Remembering 9/11 - Do your loved ones know you love them?
September 11, 2009
On this anniversary of the tragic terrorist attacks of 9/11/01, as we are honoring all the heroes and remembering those who lost their lives on that tragic day, do you think about your loved ones and wonder if they will know how much you love them even after you are gone?
I used to wonder, but I don’t wonder anymore. I am confident that they will know because I am taking measures to make sure they know. Using this amazing online greeting card system, I am able to create cards and letters to my loved ones and then have them sent out at a later date. (Real, PRINTED greeting cards sent through the US Postal Service, NOT ecards!) With this system, I can even create custom cards using my own photos in a snap.
We purchase life insurance to provide for our loved ones financially, but how many of us make preparations to provide for our loved ones emotionally in the event that tragedy strikes.
Do you have words of wisdom you’d like to give to your child or to a younger brother or sister when they become teenagers… and when they fall in love… or when they get their heart broken? You don’t have to wait. You can write down those words of wisdom now and have them delivered on a specific date in the future.
So, as you are planning your wedding, plan for the future as well.
Leave a comment below or email me at info@joyfulheartdesign.com if you would like to try out this online greeting card system or if you would like more info on how to do this.
Custom Wedding Thank You Notes in Half the Time & for Half the Price
August 24, 2009
So your wedding planning is coming along nicely. Your wedding venue is booked. Your wedding invitations have been sent and your rsvp cards are coming in. Over half of all the wedding guests you invited will be celebrating your special day with you. You are getting more and more excited with each passing day. You had so much fun picking out all the delightful items in your wedding registry to help make your new house a home. You were blessed to receive so many lovely gifts at your bridal shower, at your bridal tea and your bachelorette party as well. You know you’ve got to get started writing thank you notes because you will have twice as many to write after the wedding, but you are dreading it because you know that it is going to take FOREVER. You just don’t have that much time. There is still so much to do before the wedding. But you want your thank you notes to be something really special to adequately show your appreciation to all of these wonderful family and friends who have given you such lovely wedding gifts. What are you going to do?
I may have a solution for you!
I have discovered a really cool online greeting card & contact management system that will let you create your own custom wedding thank you notes for about half the price in about half the time.
Design your wedding thank you notes online in about 5 minutes, then click SEND. Your thank you notes will get printed, stuffed in envelopes, stamped and mailed via US Mail. These are REAL, printed cards, NOT ecards! It’s one of the most incredible things I have ever seen.
- You can choose one of over 1000 designs from the card catalog
- OR upload a picture to create your own custom wedding thank you note.
- Your message can be printed in your own handwriting and with your own signatures
- Each thank you note can be personalized with your guests’ names.
- Your envelopes are all addressed and stamped for you
- No more writer’s cramp in your hands
- No more paper cuts or sore tongues from licking and stuffing envelopes
- Your guests will be amazed at your creativity and warmed by your thoughtfulness
- No graphic design skills necessary
- You will save time AND money
Register for one of my upcoming FREE webinars to learn how you can
Send 200
custom wedding thank you cards
in your own handwriting
in less than 20 minutes!
custom wedding thank you cards
in your own handwriting
in less than 20 minutes!
- Wondering where you are going to find the time to hand-write all your wedding thank you notes?
- Does the thought of addressing each thank you card envelope by hand make your hand cramp already?
- Want to send your wedding guests a very personalized thank you, but think you don’t have the time or the money?
Register now at http://oohandaahweddinginvites.com/200in20.html
Carry Out Your Wedding Theme with Matching Placecards and Place card holders
August 12, 2009
The difference is in the details!
A simple way to incorporate your wedding theme and your wedding colors on your reception tables is to use matching place cards and/or place card holders.
It’s a simple decorating stategy, but it’s not always easy to find matching place cards. That’s why Joyful Heart Design Custom Invitations offers matching place cards with every wedding invitation design. We can also print your place cards for you with your guest’s names, saving you lots of time.
For example, here is a Spring Garden Theme wedding invitation in yellow, green and brown, along with the matching place cards.
These were designed as tent cards, which fold and stand on their own. However, we would be glad to create the place cards as a flat card instead, to be used with a place card holder.
For instance, check out these lovely handblown glass miniature vase place card holders. Add some flowers in your wedding colors for a very elegant effect.
Or you could put your place cards inside an elegant gold frame, like the one below.
Or place them on top these adorable mini topiary place card holders.
My favorite place to shop for unique place card holders is MyWeddingFavors.com
Enter coupon code TAKE25 to receive $25 off orders over $200.
Or enter coupon code SAVE10 to receive 10% off orders over $150.
Wedding Inspiration Board Contest
July 24, 2009
I just love viewing and creating wedding inspiration boards, (or collages) like the one below, to see how different color combinations, styles and themes will look, don’t you?
If you also like to create inspiration boards, you’ll want to hear about this:
Abby over at StyleMePretty.com is hosting a Fashion Inspired Inspiration Board Contest in celebration of their brand new Look Book! The winner will receive a $250 shop card to Crate and Barrel! Who couldn’t use that?
But there’s more…
I’m adding my own twist to the contest. If the winning inspiration board contains a picture of an invitation by Joyful Heart Design, the winner will also receive a prize from me… 100 Custom Save the Date Postcards ($150 value) or $100 discount on any order of Pocket Wedding Invitation Sets.
You can use any photos of invitations by Joyful Heart Design that you find on this blog or on these websites:
www.JoyfulHeartDesign.com
www.OohandAahWeddingInvites.com
blog.OohandAahWeddingInvites.com
www.JoyfulHeartDesign.blogspot.com
www.JoyfulHeartDesign.Etsy.com
Unique Wedding Invitations Facebook Page
Joyful Heart Design’s MySpace Page
Head on over to StyleMePretty.com to get the details on how to enter the contest.
Have fun and may the best board win!
P.S. If you don’t know how to make an inspiration board, try using Mosaic Maker. Or WeddingWire.com also has a tool you can use to create one.
Yellow and Blue Butterfly Theme and Garden Theme Wedding Invitations
June 22, 2009
If you are considering a yellow and blue color palette for a Spring or Summer wedding, but do not want a beach theme, a Butterfly theme or Garden theme might be more your style. Below are a couple of samples of my Lacy Butterfly wedding invitation design in yellow and cyan (turquoise blue) and also navy and yellow to give you some ideas.
You can also find some more great photos of blue and yellow wedding ideas on this beautiful blog post on Brenda’s Wedding Blog.
Visit JoyfulHeartDesign.com for ordering and pricing info on the Lacy Butterfly wedding invitations. These butterfly invitations could also be used for wedding shower invitations, rehearsal dinner invitations, reception invitations, bridal tea invitations and more.
Butterfly Wedding Invitation Design and Ideas
June 10, 2009
Butterflies make a great wedding theme not only because of their beautiful colors and unique shape, but also because of their symbolism. The butterfly is most commonly viewed as a symbol of new life because it goes through three stages of life— the caterpillar (birth), the chrysalis or cocoon (death) and the butterfly (resurrection.) Butterflies can also represent change, transition, transformation, celebration, joy, beauty, love and freedom.
Butterflies are very easy to incorporate into every part of your wedding from the invitation to the wedding ceremony to the reception.
I will start with wedding invitation ideas and then present wedding ceremony and reception ideas in subsequent posts.
Pink Lacy Butterfly Wedding Invite
The trend in wedding invitations is now for invitations to very colorful with text that is not all centered but left-aligned or right-aligned or both, with modern designs that seem to fall off the edge of the paper. My Lacy Butterflies Pocket Wedding Invitation contains all of these elements, which explains why it has been so popular this year, especially for Spring and Summer weddings.
Here is what one client had to say about her Tiffany Blue and Peach Lacy Butterfly pocket wedding invitations:
“Thank you, thank you! We are working feverishly to get the invites out in today’s mail. They look terrific; I’ll send one to you for your book of collections…” —Ashley Johnson
It is shown here in the two most popular color combinations of tiffany blue & peach, and also in a range of different shades of pink— from hot pink to a medium rose pink to a light baby pink.
Hot pink, light pink and white Lacy Butterfly pocket wedding invitation
Tiffany Blue and Peach Lacy Butterfly Invite close-up
Lacy Butterfly Accommodations Card
Lacy Butterfly RSVP Card
Lacy Butterfly Favor Tag
For more information on my Lacy Butterfly Pocket Wedding Invitations, visit my website at: www.JoyfulHeartDesign.com
Yellow & Green Garden Theme Wedding Ideas
April 25, 2009
Are you planning a Garden Theme wedding for a Spring wedding or a Summer wedding? If you are considering using yellow and green as your wedding colors, here is an inspiration board with some great ideas to get you started.
There are a wide range of yellow flowers that are usually available in the Spring and Summer including yellow roses, lilies, tulips and of course yellow daffodils. If you want the brightest, vibrant yellow, go for a yellow gerbera daisy.
The yellow and green “Flowering Flourishes” pocket wedding invitation set is one of my original creations. It includes the invite, an accommodations card, a reception card and an RSVP card with a recipe card on the back. The pocket fold that is pictured is Lemonade Yellow, the mat is Spring Green and the invitations are printed on cream cardstock. The “Flowering Flourishes” design is elegant, yet contemporary with green stems and flourishes and modern style flowers in different shades of yellow with a hint of orange. Pricing and ordering info is available at www.JoyfulHeartDesign.com. Also available are matching Save the Date cards, Wishes for the Bride & Groom cards, Bookmark Favors, Favor Tags, thank you notes and any other wedding stationery you might need.
Photo credits:
Flowering Flourishes Pocket Wedding Invitation and Wishes for the Bride & Groom card courtesy of JoDitt Williams of Joyful Heart Design.
All other photos courtesy of various vendors and brides at WeddingWire.com.
Unique Favors and Gifts on Sale at TheKnot.com
April 20, 2009
Budget Saving Tip:
Check out these great deals at TheKnot.com:
Reception Essentials starting at $.99/ea
Unique Favors starting at $.59/ea
Cameras starting at $1.99/ea
Reception Essentials starting at $.99
Unique Favors starting at $.59
Attendant Gifts starting at $2.29
How to Choose a Wedding Cake Guaranteed to Get Lots of Oohs, Aahs & Yums!
April 17, 2009
Check out this great blog post from Wishpot Wedding Blog to learn all you ever wanted to know about choosing an awesome looking and tasting wedding cake. Seriously, they have some really great, practical tips that will save you time, money and frustration. And the pictures of the wedding cake artistry are amazing!
all photo credits: www.davidwrightphotography.com
Out of Town Wedding Guests
April 16, 2009
Here is the Budget-Saving Tip of the week:
If you have a lot of wedding guests coming from out of town and you’d like them to have more information about things to do and see, and places to stay and eat in your town, here’s a great idea to save you tons of money and time…
Go to your local chamber of commerce and ask them to send a brochure or some literature about your town to your guests. Most chambers will be happy to do this and will not charge you a thing, especially if you give them your guests addresses pre-printed on labels. Very easy on your wedding budget!
