Avoid confusion with custom table markers!

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If you are like other brides all over the world, you are trying to keep your stress to a minimum before and during your wedding day. If anything, you can be sure to keep your calm at your reception with custom-printed table markers!

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Unless your seating situation is an informal one, table markers are essential parts of your wedding reception. Groups of guests will be arriving from your wedding ceremony and anxiously looking for their reception seats. Avoid confusion and make sure they can find tables easily with table markers!

Have fun with your table markers. If you are throwing an intimate destination wedding celebration in Hawaii, consider using the island’s names instead of numbers.

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Don’t forget to incorporate your wedding theme into your table markers. Invitation designs, ceremony motifs, dress details and more can all be worked into your reception table markers!

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“Great, thanks so much, we are really looking forward to getting the invites, it has been great working with you, I will definitely recommend you to all my friends here. The letterpress options in Australia are so amazingly expensive!! Thanks again, Kate”

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Give Your Guests (and Yourself) Time to Plan Ahead

If you despise last minute wedding invitations, you are not alone. Most wedding guests really appreciate several weeks notice before the big event. If you send your letterpress wedding invitations out to friends and family at the appropriate time, not only will they be more able to prepare for your big day, but you will be too.

Some couples cannot hold back their excitement and send out a save the date card to friends and family. Save the date cards are appropriate to send out months or, in the case of a destination wedding, even a year before the proposed event.

The wedding invitation itself is usually sent to guests about two months before the ceremony, and definitely no later than six weeks before. Giving your guests enough time to fill out and return your letterpress printed RSVP cards will help you attain a final count, thereby making other planning duties, such as meals, seating charts, etc., a smoother process.

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If you are planning a destination wedding, give your guests another four weeks (at least) to make travel and accommodation arrangements.

Plan ahead with affordable letterpress wedding invitation deals, including Ajalon’s November 2010 special of 100 letterpress invitation cards and envelopes and 100 RSVP postcards! If you haven’t already, all you Spring 2011 brides should be sending out your save the dates right about now…

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San Francisco Wedding and Event Faire at the City Club

Free Wedding Planning Event Open to the Public

For all you spring brides, tis’ the season for bay area wedding planning faires. This October the 3^rd 2010, The Wedding & Event Faire is being held at the City Club of San Francisco. Join us Bay Area bride’s from 11 am until 3pm for fun day of wedding planning preparation.

At the City Club Wedding and Event Show in San Francisco, Invitations by Ajalon will be hosting an amazing wedding invitation exhibit. There we will  be offering our fabulous October special: 100 letterpress invitations and RSVP postcards. Also, check our custom letterpress wedding invitation designs that are new for Spring 2011!

The San Francisco City Club Wedding and Event Faire is a one-day event that will bring together an exclusive selection of wedding vendors. If you are a Bay Area bride looking for a wedding planning event, make sure to mark your calendars for October 3^rd from 11am-3pm. You can pre-register by clicking on the graphic below:

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San Francisco City Club Wedding & Event Affair

Free Wedding Planning Event Open to the Public

For any California bride, this Bay Area wedding event is not to be missed. Just in time for all you spring brides that are planning to say ‘I do’ in 2011, this San Francisco Wedding and Event faire will be a great day for shopping. Join Invitations by Ajalon on October 3^rd 2010, from 11 to 3pm and come to the Bay Area bride’s haven for wedding planning preparation.

Appearing at the City Club Wedding and Event Show in San Francisco, Invitations by Ajalon will be displaying an exquisite array of wedding invitations. Here we will be offering our fabulous October special on affordable letterpress printing: 100 letterpress wedding invitations and RSVP postcards. So come and check out our new for Spring 2011 range of custom letterpress wedding invitation designs.

City Club of San Francisco is hosting a one day Wedding and Event Faire that brings vendors from all across the country. If you are a California or Bay Area Bride that is looking for a wedding planning event, mark your calendars for October 3^rd, from 11 – 3 pm. Click here or on the graphic below to register:

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Santa Clara Indian Wedding and Lifestyle Expo

Free Indian Wedding Planning Event Open to the Public

The Spring wedding season is right around the corner and that means it is time for all you Indian brides to start planning for your wedding. Join us this September the 26^th 2010 at the Vivah Indian Wedding and Lifestyle Expo Asiana from 11-5pm. There will be Indian wedding vendors from all across the country making this great day to shop for your wedding day.

Available for individual bridal consultations during the Vivah Wedding Expo in Santa Clara, Invitations by Ajalon will be displaying an abundant range of new Indian wedding invitation designs. We will be offering our amazing September special: 100 Indian letterpress wedding invitations and RSVP postcards. Also, come and see our new Spring 2011 Hindu and custom Indian letterpress wedding invitation designs.

The 2010 Vivah Indian Wedding and Lifestyle Expo Asiana will be happening for one day only in Santa Clara. It is already attracting Indian brides from the Bay Area and around the world. If you are an Indian bride looking for that perfect wedding planning event to attend, then mark your calendars for September 26^th from 11-5pm.

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Stop by the City Club of San Francisco on June 8 to check out Invitations by Ajalon’s beautiful letterpress wedding invitations and a variety of other excellent vendors.

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I just recently purchased a new iPhone. For four years I proudly sported that old Nokia brick phone that everyone seemed to have at one point. But needless to say it was certainly time to try something new. A couple of my friends had told me about the awesome applications that are available, but until I actually explored Apple’s “App Store” I really had no idea how many were out there. Not that I believe everything that I hear, but when their advertisements say “if you want to do X, there’s an app for that” I am pretty sure they are not lying.

After wasting about two hours the first day surfing through the ‘apps,’ I stumbled across this free one under the “Utilities” section. It is called Wedding Wire. For anyone who is planning a wedding, I suggest it become your new best friend. This application has all the information needed to plan a wedding from Bands to Videography.

When you start the application it locates your geographic position and compiles lists of vendors in your area for any part of the planning process you decide to click on. Then it provides a detailed directory for each vendor, including their name, website and phone number.

Unfortunately this mobile service seems to only be available for the iPhone and iPod touch currently. Though, the fact that it is free, easy to use and accessible anywhere you have service make it great for those fortunate enough to have one of these awesome pieces of technology.

Good luck, and don’t let the abundance of information distract you from what really matters — planning your wedding!

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Brides to be, I understand your lives are busy. Whether your wedding is 5 days or 5 months away, it is important to manage your time wisely to prevent stress and anxiety that typically surrounds the wedding planning process.

As you may or may not have already discovered, there are several easy steps that any bride can take to ease their wedding planning worries.

My first suggestion would be to enlist the help of your closest friends, relatives and family members that are willing or have the time to help. Working with people whose company you enjoy, and whose ideas and suggestions you can trust, makes the task seem less daunting.

The second, less obvious recommendation involves the vendors you will be working with. While costs, convenience and availability typically dictate wedding planning decisions, don’t forget about the importance of quality professionals in the field.

At one of my cousin’s engagement parties a few years ago, she hired a less expensive, semi-pro photographer that unfortunately exemplified the term “semi.” While the photographer had an expensive, professional quality camera, she did not know how to use the settings properly and many of the most important pictures came out fuzzy. Luckily this did not happen at the wedding, but that experience made me realize that when it comes to your wedding, lower costs should not always be the deciding factor. You only have one chance to say “I do” and you cannot pose twice for that epic entire family dance floor experience.

To have fun, get the job done right the first time, and make the process as easy as possible, it is always wise to work with professionals. As Sindhu recently commented after receiving her completed invitation set, “Trish has been the most pleasant individual I have had to work with during this entire wedding planning process. There is no way I would have done it any other way.”

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Working with internet-only invitation printers may be slightly cheaper, but the quality, value and service that professionally trained and experienced individuals brings to your wedding invitation is priceless.

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Most couples overlook the fact that there are many different ways to write their wedding invitations. Depending on the type of wedding they are planning, the venue or location of the actual ceremony, the wording and etiquette surrounding this subject is very important.

The first thing to know about wording your wedding invitation is remember whatever style or source of information you use to write your invitation, be sure to follow that same pattern throughout your entire set. Gathering ideas from different websites or invitation designs can be useful, but remember when you are writing, stick to the same format.

If you are getting married at a church then there is a certain level of formality that needs to be maintained. Each specific religious institution may have certain codes they follow, so be sure to respect their structure. Parent sponsored weddings typically have invitations that begin with “Mr and Mrs. John Baker request the honour of your presence…” while more independent couples whose parents may not be as intimately involved in the wedding process can simply begin with “ You are invited to attend the wedding of…”

For those getting married in a home or outdoors, the formal expressions and language can be lowered slightly. It is perfectly acceptable to use the phrase “request the pleasure of your company” instead of the rigid style reserved for very formal occasions.

If your wedding ceremony and celebration are going to have a specific theme, or stray from the ordinary format, your invitation can be used to communicate this.

Something to keep in mind that can easily be overlooked, is avoiding mistakes in pronoun usage throughout the invitation set. A common problem is to start a sentence with “We invite you to our wedding…” and later continue with “Their celebration will be held at…”

While it is very important to maintain a similar flow throughout the invitation, wedding invitations have many different styles, conventions, and levels of formality. It is your wedding, so as long as the information makes sense, and follows at least a similar pattern, then go with it.

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I was at a wedding recently which was attended by 240 people. The reception hall was large and beautiful, and the music lasted all night. There were so many faces that looked completely unfamiliar and I could not stop thinking, “Do all these people really know the bride and groom?”

The first thing to do when planning your wedding guest list is to decide what venue you want and base your guest list on their capacity.

If space and expense is not an issue, then invite as many people as you like. However, for most of us who are trying to stay on a budget, here are a few pointers on how and who to eliminate from your wedding guest list:

• Divide the total number of guests in half, so that both the bride and groom get an equal number of family members and friends. This way, neither side feels like they are being cheated.
• If you do not want young children to attend, make this VERY clear in the invitation. More about how to do that in another post.
• Single friends who are not in a serious relationship should not be granted the “plus one” status.
• Even though your parents may be helping you pay for your wedding, that does not mean they should be allowed to dictate the guest list. Do not get pressured into inviting all your parent’s friends just to please them.
• Just because some distant cousin or relative invited you to their wedding does not mean you have to return the favor. If you do not want them at your wedding, do not feel obligated to invite them.
• Not everyone will be able to attend the ceremony. Relatives and friends that live in different countries or states may not be able to come, so have a couple backups just in case.
• My general rule of thumb is, if you haven’t talked to an acquaintance in the last year or they have never met your spouse to be, then you may not want to invite them to your wedding.

Remember above all that this day is a celebration of YOUR love and commitment. Surround yourself by those you care about the most, and fill in the rest as you see fit.

Creating a guest list without offending your parents, extended family, friends or others is not an easy process. Good luck and proceed with caution.

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