New Beautiful Brass Charms from Formal-Invitations.com

Pair of Leaves, Music Note, Cowboy Boot, Key and Flower Medallion Brass Charms

Check out the latest additions to the charm embellishments from http://www.formal-invitations.com. Create beautiful wedding invitations with charms, or adorn your place cards and wedding favors with these solid brass keepsake embellishments. Charms can be easily attached using a mini brad or metallic cord, also available from Formal-Invitations.com, using their simple instructions how to make diy wedding invitations …easy even for the craft-challenged! Select from over fifty designs, all made from solid brass in the USA, prices range from 24-28¢ each.

New Purple Embossed Paper Flowers for Wedding Invitations and More

As featured in the previous post, these new Purple embossed paper flowers from http://www.formal-invitations.com, can be used to embellish wedding invitations, place cards, wedding favors and more. The embossed flowers, also available in Orange, Pink, White and Yellow (32¢ each), are easily attached using a crystal brad (sold separately from Formal-Invitations.com) available in Amethyst, Aquamarine, Citrine, Diamond, Emerald, Mandarin, Pearl, Peridot, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Topaz, Tourmailine, Tsavorite and Zircon (16¢ each)

Add Sparkle to Wedding Invitations with New Glass Bead Embellishments

The new glass bead embellishments from Formal-Invitations create an ultra-luxe look for less. To make these unique wedding invitations with beads, they are strung on metallic gold or silver cord, then wrapped around the announcement. DIY kits are available for 98¢ each, which include heavyweight background card, printable overlay, metallic cord, glass beads, foam mailing protector and envelope from Formal-Invitations.com. You can also mix and match to create your own unique color combinations.

Glass Beads are packed in quantities of 150, enough for 25 invitations using five or six beads per announcement, and include (25) 1/8″ 4×6 white foam mailing protectors for $5 from Formal-Invitations.com. Select from Rainforest (pink, amber and green), Ice (silver, pearl and clear), Ocean (aqua, light green and dark green) or Earth (brown, black and amber).

Metallic cord in silver or gold is $6 per spool, which will provide (25) 88″ pieces… enough to wrap each invitation nine times for a stunning look.

New Glam Wedding Invitations with Beads from Formal-Invitations.com 98¢

These ultra-chic Tiffany blue wedding invitations feature the new metallic cord and glass bead embellishments from Formal-Invitations.com. The heavyweight Tiffany blue background card and white overlay were wrapped with a Silver metallic cord that was strung with the Ocean glass bead collection. The Ocean collection includes aqua blue, light green and dark green beads, and includes a 4×6 1/8″ thick foam insert for protection during mailing. Even though these glamorous invitations look like a million, they were only 98¢ each, including envelope from Formal-Invitations.com, best of all!

New Beautiful Lokta Ties and Wraps for Wedding Invitation Embellishments

New lokta cord from Formal-Invitations.com can be used as a short tie or wrap to embellish wedding invitations. …the ends can be unwound to reveal a beautiful leaf shape. Lokta is an native shrub in Nepal, harvested by cutting its stem, which regenerates in a few years. The inner bark of lotka is soaked, hammered into pulp then spread into thin sheets and dried by the sun.

Lokta twisted cord from Formal-Invitations.com contains 50% recycled lokta fibers, naturally colored using vegetables dyes in four shades: Birch white, Cypress green, Cedar brown and Juniper blue. Lokta for 5″ ties is 12¢ each and lokta for 22″ wraps are 48¢ each. Wedding invitation kits with lokta ties or wraps are 94¢ to $1.02 each and include heavyweight background card, overlay, lokta and envelope also from Formal-Invitations.com.

New Copper Dragonfly Brad Embellishment $3/25

Decorative brads can be used to adorn invitations, place cards, menu cards, programs, favors and more. This copper dragonfly decorative brad paper fastener (5/8″ x 1/2″) from Formal-Invitations.com would be perfect for a garden-themed wedding or event. These dragonfly metal brads are also a great deal at only $3 for 25, a small price for a big impact.

Sparking Crystal Jewel Brad Embellishments 16¢

Crystal Jewel Brads from Formal-Invitations.com 16¢

These beautiful rings from Lorenzo feature  the liveliest, brightest and most beautiful natural stones from around the world. Get the same effect with crystal jewel brads from Formal-Invitations.com as an affordable way to add a little sparkle to your wedding invitations, favors or place cards. The jeweled paper fasteners are easy to attach and come in fifteen gorgeous colors. Choose from purple Amethyst, Aquamarine blue, pale orange Citrine, clear Diamond, Emerald green, Mandarin orange, Pearl, Peridot yellow-green, rose Quartz, Ruby red, Sapphire blue, brown pearl Topaz, leaf green Tourmaline, olive Tsavorite or pale blue Zircon. Brads are sold in sets of 25 for only $4 per pack or 16¢ each.

New Wedding Invitations Sashes from Formal-Invitations.com

Fine paper sashes are a great way to add color, texture and dimension to your invitations. Formal-Invitations.com has just added ten new wedding invitation sashes to their extensive collection, for creating fabulous invites (sashes are pre-cut and include a super-adhesive glue to dot to attach). Wedding invitations with sashes start with a heavyweight background card with a white overlay, which are wrapped with one of these exquisite embellishments for a unique, one-of-a-kind announcement. Best of all, even though they look expensive, sash invitations are an affordable 98¢ each, including envelope.

Affordable Way to Enhance your Wedding Invitations using Envelope Liners

Add a beautiful liner to your envelopes as an affordable way to enhance your wedding invitations. Envelope liners add weight and texture, making your announcement even more special. Add a sparkling gold or silver liner to enhance charm and metallic embellishments, a botanical green to compliment handmade petal papers or a luxe floral print with rich solids.

To further enhance invitations, envelopes should be hand-addressed with the guests’ names… it might be tempting to use generic computer labels or printing, but they can never match the beauty and care that has gone into hand-addressing the envelope. Wedding invitation wording guidelines also suggest that the street address, city, state are spelled out, without abbreviations.

The finished invitation should be brought to the post office to determine postage, then choose a beautiful stamp to complete. Following proper wedding invitation etiquette, combined with these elegant liners will make a big impact on the final product, with little cost.

Envelope liners from Formal-Invitations are pre-cut to fit in their envelopes and are available in metallic Sterling Silver (12¢ each), Midas Gold (12¢ each), Botanical Green with bits of leaf inclusions (32¢ each), Silver Floral block print on rich black (24¢ each), pearlescent gold swirls (16¢ each) and a hot pink, lime, orange and silver Fantasia floral (24¢ each). Use the coupon code 50PLINER1109 at checkout and take 50% off these gorgeous liners through November 30th, 2009 for even further savings.

Vintage Holiday Clip Art for Retro Holiday Invitations

Vintage Holiday Clip Art with CD $14

Add a festive touch to your holiday projects with vintage holiday clip art, this beautiful collection contains 556 retro designs and includes all images scanned on a cd.

Enjoy a wide assortment of holiday designs filled with charming nostalgic flair. Hundreds of vintage spot illustrations celebrate, Christmas, Halloween, New Year’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Easter, Fourth of July and President’s Day. Collected from rare publications of the 1920′s and 1930′s, this incomparable collection of royalty-free decorative cuts will beautifully enhance invitations, cards, favors, gift tags and more. The holiday clip art book with cd is available from Formal-Invitations.com ($14).

New York Fashion Weeks Color Trend for Spring – Black

Color trends for Spring 2010

New York Fashion Week’s hits also featured classic black in many collections for the upcoming spring season. Designs included bold modern graphics and romantic feminine details.

These gorgeous black and white sash embellishment for wedding invitations, made from 100% post consumer fibers, are perfect for adorning your spring wedding invitations, inspired by this current trend.  Wedding invitation with sashes are an affordable way to create invites that only look expensive, for only 90¢ each from Formal-Invitations.com, which includes solid color background card (choose from over 30 colors), white printable overlay, black and white sash plus envelope. The sashes are wrapped around the layered cards creating a luxurious texture. Choose from elegant Shigeri, modern Wave, Dandelion, Kochi or the traditional Damask patterns shown here.

New Modern Black and White Graphic Sashes for Wedding Invitations

Shigeri, Nami, Damask, Dandelion and Kochi Sashes for Wedding Invitations 40¢

Graphic black and white prints are a hot trend on the runway and these gorgeous new fine paper sashes for wedding invitations were inspired by the modern, bold fashions. These exclusive sashes by Formal-Invitations.com were printed with vintage artwork in rich black on a 100% post-consumer recycled fine paper with a subtle linen finish. Choose from five exquisite designs:

Shigeri (luxurance of foliage): pure elegance
Nami (wave): perfect for a beach wedding
Damask: a classic timeless pattern
Dandelion: inspired by nature
Kochi (east wind): for the modern bride

Sashes are used to embellish wedding invitations by wrapping around the card and overlay, for a dimensional, unique look. The black and white designs pair up beautifully with creamy neutrals, tropical brights or rich traditional colors. Best of all, they provide an luxurious feel at an affordable price of only 40¢ each. The completed invitation with solid background card, overlay, sash and envelope works out to just 86¢ each …a great value for invitations that only look expensive.

Elegant Envelope Labels/Seals for Wedding Invitations

Silver, Gold, Kraft and 100% Recycled White Envelope Labels 75¢-$1.50/sheet

Printing your return address on envelopes can be difficult to setup and feed, so we set out to find an easier and more elegant way of adding a return address. Using non-standard sized labels and adding vintage clip art gave us the look we wanted, and it also doubled as an envelope seal. Formal-Invitations.com offers unique 2.5″x1.5″ envelope labels in laser printer compatible silver and gold foil for $1.50 per sheet of 18, inkjet/laser compatible kraft brown ($1.25/18) and 100% recycled white (75¢/18) plus eight clip art books with cds  containing hundreds of elegant motifs to add to the envelope label, wedding invitations, favor, programs and throughout your wedding. The images shown in photo were from “1268 Old-Time Cuts and Ornaments” collection ($14 with book and scanned images on cd).

We highly recommend handwriting the addressee on the front of the envelope, instead of business-like (and cheap looking) standard or clear computer labels. Your wedding is a special event and personally taking the time to handwrite the addresses will convey this to your guests. Break up the task over a few days or enlist friends or family with nice handwriting to help out …it will be worth it! Also take a finished invitation sample to the post office to determine the correct postage and choose beautiful stamps.

New Fine Paper Sashes for Wedding Invitations

New fine paper sashes for wedding invitations

These new sash embellishments from Formal-Invitations.com are used to create unique sash wedding invitations by wrapping an exquisite fine paper band around a printed overlay card, layered on top of a heavyweight colored background card. Sashes are pre-cut and include a super adhesive glue dot to fasten for only $12 per pack of 25.

The beautiful Robin’s Egg sash, is hand screen-printed with a new hi-tech process combining pigment colors, metallic inks and foil.

Stunning textured Ginkgo sashes contain silk-screened fans in a frosted pearl-like metallic lavender wave throughout the paper, like windblown ginkgo leaves dangling from a tree. A raised, suede-like flocking outlines each fan in a rich, deep black.

Exotic Zebra sashes are made from a woodgrain pattern that takes on a zebra-like quality when presented in black and white. A subtle veined background of lighter greys add to the dimension of this paper.

Brilliant Jeweled Flowers for Wedding Invitations

Jeweled flower brads for wedding invitations

Instyle magazine featured up-to-the-minute luxury watches with eye-popping gems. We were inspired with the jeweled floral designs and used decorative jewel brads combined with embossed paper flowers as perfect accent for wedding invitations, wedding favors and place cards. The jewel brads, available in twelve colors (Amethyst, Aquamarine, Citrine, Diamond, Emerald, Pearl, Peridot, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Tourmaline and Zircon) are an affordable $4 per pack of 25 and the embossed petals are $6 per pack of 25 from Formal-Invitations.com. Brilliant!

Time for Gold Wedding Embellishments

Forget icy silver, it’s rich warm gold for the season as Instyle magazine featured. We think gold is the perfect accessory for your wedding and found these gorgeous bags starting at $5 per dozen and round ring boxes as low as 30¢ from JewerlySupply.com that would make elegant favors filled with wrapped gold premium chocolates.

You could also give your announcements the midas touch with our wedding invitations with charms. Our keepsake solid brass charms are made in the US and are easy to attach using our mini brads. We offer many designs to personalize your invitations and even though they look like they cost a fortune they are only $6-7 per pack of 25, plus mini brads (available in gold or white) are an additional $2 per 25.

Belted Velvet and Brass Charm Holiday Invitations

We added a new red velvet belt for the holidays and solid brass bell charm for the holidays. Create rich, unique holiday cards or wedding invitations that are easy on your budget. The Ivy green background card was wrapped with our new velvet belt and finished with a solid brass buckle for only 99¢ each with envelope. Our sparkling metallic Gold background looks exquisite with the new Bell charm, which is fastened with a brass mini brad. Easy, gorgeous and an affordable 86¢ each, with envelope!

Exclusive Charm Hangers

Our mini charms have been very popular item, as they are a great way to personalize your wedding invitations. A white wire was used to attach the charm, then a sheer ribbon bow tie was made to complete the look and hide the wire. These charm and bow invitations were not difficult to assemble, but took some time. We have been working on finding a better way to attach the mini charms for literally years and could not find a good solution. This year we have been working with a manufacturer in the US to make a cost-effective part for us that we could use to hang the charm and attach using a mini brad. After much trial and error, our exclusive “charm hanger” is now available. To keep costs down the hangers are shipped flat and need to be bent (we recommend bending them all at once with pliers). After that, it is simply punching a hole in the invitation, hanging the charm and slipping a mini brad through the charm hanger loop, and fasten…MUCH easier! We also switched to white satin pre-tied bows that we attach with our glue dots for further time savings. The brass mini charms are $6 (silver plated are $7) per pack of 25 and include our charm hangers. Our mini brads, available in white, silver or brass are sold separately for $2 per packs of 25.

New Charms Attaches using Brads

Charms are beautiful and unique embellishments for your wedding invitations, but they can take a little more time to assemble. We also wanted a larger charm that would look complete on it’s own, without using ribbon. After searching and testing designs, we finally found a source for larger charms with a loop that will fit our mini brads…problem solved! Just punch a hole, insert mini brad into loop and fasten. These exquisite charms are made from solid brass right here in the US and have amazing detail, they are definite keepsakes. Our charms are $7 per pack of 25, mini brads (available in white, gold or silver) are sold separately for $2 per pack of 25.

New Jewel Brads!

Our crystal brads just came in and we are very excited to offer them in many colors. We love jewel brads because they are so easy to use and really add some sparkle to your wedding invitations. Since they are so popular we were able to order in large quantities and passed the savings onto you, they are only $4 per pack of 25 and are available in Amethyst, Aquamarine, Citrine, Diamond, Emerald, Pearl, Peridot, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Tourmaline or Zircon. These would also work great for adding something extra to place cards.