Let the lighthouse guide your way…

Are going to be a seaside bride? Seaside weddings are perfect any time of year. It can be 70 degrees and sunny outside, or a lighthouse in the fall fog could set the perfect backdrop for your seaside ceremony. That is why we love our Cape Cod wedding invitation design!

Ideal for any season, Cape Cod is fully customizable—from the fonts to the paper choices. Spruce up Cape Cod for a spring or summer ceremony with bright ink colors, and have fun utilizing the lighthouse motif within your wedding day stationery!

Blind impressed nautical details will help create a motif that every guest will enjoy.

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Which side of the sea are you getting married on?

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The Last Letterpress Deal of 2011!

If you are searching for exquisite, affordable letterpress wedding invitations, you have found the right place! Order or place your desposit by December 31, 2011, take advantage of 100 one-color letterpress invitations with 110 blank envelopes, as well as 100 one-color enclosure cards for only $559!

Your wedding invitation set will impress your guests and get them excited about your upcoming celebration. Whether you are throwing an intimate garden wedding or a lavish Indian affair with hundreds of guests, a letterpress invitation is sure to impress your guest list.

If you haven’t caught on to the wonder that is letterpress printing, let me offer you a few reasons why it is the preferred printing method of choice by brides all over the world:

The Impression

Deep impressions will have guests ogling your invites for days!

The Sustainability

Soy-based inks and tree-free paper will keep your conscious feeling good about your invitations’ impact on the planet.

The Hand-Crafted Aura

Most brides love the vintage, hand-crafted ambiance of the letterpress printing process. We print our wedding invitations on our Heidelberg Windmill, a machine that has been around for centuries.

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A hot new way to enclose to your wedding stationery!

There’s more than a few ways to customize your letterpress wedding invitation. Adding second paper layers, colored envelopes and more will add pops of color and elements of luxury to your invitation design.

A brand new element we’ve introduced to our customization options is invitation sleeves! These are awesome little sleeves that will hold your invitation in a safe place.

If you are taking advantage of our 1-color letterpress wedding invitation special, using an invitation sleeve is an excellent way to incorporate another color from your wedding color scheme into your invitation design.

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Square wedding invitations need pocket folders, too!

I don’t know about you, but I LOVE square wedding invitations! I think there is something so unique and just plain fun about stepping out of the 5×7 box!

Any of our letterpress wedding invitation designs can be customized to fit within a square layout. Our team of graphic designers loves to recreate our existing designs by moving around graphics, adding monograms and symbols, and changing up the fonts. Don’t be afraid to turn those 5×7’s into 5x5s (or 7×7’s)!

Adding a square pocket folder is sure to add even more luxury to your letterpress wedding invitation. Sized to accommodate your square letterpress wedding stationery, your invitation and enclosure cards fit perfectly within the folder and its pockets.

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If you are currently in the process of ordering your letterpress wedding invitations, ask your printer to help you create a square version of your invite. You may just be surprised at which one you like more!

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Two Ceremonies, One Wedding Invitation

Are you a multicultural couple stressing hard about how you are going to incorporate two wedding ceremonies within one celebration? It is even harder to lay out your wedding invitation wording to accommodate all of the information your guests will need.

Luckily for you, Invitations by Ajalon is super experienced in multicultural letterpress wedding invitations! Let us provide you with some ideas and inspiration for that tricky invite.

Separate Invitations

It is sometimes the case that two separate ceremonies take place on different days or at different times. Some multicultural couples in this situation choose to send out two sets of invitations to their guests, one for each ceremony.

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One Invitation, Two Ceremonies

We love helping multicultural couples work both of their ceremonies into one wedding invitation design. With the help of religious symbols, no guest will have trouble getting to the right place at the right time.

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Bilingual Wording

Some multicultural couples are bilingual and choose to send out invitations in more than one language. Translations can be gracefully included within one wedding invitation design, or a separate wedding card can be created to send along to guests.

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Please don’t hesitate to contact us with your multicultural wedding invitation questions!

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Invitation wording options for classic brides…

Wedding invitation wording can be one of the most confusing and stressful parts of planning your wedding day. Deciding on which name to mention first, which parents to include, and all of the little traditional tidbits within the invitation is important, so don’t skip over these tiny details! (from Part 1)

Once you’ve figured out how to display your names, ceremony date and time, and location, you’re practically done wording your formal wedding invitation. The only thing left to do is to get guests to your wedding reception!

If your reception is located in the same place as your ceremony venue, you can simply let guests know that a reception will follow. You can do this within your invitation wording or on a separate reception card.

If you are trying to save paper, gracefully inform guests of your reception plans at the bottom of your wedding invitations:

Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Smith
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Angela Marie
to
Benjamin Williams

Saturday, the Eighth of October
Two Thousand and Eleven
at half past ten in the morning

St. John’s Catholic Church
Healdsburg, California

Dinner and dancing to follow

You can also mention other important information gracefully at the end of your invites. Writing “Black Tie” or “Formal Attire” in the bottom right or left corner will let your guests know you are expecting them in evening attire.

Browse our formal letterpress wedding invitation gallery for more ideas and inspiration on our past brides’ wedding invitation wording, or contact us with your wording trouble. We’d be delighted to help you lay out your formal wedding invitation wording!

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Invitation wording options for classic brides…

Wedding invitation wording can be one of the most confusing and stressful parts of planning your wedding day. Deciding on which name to mention first, which parents to include, and all of the little traditional tidbits within the invitation is important, so don’t skip over these tiny details! (from Part 1)

So you’ve made it through names, and your ceremony date and time within your wedding invitation wording! Good job! Now you are onto your venue information.

This is a pretty simple one. There are no maps, addresses or directions needed within your wedding invitation wording. The name of your venue, along with the city and state are the only things you need to mention following the date and time.

Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Smith
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Angela Marie
To
Benjamin Williams

Saturday, the Eighth of October
Two Thousand and Eleven
at half past ten in the morning

St. John’s Catholic Church
Healdsburg, California

Guests can Google the address to your ceremony venue, or you can include additional letterpress enclosure cards, such as maps and directions, within your invitation suite. On your invitation though, be concise.

There’s only one part left in your wedding invitation wording! Check back for it tomorrow!

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Written by Katie

Invitation wording options for classic brides…

Wedding invitation wording can be one of the most confusing and stressful parts of planning your wedding day. Deciding on which name to mention first, which parents to include, and all of the little traditional tidbits within the invitation is important, so don’t skip over these tiny details! (from Part 1)

Ceremony date and time follow the names on your letterpress wedding invitation design.

Saturday, the Eighth of October
Two Thousand and Eleven

at half past ten in the morning

Traditionally, these pieces of information are spelled out completely and without abbreviation. It is important to provide the year in which your wedding ceremony is taking place, as well as to let guests know whether you are marrying in the morning or evening.

One thing to keep in mind about wedding invitation wording is the fact that your invitation up to this point should read as a complete sentence. After you have decided how to word your parents’ and your names, be sure that it transitions smoothly into your ceremony information:

Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Smith require the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Angela to Benjamin Williams, Saturday, the Eighth of October Two Thousand and Eleven at half past ten in the morning

Phew! I bet you never thought wedding invitation wording could be so easy! Especially within formal invitations, it is easy to let tradition guide you through all of the little details.

Check back for traditional ways to display your ceremony venue within your wedding invitation wording!

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Pantone predicts the color trends for Spring 2012

Check out the other colors chosen for Pantone’s Spring 2012 Fashion Color Trends!

Sweet Lilac

I cannot imagine a sweeter color for 2012 wedding celebrations. Sweet Lilac is a pinkish hue that will look amazing paired with colors of all kinds! Those glittery gold and pink color schemes from 2011 will only get better in the upcoming year.

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Perfect for fresh, garden ceremonies, this delicate color will have guests falling in love with your wedding celebration at first sight.

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Pantone predicts the color trends for Spring 2012

Check out the other colors chosen for Pantone’s Spring 2012 Fashion Color Trends!

Starfish

Starfish is the ideal neutral color choice for spring 2012 destination weddings. Reminiscent of seaside beach sand, this versatile color will work wonders to get guests excited about your destination celebration.

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Utilize Starfish alongside bright hues to make a dramatic statement, or pair with pastels or deep tones for an elegant effect.

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