Category Archives: Save the Dates

February 26, 2010

An entire collection to make coordinating your wedding easy — and beautiful!

You
first met our Aqua Blue Modern Floral pattern in the FREE Save the Date
promotion.
And now, we’re making it easy to coordinate your entire wedding with matching
pieces!

Check
out the NEW Aqua Blue Modern Floral Collection of two-sided invitations, photo save the dates, envelope icings, place
cards and menu cards, plus other aqua blue items to complete your wedding look.

1.
The two-sided Aqua Blue Modern Floral wedding invitation card
of rich, heavy paper features your invitation wording on the front in the
format shown and your reception, direction, accommodation or other wording on
the back, eliminating the need for separate enclosure cards.

2.
Provide colorful coasters at your bar and on your tables to bring in your aqua and blue color scheme. Add
your favorite design or your monogram for a personal touch.

3.
Create a signature drink in your wedding colors for a splash of fun at your
reception! Serve the drinks in clear toasting flutes or stemless glasses to show off your style. (photo by
Infinity Photography)

4.
Aqua Blue Modern Floral save the date postcards feature a fun surprise on the back — your photo!

5.
Dress up your envelopes in a unique way with our Aqua Blue Modern Floral
"Envelope Icings" — just address and wrap around the envelopes!

6. Choose from a multitude of ribbon colors
to make this white satin Create Your Look Pillow coordinate with YOUR wedding colors! Shades of aqua, blue and green match our
Aqua Blue Modern Floral Collection beautifully. Check out all our ribbon
colors and be sure to buy rolls of ribbon for endless decorating!

7. Even your napkins will be a statement of your wedding style when you personalize them with a
stylish design or monogram in a foil color that coordinates with your color scheme.

8. Cream or white flowers accented with
punches of bright green make a fresh, unique statement. (Photo by: Yeakle Photography)

9. Get a great, coordinated look throughout
your entire wedding with ribbon in colors that match your look. Purchase satin,
grosgrain and chiffon ribbons on rolls for a great value.

10. Aqua favor boxes will dress up your tables and add a touch of color to your reception. Choose
your design or monogram
to coordinate perfectly.

11. Make your wedding menu stand out in a
delicious way with our Aqua Blue Modern Floral menu cards.
Prop one at each place setting for a beautiful touch of coordinating color at
your tables.

12. Send guests to their reception places in
style with Aqua Blue Modern Floral place cards. They’re personalized on the front and open on the back for you to write in each
guest’s name for a personal touch.

13. Outdoor or summer wedding? Help guests
keep cool with fan programs!
Choose aqua paper and tie with coordinating ribbon
for a look that’s fresh and pretty.

Enjoy!

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January 27, 2010

Bigger isn’t always better — check out our bellaTINA™ Custom Save the Dates!

Want to make a great first impression of your wedding?
Send our bellaTINA™ Save the Date
cards — their petite, sweet and oh-so-unique style will definitely have guests
racing to mark your date on their calendars!

Our bellaTINA™ save the dates measure just 3 1/2"
x 6 1/4", but they're big on style plus they're very affordable! They're available in vertical
formats…

…or horizontal formats
and are printed with the beautiful layouts shown to make your save the date
announcement unique.

The cards are available in all 23 Jean M paper colors to suit the tone of your announcement. Blank colored bellaTINA™ size envelopes
are included in your choice of color — mix, match and coordinate to your
heart's content!

Ordering is easy…

1. choose horizontal or vertical format

2. select your paper color

3. choose your layout / design

4. personalize with your wording, 2 ink colors and 2
fonts

5. select your envelope color

Enjoy!

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January 26, 2010

Update on Bride Search Winner Michele’s wedding plans!

We've
just heard from Michele, our 2010 Bride Search Winner, and her wedding is
coming along beautifully. Here are her latest accomplishments, plans and dreams
— I hope they inspire you for YOUR wedding planning!

"The
design and quality of our save the dates were phenomenal! I had no intention of
sending out save the dates, but I am so glad the team at Jean M convinced me
to. We received countless compliments on them. The red envelope we mailed them
in was a classy finishing touch. Now I'm so excited to have our wedding
invitations in our hands! We are almost done finalizing the wording for the
different parts of the invitation.

"I'm
also excited about the peacock feather design Jean M designed for us. It will
be on everything from our invitations to our unity candle to our cocktail
napkins. It was really important for me to have peacock feathers incorporated
into our wedding. On the day Carl proposed to me, I was walking along a trail
in a beautiful sculpture park, looking for Carl. Beautiful peacocks roamed
freely along the trail and I will never forget their vibrant colored
feathers…it was truly magical.

"With
only three months to go before our big day, Carl and I are working on the
church ceremony and will be meeting with our singer and organist to pick out
music. We are also deciding which friends and family members will be reading
for us during the ceremony.

"We've
also just met with our florist, and that meeting painted a beautiful picture in
my mind of what my wedding day will look like! The flower shop is owned by
Carl's cousin Joe. I am giving Carl all the credit for picking out the
flowers — he used to work at the flower shop in high school and college.
He chose Black Magic roses for the boutonniere and bridesmaid bouquets because
they're the flowers he always sends me on Valentine's Day. My bouquet will be
made of vanilla roses, vanilla peonies and vanilla hydrangeas. The centerpieces
will have tall, antique silver candelabra adorned with vanilla flowers with a
few Black Magic roses. The candles will be lit and strands of crystals will be
draped from the flowers. That sounds like true "Old Hollywood
Glamour" if you ask me!

"We
do have one money-saving tip for other brides: We're eliminating the champagne
filled glasses at each place setting for the toast. We decided to let our
guests use their drinks of choice from the cocktail hour for the toasting. We
saved $300 by doing this — and every penny counts!"

Thanks for the update, Michele! We'll be
sharing more details from her wedding as her big day gets closer.

Enjoy!

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January 15, 2010

Get FREE Save the Dates from Jean M!

You
won't want to miss this great offer for stylish, colorful, personalized FREE
Save the Dates! For a limited time only,
you can get 100 FREE Save the Dates!
They’re new and exclusive to Jean M – you won’t find these anywhere
else! Plus, find matching invitations,
respond postcards for our jumbo-size invitations and a respond card with
envelope option for every look. Check
out the new wedding theme collections, and be sure to get your FREE Save the
Dates.

Enjoy!

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January 8, 2010

A color story to inspire you: Tropical Aqua and Margarita!

Planning
a destination wedding — or just dreaming of a tropical-theme event? We have the
perfect colors to get you inspired and dreaming of your island I-Dos!

Here,
we’ve put together a Tropical Color Story in Aqua and Margarita to give you ideas
for creating a wedding look that’s beachy, breezy and beautiful. Just look at
all the options you have for mixing, matching and coordinating!

1.
Want to add a touch of color, personality and style to your wedding gown and
your ’maids’ dresses? Add a ribbon sash in your wedding colors and be unique! Photo
by Got The Shot Photography: www.gottheshot.com

2.
Add color and style to your reception with turquoise napkins
and lime green napkins in shades that mimic the sea and sky.

3.
Choose aqua paper and margarita ribbon for your wedding programs
— and add a cute design like our beach chair design (JM8010) that matches the location and theme of
your destination wedding.

4.
Once you’ve set the date and your destination, send great save the date cards
to everyone on your guest list. This great hibiscus design
is on a magnet so guests can display your date in full view! Save the date
cards are especially important for destination weddings, as guests will need
time to make travel plans and arrangements.

5.
Add tropical flowers and swags of coordinating fabric to your ceremony and
reception chairs to add to the lush and festive atmosphere of your destination.

6.
Bring the beach right to your tables with fun, shell place card holders. They double as favors for guests, too!

7.
Help guests keep cool at your ceremony with custom program fans.
Choose a beautiful, aqua paper and matching ribbon
to match the color scheme of your destination celebration.

8.
Coordinate your wedding colors right down to your wedding favors! Jean M makes
it easy with beautiful aqua favor boxes
and margarita favor boxes
— add a personalized seal for a fun finishing touch!

9.
Make memories at your destination wedding and then keep photos of them in our
fun, aqua photo album. The album also makes a great gift for attendants!

10.
Your cake will be the centerpiece of your entire reception when it’s frosted in
the color of the waves and decorated with the gems of the sea!

11.
Decorating for beach-side and tropical-theme weddings couldn’t be easier! Just
add sand, shells and candles
to beautiful vases. The vases prevent the flames from blowing out in the ocean breeze, giving you
romantic décor all night long.

12.
Favors become even more fun when you fill favor boxes
with treats specific to your destination or candies in colors that coordinate
with your color scheme. Add a ribbon
and a tiny shell to each to make them beach-worthy!

13.
Lush, tropical blooms in tall, clear vases
will make your celebration look like it’s taking place in the Garden of Eden.

14.
Hibiscus-print wedding invitation cards
will tell guests that your wedding will be in the tropics — and that it will be
beautiful!

15.
Top your cake with a little bit of the tropics! Our clear, custom acrylic cake top is engraved with an elegant palm tree design. The cake top looks like heavy
crystal, but is lightweight and packable to take along to your wedding
destination.

16.
Aiming for a whimsical reception? Go artsy and fanciful with your wedding cake!
Different swirls, waves and bubble patterns in the frosting make this
topsy-turvy model look like its riding the waves.

17.
Arrange fun and colorful favor candies in individual glass votive holders
for a unique presentation. Add a ribbon
and printed shell-shaped favor tag for a beachy touch.

18.
Choose a design that coordinates with your destination for printing on your favor
boxes, napkins, programs,
menu cards
and more. Check out all our great designs here.

Enjoy!

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January 6, 2010

Here’s everything you’ll need to create a beautiful invitation ensemble!

Even before they see the
dress, or the décor, or the flowers, guests will have an idea of what your
wedding is all about. How? Because you'll have sent them an invitation and
coordinating enclosure cards that capture your wedding style perfectly!

So think about the style
you want for your invitation, then check the following items off your list to
make sure you have a complete, coordinated invitation ensemble that's totally
YOU!

Save the Dates: First things first — once you've set your wedding date, ask guests to save it
by sending a fun and eye-catching save the date! Choose a design that matches your wedding style, or go fun and fanciful with save
the date magnets or clever designs sure to get guests to mark their calendars right away. Choose a style that is a good representation of the
event to come. Also, any of our invitations may be printed with save-the-date
wording.

Calendar Save the
Date Card

Wedding Invitations:
They’re what introduce your wedding style to your guests, and they’re the first
communication guests will receive about your wedding. So make sure your invitations
capture your wedding style and hint at the formality of the event. The wording
you choose for your invitations informs guests of the date, time and location
of the ceremony, and most importantly reflects who you are as a couple.

Invitation Envelopes: Envelopes are more
than just a way to mail your invitations— they can be customized to become
part of the style of your ensemble. Colorful inner and outer envelopes that
match your invitation paper
are included with most invitations.

Printed Envelopes: Introduce your wedding colors in
a unique and fun way by selecting "ooh
la color" outer envelopes with colorful linings that peek from the
edge. The envelopes are printed with your return address and a design or monogram on the outer envelope flaps.

PLUS – save the hassle and have us address your envelopes with our Customized Envelope Addressing Service! It will look great, and save you the hand cramps.

Reception Cards: You’ve worked so hard to create a reception look that will reflect your
personalities and will make guests feel welcome. Show your excitement about the
celebration that will continue after the ceremony by inviting guests to join
you. Reception cards are just the thing to accomplish this. The cards list the
times and locations of the reception, dinner, dance and other events.

Cream Reception Card
with layout JM220

Respond Cards:
These practical little cards become fun when you start receiving them in the
mail from guests, tallying their responses and reading their little notes about
how much they’re looking forward to celebrating with you. You may also include
menu choices on the respond card to provide accurate information to your
caterer. Jean M offers you the unique option of ordering colorful envelopes for
your respond cards. The price of respond cards includes printing the envelopes
with your return address. Be sure to place a coordinating stamp on each
envelope for guests’ convenience.

Cream Respond Card with Espresso
Respond Envelope

Note Folders: Attention to detail is everything in making your wedding a success.
When you choose folded note cards that coordinate with your stationery ensemble
and use them for pre-wedding correspondence and thank you notes, you’ll be
carrying through the tone of your wedding style. Notes may be ordered with your
maiden name monogram (for pre-wedding notes and bridal shower thank you notes),
with your married name monogram or with your names. Note folders are available
with your choice of our unique colorful envelopes.

Cream Note Folders with Monogram

Cream Direction Card and
Espresso Accommodation Card

Direction and Accommodation
Cards:

You’d hate to have chosen the perfect ceremony and
reception sites and have your guests not be able to find them, or not be able
to book a hotel room for the weekend of your wedding. So make it easy for
out-of-town guests to book hotel rooms and find your ceremony and reception
sites by enclosing printed direction cards and accommodation cards with your
invitations. Direction cards are printed with the directions you provide. For
accommodation cards, include the name, address and telephone number or website
of the hotel at which you’ve reserved rooms for guests, and the date by which
they need to reserve rooms.

Here are some great ideas
for putting together your invitation ensemble style!

Our "Piper"
invitation in pink, espresso and a damask pattern.

Our
"Lindsey" invitation in midnight and margarita.

Enjoy!

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January 4, 2010

All about monograms — and how to use them to add personal style to your wedding!

Nothing
says style, class and elegance like a monogram. They've been used for centuries
to mark property, denote status and personalize everything from bed linens to
fine stationery.

So
follow in this tradition with a beautiful monogram on all your wedding items,
from invitations to favors!

The
traditional couple's monogram is made up of three initials, set up in this
order:

1.
bride's first name initial

2.
groom's last name initial

3.
groom's first name initial

A
three-initial monogram for an individual is set up like this (remember this
when ordering monogrammed gifts for your bridal party):

1.
first name initial

2.
last name initial

3.
middle name initial

Sometimes
the last name initial (#2) is larger than #1 and #3, and sometimes it's the
same size, depending on the monogram style and your personal preference.

And,
of course, you can always take the more modern approach and go with a single
initial that represents your last name, or with a monogram style that
incorporates your first names or both first initials.

Jean
M offers more than 80 monogram styles to choose from. Some are beautifully
traditional, some are whimsically designed, some are theme based (with hearts,
holiday and destination motifs) and some are ultra-trendy. You're sure to find
the style that suits your wedding perfectly! Check out all our options…

Once
you have your monogram style chosen, think about all the ways you can use it
throughout your wedding! Here are some great ideas…

Set
a classy and stylish tone for your entire celebration with a monogrammed invitation
and coordinating enclosure cards.

Create
a unique, personal atmosphere at your ceremony with a monogram on your wedding
programs and aisle runner!

Carry
your look through with monogrammed favor boxes
and favor tags!

Create
a sophisticated reception with your monogram printed on menu cards,
napkins and ribbon favor tags!

Enjoy!

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January 1, 2010

Your new year’s resolution: to plan a beautiful wedding!

It will be fun and easy with help from Jean
M.

Check out all of our wedding planning
accessories
under "Wedding Stationery" at MyJeanM.com for great ideas and
products to help you along the way!

Order a Jean M Color Kit to help you narrow down your color selections. Select the paper and ribbon colors you want to see and order – super easy!

Order custom invitation samples so you can see how YOUR wedding colors will come together on your
invitations with the paper and ribbon colors of your choice. To see an ink color on a particular paper color, please contact a live chat consultant, or give us a call – 1-800-766-8595.

Once you’ve set your wedding date, let
everyone on your guest list know about it by sending a custom Jean M save the date
card or unique save the date magnet. Save-the-dates are especially important when you’re planning a destination
wedding that requires making travel plans well in advance.

Then think of creative ways to ask those
special people to be in your wedding party! Order Jean M’s “Will You Be My
Bridesmaid” cards and let the cards do the talking for you. Give the cards to your future
bridesmaids over a special luncheon or during a fun girls’ night.

You might also want to give them a small gift
like a cute compact as a symbol of your friendship.

Don’t forget to celebrate! Plan a romantic
engagement party and invite your families, friends and wedding party members.
Send custom Jean M invitations
(like the Katy invitation we show here with a festive toasting glass design and a pretty ribbon)
to create excitement about your party the moment guests receive the invitation
in the mail. Or send DIY invitations, using Jean M colored cardstock, pockets, envelopes and ribbons.

Tackle your to-do list and make sure all the
important things are reserved and purchased for your wedding date:

ceremony site

officiant

musicians

florist

reception site

caterer

baker

dance band of DJ

photographer and videographer

Also be sure to shop for and reserve these
items early!

wedding gown and accessories

bridesmaids’ gownsmen’s formal wear

wedding invitations

wedding accessories

Keeping on top of your wedding planning
resolutions will allow you to enjoy being a bride and to focus on the little
details that will make your wedding unique. It will also give you more time to
spend with your future husband!

Happy New Year — and happy wedding planning!

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December 28, 2009

Show your magnetic personalities with our photo save the date magnets!

Brides are always
telling me that they want creative, stylish and unique ways to announce their
wedding dates to guests — ways that guarantee guests will SAVE that date!

So we delivered: new
save the date magnets in great colors that feature your photo!

What’s your color?

A save the date
magnet in teal tones
that are fresh and breezy?

A save t he date
magnet in a purple palette
that’s rich and bold?

Or a save the date
magnet in classy taupe for a look that’s both fun and sophisticated?

A save the date magnet with hibiscus flowers and a teal background — destination wedding, anyone?

Or, customize your
own with our super-cute picture story save the date cards, or our mini-version –
bellaTINA™ save the date cards. Select
the paper and ink colors, plus a design for the minis!

picture story icon custom save the date cards

Enjoy!

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December 21, 2009

The most unique look in wedding invitations (don’t try this at home!)

Dark-colored
invitations printed with light ink are all the rage for 2010 weddings. And it's
something you just can't capture at home on your printer.

Well,
Jean M to the rescue! We offer great array of light inks that look perfectly
stunning on our darker papers. You can go with cream or white ink for a
classic, crisp look; choose a pastel ink like petal, lavender or sky on a
darker paper of the same hue; or be dazzling with rich platinum or gold ink.

Here
are some examples to get you inspired. Then check out which ink colors will
look best on the paper color you've chosen by clicking here. Some of our designs even allow you to choose up to TWO ink colors to perfectly
match your style! We'll be more than happy to make this unique look perfect for
YOUR wedding.

Brown
Damask Wedding Invitation Card –Jane

Cream
Ink