Two tiny news members of the team!
Hi everyone
Apologies for the lack of posts recently…….last Wednesday our little ones decided to make a surprise appearance 3 months early so we’re being kept very busy in hospital in between designing all of our customers’ invitations. We will be back online shortly but in the meantime, here’s a pic of the two gorgeous reasons for my absence….
twin blessing.
Hi everyone,
I’ve realised that I’ve been very slack in updating the blog lately so thought I had better offer an explanation! My brain (and body) have been a little bit pre-occupied with some amazing news…Briz and I are going to be parents to twins!
Now the initial tiredness (and shock!) is over, I’m back in the game and will update again more regularly.
For anyone who’s interested – here are a couple of piccies of the bump and our latest scans! Oh how i love them already!!!
Love Saz xxx
Beach theme wedding invitation
Here’s a sneaky peak at our latest bespoke invitation for Lucy and James…..they wanted to reflect the laid back ambience of their beach themed wedding as they both windsurf and love the outdoors and are arriving at their wedding by boat! We’ve used inspiration from the beach huts where they met and the seaside town in which they live and where they are getting married to create a unique illustration that captures the spirit of the occasion to come. We’ve also incorporated cute little details making the invitation like a postcard including a personalised postage stamp to reflect their love of travelling all over the world. What’s more – we’ve produced this design so that our bride and groom to be can print the invitations themselves.
Wow – what a few weeks it has been. We’ve been rushed off our feet but now things have settled down, thought I would share with you the development of our latest invitation for a gorgeous civil partnership taking place this summer. Peter and Philip wanted something classic, simple and stylish to reflect the venue they have chosen (Home House) and wanted to include a bespoke monogram of their first initials. We looked at various different ways of interlocking two ‘Ps’ as shown here and we’re all so happy with the finished product. The silver on white looks simply stunning! We’re working away on matching collateral for the day including maps and menu cards and will post the full set when finished.
Deep red wedding dress for winter wedding
My gorgeous friend Emily from Chewbz has just sent me some stunning photographs of her deep red wedding dress from her New Year’s Eve wedding so thought I would share my favourite……she looks incredible and so perfect for a winter ceremony….congratulations Emily and Dom and thanks for letting us share. If you wore a coloured gown or plan to wear one drop me a line…..love to see those who dare to be a bit different.
xxx
My new favourite site
My new favourite blog is Rock N Roll Bride. This site is a must for anyone who wants to ensure their wedding stands out from the norm and reflects their own style and personality! It’s truly inspirational and I wish I had found it when planning our wedding as it would have given me the encouragement to take my more colourful and alternative wedding ideas even further. Everything about this site is Rock n Roll and i love it!
There are many reasons why you may wish to choose a more contemporary style of wording for your wedding invitations. You may want to incorporate words of a song or poem or it may be that you want to express a style and theme or use more casual wording for a more informal gathering. When designing your invitations, you can provide the wording that you like, or we can work with you to create a style that suits you (I’m a writer by trade so really enjoy crafting something new and bespoke to our couples).
Briz and I incorporated lyrics from our favourite song (And I love Her by The Beatles). Not only did it reflect our love of the 60s and The Beatles as well as our relationship, but it also beautifully captured that our ceremony was going to be in the evening…..ahhh the memories!).
Below are a few examples that we like for inspiration and suggestions for how to lay out the invitations and what information to include. Simple, short and sweet always works best in our opinion.
Other things to consider:
Rather than stating the obvious “reception to follow,” you might opt for something like: “Food and festivities to follow”, “followed by dinner and dancing” or “and afterwards for fun, food and drinks”.
Consider other wording for reply cards that will suit your style of invitation: perhaps you ask your guests to “accept with pleasure” or “decline with regret”. Or, they might have the option of checking “we’ll be there to with bells on” or “we are sorry that we can only be there in spirit.”
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Two friends, united forever in love.
It is with great happiness
that Bride’s name and Groom’s name
invite you to join them in celebration
as they exchange marriage vows
on date,
at venue,
at time
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Bride’s name & Groom’s name
Together with our parents,
we invite you to share our joy
as we exchange our wedding vows
on date,
at venue,
at time
———-
Bride’s name & Groom’s name
are pleased to invite you to witness their union
as they start their new life together
on date,
at venue,
at time
———-
Bride’s name & Groom’s name are getting married
on date,
at venue,
at time
They would love you to come along
and share their big day
———-
We, Bride’s name & Groom’s name
ask you to join us for an intimate ceremony
to celebrate our love
on date,
at venue,
at time
———-
Mr & Mrs. Bride’s parents name
invite you to share in the joy
of the marriage uniting their daughter
Bride’s name to
Groom’s name
on date,
at venue,
at time
It might sound like a silly question, but deciding what information to include on your wedding invitations and how to word them is a bit of a mine field! There are endless possibilities and they depend on who is hosting your wedding as well as the style of your big day and your personalities. So I’ve picked some of the most popular traditional/more formal wording layouts based on who is hosting your wedding and shown how to lay them out below. (I’ve been promising to do this for ages, but the launch of our gorgeous invitations site www.flatfiveinvitations.co.uk kept me away from blogging for a while!) Of course every wedding is different, so we work with our couples to tailor the wording to suit their style and circumstances but this will give you a good basis from which to personalise your stationery. I will post some more contemporary wording styles that you might like on a separate post. Hope you find this helpful.
Love Saz x
Formal/Traditional wedding invitation wording
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Hosts: Bride’s Parents
Mr and Mrs (Bride’s Parents’ Surname)
request the pleasure of your company
at the marriage of their daughter (Bride’s Name)
to Mr (Groom’s full Name)
at (Ceremony Details/address)
on (Day, Date, Month, Year)
at (Time)
and afterwards at (Reception Details)
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Hosts: Both sets of Parents
Mr and Mrs (Bride’s Parents’ Surname)
request the pleasure of your company
at the marriage of their daughter (Bride’s Name)
to Mr (Groom’s full name) son of Mr & Mrs (Groom’s Parents’ surname)
at (Ceremony Details)
on (Day, Date, Month, Year)
at (Time)
and afterwards at (Reception Details)
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Hosts: Bride and Groom and parents
Together with their parents /families
(Bride’s full name) and (Groom’s full name)
request the pleasure of your company
at their wedding
on (Day, Date, Month, Year)
at (Ceremony Details)
at (Time)
and afterwards at (Reception Details)
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Hosts: Bride and Groom
(Bride’s Name) and (Groom’s Name)
request the pleasure of your company
at their wedding
on (Day, Date, Month, Year)
at (Ceremony Details)
at (Time)
and afterwards at (Reception Details)
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Hosts: Groom’s Parents
Mr and Mrs (Groom’s Parents Name)
request the pleasure of your company
at the marriage of (Bride’s Name)
to their son (Groom’s Name)
at (Ceremony Details)
on (Day, Date, Month, Year)
at (Time)
and afterwards at (Reception Details)
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Hosts: Bride’s Parents (Divorced)
(Bride’s Mother’s Name) & (Bride’s Father’s Name) request the pleasure of your company
at the marriage of their daughter (Bride’s Name)
to Mr (Groom’s Name)
at (Ceremony Details)
on (Day, Date, Month, Year)
at (Time)
and afterwards at (Reception Details)
Wow! just seen these in the Daily Mail You magazine. Beautiful bridesmaid dresses that come in different lengths and can be tied, knotted and folded to create different styles for your maids but allowing them all to wear the same dress! So if somebody wants strapless, but somebody else prefers halterneck or sleeves you don’t have to go on an endless search for something in the same colour! What’s even better is that they are one size fits all so no need for lots of fittings or diets before the big day saving you valuable time and oodles of stress! I wish i had seen them for our wedding – would have been incredible! Genius! visit http://www.twobirdsbridesmaid.co.uk/ (plus they come in loads of different colours so sure to be something to suit everyone).
I am actually considering buying one to wear as a guest to my brother in law’s wedding this summer, as think of the uses I can get out of it afterwards!
Our latest bespoke invitations for our gorgeous purple themed wedding have arrived and have been packaged up for the bride and groom! They are a delicious dairy milk purple and feature a hand illustrated design of the bride’s bouquet flowers – aliums! Hope they love them as much as we do! What a nice way to finish the week.
The bride is trying to match the colour of these for her bridesmaid dresses….any recommendations welcome? xxx
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