Beautiful Lavender Wedding Invitations with Polka Dot Wrap $1.30

Lavender Wedding Invitations with Polka Dot Grosgrain Wrap $1.30

Purple hues are taking center stage, according to Instyle magazine and we love the fresh lilac look, perfect for a springtime wedding. These beautiful purple wedding invitations highlight a heavyweight Lavender card made from recycled cotton and embedded with silky fibers and white overlay wrapped with a  polka dot grosgrain wrap. These affordable announcements from Formal-Invitations.com are a great value at $1.30, including envelope.

Gorgeous Winter Wedding Invitations with Snowflake Brad and Satin Bow $1.10

Silk wedding invitations with Snowflake Brad and Satin Bow $1.10

These gorgeous winter wedding invitations feature a heavyweight cotton card embedded with silky fibers layered with translucent vellum and adorned with a silver snowflake brad and satin bow. Perfect for a holiday or winter special event, these dimensional invitations from Formal-Invitations.com will stand out from the typical flat card. They are also perfect for your wallet at only $1.10 each, including envelope …and for the earth, as they are made from 100% recycled cotton.

Add a touch of winter magic to your wedding or party with silver wire snowflake place card holders from MyWeddingReceptionIdeas.com. These snowflake wedding favors will do double-duty at your wedding reception or party as place card holders and a keepsake favor to take home to hold photos, or notes every winter holiday season.

Delicious Dark and Milk Chocolate Brown Wedding Invitations

These decadent custom printed wedding invitations were inspired by the rich colors from from Godiva’s fine chocolates. We selected the classic diamond pattern from Formal-Invitations.com’s vintage artwork collection, printed in dark and milk chocolate brown, with mahogany brown text over a creamy inset. The sophisticated invitations created a rich look for less at only $1.99 to $2.99 each, depending on quantity, with printed envelope from Formal-Invitations.com. The announcements were also earth-friendly, using high quality, heavyweight 100% post consumer papers.

Pretty Willow Green Wedding Invitations with Silk Calla Lily Flower 98¢

Willow Green Wedding Invitations with Silk Calla Lily Flower 98¢

The calla lily has a beautiful elegance that is symbolic of purity. To use this popular wedding flower in our invitations, we created these pretty silk flower wedding invitations using the heavyweight Willow background card, translucent vellum with a miniature calla lily silk flower. The Willow card is made from recycled cotton and is embedded with silky fibers, making it a truly green, smart choice with a luxurious feel. These unique invitations look costly, but were a great value for  only 98¢ each, with envelope from Formal-Invitations.com.

Carry your calla lily theme into your reception favors with these single flower stem candle favors from MyWeddingReceptionIdeas.com. Set one atop each place setting for an elegant and unique twist. Each candle is presented in a clear plastic gift box and tied with a white organza ribbon.

Natural Cotton Wedding Invitations with Leaf Imprint 86¢

Leaf Imprint Wedding Invitations with Silver MIni Brad 86¢

For the natural bride, who appreciates unique products made from recycled materials, these gorgeous tree-free wedding invitations were created using the heavyweight Leaf Imprint background card, made from 100% recycled white rags, imprinted using marigosa tree twigs and leaves which were placed between two sheets, then passed through a pressing machine. The pressure on the sheets crushes the leaves, which are then removed, revealing a beautiful imprint. This process requires no chemicals of any kind and the imprint is the color extract of the leaves themselves …natural color in its purest form. A translucent vellum overlay was printed with vintage clip art of two birds ($14 for book and cd of 1268 images from Formal-Invitation.com), and fastened with a mini silver brad to complete. The price for these gorgeous invites was a down-to-earth 86¢ each, with envelope, made from 100% post consumer fibers, also from Formal-Invitations.com. The leaf collection shown in the background was featured in Brides, and would make beautiful favors for a natural wedding theme.

Willow Green Ginkgo Wedding Invitations with Peridot Crystal Brad

Willow green wedding invitations with Peridot crystal brad

The beautiful ginkgo leaf is a symbol of long life, a perfect for symbol for weddings. We found these pretty favors from Beau-Coup.com that features these lovely leaves. The willow green wedding invitations were made using a heavyweight Willow card, made from recycled cotton and embedded with silky fibers, embellished with a sparkling Peridot crystal brad, adding a modern touch. The overlay was printed with vintage Japanese clip art, available from Formal-Invitations.com for $14 with 453 other images on cd and in book form. The invitations, also available from Formal-Invitations.com were an amazing 90¢ each, with envelope made from 100% post consumer fibers, making it a smart, affordable choice.

Divine Petal Paper Wedding Invitations with Tsavorite Green Crystal Brad

Bouquet petal paper wedding invitations with Tsavorite green crystal brad 94¢

These gorgeous petal paper wedding invitations were inspired by a butterfly garden. Handmade recycled cotton cards are embedded with cornflower, marigold plus pink and purple aster petals with bits of grass …all favorites of butterflys! We added a modern touch with the sparkling Tsavorite green crystal brad, used to attach the translucent vellum overlay. Though they look expensive, the invitations, with envelope were only 94¢ each from Formal-Invitations.com

Beautiful Bluebell Wedding Invitations with Real Flower Petals

Tree-free bluebell petal wedding invitations with sheer ribbon

The pretty wedding invitation made with a heavyweight tree-free recycled cotton card embedded with bluish-purple petals and bit of grass. A translucent vellum overlay is fastened with a sheer chiffon ribbon, for a sweet romantic look. Completed with a sage green envelope, made from 100% post consumer fibers, these gorgeous petal paper wedding invitations were only 98¢ each from Formal-Invitations.com. The field of cornflowers shown in the background is from Allposters.com and makes us dream about a warm summer day (it’s January in full force, here in Chicago).

Gorgeous Garden Wedding Invitations with Real Flower Petals

Garden wedding invitations with real flower petals and sheer ribbon

A garden wedding is simply enchanting and as Bride’s magazine shows, little formal touches can make a stunning impact. These garden petal paper wedding invitations were created using a heavyweight, tree-free card made from recycled cotton and embedded with rose, marigold and cornflower petals plus bits of grass. A translucent vellum overlay was fastened with a sheer chiffon ribbon for a formal, yet romantic look. They look like they cost a fortune, but they were only 98¢ each, including a beautiful, complimentary sage green envelope made from 100% post consumer fibers from Formal-Invitations.com, supplier of premium earth-friendly invitation supplies.

Real Rose Petal Wedding Invitations

Wedding Invitations Embedded with Real Rose Petals

Roses represent love, peace, harmony and tranquility and are a perfect motif for your wedding. For pure romance, freeze dried flower petals are a great way to go for tossing and decorating, as they last for many months rather than just a few hours. They are also nonstaining and not slippery under normal conditions. Flyboy Naturals is an eco-friendly family business that provides over 105 colors to choose from. To start the romance with your invitations we created these rose petal wedding invitations, using a tree-free, heavyweight recycled cotton card embedded with real red rose petals and bits of grass. A translucent vellum overlay was attached using a sheer chiffon ribbon and finished with a sage green envelope made from 100% post-consumer fiber. These eco-chic invitations were an amazing 98¢ each from Formal-Invitations.com, including envelope.

Choice Lavender Wedding Invitations

Lavender wedding invitations with Amethyst jewel brad

The Enterprising Kitchen (TEK), a nonprofit social enterprise, provides workforce development and support services to women who are working toward self-sufficiency and economic independence. Their spa products consist of exclusive recipes created to provide a soothing, naturally cleansing and relaxing feeling for your body and your soul, using only the finest ingredients and purest essential oils to ensure the best experience and value. All products are manufactured in small batches on-site at the Chicago facility and each product includes the mission statement on its label and is signed by the woman who packages it. We love the Lavender Choices line, they would make great wedding favors or bridal party gifts. Another great choice would be these lavender wedding invitations, we used the Lavender heavyweight recycled cotton background card and translucent vellum, fastened together using an Amethyst jewel brad for a modern look. The price was only 94¢ each, including envelope made from 100% post consumer fibers from Formal-Invitation.com, a small family owned company offering earth-friendly invitations.

Butterfly Invitations for a Garden Wedding

Garden butterfly wedding invitations

The butterfly is a symbol of hope, beauty, and new life …a perfect motif for a garden wedding. We created  beautiful petal paper wedding invitations that reflect this theme using a keepsake butterfly charm. The heavyweight recycled cotton paper is tree-free and embedded with real flower petals and bits of grass which are revealed under thte translucent vellum overlay, fastened together with a solid brass butterfly charm, charm hanger and white mini brad. The quality papers is high, though the price is a low $1.10 each including a sage green envelope made using 100% post consumer fibers from Formal-Invitations.com. Lovely organic cookies from BeautifulSweets.com, would also make beautiful decorative favors and contain the finest ingredients from small family farms. Another plus is their, eco-friendly recyclable gift packaging is also made from post-consumer recycled boxes and organic cotton ribbon.

Wedding Invitations for Free Spirits

Modern Bride magazine featured an article profiling three bride types created by Simon Doonan, creative director of Barney’s New York. We were inspired by his “gypsy bride” and created a tree-free wedding invitations made from recycled cotton rags embedded with real bits of grass. The printed translucent overlay was fastened with a solid brass sunflower charm, using our charm hangers and mini brad creating a simple, unique and earth friendly invitation for only $1.10 each including a sage green envelope made from 100% post consumer fibers.

Brilliant Ideas for your Wedding Invitations

We found this gorgeous ring at BrilliantEarth.com, which offers conflict free fine jewelry from ethical sources. Beautiful and earth-friendly, which of course we love. Our own leaf imprint wedding invitations are tree-free, made from recycled cotton rags. The leaf imprint is created using marigosa tree twigs and leaves which are placed between two sheets, then passed through a pressing machine. The pressure on the sheets crushes the leaves, which are then removed, reavealing a uniquely beautiful imprint, no two are alike. This process requires no chemicals of any kind and the imprint is the color extract of the leaves themselves …natural color in its purest form. We fastened the translucent printable overlay using a Tourmaline jewel brad for some sparkle, the completed invitation is available for only 94¢ including a sage green envelope made from 100% post consumer fibers.

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.