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Alternative wedding invitation ideas

How is every­one on this beau­ti­fully sunny Mon­day morn­ing? It’s bliss­ful here at Eng­lish Wed­ding tow­ers — I’ve been for a walk around my lit­tle vil­lage, along the seafront and through the fields already! Time now for a bit of inspi­ra­tion in the form of some papery good­ness, I think.

Five great alter­na­tive wed­ding invi­ta­tion ideas

alternative wedding invitation image (2)Alter­na­tive wed­ding invi­ta­tion 1: the Lotus Flower

Lotus flower alter­na­tive wed­ding invi­ta­tion found on With­out A Hitch — the flower is cut from blue pat­terned paper and becomes a stun­ning, dif­fer­ent wed­ding invi­ta­tion via the magic of origami. A tag attached to the flower has all the infor­ma­tion a guest could need!

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Warnings: Royal Mail and your wedding

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Hello! For starters: I’m only cring­ing a lit­tle bit at the title. OK, so it’s not a dire warn­ing about the Royal Mail. Your wed­ding won’t be flash­mobbed by angry post­men; even postal strikes aren’t going to have that much impact on your day. So let’s not panic — this is a sen­si­ble blog post with wed­ding advice for cou­ples and sup­pli­ers alike: a few things that can go wrong when you’re rely­ing on our won­der­ful postal ser­vice, and how to make them go right instead. (PS do you like my pink stamps? I love Pho­to­shop! Queen, take note!)

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Find your perfect spring or summer wedding invitation

wedding invitation ideas for summerOn Fri­day I asked wed­ding invi­ta­tion design­ers from all over the UK to share their best bright and sum­mery invites with Eng­lish Wed­ding blog. A cold and frosty day turned into a lit­tle ray of sun­shine for me as lots of tal­ented design­ers joined in to show­case wed­ding invi­ta­tions with a cheer­ful spring and sum­mer feel to them.

A new fea­ture on Eng­lish Wed­ding blog

This will become a reg­u­lar fea­ture because it gives you lovely read­ers out there a chance to see lots of new and excit­ing designs and ideas, all in one place.

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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/

wedding invitations with ribbon knot

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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

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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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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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Celebrate the Launch of the new Paper Themes website, with 30% Off Everything

Paper Themes, an inde­pen­dent wed­ding sta­tionery com­pany with an impres­sive 100 years of his­tory behind the brand, have relaunched their web­site and I’m delighted to share their offer of 30% off wed­ding invi­ta­tions with Eng­lish Wed­ding read­ers. The team behind Paper Themes are here as guest blog­gers today to share a lit­tle more about the brand with you.

Unique, quality wedding invitations by Paper Themes in the UK (1)

Strik­ing “Pur­ple Sash” invi­ta­tion design — www.PaperThemes.co.uk

Paper Themes wed­ding invi­ta­tion offer

This month, we’re cel­e­brat­ing the launch of the brand new Paper Themes site by offer­ing 30% off absolutely every­thing. Yes, that includes wed­ding invi­ta­tions, wed­ding sta­tionery and wed­ding favours.

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Wednesday Writes… paper wedding inspiration this week

Artcadia wedding invitation letterpress with bird

I’ve writ­ten a list of the best 20 vin­tage wed­ding invi­ta­tions on the web — per­fect for inspi­ra­tion and ideas for your wed­ding sta­tionery

  • Cake signs — is this a sta­tionery step too far? Or just an extra excuse for pretty sig­nage at your wed­ding? Lucky Orchid blog has some ideas for wed­ding cake signs
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