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.

Chic Black Wedding Invitations with Real Silver Skeletonized Leaf

Onyx Black Wedding Invitations with Silver Skeleton Leaf 98¢

The latest issue of Bride’s magazine featured the hottest color trends, including black paired with silver. We used this palette to create these gorgeous black wedding invitations using the Onyx heavyweight card embellished with a delicate unryu sash and silver skeletonized leaf. Perfect for a chic fall wedding and for your wallet at only 98¢ each, including envelope from Formal-Invitations.com

Vintage Lily of the Valley Wedding Invitations with Tourmaline Crystal Brad

Onyx Black Wedding Invitations with Green Tourmaline Crystal Brad 62¢

We loved the dreamy, romantic wedding reenacted in Vogue magazine this month…the bride carried a beautiful lily-of-the-valley bouquet, which would make an elegant wedding motif for spring and summer weddings. These gorgeous black wedding invitations were created using the heavyweight Onyx card and printable overlay fastened with a sparkling Peridot yellow-green crystal brad. The overlay was printed with vintage clip art from Formal-Invitations.com ($14 for the book and cd of scanned images), which could also be printed on labels for favors, program, thank-you notes, menu and place cards creating a cohesive look. The invitation, also from Formal-Invitations.com, was  a bargain at an amazing 62¢ each, including envelope.

Rich Black Onyx Wedding Invitations with Gorgeous Blue, Green and Gold Wave Sash

Black wedding invitations with Wave fine paper sash

This gorgeous new Wave sash from Formal-Invitations.com is soft, crinkled, textured paper, hand marbled in blue, teal, gold and black and works well wrapped around the metallic Gold, Forest, Navy, Chocolate, Tahiti Blue, Kiwi, or Lemon background cards. We used the black Onyx background card to create these unique black and teal wedding invitations for only 94¢ each from Formal-Invitations.com, including envelope. The Onyx background card, white overlay and envelope are also make with 100% post consumer fibers, making it a smart, earth-friendly choice.

Spring Wedding Invitations with Robin’s Egg Sash

Black wedding invitations with Robin's Egg sash

These gorgeous spring wedding invitations feature a sophisticated palette of rich black Onyx , crisp white and a beautiful soft green-blue with gold highlights. The heavyweight background card and overlay were wrapped with the Robin’s Egg sash, printed with a gorgeous design in metallic gold ink. Though rich on style, the price was only 94¢ each, with envelope from Formal-Invitations.com. As a bonus the cards and envelope are made from 100% post consumer fibers for a truly earth friendly invitations.

Sophisticated Tartan Plaid Wedding Invitations

Black wedding invitations with blue tartan plaid belt

We are still seeing lots of plaid in all the fashion magazines …it’s a definite “do”, according to Glamour magazine. We created a sophisticated plaid wedding invitations using the rich black Onyx background card and white overlay belted with a tartan blue plaid fabric belt. This invitation would be a great fall or winter invitation and the price is a cool 98¢ each, including envelope from Formal-Invitations.com. The eco-papers are also made from 100% post consumer fibers …another definite “do”.

Sparkling Emerald Wedding Invitations

Emerald green is the hot new color and we have incorporated a sparkling jewel brad from Formal-Invitations.com creating luxurious emerald wedding invitations. The overlay was printed with a vintage medallion clip art image and fastened with the emerald brad to a rich Onyx black background card. An expensive look for a cheap 94¢ each, including envelope …the papers and envelope are also made from 100% post consumer fibers for a truly green invitations. The satin green brocade cinch pouches shown, from JewelrySupply.com, would be the perfect favor for your elegant event, filled with decadent chocolates.

Daisy Inspired Wedding Invitations

We loved the bold yellow and crisp white of the daisy-shaped white matsumoto aster from Fiftyflowers. We used this color theme and created black wedding invitations wrapped with a bright yellow grosgrain belt and brass buckle for a modern twist. Invitation supplies were only 99¢ each, including envelope from Formal-Invitations.com.

Sophisticated Black and Cream Wedding Invitations

Bride’s magazine put together a subtle and sophisticated palette of dark cream and rich black. Inspired by this scheme, we created black wedding invitations with our Onyx background card and white overlay wrapped in our Mist sash. The gorgeous paper sash made from made from a banana-based, semi-translucent crisp paper which contains subtle fiber inclusions, screen-printed in metallic silver ink with a floral design. Extremely easy to make, easy on your budget at only 94¢ each, with envelope. …and easy on the earth, as the background card, overlay and envelopes are made from 100% post consumer fibers!

A Modern Winter Wedding Color Palette

For a bold, yet sophisticated color palette for winter weddings, we love black and white with a splash of red. Setting the tone with the wedding invitations, we used our Onyx black background card and crisp white overlay and wrapped in a luxurious red velvet belt, and embellished with a solid brass buckle. Including envelope these gorgeous invitations are only $1.22 each. Beau-coup.com offers elegant favor boxes that would fit in perfectly using this modern palette.

Gold and Black Wedding Invitation Inspiration

As shown in Instyle Magazine, the combination of gold and black is a hot new trend. This trend fits in perfectly with our Onyx black wedding invitations with French belt. The jacquard belt is made from embroidered gold metallic threads on a rich black fabric base, the design also reversible when flipped over for a more subtle look. Even though this invitation looks expensive, it is only 99¢ each, including envelope.

Trendy Black and White for Spring Weddings

In New York Magazine’s 100 Most Fabulous Looks we are seeing lots of black and white with simple silhouettes. Based on this trend, we put together a collection of affordable black and white wedding invitations for stylish up-to-the-minute designs. Shown starting from the left, the Onyx black with an easy peel-and-stick faux wax seal that looks like the real thing, but is much easier to apply and more durable for only 99¢ each with envelope. Next, the Onyx is paired with a simple Pearl jewel brad for an incredible 62¢ each with envelope. We used the Diamond jewel brad with our Snow card, which is recycled cotton embedded with silky fibers for just 94¢ with envelope. On the right is Onyx with our new Silver Jacquard embroidered belt (99¢ including envelope) and a silver Glitter Sash (94¢ each with envelope). Our black and white collection is also extremely green as all background cards, overlay and envelopes are tree-free made from recycled cotton or 100% post consumer fibers.

Black and Red Wedding Invitation Beauty

We like the makeup trend shown in Glamour’s October issue of a using neutral palette with one striking color. Our onyx black wedding invitations takes the same approach with a rich black and white invitation wrapped in a lush scarlet red sash with tiny gold beads. Pure drama for only 94¢ each!

Lace for your Wedding Invitations

Highlighting up-to-the-minute fashion, Instyle Magazine featured elegant, ruffled tops paired with simple black skirts creating a feminine, yet modern look. To create wedding invitations with the same feel, we paired our Onyx black card with white overlay and wrapped it with a delicate lace belt. Easy to make and easy on you wallet, these fashionable DIY invitations are only 99¢ each, including envelope.