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How to create a wedding inspiration board
So many planning ideas for your wedding — but where do you put them all together?
With an inspiration board! I love the idea of adding a page in your wedding planner or using an online program like Pinterest to gather your wedding invitation favorites, photos, magazine cuttings, color swatches, flower ideas and other things you’d love to incorporate into your day.
Creating an inspiration board not only helps you get all your ideas in one place, it helps you edit your choices, too. When you have all your ideas assembled, it’s easy to see which colors won’t work with your palette, which items are must-haves and which areas need a little sparkle or a pop of color.
Check out our inspiration board!
Here are some ideas we put together in inspiration board format — we love the pink and brown color scheme with little touches of softness in the flowers, elegance in the shoes and romance in the favor boxes.
Love what you see? Check out these products: Two-Color Damask Border Pocket Invitation in Espresso and Salmon; Layered Filigree Monogram Invitation in Salmon ; Mocha Shimmer Layered Invitation ; White Peek-a-Boo Heart Favor Boxes ; Princess Pink Ribbon.
What will your inspiration board look like? Share your ideas with us in the comments!
Enjoy getting inspired!
Planning a beach wedding? Here’s a great way to start!
When you’re planning a beach wedding, there’s so much to inspire you — the colors of the sea, the sky, the beach, the tropical flowers in bloom. Think shades of aqua, blue, taupe and brown. And don’t forget to add pops of hot shades like orange, hot pink and red for a splash.
We’ve put together a beach wedding look to inspire you when you’re choosing your own Jean M invitations and coordinating accessories.
Beachy and beautiful!
We started with an Aqua Invitation Card printed with save the date wording and a seashell design to set the tone for the beach theme to come.
Next, we followed up with an Ecru Layered Invitation with a pocket featuring an aqua back layer and a mocha pocket. A sand dollar design adds the perfect beachy touch.
Then we added in Aqua Napkins printed with a sand dollar design and Aqua Lidded Favor Boxes accented with a starfish design.
When you’re creating your beach wedding look beyond your printed items, think flowing fabrics for bridesmaids’ attire and table linens and draping. Choose bright tropical flowers for centerpieces and floral arrangements. And don’t forget the seashells! Use them to fill favor boxes, to add to table décor and even incorporate them into your bouquets, corsages and boutonnieres.
Enjoy the beach!
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Look of the Week — Wedding Invitations by Jean M
Look of the Week — Wedding Invitations by Jean M
There’s already a crisp feeling in the air, which means that fall is definitely approaching. It got us in a cozy mood, thinking of the coming changing of the leaves, drinking spiced cider, sitting by the fire. AND we started dreaming about fall invitation colors!
So we created a fall invitation look to inspire you when creating YOUR custom Jean M wedding invitation. We chose rich shades of mocha brown and copper to mimic the colors of the season and went with shimmer paper to call to mind the sparkle of autumn sunshine through leaves.
Our mocha brown and copper look of the week:
Rich, earthy colors in the perfect autumn combination!
We started with our Copper Shimmer Layered Invitation and personalized it with…
• Mocha shimmer back layer
• Layout MD9 – Elegant Font
• Espresso Raised Ink
• Handle Old Style and Taylor Script lettering style combination
Get creative — and be sure to share the wedding invitation look YOU create with us on our Facebook page!
~ Enjoy the changing season!
Look of the Week – Wedding Invitations by Jean M
Who doesn’t love pink, especially when it comes to weddings? It’s such a fresh, romantic color and has so many varied shades to please everyone’s preferences and tastes. It’s also great for layering with neutrals like espresso, black, gold and silver — and for creating eye-catching looks when paired with purples, greens and even orange.
We’ve come up with a beautiful hot pink invitation look to inspire you when you’re creating YOUR custom Jean M wedding invitation! We chose the unique color combination of hot pink shimmer and ecru for softness and a bit of richness. We printed the invitation in ecru foil — light colors on darker papers is a look we specialize in, and one you can’t easily replicate at home.
Our hot pink and ecru look of the week:
Bright AND soft colors combine for a beautiful pink look!
We started with our Hot Pink Shimmer Layered Invitation and personalized it with…
• Ecru back layer
• Layout MD5 – Stylish Swirl
• Wording W17
• Ecru mate foil
• Baker Signet – Liorah lettering style combination
Get creative — and be sure to share the wedding invitation look YOU create with us on our Facebook page!
Enjoy the inspiration!
Get inspired! Get colorful! Create your own invitation look!
Layered looks with Jean M invitations
Some brides love layered invitations and some brides prefer a single layer with a layered look. And both brides are in luck, because Jean M invitations provide beautiful options for creating both looks!
It’s easy to get started!
Choose two papers for Jean M Mix and Match invitations — one for the bottom layer and one for the top. Go subtle with two shades of blue, pink or grey. Or be bold with completely contrasting colors like orchid and margarita or princess pink and copper shimmer.
Add to the layered, lavish look with a ribbon tied around the two layers, and arrange the invitation and all your enclosure cards in a colorful pocket.
Here are a few layered invitations with lavish looks from our Mix and Match collection — get inspired, get colorful and create your own layered look!
Aqua and brown are so chic!
Black and white's an elegant classic!
Green and grey - a hot color combo!
Get a layered look without adding extra paper with our Jean M Designer invitations! You get to choose the color of the border design for a custom look. Match the design with the designer color you choose for your wording, or contrast, mix and match colors. Add ribbons and pockets for an extra splash of style.
Get inspired by our layered looks on a single-layer invitation here:
Layered with a pocket for color and flair!
Choice of color to suit your personality!
Add a ribbon for that extra final touch!
Enjoy!
Go regal, rich and beautiful with a purple wedding color scheme
Purple has always been the color of royalty, and what better color to choose for the event at which you’re queen for a day — your wedding!
The best way to introduce your regal and beautiful purple wedding colors? With a purple wedding invitation that beautifully sets the tone for your event. There are so many looks you can create with purple. Pair the light and dark purple together. Mix deep purple with champagne shimmer, silver shimmer, black or white for contrast. Combine orchid with margarita or princess pink for a fresh look.
Jean M’s purple wedding invitations run the gamut from deep grape shades to light and fresh orchid. Choose Jean M Mix and Match invitations in purple shimmer and orchid, or go with Jean M Designer invitations with two-tone flowers, borders and modern patterns to suit your wedding style.
Once you’ve chosen your purple wedding invitation, bring purple into every element of the rest of your wedding! Accent with personalized menu cards, place cards, favors and decorations. Take a look at our color inspiration collage below to give you ideas for mixing, matching and coordinating colors. Get creative and start building your colorful wedding!
Be Inspired by Purple!
Choose purple envelopes for your enclosure cards to carry your look through your entire invitation ensemble. Pastel purple napkins printed with your design or monogram add style to your reception. Add a purple pocket to your invitations. Choose purple imprint for our Damask Crest Invitation for a stylish look. Our Bold Border invitation lets you choose the color – choose purple! Two shades of purple are beautiful on our Retro Posies invitation. Add the finishing touches to your invitations with seals, ribbons ) and rhinestones.
Enjoy!
“Natural” Weddings: Sharing your eco-friendly values.
At Jean M, we’re as concerned about the environment as you are, and we believe that “green” weddings — no matter what your wedding color — are beautiful!
You’ll be happy to know that most of our papers are made from 30% post-consumer fibers from certified production facilities. So you’ll be able to send a Jean M wedding invitation ensemble, including wedding invitations, enclosures and envelopes, that captures your wedding colors and your style while also letting you rest easy that you’re doing your part to protect our environment.
Here are some of the beautiful examples made from recycled paper — just look at all this environmentally friendly, gorgeous color!
Eco-friendly Princess Pink Layered Invitation
Eco-friendly Merlot Layered Invitation
Eco-friendly Margarita Layered Invitation
Looking for more ways to “go green” at your wedding? Check out some of my favorite tips!
Celebrate In Nature
• Celebrate your wedding in a natural environment like your backyard, in a vineyard or at a park. You’ll have built-in ambience and décor, reducing the need for lots of decorations and wasteful materials.
• Give “green” favors like seed packets printed with a cute verse and accented with ribbon, or bulbs or tiny trees wrapped in recycled favor bags.
A Fresh "Green" Look
• Use potted plants, trees and shrubs as ceremony and reception decorations. Plant them in your own yard after the wedding, or give them away as gifts at the end of your celebration.
• Use fresh fruits as centerpieces and they can double as favors. For example, use large vases of apples for a fall wedding and invite guests to take an apple as a favor with cards printed with “Enjoy!”
Instead of Favors...
• Make a donation to your favorite charity in lieu of favors but remember to have a few recycled paper donation cards (our Jean M reception cards are perfect for this purpose!) printed for each table to not that you’ve donated in guests’ honor. Dress up your donation cards with rhinestones and ribbons for a pretty look. Also ask that guests make donations to your favorite charity in lieu of gifts.
Here are a few more…
• Collect wedding programs, place cards and menu at the end of your celebration for recycling.
• Environmentally friendly transportation is thoughtful and will always be remembered. You and your husband could arrive and leave in a horse-drawn carriage, an electric car or even on a tandem bicycle.
• Borrow items such as your jewelry and veil rather than buying them. Have your dress made from organic cotton or silk, or buy a vintage gown and have it altered. And choose dresses your bridesmaids will actually wear again.
• Donate leftovers to your local homeless shelter.
By making wise choices and spending your budget on eco-friendly products and services, you’ll have a beautiful wedding AND make a difference to our planet!
Enjoy!
Posted in Ceremony and Reception Decorating, Green Wedding Ideas, Outdoor Weddings, Unique Wedding Ideas, Wedding Invitations, Wedding Themes, Looks and Color Stories, Wedding Trends
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Your Wedding. Your Personality. Top Ten Colors Revealed!
Jean M brides reveal the top 10 wedding colors!
We recently asked our Facebook brides about the colors they’ve chosen for their 2011-2012 weddings, and they told us all about the colors they’re loving. What got us really excited is that brides didn’t just list one color — they listed up to THREE colors in combination to create rich and unique color schemes!
Using the top ten colors listed below, examples were created to show how easy it is to design your own invitations with colors that reflect your personality, allowing those special guests a sneak peak of whats to come!
Espresso Invitation with Aqua Accents
Midnight and Cornflower Blue Invitation
Gold and Merlot Modern Invitation
10. Brown — Brides are choosing rich brown for their main wedding colors and then pairing the shade with surprisingly beautiful colors like dark blue and turquoise. Ecru and gold are another hot accent for brown.
9. Midnight Blue — Brides are getting bold with midnight blue! They’re accenting it with unique colors like orange, light green, turquoise and dark pink for an unforgettable splash.
8. Gold — All that glitters is indeed gold for our brides! Gold and ivory, gold and midnight blue, gold and red…they all topped turned up on our Top 10 color list.
Silver/Stainless Monogram Invitation
Margarita Invitation with Black Accents
Orange and Fuchsia Pocket Invitation
7. Silver — Silver and its cousin shades of pewter and stainless remain popular, especially when paired with all shades of pink, orange and purple.
6. Green — Brides are going green, in a beautiful way! They’re adding green to purple, orange and black to make fresh and exciting wedding color palettes.
5. Orange — Navy, fuchsia, yellow, green, red, purple…what color DOESN’T go with orange for today’s weddings, according to our daring brides? We especially love it for a tropical look for a destination wedding.
Red and Black Filigree Invitation
Yellow and Clover Retro Invitation
Princess Pink and Pewter Pocket Invitation
4. Red — Red goes racy when combined with orange, elegant when paired with silver, and dramatic when mixed with black for today’s weddings.
3.Yellow — Brides are going bright and inspirational with yellow! They’re mixing it with pink, blue, green, orange, navy, turquoise and steely pewter for a variety of moods perfect for their weddings.
2. Pink — There’s no surprise that brides are still loving pink for their weddings: it’s one of the most romantic colors around! What did surprise us, though, is how they’re combining it with other colors to make it unique to their special days. Pink and pewter, pink and orange, pink with zebra stripes, pink and margarita green, pink and black, pink and navy blue — go colorful brides!
and number one…………….
Elegant Black Shimmer Invitation with White Accents
1. Black and White — It’s classic, it’s versatile, it’s perfect for so many brides and so many wedding styles! They’re accenting it with a bright pop of color like red, yellow, fuchsia or green, or dressing it up with a hint of metallic gold or silver. Black and white, like a stylish tuxedo, is always in style!
We’re so happy to be able to offer you and all of our brides the colorful wedding invitation options you crave with our Jean M Mix and Match Invitations and our Jean M Designer Invitations! You get to choose your paper colors, your pocket colors, your ink color and your Designer colors for printing to create just the right wedding invitation to set the tone for your colorful day.
Have a unique color scheme? Share with other brides below or on Facebook!
Enjoy
Military wedding? Ideas just for you
When you and/or your fiancé serve in the military, your wedding will no doubt include symbols of your branch and your patriotism. The perfect way to start? With a Jean M wedding invitation that’s beautifully worded to show your pride in your military service AND your love for one another. Here are some wording ideas if you or your fiancé are…
Ensign rank or higher:
Mr. and Mrs. David Todd White
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Eliza Rose
to
Matthew James Fischer
Ensign, United States Navy…
Officers above the rank of Lieutenant:
Mr. and Mrs. David Todd White
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Eliza Rose
to
Captain Matthew James Fischer
United States Army…
Junior Officers:
Mr. and Mrs. David Todd White
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Eliza Rose
to
Matthew James Fischer
First Lieutenant, United States Army…
For more military invitation wording ideas and wording examples for other family situations, visit our Verse Ideas section.
You can choose any wedding invitation color and design you’d like for your wedding, but think about coordinating your invitation paper color with your branch of service. Here are some examples we thought of — be creative and come up with the paper and ink colors that represent YOUR wedding style and your patriotism.
Jean M White Patriotic Invitation
Choose a white invitation printed in red, blue, gold or black.
We feature a White Invitation Card with Pocket.
Jean M Army Green Invitation
Jean M Black and Gold Invite
Go for an olive green invitation or a black and gold paper combination for an Army wedding.
We feature an Olive Invitation Card and a Black Layered Invitation with Pocket.
Jean M Navy Invitation
Opt for shades of blue and white or ecru for a Navy wedding.
We feature an Ecru Shimmer Layered Invitation with a Pocket.
Jean M Air Force Invitation
Layers of midnight blue and white are perfect for Air Force personnel getting married.
We feature a Midnight Layered Invitation with a Pocket.
Jean M Black Invitation
Bold red and black with a touch of navy blue are great for a Marine Corps wedding.
We feature our Bold Double Border Pocket Invitation in Merlot.
Whether or not you are having a full military wedding with the arch of sabers or swords and men in uniform, you’ll want to make sure to honor your service throughout your wedding. Think about creating a “stars and stripes” theme by hanging bunting and adding flags to decorations and floral arrangements. Cut your wedding cake with the groom’s saber or sword, if he has one. Wear a camouflage garter and toss it to eligible bachelors.
Enjoy!
Wedding colors: insights into the colors we love!
The color you choose for your wedding can set the mood more than any other detail — so choose the color of your day with care! Use multiple colors for a daring statement or just a hint of color that “pops” from a black and white color scheme for a more refined look. The modern bride may prefer brilliant hues while the classic bride may lean toward the sophisticated look of soft metallics, white or ecru.
When choosing your wedding colors, think about the meanings behind and the feelings associated with them. If chosen with care, your color scheme can enhance your special day with meaning and personality. Invitations are the first glimpse your guests will see of the wedding and can set the tone of your wedding early on. For your convenience we have matched colors with moods along with invitation examples. Read on…
Red is the color of passion and energy. It is an exciting and stimulating color that demands attention. A red wedding shows that you are passionate and unafraid to make a bold statement.
Set the tone with…
Merlot Layered Invitation
Green is the color of new growth and nature. Since this color is often associated with rebirth (think spring), the color green shows that you are looking forward to a wonderful new beginning.
Set the tone with…
Green Shimmer Layered Invitation
Pink is the color of vitality and youth — it is a happy and innocent color. A pink wedding is both feminine and pretty.
Set the tone with…
Hot Pink Shimmer Layered Invitation
Blue is the color of tranquility. This color spreads a calm and peaceful feeling across a room full of guests and gives brides and bridesmaids a look of serenity.
Set the tone with…
Two-Tone Damask Pocket Invitation
Yellow stands for true happiness. Yellow bridesmaid dresses and yellow flowers to indicate that happiness follows you wherever you go.
Set the tone with…
Yellow Floral Invitation
Brown is the color of comfort. Think of wood tones and the shades of rich velvet, suede and wool. Add in natural touches for a woodsy look or cream and gold for elegance.
Set the tone with…
Brown Medallion Invitation
Purple is the traditional color of nobility and luxury. Purple will surely make you a queen for the day!
Set the tone with…
Purple Shimmer Invitation Card
Orange is a spirited color that stands for warmth and comfort. Although it can be a motivating color, orange makes people feel at ease with their surroundings.
Set the tone with…
Orange Copper Layered Invitation
Taupe is considered one of the most sophisticated and elegant colors. It is a popular choice for brides who stop at nothing to achieve the most crisp and tailored look.
Set the tone with…
Garden Trellis Pocket Invitation
Silver and Gray are refined colors that represent composure and grace. The ever-popular pewter achieves the same effect.
Set the tone with…
Silver Shimmer Invitation Card
Black is the traditional color of formality. It is elegant, strong and very sophisticated. When paired with traditional white, brides can achieve the classic black-tie-affair look. With a pop of a bright color like fuchsia, green or red, it’s a modern and bold touch.
Set the tone with…
Black Pocket Invitation
White is the traditional color of brides. In the past, it symbolized purity and virtue. Today, it has come to mean clean, crisp and luxurious. Brides who choose white for their décor or ensemble can’t go wrong.
Set the tone with…
White Traditional Invitation
Colorful invitation papers, inks and envelopes are a few simple ways to add color to your special day, but you can also complete your look by choosing colorful ribbons, napkins, favors and more. Jean M Mix and Match Invitations are a great way to incorporate more than one color into your stationery ensemble. Experiment with two or three of your favorite colors to discover the combination that suits you best. Have fun with it!
Enjoy!
