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What’s hot now? NEW wedding invitations in fall colors!

Fall weddings have special appeal. The weather is cool and nature practically decorates herself, providing a beautiful backdrop for your celebration of love AND the season!

 

To set the perfect tone for your fall wedding, choose one of our brand new invitations (I absolutely love them!) in fall colors.

 

Victoria invitations have it all — embossing, color, layers.

 

You just choose your colors, add a design on the envelope and make it your own for perfectly introducing your autumn event.

 

 

                            

 

Go for a little vintage and a lot romantic with our new Nicole invitations. You get to choose two colors to highlight your fall wedding colors — one for the frame card and one for the layer printed with your wording.

                                                 

Then be sure to coordinate with napkins and favors in coordinating colors and printed with great designs to carry your style through to your reception!

 

Enjoy! ~ Jean

My Top Money Saving Tips

Tired of worrying about your budget? Stop right now and read on for money-saving tips you’ll love!

 

                                     

Create interactive centerpieces

Get guests talking and enjoying during your reception by making appetizers and treats your centerpieces! Fill pretty, heart-shaped vases with fruits, dipping sauces and other snacks for guests to enjoy. At the end of the reception, give the vases and bowls to your hostesses, servers or special friends as appreciation gifts.

 

 

Display your favors beautifully

 

Make your favors work overtime by displaying them as centerpieces. Think personalized rectangular vases filled with ornaments guests can take home or fortune cookies they can enjoy. Or, you could ask your florist to loosely arrange flowers in a vase and encourage guests to take a flower when they leave as a favor. Display a note by the vase or make an announcement telling guests to help themselves to the centerpiece treats.

 

Enjoy!  ~ Jean

New ways to honor the memories of loved ones.

Paying tribute to loved ones who are longer with you is a meaningful addition to your ceremony. Jean M has lovely new ways to honor loved ones’ memories — they’ll be touching accents to the ceremony and beautiful keepsakes, too.

 

                                 

 

Lighting a candle before or during your ceremony is a great way to honor a loved one. Light our petite memory cylinder, which holds a floating candle and is engraved with your loved one’s name.

 

 

                              

 

Or light our petite memory photo candle printed with your loved one’s photo and name.

It’s also a special touch to add a framed photo of a loved one to your bouquet, a floral arrangement or a vase.

 

Choose our ornate memory cross or our pewter memory frame to hold a photo.

 

~ Jean

What’s hot now? Custom looks you create!

Check out what real brides are creating with help from Jean M!

Your wedding is all about YOU and your fiancé, and you’ll want every element to reflect your personalities, your love and your style. Adding custom touches to your invitations, accessories and more is a great way to show your individuality — and Jean M can help you every step of the way!

Here are just a few of the custom items we’ve helped our bride search winners create:

 

                             

Alexa, our 2007 Jean M Bride, asked us for a custom invitation — which is now available to you! We also took her ideas for custom place cards, table number cards and menu cards and created just what she wanted.

                                                             

Rhiannon, our 2008 Jean M Bride, also had ideas for the perfect invitation — and this one is available to you, too! We also designed custom flourishes and a peacock design (Jean M design: JM8210) in honor of her husband, Sandeep’s, heritage.

                                                                        

Denise, our 2008 Canadian Jean M Bride, wanted custom red and gold invitations for a tea ceremony in honor of her husband, Phil’s, Chinese heritage. No problem! We also suggested that she use the design for the tea ceremony on favor tags for a coordinating look.

But you don’t have to win the Jean M Bride Search to have us help you create a custom look. That’s where our Custom Design Service comes in. We love helping real brides take their dreams for their invitations and accessories and turn them into reality! We can print a custom format or design from your artwork (a recent bride wanted a gnome on her invitations — it was adorable!), accommodate your needs with pockets, even help you print a custom wedding itinerary.

Contact us anytime. We can’t wait to hear about your ideas!

Enjoy! ~Jean

My Top Money Saving Tips ~ Menu Cards

Don’t let the worries about the economy lead to wedding budget stress. Jean M offers so many ways for you to save money and still have the wedding of your dreams! Read on for some more great ideas.

 

 

Provide romantic couple favors

You can still have elaborate favors without going over budget by giving one favor to each couple. Fill a cellophane bag with a candle and some matches to encourage romantic moments. Add a place card to secure the tops of the bags for a complete package.

 

 

Display your menu cards at the buffet or hors d’ouevres table

Cut down on the number of menu cards you need to order by arranging just a few at your buffet or hors d’ouevres tables. Display them in table number stands high enough so guests can read the fare and add some ribbons that coordinate with your wedding colors.

 

 

Or…

Display just one menu card per table. Arrange them creatively, like in a little, square container of sweets guests can share instead of providing individual favor treats.

Enjoy! ~Jean

Want a stylish, memorable shower?

We have the perfect “recipe!” Our fashionable, black and white recipe box and invitation kit contains everything your shower hostess needs to start creating a shower you’ll never forget.

The kit includes 25 invitations, recipe cares and matching envelopes. Your hostess simply mails out a recipe card with each invitation, asking guests to write down their favorite recipe for you and bring it to the shower. You can then store the recipes in the matching box — and add more recipes as the years go by!

 

Be sure to purchase our matching gift book to keep track of all the beautiful shower presents you receive and later, to record all your wedding gifts.

Also check out more beautiful items with a flourish design to create a completely coordinated look for your shower.

 

 

Cocktail and dinner napkins and guest towels can be personalized for a great accent – and great hostess gifts.

 

Favor boxes with a flourish design are all dressed up with a stitched ribbon.

Enjoy! ~ Jean

My Top Money Saving Tips

You CAN have a beautiful wedding that doesn’t break the bank! Read on for more ways to add custom, creative, personal touches to your day — affordably.

 

Make your favors do double-duty as decorations

 

Decorate with pretty candles in unique, square votive holders for a romantic light throughout your entire event.

Then invite guests to take the candles home as favors afterward.

 

 

 

Put your place cards to work

Add a fun, unique touch to your reception with matchbooks printed as place cards — you’ll take care of place cards and favors at the same time! These are great to use when you’re giving candle favors or inviting guests to take home candle decorations.

 

Enjoy! ~ Jean

 

 

DIY is beautiful and fun with Jean M cardstock!

Are you a do-it-yourself bride? Jean M has everything you need to create invitations, menu cards, place cards, programs and so much more!

 

Our cardstock comes in so many shapes, styles and colors. Choose pockets for a unique presentation, then go with colorful scrapbook papers to add the perfect accents.

 

Take a peek at this idea — I think it’s absolutely adorable! We took a flat card and printed it with each guest’s name and seat assignment, added a sweet bird cut from our scrapbook papers, then made little leaf-shaped tags for drink tickets from our imprintable sheets.

 

Join them all together with a sweet little clip, add some rhinestone or pearl accents and you’ve got a unique look that’s so stylish!

 

 

 

 

And don’t forget the ribbon!

Jean M offers so many colors, widths and styles.

Buy ribbon by the rollfor great savings and endless decorating options.

 

Enjoy! ~ Jean

 

p.s. Here’s another great way to boost your budget:

What would you do with $4,000 in Jean M products and other prizes?

Enter the 2010 Jean M Bride Search for your chance to find out!

Find out more details here: 

 

You could win:

• a honeymoon in your choice of 9 HOT destinations

• $4,000 in Jean M wedding invitations and accessories

• an all-day consultation with me and my staff

• a feature of your wedding in the Jean M catalog and website

• PLUS, your wedding will be featured on Get Married on Lifetime TV

What’s hot now? Florals!

Everything’s coming up flowers when it comes to weddings these days!

And Jean M is ahead of the trend with beautiful floral invitations that will set the tone perfectly.

Take, for instance, our brand new Anetta invitation.

The floral card lends itself beautifully to coordinating with a variety of colors — mix and match enclosure card and envelope colors for a look that’s fresh from the garden!

 

For a brighter floral look that you can coordinate all the way through to the reception, choose our Chelsea invitations and matching favor boxes.

 

The patterned floral bottom layer of the invitation can be accented with your choice of 12 great colors.

 

And the boxes can be accented with solid-colored,

two-piece favor boxes to mix and match lids,

or to accent with ribbon.

Enjoy! ~ Jean

My Top Money Saving Tips

  Your wedding doesn’t have to break the bank to be beautiful! Over the next few Wednesdays, I’ll share some of my best ideas for adding custom, creative, personal touches to your day — affordably.

 

Assemble your invitations yourself

 

Putting in a little extra work can save you money! Ordering your invitations unassembled and putting them together yourself is a great way to reduce costs.

 

You can make it fun by having an assembly party and inviting your friends and family to help you.

 

Make your invitations yourself

If you’re the DIY type who loves the idea of making your invitations yourself, you’re in luck! You can now order a variety of blank cardstock, papers, envelopes and pockets for creating your own custom stationery at home.

 

 

You can also order invitation kits to make creating your invitations easy.

 

All the fully coordinating pieces you need are provided in the kits — you just print, assemble, embellish and send them to guests!

Enjoy!

~Jean