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An “Old Hollywood” theme to inspire you!

We’re still star-struck by the Oscars on Sunday! The lights, the glitz, the glamour — everything got us thinking of a beautiful wedding theme based on Oscar gold and classic details.

Here, we’ve put together an “Old Hollywood” theme in shades of gold, black and cream to get you inspired. Just look at all the options you have for mixing, matching and coordinating!

1. Lots of candlelight will reflect the sparkle in your eyes and mimic the glow of paparazzi flashbulbs, so use candles liberally throughout your wedding! We added a floating candle to our flared glass bowl and strung it with strands of pearls for a simple but very rich look.

2. The envelope, please…our “Bridget” custom pocket wedding invitation is worthy of your award-winning wedding look! Choose gold shimmer paper and black ribbon to accent the black and cream pocket. Black envelopes are a dramatic touch.

3. Make guests feel like winners by giving them gold shimmer favor boxes filled with delicious treats. Tie with “sandcastle” gold silky weave ribbon and add a feather plume for drama.

4. The best-dressed award will go to…your favors! These cute, black tuxedo favor boxes and cream gown favor boxes are a fun and unique way to present guests with a sweet treat.  And, attach a couple pearl add-ons for an extra luxurious touch.

5. Coordinating enclosure cards for our “Bridget” invitation will make your stationery ensemble stand out from the crowd.

6. Pearls, pearl glaze and touches of gold accent this couple cake topper figurine — a beautiful statue of your own to remind you of your wedding for years to come!

7. Two-piece favor boxes in glistening, gold shimmer are perfect for presenting favor goodies to your supporting cast — your guests!

8. Help guests find their seats easily with place cards lined up at a table outside the reception entrance. Accent the table with a dramatic floral arrangement in our personalized rectangular vase — don’t be afraid to add in satin roses and feathers!

9. For toasts worthy of your big event, choose regal glassware, like these modern flutes engraved with your monogram.

10. Announce your winning dinner menu on stylish, black menu cards printed in gleaming, gold lettering.

11,12. When your napkins match your color scheme, they become important decorating elements. Make them perfect down to the last detail by printing them with a stylish monogram.

13. Give your walk down the red carpet — oops! we mean the aisle! — a designer touch with this ecru pleated chiffon ring pillow.  And make your guest registry elegant with the matching ecru pleated chiffon guest book and pen.

14. Look and feel like Hollywood royalty by wearing a sparkling wedding tiara for the day!

15. Our large, floral-embossed, ecru favor boxes feature a clear window in the lid to let guests see the special treats inside. The boxes are perfect for sending guests home with a special treat at the end of the reception.

Enjoy!

Adding the perfect little touches to your wedding is a piece of cake!

Want to add a special touch to every place setting at your wedding?

Our little, white porcelain plate with a filigree edge is perfect!

  

It’s 3 ½” in diameter — just right for holding a beautifully decorated cupcake or a large slice of cake in a luxurious presentation for each guest. Be sure to add a personalized tag and ribbon to the plate for a personal touch. The plates can also be used as elegant coasters for drinks and will double as favors when the reception is over.

 

Also use the filigree plates as candle holders for centerpieces, votive candles or even your unity — they look beautiful with our new, personalized damask candles.

 

Remember — it’s the little things that add up to the big impression!

 

Enjoy!

A Butterfly Wedding Theme to Inspire You...

They’re delicate, beautiful and such a wonderful symbol of new life. Why not make butterflies your wedding theme and let your love take wing!

Here, we’ve put together a Butterfly Theme Story in shades of purple to get you inspired. Just look at all the options you have for mixing, matching and coordinating!

1. Package sweet treats inside colorful bellaTINA™ favor envelopes printed with a pretty butterfly design (JM8035) to coordinate with your theme.

2. Make a clearly stunning introduction to your wedding with our “Zoe custom wedding invitation” layered wedding invitation. The clear wrap and your choice of colorful card printed with a beautiful butterfly design (JM8160) is just the right mix of unique and pretty.

3. Pull together several shades of purple with unique flowers like pansies, hydrangeas, pincushion flowers and lilac roses for a bouquet that’s ultra-romantic. (photo by Hello Darling)

4. Are you truly cut out for each other? Remind guests with butterfly-shaped cookie cutter favors and printed cards.

5. Dress up any favor box or bag with personalized stickers!  Choose a butterfly design (we show JM 8033) and an ink color that coordinates with your wedding for the perfect personal touch. Don’t forget to choose candy in colors that pop.

6. Add your favorite butterfly design (JM8160) to your favor boxes for even sweeter favors.

7. Butterflies are a perfect theme for spring, summer or outdoor weddings. If you’re celebrating in warm weather or outside, provide guests with fan programs printed with a butterfly design (JM8033). Add ribbon to the handles for a romantic touch.

8. What could possibly make your wedding cake prettier? This knife and server set with enameled butterfly-design handles. Sweet!

9,10. Make even your necessities part of your wedding décor with napkins in shades of purple. Print them with your favorite butterfly design for style.

11. Choose one butterfly design to use throughout your wedding, or mix and match designs on different items for a whimsical look!

12. Sparkling, beaded butterflies make this guest book and pen the perfect welcome to your wedding ceremony. Who could resist signing?

 

Enjoy!

FREE Wedding Websites as stylish as you are!

Wouldn’t you love to have a personalized wedding website that’s as stylish as you are? One that even matches your invitations? One that’s FREE?

We have good news for you: Jean M has just partnered with Weddingwire.com to bring you FREE wedding websites that match six of our invitation designs in a variety of colors! Just look how great these website designs match our…

Taupe Floral Wedding Invitation Cards

Hibiscus Wedding Invitation Card

 

Brown Damask Wedding Invitation Cards

Black and White Damask Wedding Invitation Cards

Now you can keep your guests, friends and bridal party up to date with all your exciting wedding plans while giving them a peek at your wedding style. You’ll get a custom URL, you can create as many pages as you like and choose from great applications like the custom gallery, flash intros for an added splash, an online RSVP service and set up registries. You can even store your photos to share with everyone!

You can also access easy-to-use wedding planning tools to help keep you on track during the process. Check out budget tools, seating charts, checklists, guest and vendor organizers and even an inspiration board to keep all your great ideas in one place.

Once you’ve set up your website and gotten your first Jean M order, be sure to give Jean M a review so other brides can hear about your experience: http://www.weddingwire.com/reviews/jean/8c46855901f2c5a5.html (you’ll see a link on the left below the star ratings to write a review.)

 

Enjoy!

Our Top 5 Wedding Favors — get inspired!

Here’s what Jean M brides are favoring their guests with. Choose your colors and your personalization to make your favors a lovely sign of appreciation and a beautiful reflection of your wedding theme!

#1. Colorful two-piece favor boxes are the perfect size for filling with a gourmet chocolate or other delicious treat. Personalize the lids and add ribbon for a finishing touch. And think about ordering the boxes in two colors and mixing and matching lids and bottom for a custom look.

#2. When you’re lucky in love, you want to share the feeling with guests! Give them lottery ticket in personalized holders for a fun favor.

#3. Large, white cake boxes are great for holding slices of cake, cupcakes, large treats or small gifts. Personalize the boxes with your names, wedding date and a design, or add personalized stickers. Our ribbon-weave cake boxes are a unique way to incorporate ribbon into your favors.

#4. When you want well-dressed favors, choose our fun tuxedo and dress boxes. They’re available in black and white or brown and cream  to match your wedding style.

#5. Cut out for each other? Let guests know with our fun, cookie cutter favors! The personalize cards even share a recipe. Choose from a variety of cookie cutter shapes to match your theme.

Enjoy!

Beyond the guest book — great ideas for well wishers!

One of the wedding trends we’re loving is how brides and grooms are going beyond the traditional guest book. They’re finding unique ways to get guests to participate in creating wedding memories by asking them to write not just their signatures, but words of good wishes they’ll treasure.

Here are some of our ideas for capturing guests’ well wishes creatively.

Wedding Wishes Cards and Book

Ask guests to write their wishes on personalized cards and place them in a vase at your reception. Then arrange the cards in a silver book for safekeeping after the wedding.

 

Well Wishes Album

This beautiful album covered in textured white satin and accented with a chiffon ribbon is the perfect place to hold your well wishes cards.

 

Signature Mat and Frame

You’ll surround your wedding photo in memories when you ask guests to sign this elegant white photo mat. It will be a meaningful display in your home after the wedding.

 

Wish Book

Encourage guests to write their words of wisdom for you on the pages of this unique, linen guest book. The book is covered in crisp white linen. Pages are available in three paper colors to coordinate with your wedding.

 

Photo Signature Board

Here’s an elegant photo display and a great memory maker! Add your photos to the frames in this large board and ask guests to sign the board with the included pen. The board is available in six colors for a stunning presentation.

 

Enjoy!

A color story to inspire you: Pink and Red!

Pink and red are so pretty together — and not just for Valentine's weddings! The sweet color combination is perfect for heart-theme celebrations and romantic "I Dos" all year through.

 

We’ve put together a Color Story in Pink and Red to give you ideas for creating a wedding look that’s pretty and unique. Just look at all the options you have for mixing, matching and coordinating!

1. Start the romance the minute guests receive your invitations! Choose our “Gwen” custom layered wedding invitation in princess pink and merlot papers with damask-patterned layout JM4280. Go for the ultimate touch — print your invitations in princess pink ink, too!

2. Abundant red roses set a dramatic, lush and oh-so-romantic look for your event. Choose roses that are lighter at the base of the petal and darker red at the tips for tone-on-tone elegance. (photo by Handeland Tesoro Photography)

3. Love the look of our invitations, but want to print and assemble them yourself? Get creative with DIY wedding invitations and cardstock from Jean M. You'll find flat cards, folders, pockets and envelopes, perfect for everything from your save the date card and invitations and enclosures, to your menu cards, place cards, programs, social invitations and more!

4. Sometimes the smallest details make the biggest impact, like adding a ribbon to your place cards. Guests will feel pampered by the added touch of luxury at their place settings! Our ribbon place cards are pre-punched with holes to make it easy for you to thread with ribbon.

5. Racy, merlot red favor boxes brighten up your reception tables. Print a design that coordinates with your wedding theme on the top (in rosewood-pink foil, of course). And don’t forget the chocolates inside!

6. Fun pink matchbook favors personalized with your monogram or design in red are the perfect accompaniment to favor candles. You’ll encourage romance while coordinating with your wedding theme.

7. Bring hearts into your pink and red wedding color story for an added touch guests will love. Our heart-handled favor boxes are the perfect little accents. Personalize them with your choice of design.

8. Make your napkins a statement of your wedding style! Choose pink with red personalization, red with pink personalization, or a fun and romantic combination of both!

9. Whet guests’ appetites by printing the wedding dinner fare on eye-catching menu cards, like our round menu cards in princess pink with red ink.

 

Enjoy!

A theme story to inspire you: Espresso Damask!

Damask patterns are rich and elegant — and a perfectly stylish design element on which to base your entire wedding look! Add damask-patterned items to every part of your celebration for a look that's both vintage and modern in one.

Here, we’ve put together a Damask Color Story in beautiful, espresso brown. Just look at all the options you have for mixing, matching and coordinating!

1. Mocha satin drapes over this guest book and pen — guests won't be able to resist signing such a rich and elegant register!

2. Damask-like swirls are studded with your choice of rhinestones or pearls on our "Jasmin" custom layered wedding invitation. Choose layers of espresso and gold shimmer papers for a rich combination.

3. Damask patterns take the cake! Adorable, individual cakes are covered in chocolate frosting in a pretty swirl. (photo: Element Studio)

4. Espresso favor boxes with a damask-accented monogram (JM987) are almost as rich as the delicious treats you place inside.

5. Choose layout JM4315 and espresso paper to accent this "Jane" custom wedding invitation card for a beautiful introduction to your damask-theme wedding.

6. Espresso napkins become elegant and regal when printed with a damask-style monogram (JM986). Order cocktail and dinner napkins in coordinating colors.

7. The perfect addition to your espresso damask theme reception? Chocolate desserts! Not only will the desserts fit right into your color scheme, they'll add a touch of rich decadence to the end of your celebration. (photo: Red Loft Studio)

8. Carry the damask look through to your floral arrangements by choosing deeply colored blooms and adding brown fern curls to mimic your theme. (photo: Robert Evans Studios)

9. Accent your napkins, favor boxes and more with ribbon tags printed with a damask-like monogram (JM988). Choose coordinating ink and ribbon colors for a beautiful look.

10. Guests will "treasure" discovering their favor treats inside espresso chest favor boxes adorned with tiny, pearl add-ons.

11. Direct guests to their reception seats elegantly AND give a nod to your damask theme. Espresso ribbon place cards are printed with a damask-accented monogram (JM987) and tied with ribbon that matches the ink color.

12. Top your damask-theme wedding cake with a cake topper that only adds to its style. Our custom acrylic cake top is engraved with a stylish monogram.

13. Our Brown Damask Wedding Invitation Card will set the tone for your damask theme wedding perfectly.

 

Enjoy!

Jean M "hearts" hearts! And we think you'll LOVE these heart wedding theme inspirations too

Welcome to February — the month of love! We were so inspired by the upcoming Valentine's Day holiday that we put together a beautiful collage of heart-themed and rich, red products perfect for a romantic wedding anytime of year. You'll fall in love with these items — guaranteed!

1. Carry a bold, beautiful all-red bouquet down the aisle. Your photographs will be stunning! Add in some dark red calla lilies among the roses for silky texture. (photo by Michael and Anna Costa Photography)

2. Come on, admit it: you've been doodling your initials and hearts for months now. Why not emblazon all your wedding items — like these pretty, square menu cards — with a monogram that shows how in love you are? We show monogram JM961.

3. Bright merlot-red, two-piece favor boxes personalized with a heart-accented monogram are unapologetically romantic. Add a gourmet chocolate inside and guests will fairly swoon!

4. Heart-shaped vases are perfect for displaying sweets at your candy buffet, or for setting on each table filled with hors d'oeuvres. And they make the most heart-felt gift, too.

5. They may be gone, but they'll always be in your heart. Honor the memories of your loved ones with a candle of flower arrangement in a meaningful "In Loving Memory" vase with a glass heart charm.

6. Adding little punches of bright red to your wedding will catch guests' eyes and lift their spirits. Red napkins with a fun, heart-themed monogram are just the thing. We show monogram JM957.

7. Set the scene by sending invitations designed with romance in mind. Our "Jade" custom layered wedding invitations in black and cream paper with a red monogram and red ribbon and envelopes will make guests' hearts flutter.

8. Flirty favors will tickle guests' fancies. Red matchbook printed with "Light My Fire," anyone?

9. Red satin ribbon will add richness and drama to all the elements of your wedding — invitations, decorations, gifts, favors, floral arrangements and more. Buy it in bulk on rolls for endless decorating.

10. A gift from the heart your bridesmaids will cherish: a silver-plated jewelry box with a heart design on the top. The best place for the best bling!

11. It's your day to shine — so don't be afraid to splurge on an extravagant element here and there, like a huge bouquet of red roses set with sparkling crystals. You'll remember it fondly, forever.

12. We offer so many ways to add a heart-felt touch to your entire wedding. Check out these fanciful, whimsical, romantic, classy and elegant monograms and designs perfect for printing on your invitations, programs, menu cards, place cards, napkins, favors and more! See all of our monogram and design options here.

Enjoy!

A theme story to inspire you: Damask!

They're a little bit vintage, a little romantic, a little regal — with a whole lot of style! Add damask-patterned items to every part of your celebration for a look that's unforgettably rich and beautiful. And a hot new trend is mixing patterns - so mix and match patterns and styles you love!

Here, we’ve put together a Damask Color Story to give you ideas for creating a wedding look that’s dramatic and elegant.

Just look at all the options you have for mixing, matching and coordinating!

 

1. Square table number cards with a fanciful flourish design will help guests find their reception places with flair. Be sure to hold the cards high with our sleek, silver table number stands.

2. Go for the glamour and serve your wine in bottles topped with onyx and Swarovski crystal wine stoppers. The stoppers make elegant gifts, too.

3. Personalize our large black pillow boxes with a flourish design (we show JM8104) for favors that coordinate beautifully with your damask wedding look. Check out all our design and monogram options here.

4. Dramatic black flourishes are printed on the cover of this white, damask guest book, beckoning guests to sign with its beauty.

5. Get guests thinking "dramatic! beautiful!" about your wedding right away when you send them a damask-patterned invitation. We show our "Erin" custom wedding invitation card with layout JM4283.

6. Present your favors with a flourish! Our elegant flourish favor boxes are black with a patterned cream flap.

7. Everyone can feel like royalty on your wedding day when you give them favors in black favor boxes printed with a sparkling crown design (JM8219).

8. Black flourishes in a damask pattern  are embroidered on a white satin pillow to give your ceremony a dramatic touch.

9. Black and white damask invitation cards are the perfect introduction to your wedding style!

10. "Jasmin" custom layered wedding invitations give you a damask-like flourish pattern AND your choice of bling! Choose between rhinestone or pearl accents.

11. These damask pillow favor boxes in black and cream perfectly match our "Bridget" custom pocket wedding invitations for a look that coordinates from start to finish!

12. Black napkins printed with a design in silver or white will make your cocktail hour personal and fun. We display design JM8067; see all our design options here. 

13. Toast our marriage — and your impeccable style — with these damask patterned toasting flutes.

14. Accent your reception with damask-patterned napkins and guest towels. They look great when mixed and matched with our solid-colored napkins.

15. Keep track of all your special wedding gifts in this stylish little book printed with a damask pattern. You won't want to attend a shower without it!

16. The ultimate finishing touch to everything wedding, from invitations to favors to gifts to decorations? Ribbon!  Buy it in bulk in your colors for endless decorating options.

17. White flowers against black backgrounds are the perfect way to celebrate your elegant, damask-theme look. photo by Amanda Caldwell Photography, LLC (www.acaldwellphoto.com)

18. A damask-adorned wedding cake will be the ultimate finishing touch to your gorgeous, dramatic, elegant wedding! photo by Amanda Caldwell Photography, LLC (www.acaldwellphoto.com)

Enjoy!