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A “Romantic Vintage” reception theme in pink and pewter to inspire you!
Today
we’re continuing our "Romantic Vintage" theme with beautiful ideas
for your reception in shades of pink and pewter. Just look at all the options
you have for mixing, matching and coordinating!
1.
Traditional, square white coasters with pretty, scalloped edges add a sweet touch to your bar, punch and coffee
tables. Personalize them for an extra-special touch!
2.
Unique, wedge-shaped favor boxes embossed with a romantic floral pattern are fun to display on cake plates in
the shape of a wedding cake! It's a simple way to add unforgettable, romantic
style to your reception.
3.
Want to add a little bit of vintage glam to your favors? Choose pewter
two-piece favor boxes, fill with pink candies and add a puff of feathers to the top to bring to mind
Old Hollywood movie stars!
4.
Get stylish down to your cocktail and dinner napkins!
Pink napkins are printed with the damask-patterned design JM979 for a pretty,
vintage look.
5.
Make your reception tables a vintage vision by choosing old-fashioned flowers
like peonies, lilacs or roses. Sleek vases put all the beauty on the blossoms. Add a table number card for centerpieces and table numbers in one!
6.
Give gifts that match your theme! Our quilted, satin cosmetic bags call to mind the dressing tables of days gone by. Each is embroidered for a
pretty finishing touch. Choose pink for the maid of honor,
brown for bridesmaids and white for the bride.
7.
Every fashionable girl of yore carried a compact to check her lipstick. Todays
girls are no different — your bridesmaids will love having compacts to remind them of your beautiful wedding day!
8.
Cut and serve your wedding cake in traditional style with a stylish, silver-plated
cake knife and server.
Enjoy!
P.S.
Shop now for great savings during our Summer Lovin' Sale!
Posted in Ceremony and Reception Decorating, Wedding Favors, Wedding Themes, Looks and Color Stories
Tagged bridal party gifts, bridesmaids gifts, cocktail wedding napkins, reception vases, square white coasters, two piece wedding favor boxes, wedding cake server sets, wedding favor boxes, wedding reception ideas, wedding table number cards
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An entire Purple Modern Collection to make coordinating your wedding easy — and beautiful!
Our Purple Modern pattern first debuted during the FREE Save the Date promotion — and we know you fell in love with it just like we did! Now, we’re making it easy to coordinate your entire wedding with matching pieces, from invitations to favors.
Check out the NEW Purple Modern Collection invitations, photo save the dates, envelope icings, place cards and menu cards, plus other items to complete your wedding look.
1. Purple Modern Menu Cards are a stylish, colorful accent to your wedding reception tables. Place a menu by each setting to whet guests’ appetites.
2. Whatever your accent color, Jean M has a ribbon to coordinate with it! Add ribbon to your invitations, favor boxes, decorations, flowers, gifts and more!
3. Purple Modern Place Cards are a beautiful and colorful way to direct guests to their reception places. The cards are personalized on the front and blank on the back for writing each guest’s name. The place cards are also great additions to favor bags and gifts.
4. Include Purple Modern Respond Postcards in your invitations — they’re easy for guests to use because they don’t need envelopes for mailing and you save money because they only require a postcard-rate stamp for mailing.
5. Wow guests with ultra-colorful napkins at your reception — they’re perfect for cocktails to dinner to cake and look great personalized with your favorite design or monogram.
6,8. Add the perfect finishing touch to your favor boxes, water bottles, bellaTINA envelopes and more with our Purple Modern Icing Favor Wraps.
7. Want to DIY? Our Purple Modern Wedding Programs make it easy and beautiful for you to add a do-it-yourself touch to your ceremony. The programs are printed with the bold, floral pattern shown and the inside is left blank for you to print at home just the way you want them.
9. Purple Modern Wedding Invitation Cards are printed on BOTH sides of the rich, heavy paper, saving you the cost of purchasing separate reception, direction and accommodation cards. And select colorful envelopes and matching Purple Modern Envelope Icings for a beautiful, coordinated look!
10. Get ready to give guests a fun surprise — our Purple Modern Save the Date Postcards feature your save the date information on the front and your photo on the back!
11. Be a designer and create your own guest book look! Our Create Your Look Guest Book is wrapped with your choice of two ribbon colors to coordinate with your wedding colors and style. Create Your Look Flower Baskets and Create Your Look Ring Pillows (http://www.myjeanm.com/engine.cfm?iCatID=52849) are also available for a completely coordinated set.
Enjoy!
Posted in Ceremony and Reception Decorating, Decorating, Menu Cards, Napkins, Wedding Guest Books, Wedding Invitations, Wedding Themes, Looks and Color Stories
Tagged bellaTINA envelopes, bridal party gifts, guest books, icing favor wraps, modern wedding menu cards, purple modern wedding invitations collection, wedding favor boxes, wedding programs
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Top 10 Bridal Party Gift Ideas for 2010!
Your
search for the perfect bridal party gifts ends here — we're revealing the Top
10 Gifts for 2010! You're sure to find gifts that match your bridesmaids' and
groomsmen's styles, personalities and flair. Ready? Here we go…
photo by Got the Shot
Photography (www.gottheshot.com)
Top
Bridesmaid Gifts
5.
Colorful Jewelry Rolls
away while traveling.
4.
Canvas Totes
a must-have for use as an airplane carry-on, beach bag or workout bag.
3.
Silver Oval Compact
great to tuck into a purse for checking their look anytime.
2.
Embossed Jewelry Box
a rich and regal place to store all that precious bling.
And
the #1 Bridesmaid Gift is…
1.
Sweet Stripes Totes
fresh, colorful and perfect for toting wedding-day gear and daily necessities
long afterward.
Top
Groomsman Gifts
5.
Square Cuff Links
the perfect finishing touch for the well-dressed guy.
4.
Silver-Plated Knife
a handy pocket tool the guys won't ever want to leave home without.
3.
Leather Money Clip
a handsome and stylish way to keep it all together.
2.
Compass
great for the groomsman with a sense of adventure.
And
the #1 Groomsman Gift is…
1.
Ultra-Sized Mugs
the leaders of all mugs (they hold a full liter!) for the best 'men around.
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.
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!
Posted in Ceremony and Reception Decorating, Custom Wedding Invitations, Decorating, Gifts, Menu Cards, Napkins, Save the Dates, Unique Wedding Ideas, Wedding Advice, Wedding Etiquette, Wedding Favors, Wedding Invitations, Wedding Reception, Wedding Themes, Looks and Color Stories, Wedding Trends
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My latest ideas for saving money — PLUS don’t forget to save during our Rolling Discount Sale!
When it comes to your
wedding budget, it’s all about balancing. There are big decisions to make and
priorities to set. Here are some of my ideas for trimming costs in certain
areas so you can free up some funds for items on your dream list!
1. Keep
the bubbly for yourselves.
Alcohol is expensive,
and champagne is the most costly of all. When you skip the bubbly altogether or only serve it to the head table, you’ll save hundreds of dollars. Your guests
won’t miss having champagne when you’re already providing a well-stocked bar;
they’ll be happy to raise whatever is in their glasses in honor of your
marriage.
Just be sure that YOU
raise stylish toasting flutes, whether you’re toasting with champagne or not!
2.
Let’s do brunch.
Who says your wedding
has to be in the evening? If you’re not night owls and you don’t plan on having
a wedding dance, consider having your wedding on a Saturday morning and serving
a lovely brunch afterwards. You’ll be almost guaranteed to get the wedding date
and venue you want since evenings are the most popular times for weddings, and
you’ll certainly save money serving a brunch rather than a full dinner. And
having your wedding earlier in the day means you get to leave on your honeymoon
that much sooner! Gotta love that!
3. Keep
the party small.
One of the most
important decisions you’ll make is who will be in your wedding party. It may be
easiest to just throw up your hands and invite ALL your friends to stand up for
you, but think about the costs associated — for you and for them. When you have
only one or two attendants, you’ll save money on bouquets, boutonnieres,
accessories, hotel rooms and bridal party gifts. Use the money you saved to throw an even better party for all your guests.
Photo:
Clark Art Photography • clarkartphoto.com
PLUS There’s still time to
save during our Rolling Discount Sale! Now you can save 10% on your order. But hurry, this offer will roll on… Click here for the details!
Enjoy!
Posted in Wedding Advice, Wedding Budget, Wedding Reception
Tagged bridal party gifts, toasting flutes
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When’s the right time to give appreciation gifts?
You've
shopped carefully, you've wrapped beautifully and your appreciation gifts
are ready to be presented.
Many brides ask me when the best time is to give those gifts to attendants,
special friends, parents and grandparents.
My
answer? There's always a great time to give gifts if you make the occasion
extra special! Here are some ideas:
•
Hold separate bride's and groom's breakfasts the morning of the wedding and
invite all the women and men in the wedding party. When the meal is over, surprise your guests with Bloody Mary or mimosa toasts
and present them their bridal party gifts individually.
•
Plan to spend a few moments with each bridesmaid and groomsman
individually after the rehearsal dinner. Tell them how much it means to you
that they are in your wedding party and give them their gift at that time.
•
Welcome your attendants to their hotel rooms by placing their wrapped gifts on
their beds along with a thoughtful welcome basket filled with snacks and water,
pampering items like bubble bath and lotion, a weekend itinerary, a gift card
for their morning coffee, and some comfy slippers or socks to wear at night.
• Plan
a bridesmaids' and groomsmen's evening the weekend before the wedding. Tell
them it will be a time to go over details, but surprise them with fun
activities like facials, pedicures, golf lessons or tickets to the game. Give
them their gifts over dinner.
•
If you're presenting your attendants with jewelry or accessories to wear on
your wedding day, it's a fun idea to give them these gifts at the final
fittings of their gowns and tuxes so they can see their total look all put
together.
•
Plan to spend some special moments with your parents and grandparents the day of the wedding. Sit down with them for a cup of tea and ask them about
their wedding memories and also ask their advice for a happy marriage. Give
them their gifts along with hugs and kisses!
Enjoy!
