Happy New Year

As 2010 comes to a close, I wish all of you a Happy New Year. May 2011 be your best year yet.

Creative centrepieces

One thing that will catch your guests' eye is your centrepieces. It's a great way for you to add a creative element to your wedding decor. Here are some ideas to get you started:

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Espresso, marine blue and cream wedding stationery

These colours, combined with the embellishments and embossed details, are perfect for an elegant wedding. This stationery suite includes a pocketfold invitation featuring three layers of cardstock, dry embossed details, satin ribbon and pearl embellishments. The pocketfold includes response card, reception and accommodation inserts.

This suite is an example of our Glass Slipper wedding package.

Front of pocketfold invitation featuring stamped sentiment, dry embossed details and pearl embellishments

Inside of invitation featuring response card, reception and accommodation inserts in the pocketfold.

Close up view of dry embossing, satin ribbon and pearl embellishment details

Side view of front and inside of pocketfold invitation

Chic chandalier wedding stationery

We had fun creating this chic chandalier wedding invitation and response card. Navy, aubergine and cream are big colours for the upcoming year. This suite is an example of the options available in our Fairy Godmother package. This particular suite features three layers of cardstock, shimmer spray, shimmer ink on the chandalier image and pearl embellishments.





Wedding invitation with shimmer details and pearl embellishment

Angle view

Response card with shimmer details and pearl embellishment

2011 wedding trends

As we get ready for 2010 to come to a close and for 2011 to mark the beginning of the new year, it's time to take a look at some of the wedding trends that we'll be seeing in 2011. What are your thoughts on these trends? Will you be incorporating any of these into your big day? Leave us a comment below.

~ Mixing up table sizes at the wedding reception. To help encourage conversation among guests and to keep the room looking interesting, many couples will be looking to throw a mix of table sizes and shapes into the reception mix to avoid a cookie-cutter look.

~ Brunch receptions to help couples avoid breaking the bank. As many couples are working towards saving money for other priorities like buying a home, morning ceremonies and brunch receptions will be a big trend in the upcoming year.

~ Personalization. Gone are the days of the by-the-book wedding. Couples are concentrating on personal interests, hobbies and style of dress, to name a few, as a way to create a wedding theme.

- Goodbye monochromatic bridesmaid dresses. Brides are looking to find dresses that suit their bridesmaid's personalities. Whether it's getting the same colour dress in different styles for each girl to putting each girl in a different colour dress, the head-to-toe bridesmaid attire will be left behind this year.

- Accenting white dresses with a bold colour. Whether it means adding a coloured brooch to the gathering of material at the waist or throwing a bright pink sash around the middle, brides will be looking to add a punch of colour to their dresses this year with a fun coloured accessory.

- What's old is new again. Vintage is a HUGE theme for 2011, with brides opting to take a shabby-chic approach to reception decor and opting for tea length wedding dresses.

- DIY. Not only a great way to save money, DIY is back with a roar, helping to create a personal look and feel to the wedding.

- Intimate weddings are in. Couples are choosing to keep the day close and intimate by only inviting close family and friends, allowing for an opportunity to mingle with everyone and celebrate with the day with those who care the most.

- Bridal hair pieces. Veils will have to sit on the sidelines in 2011 as bold hair pieces will become the hair focal point this year.

Trends we love: peacock feathers

One of the trends that we continue to love, and one that will definitely carry over into 2011, is peacock feathers. The jewel tones and lightness of the feathers combine for an elegant touch that will add regal class to any wedding. Stay posted to the blog for our peacock wedding invitation suite coming shortly!

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Winter wedding wonderland

Winter is one of the most romantic times of the year. You can easily bring out an elegant, classic romance theme in your wedding decor to tie in the beauty of the season. White, silver, red, cream, navy, burgundy, gold, eggplant bronze and black are all powerful colours that you could easily incorporate into your wedding day to incorporate a touch of elegance. And of course, a winter themed wedding is the perfect excuse to pull off over-the-top decor. Here is some inspiration from around the web to help get you started with planning your elegant soiree. Enjoy!

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My favourite Christmas songs

I'm taking a departure from wedding-related posts today and thought I would post a "seasonal" blog post instead. With only 10 days to go until Christmas, I thought I would share my top 10 Christmas songs with you.

10) Mary Did You Know by Natalie Cole

9) Mary's Boy Child - Boney M.

8) Happy Xmas (War is Over) - Celine Dion

7) What Child is This - Josh Groban

6) God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Glee cast

5) Sending You a Little Christmas - Jim Brickman and Kristy Starling

4) My Grown Up Christmas List - Kelly Clarkson

3) Where Are You Christmas - Faith Hill

2) O Holy Night - Christina Aguilera

1) All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey

Nine mistakes your guests hate

Avoid the common mistakes guests complain about by avoiding these common wedding downfalls from theknot.com

Guest complaint #1: Your timing stinks

Guest complaint #2: You picked a bad day

Guest complaint #3: The food isn't great

Guest complaint #4: You're boring us

Guest complaint #5: We can't believe you sat us here

Guest complaint #6: You're making us pay for drinks?!

Guest complaint #7: You didn't give us a plus one

Guest complaint #8: You didn't say thank you

Guest complaint #9: You put us to work

For a full description of these common complaints, visit The Knot website.

Bright and bold bridesmaids

I love love LOVE bright bridesmaid dresses for spring and summer weddings. Yes, I realize that winter has barely started here in Alberta, but I just had to post some of the dresses I came across while browsing the internet. For you bold brides, here's some ideas for your bridal party:

Alfred Sung bridesmaid dress

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Mori Lee bridesmaid dress

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Alfred Sung coral  bridesmaid dress

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Alfred Sung bridesmaid dress
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Mori Lee bridesmaid dress
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WToo bridesmaid dress
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Tealight table decoration or wedding favour idea

Happy Friday!!!!

I created these tealights today for fun. You could use these either on your table as part of your lighting decor, or you could use them as wedding favours for your guests. I stamped the images from stamps in my collection, so the best part is, all of your wedding stationery could match the images on the tealights if you wanted. I also have another idea up my sleeves, but I will save that for another day.

Hope you enjoy these and have a great weekend!

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Digital baby shower invitation

I just bought a fun new software program and was playing around last night. Here's a baby shower invitation I created, which would be great to send out if you're looking to do a digital invite instead of snail mail.

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Destination wedding suite

As mentioned in my previous post, my latest project was a destination wedding ensemble. The inspiration for the colours came from palm trees, so I used a dark chocolate colour and olive green for the stationery. Here are the pics:

Full ensemble - invitation, response card, accommodation insert and thank you card

Response card

Close up of the fun "choose your own response"

Accommodation insert

Thank you card