Yay, it's nearly the start of a new year and we've got lots of exciting projects planned for 2010. But here is a sneak peek at our latest offerings: banner design!
I came across some really beautiful examples of typography today featured on tripwire magazines site. Amazing combinations of type and illustration.
Here is a clever and inexpensive way to co-ordinate some after dinner mints or sweats into your wedding colour scheme. The hip hostess simply covered these mints in bright yellow tissue paper and finished them off with some pretty black and white polka dot ribbon. Easy!
Start by selecting the size of your inserts, these will be square. Lets say you choose 145mm square. This could be a single folded card or a few loose inserts.
On a piece of thick card we are going to draw up a template. Start by drawing a square slightly bigger than your invitation, in this case 150mm. On each side of the square draw a semi circle with the same diameter. See photo 1.
Cut out your template and use this to draw up guides for cutting out your petal envelopes. You can use plane coloured card paper or something with a pretty design. Depending on the thickness of the paper you might even be able to save a bit of time and cut out a few at once.
Place your invitation in the center and the fold over each flap placing them under one under another. See photo 2 and 3.
Finish off by wrapping string, ribbon or lace around the envelope. See photo 4.
Bright yellow flowers in black vases. Floral arrangement from Blooms By Martha. Add some sparkle with a gold damask table cloth. Pic via Smarty Bride.
I'm so pleased people are using our products in creative ways. Check out what this talented Canberian did with our gum leaf table numbers - turned them into Aussie themed, twelve days of Christmas, gift tags. Brilliant!
Some more cheerful invitations added to our online shop, perfect for the party season. As part of our simply elegant range, all colours can be changed and it comes as a set with invitation, RSVP, thank you card and even table numbers. Sure to brighten someones day.
You might have noticed lately some 'love'ly t shirts appearing on our site. Well, we've been busy bees putting together some great designs for the bride and groom to be. From $30 each there are some great alternatives to the usual wedding tees, like this cute couple. Wear the love we say! Visit our store to see more.
Introducing... drum roll please... our new stationery range - simply elegant.
It's getting close! Christmas is nearly here, but there is still just enough time to get your creative monsoon orders in.
Polyvore Our top pick for where to start creating your on own online mood boards. It's fast, easy to use and fun. Plus there are hundreds of other users churning out a fantastic array of inspiration. You will need to register to start putting your ideas together, but once signed in there are huge number of images to work with and its quite easy to add more. It's a simple case of search, drag and drop. One of the best features of Polyvore is you can easily follow the links back to where the images came from, so if that was an online shop, you can click through to buy. Genius. www.polyvore.com
September wedding in Florida by RebeccaAH
Bridal Canvas Another option is Bridal Canvas. Working in a similar way to Polyvore you double click from a selection of thumbnails what you would like to appear on your mood board. Again you will need to register to get started. We did find this a little harder to use, more search functions would really help, it was tricky to find suitable images. Deleting items from our canvas didn't always seem to work and we lost the whole thing twice. But in saying that there are some good features and it is worth a look. You can add music to your moodboard which is a nice touch especially when sharing your wedding ideas with family and friends. www.bridalcanvas.com
If you have a mood board to share the check out our idoityourself flickr group and add your ideas.
I can't believe it's almost the end of the year! December already, which means we've been putting together the 'i do' it yourself blog for over six months now. And we've gone from just a handful of readers a day to thousands a month. Thanks so much to everyone for helping make this happen.