Category: Inspiration

Themed and destination weddings are very popular and certainly have a devoted following. We provide a full line of themed and destination oriented wedding invitation paper for people planning such weddings, and are always on the prowl for good destination ideas. In our research we stumbled across this post - Destination Wedding Locations To Consider - in the BridesClub.com blog. It lists many interesting and exotic destination choices such as Belize, Tahiti, Italy, Mexico and more. Looks like a great source of ideas for interesting wedding destinations...

When doing your own wedding invitations, the subject of how to print them is typically "top of mind". One option that many consider is to have their invitations done by a calligrapher. Calligraphy is a "by hand" process that can add time to the task of creating and sending invitations, but the result is stylish, high-impact invitations.

Most people considering calligraphy do not really know that much about it or where to start. Fortunately, the Style Me Pretty blog has an excellent series of three articles on wedding calligraphy:

1. Wedding Calligraphy by Laura Hooper - This article covers "Finding and "Booking a Calligrapher", "Popular Services", and "Average Rates". Did you know that the type of pen used by the calligrapher can have an impact on the quality of the result?
2. Wedding Calligraphy by Laura Hooper, II - This article stresses the importance of thinking creatively.
3. Wedding Calligraphy by Laura Hooper, III - Topics covered in the final installment of this article series on calligraphy include "Allocating Your Budget", "Working with New Talent", and "Help from Friends & Family".

There is a lot in these three articles to get you started if you are considering calligraphy for your wedding invitations.

It is not possible to have too many resources when planning a wedding. Another excellent organizational, reference, and communication tool to help you plan your day is WeddingChannel.com. It provides wonderful tools for planning a wedding including a budget calculator, planning checklist, scrapbook and guest list manager. These tools help you to stay focused and organized, helping planning to go smoothly.

The budget calculator will itemize all your costs from venue to cake cutting and tell you how much you should be spending per service. It will help you to keep good tabs on your wedding spending.

The planning checklist provides all the organizational functionality you need to stay on task. It provides a systematically regimented list. Tasks may be eliminated when completed. With the checklist tool, no detail will be overlooked and you will be able to easily keep track of all wedding planning tasks. The checklist is also an excellent point of reference.

The scrapbook is the link between you and your guests. Photos of the bride's dress, decorations, cake, and even the honeymoon can be uploaded for friends and family to view. It is a great tool helping to share all aspects of the special day.

The wedding's guest list can be completely managed on WeddingChannel.com even allowing RSVPs to be done through the website.

The WeddingChannel.com even provides local vendor guides providing additional resources that can help you to find wedding photographers, florists, bands and more.

Overall, WeddingChannel.com provides an excellent set of tools to help make it easier to plan a wedding. Using these tools should help with the planning of any wedding and help things to go smoothly on the big day. I'd recommend using the site from engagement on.

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The keys to any successful event are preparation and organization. These principles certainly hold true for your wedding. Unfortunately, weddings are not subject to life experience. Most brides and grooms are planning from advice and supposition rather than concrete learned facts. Fortunately, the Internet gives us options with wedding websites designed to guide new couples through the gauntlet of wedding planning. The Knot (www.theknot.com/</a>) is one such website that will ease the stress and make the details of your day more manageable.

"The Knot" contains a wealth of resources to help you with your wedding, but before you start looking up dresses or centerpieces, The Knot will help with your budget. The "my budgeter" link will bring you to a itemized list of normal wedding necessities. The list can be manipulated to add or remove particular items you do not want (i.e. not everyone needs a cake cutting). At the top of the page, you may enter the number of guests and your total budget. The website will tabulate the amount allotted for each individual item. While you buy items, you can enter them into your budgeter to help keep you honest. It's a wonderful tool and a must no matter how big or small the budget.

Functioning as both phonebook and muse, "The Knot" can put you in touch with local vendors or keep you on the cutting edge of the latest trends in weddings. Photographers, reception venues, DJs, florists, wedding coordinators, etc. can all be found using the same resource. The checklist gives you many brainstorming topics when the bride and groom hit a creativity wall.

Probably the greatest resource of all, other people planning weddings, are also at your disposal. The personal blogs allow users to share ideas, successes, and failures. They are people to reach out to with questions, concerns, and quagmires while going through the process. The people on "The Knot" are friendly, welcoming, and they're just like you, just on different legs of the journey.

The only drawback to "The Knot" stems from the plethora of resources. There is so much information on the main page that it is jumbled and the print is small. It is almost a bombardment of articles, many of which may not refer to your particular situation. Despite this squeezing of information, the site does weddings right. You will find all that pertains to you in searches and in random scanning of the main page. The name fits as it is extremely recommendable to anyone ready to tie "The Knot".

Tags: wedding planning, wedding resources, the knot, wedding budget

Congratulations! You’re recently engaged and planning your wedding. It goes without saying that this is one of the most important events in your life and you want it to be unforgettable.

Why not make incredible memories with a destination wedding? If you’ve contemplated the possibility, but aren’t sure if it would be right for you, continue reading. You’ll learn about what’s involved in planning a destination wedding and how it compares to one locally held.

So why would you opt for a destination wedding? Many couples do because it lets them marry in an exotic location, perhaps a spot that holds special meaning for them. A big benefit to “going on location” is that you can honeymoon there too. By combining them both, your event becomes less costly.

Destination weddings can be a big bonus for your guests. They get to take a mini-vacation and can spend more time with the happy couple than they would at a typical wedding. Since everyone arrives a day or two early, there’s plenty of opportunity for mingling and catching up.

For the most part, destination wedding planning follows the same timeline as a local wedding. One big difference and one of the main reasons why so many couples choose the destination route, is that many of the resorts in these popular locales employ wedding consultants or advisors.

Your wedding consultant would assume most of the planning responsibilities, freeing you from the typical wedding planning stress. This arrangement involves purchasing a package plan for a set fee. Most plans typically include the ceremony site, flowers, officiant, photographer, reception, and accommodations.

If you choose not to go with a package plan, you can still work with the resort’s wedding advisor while you make arrangements. Just be sure to keep the lines of communication open, as you would if you were planning your wedding at home. Some brides work a compromise where they handle two or three of the planning tasks, such as selecting the caterer, photographer, and florist, and the consultant handles the rest.

Regardless of which planning scenario you choose, you’re still responsible for watching the bottom line and confirming contract details. These areas of the planning process still require your involvement.

Although much of the planning for your big day may happen from afar, there are still things for you to do at home, such as selecting your invitations. LCI offers a broad assortment of destination-themed invitations sure to beautifully match your wedding destination. Whether your get-away is an exotic locale, the bright lights of Las Vegas or somewhere in between, your invitation options are abundant.

If you’d want more flexibility in choosing a design, visit our Make Your Own Invitation page to select a pre-designed kit or mix and match specialty papers to create an invitation that reflects your own personal style. And because this will be one wedding that your guests won’t want to forget, remember to browse through our wide variety of Save the Date cards. They’re customizable so you can choose your color, card design, and texture.

Seashore Tidings Save The Date Card

Destination weddings are definitely unique and can provide many unforgettable memories of your very special day.

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