would be wise to watch their flower budget, the season still offers many floral splendors from fragrant evergreens to bright poinsettias, deep colored roses, or white gardenias, the floral emblem of joy. Cream roses accented with a tinge of lavender tulle or apple green, make a classic bridal bouquet elegant and subtle, the rich vanilla tones a symbol of full and pure love. To add a little magic touch to boutonnieres and flowergirl petals, spray them with hairspray and a light dusting of glitter for a fairy twinkle.

Bridal Gowns

For the winter bride, there’s no shortage of winter gown styles to choose from. A heavy satin or rich velvet has a regal appearance on any frame. Snuggle under a faux fur shawl or velvet cape for outdoor winter photos or to step out of a horse drawn carriage when bride and groom arrive for the festivities. Faux fur muffs make lovely flowergirl accessories, and a mohair wrap is a welcome gift for wedding bridesmaids.

Winter Repast

Mulled wine, hot chocolate, hot brandies, and Bailey’s Irish Cream warm the spirits for winter wedding aperitifs. Color coordinate your hors d oeuvres, side dishes, and vegetables. Deep red cranberries, rich golden squash, and emerald green brussel sprouts add accents to your dinner plates. Keep a star or snowflake theme running through desserts and breakfast cookies.

Thank Yous

Finally, after bride and groom have settled into their new home and new life together, the happy task of response and thank you cards brings back the celebratory memories. Keep your invitation ensemble consistent, play out your color and design motif for full closure to a beautiful wedding.

Most of all, enjoy a winter wedding. A time to dream and create new beginnings.

Below is a list of colored decorative paper to consider for your wedding correspondence:

A unique and exotic line of Japanese Tairei Paper featuring a subtle scattering of silver fibers, available in apple green, lavender, terracotta, light blue, and sparkling white.

A variety of festive, bright colored card stock in deep holiday red, pine green, black, chocolate brown, and more.

An unforgettable selection of shimmering Metallic Card Stocks, including invitation cards and invitation envelopes. For the perfect winter wedding color, see our 8 1/2 x 11 metallic Beargrass card stock with a champagne-ivory hue, our sparkling aquamarine Juniper Berry card stock, Alpine Aster featuring a pleasant lavender hue, or regal silver or gold.


Looking for a lively oriental pattern for your holiday decor? Our large sheets of Japanese Chiyogami Paper feature a variety of bright and colorful motifs.

Tags: winter wedding, holiday decor

Like everything in our constantly changing world, the art of wedding invitations has evolved. Electronic fonts, computer graphics, and color laser printers may not be considered traditional elements of a wedding invitation, but like all good innovations, these elements help when creating unique personal invitations.

Without a huge budget or access to a talented local artisan, you can create your own beautiful wedding invitations...

Mix, Match Layer and Create is our creative concepts studio. View designer ideas & customize to your taste with this new LCI offering. We’ve made it easy to pair imported specialty papers, vellums and accessories.

When choosing the paper, think about color, texture, and weight. Choose an invitation kit from the many designer options available. Or custom design one of your own. A complete kit typically includes invitation cards, double lined envelopes, response cards, and response envelopes.

We make it easy to print your own invitations using standard software like Microsoft Word, and to make your job even easier, we offer software packages online that take you through the process step by step. There are also numerous electronic fonts and graphics that you can use to customize your wedding invitation look. Once you have everything prepared, print a test page. You may have some adjustments to make, so test on regular paper before using quality invitation stock. Tips: Cut the plain paper the same size as your invitation. Compare the layout by holding the plain paper behind your invitation stock. Print your invitations. Sign, seal, and deliver!

Tags: create wedding invitations, invitation kits, invitation software

Why not make this holiday season memorable in more ways than one? Create a “holiday memory book” filled with bright memories for the years to come.

1. Start it early.
2. Make a collage of your invitations, cards & photos.
3. Go 3-D with dried flowers, graphics, a sprig from your tree.
4. Leave it in the dining room, and let everyone add their own personal touch.
5. Memories have a way of creating themselves. With your special book, you’ll encourage everyone to cherish the good times and special moments you are having.

Tags: holiday memory book, holiday scrapbook, holiday memories