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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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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 the 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!

  

 

Enjoy!

 

 

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

 

Gwen Custom Layered Wedding Invitations

Midnight Paper

Layout JM4280 (damask design)

Capri and Sky Ink

Monogram JM986 on Ooh la color midnight accented envelopes

 

Chelsea Layered Wedding Invitation

Orchid Printed Layer

White Ink

White Ribbon

 

Brown Damask Wedding Invitation Card – Erin

Turquoise and Taupe Inks

 

Grace Custom Layered Wedding Invitation

Merlot Bottom Layer

Black Printed Top layer

Layout JM4041

Cream Ink

Merlot Ribbon

 

Jade Custom Layered Wedding Invitation

Gold Shimmer Bottom Layer

Espresso Printed Top Layer

Cream Ink

Sand Ribbon

 

Sleek Save the Date  

Merlot Paper

Cream Ink

 

Enjoy!