Dr. Seuss themed wedding inspiration

I stumbled across these Dr. Suess-inspired wedding pictures and just had to share them:

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{photo from projectwedding.com}

Spring fling: tulips

For those of you having a spring wedding, it's really important to keep in mind what flowers are in season for this time of year; otherwise, you'll end up paying a lot more for flowers that aren't in season. One of the most common spring flowers are tulips. They're a great way to add colour and a feminine look to your wedding! Here's some inspiration for you. All of these photos make everything so fresh! I'm ready for winter to be done now:

Tulip pew bouquets from The Knot. Love the bucket!

 Centrepiece from The Knot

Tulip cake and centrepieces with grass from The Wedding Chicks

Beautiful bouquet found on The Knot

I absolutely love this centrepiece idea featured on The Wedding Chicks blog. Love the idea of using heart candies to fill the vase! The colours match the tulips perfectly.

Managing your guest list

One of the most daunting tasks of the whole wedding planning process is deciding on and organizing your guest list. For me personally, I booked my venue first before I even thought about my guest list. That way I knew I had a maximum capacity that I could absolutely NOT succeed and I stuck to it! It's really easy to caught up in adding a few extra people here and there, but if you have a maximum you can't exceed, it makes things a bit easier.

Once you have your guest list worked out, the next step is to collect, input and organize all those names and addresses! The Knot has a FABULOUS tool on their website that was my saving grace. You can use their wedding guest manager tool to:

• input all your guests' info. You can even enter info about if they belong to the groom's family, bride's family, mutual friends, etc. so that it makes it easier to filter
• sort guests by event type so that you can easily export the data into Excel to pass along to your bridesmaids for your bridal shower and stagette invite llist. T
• create an "A list" and a "B list" so that when you start receiving declined responses back from your A list guests, you can start sending invites to your B list.

In addition, you can:

• manage your RSVPs with a column that says "yes or no" next to your guest's names
• track meal choices
• track gifts so you know who gave what;
• track whether you have sent a thank you card after the wedding.

Finally, you can export your list to Excel, which makes it easy to do a mail merge if you're planning to print the addresses on the invitation envelopes.

Tip: I also suggest putting a tiny number on the back of each RSVP card and adding a column in your Excel sheet next to each guest that says "RSVP number" to track your RSVP cards. Sometimes, people forget to fill in their names on the RSVP card, so when it's returned to you, you don't know which guest is actually RSVPing! It will save you a lot of grief in the end, and your guests won't even notice it's on the back of the card.

An Irish blessing for St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I came across this beautiful Irish blessing that would be perfect for a wedding invitation or thank you message on the reception tables. Enjoy! Have a pint of green beer to celebrate today ;)

May you always have
Walls for the winds

A roof for the rain
Tea beside the fire
Laughter to cheer you
Those you love near you
And all your heart might desire.

Pale plum, light blue and rose red invitation suite

As I mentioned on my blog post yesterday, I was inspired by this unique colour combination of pale plum, light blue and rose red. The colour combination reminded me of a sophisticated, cheery garden party, so I chose to use a damask pattern stamp and added some rhinestones to "jazz up" the invitation suite. This is one of the favourite samples I've made so far, and I hope you enjoy it, too! To view my other samples, visit the Glass Slipper Designs website.

Gatefold invitation with rhinestone embellishment

Escort card

Response card

Entire invitation suite
 

Unique wedding colour combination: pale plum, light blue and rose red

Here's a pretty colour combination to share with you and one that's not so common: pale plum, light blue, rose red (a pinkish red colour). We were inspired to create an invitation that was inspired by this unique colour combo. Stay tuned to the blog tomorrow to view the invitation suite! Hint: it's classy yet fun, with a touch of bling.

Purple, blue, rose red by glassslipperdes

Photo credits:

Top left - cakecentral.com

Top right- theknot.com

Bottom left - theknot.com

Bottom right - thegartergirl.com

Real weddings: beautiful Mexican destination wedding

Super-talented Shelley Weber from As I See It Photography in Calgary was kind enough to share these photos of a recent wedding her and her husband shot in Mexican. The pictures are truly breathtaking and the details that the bride and groom incorporated are stunningly elegant. Thanks for sharing these with us, Shelley!

{All photos courtesty of As I See It Photography}

I really wish I could be here right now!

I'll take all of them, please!

Super cool view from the top

Beautiful sunset reception

Love, love, LOVE the paper lanterns and beach reception set up

Such a cool perspective!

The finishing touch...fireworks on the beach

Thanks for sharing these with us, Shelley!

Help Japan

Hi everyone,

I usually don't post on Fridays, but as a result of the devastating events that have taken place in Japan today, my friend Allison is selling some gorgeous cards to raise money for relief efforts in Japan. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the relief efforts. Cards are $5 each. To purchase some cards, contact Allison at 403-512-0549 or email nicepeoplestamp@hotmail.com. 

DIY tropical fruit centrepiece

Despite the freezing cold weather here in Calgary, here's a cute DIY destination centrepiece idea using pineapple (or any tropical fruit, for that matter) and flowers via the Wedding Chicks blog. Here are the pictures below on how to make them:

{all photos via the Wedding Chicks blog}

Our favourite invitation suite yet

We had so much fun working on this invitation set! And judging by the reaction of all the brides and grooms at the Wedding Show on February 27, this was by far the biggest hit.

The colour combination has an elegant vintage feel to it, the bird punch image adds some fun to the suite, and the ribbon adds a unique and unexpected texture to the suite. Our favourite part is the little envelope on the save the date - your guest simply pull on the ribbon attachment to move the date outside of the envelope. Hope you have as much fun looking at this suite as we had making it!

Front of the save the date

A simple pull of the ribbon and the wedding date slides up

 Matching wedding invitation with casual wording

 The entire wedding suite together

Gorgeous outdoor reception venues

I have no idea where these outdoor receptions are located, but here are some gorgeous outdoor reception venues I found on weddingwire.com. Enjoy!

{all photos from weddingwire.com}

Simple and fun invitations

At Glass Slipper Designs, we can create something unique to fit your budget. This sample here features two layers of cardstock and rubber stamp images along the side. This clean, simple and bright invitation would be perfect for a summer wedding. I especially love this colour combination, which seems to be a big trend for weddings this year.

Fun pattern AND fun, bright colours

A non-traditional escort card

The wedding invitation suite

Wedding Show Booth

As some of you may know, I was in a wedding show on February 27 at the Deerfoot Inn and Casino. If you are visiting my blog for the first time because you got my information at the show, welcome! For those of you who didn't get to see me at the show, here's some photos of my booth:

The set of 25 thank you cards I gave away for the door prize

This stationery set was by far the favourite of the day

 

Full view of the booth