The Green Kangaroo - Unique Wedding Invitations and Stationery

A few weeks ago, TGK was asked to create a menu for the local chapter of the National Association of Catering Executives (NACE)’s annual awards gala at the luxurious Umstead Hotel. We loved the way the event planners incorporated the menus into the design of the tablescapes – allowing the printed stationery to add to the beauty of each table’s design. This strategy, frequently used by professional party planners, is a savvy, cost effective tip for brides who want to maximize their decorating budgets!

Custom menus, table cards, and place cards, designed to complement the colors and motifs of your wedding, are a simple way to jazz up table décor and to take your event’s overall look-and-feel from “nice” to “wow!”

Special thanks to Brian Mullins Photography for sharing his gorgeous photos with us!

This month, we decided to liven things up a little. Summer is ripe for wedding ceremonies, and as such, our programs and table stationery (i.e. table cards, place cards, and menus) dominate in product popularity. We are going to kick off the 2009 summer season with a promo on our wedding programs.

This is no ordinary promotion. Pay careful attention because there are tight timelines, and to be fair to everyone involved, we have to play by the rules. The promotion is a straight discount – a certain percentage off your wedding program order. However, the discount DECREASES each week in June.

Here’s the June 2009 Promo schedule:

Other than the date you actually confirm your order online (i.e. the date on your receipt), there are no strings attached to this offer! Simply buy your wedding ceremony programs using the coupon code below, and you’ll get a discount!

Coupon Code: ACTFAST0609

• This offer is only valid on products listed under Wedding Programs
• The date your order is placed will correspond with one of 4 weeks listed above, and the applicable discount will automatically be applied during checkout when you use the coupon code *ACTFAST0609

Among the wonderful things that come with the summer and fall season – sunshine, bbqs, and vacations – there comes the popularity of weddings at wineries. And I couldn’t be happier!

There is something very romantic about getting married at a winery – not to mention the wonderful abundance of wine that accompanies the event. I was fortunate enough to attend a good friend’s wedding last weekend at Castoro Cellers, a winery in Paso Robles, California and it was everything a wedding in wine country should be. Beautiful vineyard at sunset, delicious pairings with cheese-filled appetizers and a relaxed, rustic atmosphere.

Of course, in the midst of all the wine tasting, I was on the look out for the wedding stationery – programs, menus, place cards, etc. Her invitation was so beautiful (designed by a friend of ours Ilana Dashe who currently works privately on custom invitation designs) that I knew the rest of her paper would be equally spectacular. Her invitation and custom wine monogram was contemporary, yet still held vintage qualities that are perfect for vineyard weddings – such as a cork paper band with a richly-textured deep red pocket. Since they are a very fun and casual couple, they opted for some personality in their invitation by using a mad-libs style reply postcard – which they featured at the wedding as part of their guest book!

The couple also loves music, so it was no surprise that they gave away personalized CD’s as their wedding favors. Instead of using the typical plastic CD cases or printed paper CD jackets, they got creative and incorporated their favor with their program – one side held the CD and the other held their program booklet – complete with the vineyard motif and held together by the cork paper band.

They also carried their monogram and vineyard theme through to the placecards, which were held in wine corks and arranged on a wine barrel.

This wedding was a blast – and I now have a couple bottles of wine to remember it…

One of my best friends from college was married a couple of weeks ago and I was thrilled to be on the “short” list of invitees as the wedding was an intimate affair. The reception was held a few miles from the church ceremony at a quaint bed and breakfast called The Inn at Buckeystown. The pink dogwood trees were blooming and the drive through the rolling hills of Maryland was absolutely breathtaking.

I was (of course) very interested in the wedding day stationery and felt that it reflected the elegant simplicity of the event. The folding place cards were hung with ribbon on a memo board in the entry way, directly across from the wedding cakes (the groom is a Maryland Terrapins fan and the cake most definitely spirited that!)

On each table were black and white pictures of the bride and groom at different stages in their lives. Copies of the pictures were mounted to black stands and the couple invited guests to take any photos that were meaningful to them. The tables were marked by the city from which friends and family knew the couple. (since I met the bride at the University of Georgia – I proudly sat at the Athens, GA table – go dawgs!)