Category Archives: Invitations

New sponsor welcome: Wendy Bell Designs

wedding invitation with hearts

Hi again! Time for some pretty unique wed­ding invi­ta­tion designs to show you — beau­ti­ful, cre­ative and stand­out wed­ding invites from Wendy Bell Designs.

I fea­tured Wendy’s Lon­don wed­ding on the blog back in 2011 — she’d designed all her own sta­tionery to fit with her choice of wed­ding venue, and it was absolutely divine! Wendy’s bespoke wed­ding invi­ta­tion ser­vice promises to be out­stand­ing, so do check out her offi­cial web­site to find out more.

wedding invitation by Wendy Bell DesignsAs a spon­sor of Eng­lish Wed­ding blog, Wendy Bell Designs now has a ded­i­cated Show­case Page which I think you’ll love — there are more pics on there of her per­son­alised wed­ding invi­ta­tion designs, along­side info on the bespoke wed­ding invi­ta­tion ser­vice.

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A guide to wedding stationery & invitations

wedding invitation idea eco friendlyI won­der how many of you brides and grooms out there started the month a day or two ago with a resound­ing ral­ly­ing cry of, “Right!” If you’re mar­ry­ing in 2012, it’s time to get stuck into your plan­ning, and espe­cially time to think about wed­ding invi­ta­tions. And if my inbox is any­thing to go by, plenty of you are inves­ti­gat­ing your options for sta­tionery already! So I wel­comed this guest blog post from Con­fetti with open arms. I hope you find it useful!

This arti­cle is sup­plied by Confetti.co.uk. To see their range of wed­ding sta­tionery, visit www.confetti.co.uk/wedding-stationery/

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Wedding invitations for you

I promised you gor­geous, glam­orous, bright and sexy wed­ding invi­ta­tions, and here they are. Designed by Wendy Bell, whose wed­ding I fea­tured on the blog yes­ter­day, these invi­ta­tions are pretty spe­cial — and right up my street.

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Roof Gar­dens Flamingo Design: www.WendyBellDesigns.com

Wendy’s Flamingo design was cre­ated for her wed­ding. She coor­di­nated the wed­ding invi­ta­tions to tie in with her wed­ding venue — the Roof Gar­dens in Kens­ing­ton. The funky invi­ta­tions take inspi­ra­tion from the colour­ings of the wed­ding venue. The flamin­gos are found in their gar­dens and the dots sym­bol­ise the beaded cur­tains in the Roof Gar­dens club area. Wendy offers a bespoke invi­ta­tion design ser­vice… and you can see just how much thought and atten­tion to detail goes into the design process!

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New sponsor welcome… it’s Miss Delicious

unique wedding stationery by Bunny Delicious (4)

I have pet names for only a very select few wed­ding sta­tion­ers. Zoe from Bunny Deli­cious just hap­pens to be top of my list, and in more ways than one. I can’t remem­ber quite where ‘Miss Deli­cious’ came from, but I like the sauci­ness of it… and it makes me smile when­ever I see a Bunny Deli­cious design! I’ve known Zoe via the mir­a­cles of our mod­ern inter­web for years — and I’ve watched her cre­ativ­ity with grow­ing delight.

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Competition! English Wedding’s favourite invitation

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Eng­lish wed­ding invi­ta­tion com­pe­ti­tion on facebook

Morn­ing every­one — now who’d like to enter a brand new com­pe­ti­tion on Eng­lish Wed­ding blog?

All you have to do is help choose Eng­lish Wedding’s favourite wed­ding invitation.

It’s just a bit of fun… but you can win some lovely prizes just in time for Christ­mas, and share a lit­tle hap­pi­ness with top wed­ding invi­ta­tion design­ers too!

Win a gift for your fiance! (and a lit­tle some­thing for yourself)

Paul Smith Extreme Fragrance Gift SetThe main prize is a Paul Smith Extreme Fra­grance Gift Set (after­shave and shower gel) for your fella, and because you’ve gone to all the trou­ble of vot­ing there’s a lit­tle treat for you too: a Ted Baker But­ter­fly Blos­som gift set.

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Show off and share! Wedding invitations

Morn­ing every­one! I’m on a mis­sion today and I need your help. I’m look­ing for wed­ding sta­tionery — the lat­est designs, newest trends and most excit­ing invi­ta­tions in par­tic­u­lar. So I’m search­ing for wed­ding invi­ta­tion design­ers: get in touch and share your favourite designs!

Wedding invitation by Dragonfly; calligraphy by Wedding-Calligrapher.com

Wed­ding invi­ta­tion by Drag­on­fly; cal­lig­ra­phy by Wedding-Calligrapher.com

Wed­ding invi­ta­tions showcase

I’m look­ing for as many UK wed­ding invi­ta­tion design­ers as I can find to log in to the Eng­lish Wed­ding Show­case this month and share lat­est, best­selling and favourite designs. It’s a unique chance to show­case your best work — and to share it with UK brides and grooms.

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Win luxury wedding invitations!

Please note this wed­ding invi­ta­tion com­pe­ti­tion has now closed. Leonie announced the win­ners on face­book — con­grat­u­la­tions Estella and Helen!

Please do view the beau­ti­ful designs below — and get in touch with Leonie if you’re look­ing for lux­ury wed­ding invi­ta­tions of your own. Explore my list of the best 20 vin­tage wed­ding invi­ta­tions for more inspiration!

Wedding invitation suites from Leonie Gordon London (4)Leonie Gor­don offers a boutique-style ser­vice cre­at­ing beau­ti­ful, one-of-a-kind wed­ding invi­ta­tions and sta­tionery. All of Leonie Gordon’s invi­ta­tions are thought­fully designed to cre­ate a beau­ti­ful impres­sion and are cus­tom cre­ated and lov­ingly fin­ished by hand espe­cially for you.

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The best 20 vintage wedding invites on the web!

the best 20 vintage wedding invitationsIt really makes me smile to see how cre­ative you can all be — from your blog com­ments, emails and when I see which Eng­lish Wed­ding fea­tures are most pop­u­lar… it’s clear you love cre­ative wed­ding inspi­ra­tion — so today I have a treat for you! (and me!)

As a wed­ding cal­lig­ra­pher I have a bit of a thing for paper and type — noth­ing pleases me more than a nice font on warm paper with a bit of a twist to it. And the trend for vin­tage wed­dings has inspired a gen­er­a­tion of wed­ding sta­tion­ers and brides to cre­ate some really beau­ti­ful vin­tage wed­ding invites.

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Wednesday Writes — it’s full of papery goodness

Damn it! Blog­gers have rules: every Mon­day you do this, every Wednes­day you do that… and the good blog­gers play by the rules and get a buzz going every week. Guess who’s a bad wed­ding blog­ger? Haha.

So, after a break of — um — a cou­ple of weeks? I bring you another fab­u­lously papery let­tery blog post with wed­ding sta­tionery, cal­lig­ra­phy, graphic design and type. I hope it inspires you — I hope you enjoy today’s papery goodness.

Suitcase for wedding cards - Our Labor of Love via Style Me Pretty blog

Photo credit: Our Labor of Love Source: Style Me Pretty

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Dare to Dream: Alice in Wonderland Wedding Inspiration

Alice in Won­der­land is a fas­ci­nat­ing tale brim­ming with imag­i­na­tion and cre­ativ­ity. It starts off with Alice tum­bling into a very deep rab­bit hole but her descent is quite odd hav­ing time to see that the hole is lined with book shelves and glass jars.

At Paper Whis­pers, we love the unusual and cre­ative. One of the first Won­der­land inspired cre­ations we made was The Love Jar. It is a beau­ti­ful alter­na­tive (or addi­tion!) to the tra­di­tional guest book and would look stun­ning on the wed­ding table much like the jars Alice passed in her tum­ble.

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