Wedding Tip Tuesday ~ 11.20.12

This Tuesday we would like to talk about Envelopes Liners. Ah, envelope liners, we think they are beautiful, it can add so much to an invitation, throw in some color or a pattern, a written love note, texture and so on.  It can accent that lovely European flapped envelope in style.  HOWEVER, as beautiful as they can be really stop to think about them for a minute and how the majority of people open an envelope (especially if you are looking to cut expenses from your budget).  How do you open an envelope?  Do you use a standard letter opener and just rip it open across the top?  Do you rip it open on one side?  Or are you one of the very few that actually take the letter opener and try open it all along the edge, the gummed pointed flap?  I have yet to really see a study or survey taken to determine the majority.  All I know is from most of the people I have discussed this very thing with they will use some kind of letter opener or their finger and just rip it open across the top edge.  For me insert sad face here :(  Because now all of that loveliness has just been ripped in half!  As you stuffed your item in that wonderful envelope you were able to take in the beauty of it.  As the person on the receiving end they may only get a glimpse of it or a glimpse into the inner workings of between the liner and the envelope.  I know you are all sad now and I guarantee for most of you this thought never crossed your mind.

What we would recommend is that if you use an envelope liner then also use inner AND outer envelopes.  (Now I have been asked several times what inner and outer envelopes are so I guess I should explain that here:  It is a set of 2 envelopes that fit into each other.  The Outer is the one that is gummed and addressed.  The inner is to hold your invitation and contents and is ungummed). So now when that outer envelope is ripped open your lovely lined inner is spared a barbaric death for all to enjoy its beauty.  We are by no means saying we will not kindly line single invite or stationery envelopes for anyone that would like them.  We just feel that unless you have the budget to do so with a single envelope, that it is an expense you can probably pass on.  If you choose to line single envelopes we just hope most people decide to open it along the flap!!

Happy Wedding Tip Tuesday!

Wedding Tip Tuesday ~ 11.13.12

So this is a new little thing we are attempting to accomplish among other things but for the purpose of helping out our wonderful clients as well as keeping us blogging!  We are going to try and blog every Tuesday with a new wedding tip.  We will of course try to keep as many as we can invitation and paper related but there are just so many great ones that some like today will not be paper related.  The first installment of Wedding Tip Tuesday brings something paperless actually!  

One thing we would recommend to every newly engaged bride is to create a wedding email address solely for wedding related correspondence.  Give this email to all your friends and family, wedding party, wedding vendors, bridal shows and so much more.  We especially like this tip because we all know that when you attend a Bridal Show all the vendors receive your information.  Soon after the show you may be bombarded with emails from all of these wonderful vendors....much like myself trying to get your interest in our services.  While this may be good and bad, it can start to clog up your inbox, so why not just keep it separate from the start?  Then when the wedding is over and you no longer need random emails from a DJ you never even hired...instead of having to go and unsubscribe to them just close your email account and move on with your newly married life!!

We love our first Tip Tuesday and we hope you do too!

Amy & Will ~ 8.18.12

My dear wedding planner friend Heather Guthrie from At the Heels Weddings & Events came to me with a unique request.  Of course I immediately said yes, because after all here at DG Invites we LOVE unique!!  I met with her bride Amy who not too far in the future would be saying I Do at the Henry Hall Wilson House in Charlotte, NC.  She was looking for a very unique thumbprint guest book sign.  Amy is Chinese and Will is not.  She wanted to create something that would beautifully incorporate her heritage into the wedding.  What we did was design a the thumbprint guest book sign in black and white to look like a pond....a Coy pond. It had a sign for directions and example prints created by the bride and groom.  All of her guests then used lots of bright, fun colors to place their thumbprints on the sign.  And with markers turn the prints into their own little coy fish and sign their names...genius!!  I loved this idea and was so excited to create it.  Here are a few images of the finished product and the happy couple.  Congratulations Amy & Will....we wish you a lifetime of happiness and love :)

 

 

 

 

Photography by Kristin Vining Photography or  www.kristinviningphotoblog.com

Do you love Coffee?

And another....Coffee Holiday Card Set.  I think I love this genius design as much as I love actual coffee!!

'Do you love coffee?' by MilaDo

Great ZASSENHAUS RED Wooden ... RueDesLouves $65.00	Funny Monster Ceramic Travel... LennyMud $22.00	Got Coffee, 1 inch Button - ... snottub $1.25
Ladies T-shirt mmm... Coffee TheRedCaboose $9.99	Coffee Earrings CandiWareJewel... $15.00	Red Knitted Cup Cozy, Christ... natalya1905 $17.50
Keep Calm and Drink Coffee -... iCaseSeraSera $15.99	Coffee Holiday Card Set (30)... DGInvites $30.00	Malaysian Home Made Coffee Oudh88 $15.50
Coffee Flair aflairforbutto... $3.00	Coffee Based Life Form - PIN... BAYMOONSTUDIO $1.50	Coffee Kitchen Print, Art fo... handz $21.00
The heart of coffee - 5X7 Pr... SarahFBowman $8.00

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True Love ~ Me + Coffee

Another feature of our Coffee Holiday Card Set....For sure our best seller!

 'True Love' by BWelzel

Me + Coffee

I Love You More Than Coffee ... SparrowNestScr... $4.50	Floral Coffee Mug Set AmeliaBedeliaV... $22.00	Coffee Cozy - Reusable Coffe... threadologie $6.00
INFINITY SCARF - Screen Prin... littleminnowde... $30.00	Coffee Bean Hessian Cushion ... RusticCountryC... $35.00	Coffee quote poster, Start w... NeueGraphic $18.00
Christmas Coffee card Pack o... memohelen $10.00	Love Card - I Heart You More... hellosmallworl... $4.00	Columbian Cafe - All Natural... ElizabethMCand... $13.95
Coffee & Tea Doodles - Clip ... WisteriaDesign... $6.00	But first, Coffee- Print LittleLightPri... $17.00	Coffee Holiday Card Set (30)... DGInvites $30.00
Coffee Canister - London Pho... TheLittleArtSh... $26.00	Hand Painted Mason Jars For ... AZillionDollar... $40.00	Body Scrub - Cafe Mocha Orga... NaturallySusan... $18.00
Ceramic Coffee Mug with sili... SylwiaGlassArt $35.00

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Amy & Andrew ~ 6.09.12

When Amy and I first met {at a GREAT hipster place known as Central Coffee in Plaza Midwood} little did I know where our journey would take us. Unsure of really what she was looking for in an invitation, we explored several ideas. It came down to a lovely classic invite with ecru linen, ecru satin ribbon and a layer of navy linen. All printed with black raised fonts. It was a beauty and oh so perfect for their day. 

 

From there we worked on a ceremony program, rehearsal dinner place cards and a wonderful masterpiece of a table assignment display for the reception. We loved the table assignments for a number of reasons.  Their simplicity, the green shutters they hung from that were perfect for a wedding at The Vanlandingham Estate and the different shaped cards to add just enough of something special.  All again were printed on an ecru linen stock with black writing.

So where are the pictures of this masterpiece?  Well we couldn't just show you pictures of the printed items now could we....so they are among others taken by their wedding photographer Jenna Thomas of 

Red, White & Green.  We do not know her personally as of yet, but we think she was the perfect fit for Amy & Andrews wedding!  You can view more pictures from the wedding here on Jenna's Blog. Or you can visit our Facebook Page for additional photos as well.  We hope you enjoy!!

 Thank you Studio SGS Photography for the great photos of the Invite, Program & Place Cards.

Arrrrrrgh Matey!

So as we get caught up with all kinds of wonderfulness since our relocation to Ohio we would first like to bring you another amazingly styled Birthday Party by our dear client Jessica. Captain Troy and his Crew celebrated his third birthday this past August in full Pirate fashion!  It features our Pirate Party Collection which included the invitation, a banner, drink labels, party picks, signage and sooo much more.  A big "X" marked the spot so other little Pirates could find there way.....really there was a big red "X"  on the driveway :) The party was full of treasures, a water slide and even a plank!  Here are just a few...view them all HERE.

THANK YOU Adam Pope Photography for all of the great pictures documenting this special day!