Archives for: June 2008

While a bawdy, gaudy metallic may be just the look you’re after, there are times when you’d rather sparkle demurely. The shiny surface of Gmund Colors Subtil (subtil … subtle … get it?) with its fine, micro-embossed mica surface on one side gives off a soft metallic glimmer that creates a softly chic, elegantly understated impression.

Imported from Germany's Gmund Paper Mill, this brand new line of metallic card stock is now readily available in the United States through LCI Paper.

Subtil is offered in nine shades of heavyweight 111lb. cover stock (310 grams) in a variety of sizes including full sheets and cut sizes. Subtil papers coordinate with LCI's selection of Gmund Colors stationery and envelopes as well as Contact Colors Vellum Translucent Papers.

Take a look at LCI's unique wraps and cards made for the first time with Subtil card stock:

Subtil Pocket Cards

Subtil 5 x 7 Wraps

Subtil Glider Backing Cards

The special metallic surface makes this paper unsuitable for inkjet or laser printing, but other printing techniques such as engraving and offset printing work wonderfully.

Take a closer look at subtil metallic card stocks

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Tags: specialty paper, metallic paper

Much has been written about planning for a wedding; from tips for reserving your reception facility to choosing a hair stylist.

It’s a known fact that the sooner you start planning the better, but every bride could use some advice on how to stay organized throughout the entire planning process.

Fortunately, there are tools available to help you keep all the endless details together so you won’t forget any of the important steps on the journey to your wedding day.

One tool that’s simple to create and use is a Wedding Planning Notebook. Go to your local office supply store and buy a three-ring binder (the bigger the better) in the color of your choice. Also buy index divider tabs, large envelopes, notebook paper, and a three-hole punch.

Next, set up sections within the binder related to all areas of your wedding planning. For instance, label one section Wedding Dress. Other sections could include Bridesmaids, Reception Hall, Invitations, Caterer, Flowers, Music, Photography, etc. Give each section its own envelope to hold receipts, samples, and other documents essential to your wedding preparation. Don’t forget to include several pieces of notebook paper for note taking in each section, too.

Take your Wedding Planning Notebook with you to all of your wedding-related appointments. In no time, you’ll find it to be an incredible asset and you’ll feel lost without it!

Maybe you’re the technically sophisticated type and a Wedding Planning Notebook sounds a bit archaic to you. No problem. You’ll find plenty of wedding planning software packages available to assist you in budget planning, expense tracking, guest list creation, and more. If this sounds right up your alley, then be sure to check out the following websites.

Wedding Planning Software

• My Easy Wedding Planner
• My Wedding Organizer

For a comprehensive, wedding planning resource, take a look at these websites:

• The Knot
• One Stop Wedding Planner

Each of these sites offers various tools to aid you in practically every aspect of wedding planning. Both serve as a great guide for brides-to-be.

And when it’s time for you to select your invitations and other wedding and reception accessories, check out LCI’s Shop by Events page. You’ll find everything to meet your wedding invitation needs. LCI offers over 60 wedding theme invitations as well as the latest invitation trends. You’ll also find ideas for wedding programs and reception accessories.

Browse over 60 Wedding Invitation Themes!

Staying organized while you plan your wedding doesn’t have to be a nightmare. Take advantage of any of these suggestions and you’ll breeze through planning for your big day.

Tags: wedding planning, wedding themes, invitation themes, wedding resources, wedding tools, wedding software

The colors you choose for your summer wedding impact all facets of your event. Your color selection will be weaved into everything from your bridal party’s attire to your invitations.

With so many venues for displaying your color theme, it’s best to be sure that you’ve chosen colors that look beautiful together and complement each other. Colors that will stand out in your wedding photos and be just as beautiful to behold now as they will twenty years from now.

As you ponder colors you might like to work with, remember that your color selection should please you and your fiancé. It is your wedding after all. Don’t feel as though you have to select popular, trendy colors. Oh no, if you have a fondness for a particular hue, definitely go with it.

Maybe you find traditional summer colors appealing like yellow, a reminder of summer’s abundant sunshine. How about various shades of green to accent the season’s lushness or blue to mirror the ocean or summer sky.

Felicity Slim Vellum Invitation
Shop All Yellow Invitations

Coco Parasols Invitation
Shop All Green Invitations

Perhaps you’ve a particular color in mind, one that you’ve always loved. Or maybe the venue where you’re holding your reception has a unique color combination that you’d like to duplicate.

Whatever your reason for choosing the colors you finally go with is really unimportant, as long as they’re the perfect colors for you. Don’t feel obliged to go with trendy or “now” colors just because you hear that they’re popular. Ultimately, you should decide “the way to go”; feel free to be your own trendsetter!

And once you settle on your dream colors, let LCI Paper help you achieve the perfect match between your color theme and wedding invitations. LCI offers different styles of invitations in a wide variety of colors. From blues and reds to oranges and greens, you can browse through an assortment of invitation ensembles in numerous colors at our Invitations by Colors page.

Use your wedding invitations to showcase the glorious colors of your summer wedding.

Tags: summer wedding, wedding colors, yellow invitations, green invitations, invitation colors

My first visit to weddingbee.com shocked me. I thought I had seen the height of interactivity in wedding planning. I had witnessed blogs galore, any number of sites dedicated to personal weddings, and countless laundry lists of vendors and services at a bride and groom's disposal. Sure, weddingbee.com does sport a blog and is extremely useful as a directory, but it's innovation sets it above other wedding sites. Weddingbee.com offers a Wikipedia type e-encyclopedia and a feature called "Bee TV".

The Weddingbee Wiki contains over 626 definitions ranging from 80s wedding music to Vera Wang. It is a superb reference tool and provides a brief blurb about every entry. In high school, English teachers make their students carry dictionaries and the thesaurus. Wedding planners should use this wiki in the same way.

Bee TV is a brilliant idea. It puts weddingbee.com users in contact via web cam shows. During a live show, viewers participate in simultaneous chats, asking questions of the broadcasters. These live feeds are wonderful for sharing ideas, tips and anxieties.

Your wedding resources are not complete unless you take a look at weddingbee.com.

At eco*chic weddings, green is not a theme for a wedding, it's more of a way of being. So the orientation here is sustainability. The sustainable wedding is one that matches your lifestyle and is planned as a "conscious" consumer. Their philosophy is summed up nicely in the post "don't have a green wedding".

eco*chic covers a wide range of topics that would be of interest to anyone planning a wedding. Topics range from "after the wedding" to "save money", and everything imaginable in between.

Anybody planning a wedding with an eye to sustainability will enjoy giving eco*chic weddings a look.