Most people start on their wedding planning as soon as they get engaged and if you have just recently become engaged, then ‘Congratulations’ to you and your fiancé.  The essence of the initial stages of planning for the wedding involves figuring out a date, where some couple opt to send out Save the Date Cards, the venue and the guest list. Now, even for you to send out the Save the Date cards for the wedding, you should have a good idea on who you are going to invite, via wedding invitation, so that you don’t face any embarrassment later on when reviewing the guests you sent out your save the date cards and the list that you want to send out your wedding invitations to.

Regardless, some couples opt to not send out save the date cards, maybe due budget constraints, or purely to make their wedding invitations a hit, and one way that you can do so is with illustrated wedding invitations that are the talk of the industry. There are many reasons why you a couple would choose to go with illustrations for your wedding invitations, based on their inspiration or even because they just like the look of it all. If you are inspired by your venue, for example, if it’s at the beach, in your backyard or a garden or even at a hall, you can draw your inspiration from the details, from the seashells, to the flowers, to the birds and scenery and even design elements such as structures and so forth, to make your illustrated wedding invitations a true hit with the invitees.

Based on the inspirations and maybe even the theme of the wedding, you can plan out how the wedding invite masterpiece will come to be. You have several options, you can choose a professional invitations retailer, such as DreamDay Invitations and rifle through their collections to find the right one for you, or you could opt for the DIY wedding invitations route and have the illustrations either drawn separately and printed on or have them hand painted on each and every wedding invitation.  Whichever way you choose, you are assured of a wonderful result.

There are numerous ways in which the illustration can be done, either professionally or DIY, and those would involve the usual printing route to screen printing, and of course painting with watercolours or your choice of material. What you are striving for with these illustrated wedding invitations is creativity mingled with uniqueness, and I believe you’ve hit the mark.

The earth needs us for its survival and in its time of need we must look for ways in ensuring that we give back to the earth just like it’s given us so much. That’s why many of us are going green, planting more trees and also using recycled paper. That’s one great way of doing it.  With recycled paper, you are just reusing paper that has already been used and therefore, does not involve the cutting of any trees, and are called Post Consumer Waste (PCW). One great way of promoting this is by doing up your wedding invitations and stationery with such paper, making them eco-friendly wedding invitations.

Eco-friendly wedding invitations are wonderful ideas, and using them for your special day makes it even more special, because you are inviting nature to your wedding. By putting in some thought into your planning, on the happiest day of your life, you are appreciating the planet you are on and long for its future much like the union you are getting into. The great thing about these wedding invites is that they act likes normal wedding invitation paper.

With these types of invitations for your wedding, you can breathe easy and not worry about that you are actively pursuing the cutting down of trees. You will find yourself with the right design for you, because the design you choose has no restriction depending on the green paper you use. So, find the ideal style and wedding invite design for your beautiful and eco-friendly wedding invitations to come together.

With DreamDay Invitations you can do anything from the likes print to even colour inspired invites too. However, if you want to be more specific in terms of style and design, here is a list of themes you could opt for when deciding on your wedding invite design.

• Floral

Flowers are beautiful and have great meanings. Pick a flower or a floral accent that goes well with the vision you have and make it work.

• Beach

The beach is a great venue to host the reception and even the ceremony for the most important event of your lives. Be inspired by it and use various elements of the beach to bring your wedding invitation to life.

• Heart Theme

A heart as imagery is a great way of conveying your love for one another, and using it on your wedding invite would be ideal to represent your love.

• Garden

Garden themes are lovely, especially if the wedding venue is one too. Be inspired by what’s around you and infuse it into your design for your invite

• Christian

Be inspired by various Christian imagery to design your wedding  invite and make sure you pay respect and honour the venue that your ceremony will be held, by incorporating this into the design.

• Asian

This culturally inspired wedding theme may focus on colour more vibrantly than others, and will also use other themes such as garden to convey its message. You can opt to use red to signify this cultural element, or have it themed after gardens for a Japanese garden theme, focusing on various greens.

• Seasonal

To reflect the joys and the beauty of each season, you can arrive at a design that reflects it based on imagery and colours

Whatever your design or theme may be, your eco-friendly wedding invitation will look beautiful regardless of what the paper base is. Enjoy going green with style.

You know something that keeps coming back in style like a boomerang? Black and silver used in wedding elements all over the world, that’s what! But it’s not just Australia, you will find these colours everywhere from the decor of table arrangements and of course not forgetting an important factor in all weddings, yes; I am talking about wedding invitations.

The great thing about black and silver with wedding invitations is that the possibilities are endless. You can find invites of any shape and size, but with these two colour couplings, the way you bring together the final outlook in presentations is just marvelous.  You have design styles that sprout from the middle ages and even the Egyptian era of Cleopatra mingling with guests as they receive your wedding invite and find themselves in awe of the design. With the silver that will be coupled with black, you find yourself with that added ‘oomph’ that many people are looking for when they do not want to restrict  one of their important wedding elements from looking too simple. Silver allows you to have that shimmer, maybe via foil printing or glitter embossing if that is a possibility.

So what can you do when you choose black and silver for your wedding theme, and ultimately the important pieces of paper that represents your wedding (apart from the marriage certificate itself)? Well, there are so many ways in which that presentation can come together. It all depends on your choice of size. Do you want it to be square, rectangle, or maybe in a shape that is different from everything. Do you want folded, or pocket wedding invitations, which allows you to include your other wedding stationery that accompanies your invite in a neat and tidy manner. Do you have some inspiration for your theme, something that will help in ensuring your design comes together in a perfect flow? These are just some things that you need to think and consider when you are planning your wedding stationery. And once you do, it’s time to shop.

Shopping for black and silver wedding invitations can actually go down in a few ways. One way is to sift through some designs that are available, and if you are lucky you can even customise them to your liking and even start printing your guests name together with your order. The other way of going about it, is having professionals make it for you, to your liking in a perfectly orchestrated plan. Or you could make it yourself, adding your personal touch. Now that you’ve found yourself some insight into what you can do, you are set to start on your adventure for your wedding invitations. Good luck!

All Wedding Invitation designs have matching and co-ordinated accessories available to further enhance your theme, making Dreamday Invitations a one-stop online shop for all your Wedding Stationery needs.

Haven’t you heard? Marriages down under are on the rise! Yes, my friend that is true, more and more people are getting married with over a hundred thousand marriages occurring in the last year alone. Phew, that’s a hefty number, but nevertheless a great one, because this is what the world needs, happiness and unity and a marriage is just that, and much more.

One thing for sure, with every wedding comes the wedding planning and that constitutes many wedding elements that must be set in motion, one of which include wedding invitations and Australia brims with all these service providers, so don’t fret on your choices, because you’ve got many! When it comes to wedding invitations from Australia, you needn’t worry about the lack of designs because you will be thronged with possibilities in various colours, designs, embellishments and so on. What needs to be kept in mind that this great nation has much to offer in terms of inspiration and that’s what it’s all about! Drawing inspiration from everything truly lets your wedding invitations take wings by gracefully intertwining the traces of designs with things from everyday life. Be it a design taken from a nearby building or one of the city that has stood the test of time and lived to tell a tale, or the flora and foliage of the green lung of the city, drawing inspiration by including the homogeneous flowers  and much more, which we will get to later on.

With unique wedding invitations from Australia, you are sure to have them made to suit the styling and the norms that you are accustomed to and will reflect much of what is found in the Australian wedding market to date. If you want to go for something a bit more different, then don’t fret, because the whole point of relating it to the land is to add a few personalization here and there, making the wedding invitations truly yours. However, it’s best to keep in mind that there are more ways than being inspired by the flowers of the land, or the buildings of the surroundings, to add that uniqueness to your wedding invitations from Australia. What you’ll need to do is find that little inspiration from the odd nook and cranny and use it in the invites to blend together amicably. It could be really anything, the scenery, the fauna, and much more. Take a walk down the city and find out what truly strikes you inspiring.

Weddings are special to everyone involved, whether it’s the happy couple, their families and all their loved ones. Making all of them part of this blessed union is something they look forward to and to make that day come true, we must plan and take care of every detail. With wedding planning underway with that date set in mind, there are so many things to take care of, such as the decor and table arrangements, the attire and of course most importantly the guest list and wedding invitations.

With all the expenses that you need to take care with your wedding planning for the special day, there are some ways in which you can save, especially with budget wedding invitations. Whether its the concept you choose, and how you go about doing it and what you opt to go for and opt out of, with budget wedding invitations it is easier to plan your wedding when you know what you want for the wedding. If you want a wedding day that is simple yet delightful, then we can blend the same feeling into your DreamDay budget wedding invitations and still make it lovely.

Budget wedding Invitations Concepts

Now concept wise, there are various ways in which you can save with budget wedding invitations. Traditional wedding invites are usually folded, in either double fold, tri-fold or are not folded at all, in the form of postcard styled budget wedding invitations. These postcards styled wedding invites are quite affordable as they use a limited amount of paper while maximising the space available. There are some modern ways of announcing your invites that moves away from paper in itself, with various items such as bottles, boxes and such, but due to the inability to measure how much is spent on each item due it being different from traditional ways of saving, we shall not discuss them here. But talking about paper and how to maximise savings on them, one could opt to use various textures which would not compromise on the quality of your budget wedding invitations.

Designs on your budget wedding invitations

Once the concept has been finalised and you have made a considerable amount of savings with your budget wedding invitations, you can opt on various designs that can be printed on the paper you have chosen. Whether it is filigree, swirls, toile or even floral, take a pick and have it printed. However, if you want to make a saving, you may opt out of the likes of embossing or foil printing which will add to your costs.

DIY Budget wedding invitations

Another way of saving with your budget wedding invitations is by way of making your own wedding invites. With the necessities such as paper bought from invitations retailers, what you can do is use various and designs to make beautiful invites this saving considerably. To add that touch of “oomph” to your DIY budget wedding invitations, what you can do is request invitations retailers to add a few enhancements by way of embossing or even metallic and foil printing. A little touch of finesse to your DIY budget