Cinco de Mayo is here and we are ready to celebrate with a little POSTCARD Fiesta!
We love that everywhere we look, everything is green. It’s a sure sign that summer is almost here! We’re just one sombrero away from turning green ourselves! To celebrate May and the green in us all, we’re offering FREE postcard reply cards with any Signature Invitation order!
Save paper AND postage with this month! Be green with The “Green” Kangaroo!
Qualifying invitation orders placed between May 5 and May 31 are eligible to receive a free postcard reply card! Simply make your selection in the “Design Options” tab when you are customizing your order.
Hurry! This offer expires on May 31, 2010.
Promotion Exclusions
- Offer is not retroactive and is not applicable on orders placed before May 5, 2010 or after May 31, 2010 – no exceptions.
- Promotional postcard reply card will be printed on the same stock, in the same ink colors, and at the same time as the invitation. TGK will provide equal quantities of your invitations and your postcard reply card.
- Customer will receive a proof of their selected free postcard reply card with their invitation proofs.
- Not valid on Couture, Signature Raised, Signature Pocket or DIY Collections.
Elizabeth Baggett
May 4th, 2010
Last week we were honored with some lovely mentions on two wedding blogs!
Nearlyweds highlights our Modern Calla and Olivia designs, showing how they translate into lovely “Wed-sites.”
And Elegant Wedding & Events gives us a shout-out for launching our new recycled paper option (though we dare you to visit their site and not start dreaming about slipping away to the tropics … they specialize in island weddings at St. Bart’s and St. Thomas!)
We love the blog love!
One of our favorite “green wedding” trends is the smart idea of creating one-of-a-kind centerpieces out of several small potted plants that serve double-duty as favors for your wedding guests. We love the endless possibilities for customizing this trend to suit your individual wedding style! Here are some tips on working this idea to complement the tone of your wedding day.
1) Select a plant with meaning. “Floriography” is a time-honored tradition of associating flowers with nuanced meanings. When selecting the plants you’ll present to your guests, it can be fun to consider the message that flower will send.
A quick Internet search will turn up dozens of articles and “plant dictionaries” to help you decipher the language of flowers. Some appropriate wedding choices are the herb rosemary (for remembrance), pansies or violets (that tell friends they are in your thoughts), spearmint (for warm feelings), and bellflowers (for gratitude).
Use meaningful plants alone or in combinations to convey just the right tone. (Tip: Be sure to clue your guests in to the plants’ meanings! See #3 below…)
2) Perennials vs. Annuals. While any botanical gift can be considered “sustainable,” choosing a perennial plant (one that comes back year after year rather than dying after a single season) will truly give guests a memento to remember your wedding. Every time the plant blooms in the years to come, close friends will remember that flower in relationship to your blessed day.
3) Personalize it! Whether you select inexpensive, earthy terracotta pots or eclectic vintage tins to contain the floral gifts, add a personalized tag for a little pizzazz! Incorporate your new married monogram and the wedding date on one side. And don’t forget to provide guests with simple instructions for transplanting the favor at home.
In honor of Earth Day, The Green Kangaroo is announcing that ALL of our products are now available for printing on 100% recycled white paper! We’ve been searching for quite some time to find just the right recycled paper that meets our high quality standards while still offering a cost effective solution for our customers.
Now, we understand you may not get as excited about paper as we do! But we just have to tell you about this new design component that has everyone in the studio over the moon. This recycled paper is made from 100% post-consumer products, which means that every bit of the paper has been repurposed from a previously used paper source. In addition, it is ultra heavy weight which gives it a luxurious heft and substance appropriate for fine stationery. This means your designs will look amazing and utterly professional when printed on this paper!
We also love that, because of the nature of the recycling process, each sheet of paper has a hallmark “natural” appearance, where you can discern the teeniest flecks and slight imperfections. While all of the recycled papers are white, no sheet of paper is exactly the same as the next, so your guests will be able to tell that you selected an environmentally friendly product by the paper’s unique, slightly distressed look.
If you’re interested in seeing how your invitation will look on our new recycled paper, simply select that as an option when ordering your samples and we will send you the papers of your choice so you can touch, feel, and see the difference.
Happy Earth Day!
One of our favorite harbingers of Spring is when the trees suddenly sport their bitty, bright, lime green buds. This nearly yellow green soon gives way to ever deepening shades of kelly, shamrock, and moss. As you may have guessed, here at The Green Kangaroo, we can wax poetic about shades of green for days! And weddings that incorporate green, whether with the barest hints of color or in bold pops of brightness, embrace the season’s freshness in an impactful, visual way.
Check out our latest inspiration board with a few fabulous ideas for greening up your wedding day.
Clockwise, from top: wedding cake with lime green hydrangeas, Garrison Designs; floral pattern favor boxes, Little Things Favors; The Green Kangaroo’s Cari wedding invitation with modern paisley motif in lime and caribbean blue ink; green empire waist dress from Jenny Yoo (photo courtesy of Martha Stewart Weddings ); handmade mossy ring pillow, Martha Stewart Weddings; pink and green bouquets, Fresh Affairs; green strapless dress from After Six (photo courtesy of Martha Stewart Weddings ).
Ahhh – there’s so much to look forward to in the new year! To provide some inspiration for this year’s weddings, we wanted to share this list that’s been circulating the Internet of the Top 10 Wedding Trends for 2010! (View the full article here on North Carolina wedding planner Erin McLean’s blog.) We’ll be blogging about some of these trends–and a few others!–in the coming weeks. Let us know what trends you’re seeing as you plan your wedding!
1. Focusing on Basics
2. Home / Backyard Weddings
3. Buttercream for Icing (yum!)
4. Personalized Wedding Favors
5. Local Wedding Destinations
6. Color!
7. Eco-Friendly Weddings
8. Video & Digital New-Age Ideas
9. HD Video
10. “Fusion” of Still and Video Photography
It’s March Madness at The Green Kangaroo! With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, and the promise of Spring in the air, TGK is ready to celebrate!!
In the true spirit of fun and luck, we are honoring all things GREEN during the month of March!
Our community is very important to us, so The Green Kangaroo is giving back… to a local non-profit in our own backyard! TGK will donate 5% of all “green” sales during the month of March to a local animal rescue.
Help build our fund by ordering something “green” – literally! Green orders contain one or more of the following:
- green ink
- green paper
- green ribbon
- green embellishments
Orders must be submitted online or in-store between March 1 and March 31, 2009.
New GREEN Designs – TGK will be springing fresh new designs each week in March! Join in the fun by sending your design suggestions to invites@tgkdesigns.com. If we use your idea, we’ll give you kudos!
