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Alexanders Wedding Invitation in Champagne and Silver

Helen — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:26:34 +0000

Alexanders DIY Wedding Invitations can be customized with Champagne invitation cards, and rsvp set, and close with champagne satin ribbon:

Alexanders DIY Wedding Invitations with Champagne Card and Ribbon. Photo by Daryl Ching.

Beautiful Wedding Announcement Wording

Helen — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:36:20 +0000

“Married here this day”

What lovely language they used in the late 18th century and early 19th century in Gretna Green, Scotland on the Register of Marriage. By quirk of law, anyone could marry anyone in Scottland, as long as there were 2 signing witnesses. And the groom was at least 14 years old, and the bride, 12! Here is a copy of a scandalous Gretna Green marriage:

Gretna Green Marriage Register 1826

Go figure, but for centuries the local blacksmiths conducted many of the eloping couples’ wedding ceremonies over the Anvil in the Blacksmith’s shop.

You can learn more about the interesting history of eloping couples at Gretna Green – but what we love, is blacksmith Andrew Lang’s ( the Anvil Priest) lovely language, which works so beautifully for a wedding announcement for eloping, or destination weddings.

~Married here this day~

Jane Doe and James Guy

June the seventh, two thousand ten

Gretna Green Scotland

The couple will reside

224 Jones Street

Midland, California 93402

Addressing Wedding Invitations: Handwritten vs Print vs Labels

Helen — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:09:39 +0000

Etiquette be damned, you say? You can say it, you can act on it. But, if you use labels to address your wedding invitations, you will, umm, be judged. By somebody. That creepy awful judging, never said, just thought. (I know it well, the queen of the faux pas is writing this …)

A lesson from Great Dames through the centuries: You can get away with anything, as long as you do certain things grandly.

Printing your guests’ names out using your computer printer is certainly an acceptable option.

Especially if you use lovely fonts and typographic high style.

Printing your guest’s name on a label and slapping that label on an envelope, is just a wee bit tacky. Especially white labels.

If you have Illustrator or graphic design software, you can open the flap of the envelope, and print your return address on the flap, as you’re printing your guest’s name and address on the front. In one pass. A DIY time save. And face saver…