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Winter Wedding Invitations - Many Styles to
Choose From
Suz Anne Bradley -
Many brides choose winter dates when
planning their big day for a variety of reasons. For instance,
if they have a favorite winter holiday, it is not uncommon to
plan a big event to coincide with that. If families live a
distance apart from where the wedding is going to be held,
holiday weddings can be a way to bring the family together at
times when they would normally be travelling to be together
anyway. For other brides, winter is a favorite time of year,
between the brisk chill in the air and the beauty of snow
drifts. For whatever reason you have chosen to have a winter
wedding, you can find many different styles of winter wedding
invitations to choose from.
When planning the theme for your wedding day, you may find that
the sights and sounds of winter are the most obvious choice. In
order to coordinate your invitations with your winter wedding
theme, you may need to find the perfect stationery that
represents winter. Fortunately, there are many different styles
to choose between for this large decision.
One of the easiest ways to represent the winter season in your
wedding invitations is through the color of cardstock that you
use. Although many wedding invitations are traditionally white
or off-white, it is perfectly acceptable to use nearly any
color of card stock for your stationery. A light blue could
represent the brisk blue skies associated with winter. Reds and
greens can help show the proximity of your wedding date to
Christmas. Deep reds, oranges and greens are colors typically
associated with a wedding around the holiday of Thanksgiving.
Carefully consider the overall theme of your wedding to find
the right colors to use.
Another way to represent the winter season in your wedding
invitations is by having watermarks added to your stationery.
Think about the images that best remind you of the winter
season. You can add them as a subtle design to nearly any
stationery, even combining the colors of winter with a
watermarked image. Watermark images can be a very subtle way to
remind your guests of the winter theme for your wedding. An
example of wedding stationery utilizing a winter theme may have
snowflakes along with a light blue color around the
invitation.
If you prefer more overt images, you can select pre-designed
wedding invitations that have been printed with wintry scenes.
From falling snow to intricate snow flakes to leaves and
traditional images associated with winter holidays, you can
find pre-designed wedding invitations that suit any desire.
Many wedding invitation designers have developed entire lines
of winter-related stationery, so that you can use a consistent
theme with your wedding invitations, envelopes, reply cards and
other related paper products.
If you cannot find a pre-designed wedding invitation that
perfectly suits your needs, you can work to design your own.
Many stationery businesses have templates that you can use in
order to pick the type of paper, colors, images and fonts to
create the perfect invitations for your big event. These
templates include many different options for each choice that
you have to make; this allows you to create nearly any design
that you have in mind.
If you are creative, another option you can choose is to create
your own wedding invitation. When you start from scratch on
your own, you can literally design every single aspect of your
winter wedding invitations. One idea if you create your own
wedding invitations are to use pre-designed paper or paper that
already has a pattern, and the rest of the invitation can be
created on your own. Another idea is to use special add-ons
instead of having flat paper invitations. Special add-ons allow
you to emphasize the unique nature of your invitations. For
instance, you can have a vellum sheet over the actual
invitation, giving a glazed look and held in place by a
winter-designed ribbon.
You have so many different options to consider when you are
choosing your winter wedding invitations. You simply need to
evaluate your own design needs and how unique you want your
invitations to be and you will find the perfect solution. For
no-fuss, no-muss weddings, pre-designed invitations can be your
best bet. If you are crafty, consider designing your own
invitations. In between, there are so many ideas you can
consider for working with a stationery business to put together
the right invitations for your big event.
There are many options available when planning for a winter
wedding. Several colors to consider are green, white, red or
orange. These colors help emphasize the winter holidays while
providing a gentle design. An invitation design can be
purchased at any stationery store or you can design your own
invitations. Whichever option you choose, these winter styles
can help you find the right design for your wedding.
Suzanne Bradley is a writer and blogger
who discusses topics such as event planning
and coordination. Ms. Bradley also writes
about specific topics such as wedding gifts
and custom wedding
invitations.
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