Let’s continue on MJO’s note of wine .
I can not tell you how many brides have asked us about vineyard themed wedding invitations.
Vineyard weddings are such festive and elegant celebrations! But you don’t have to have a Vineyard Wedding in order to incorporate wine (or the love of wine) into your invitation design. Some people have a rich family heritage in wine, and others (like myself) are just immensely fond of it! Wine is something that holds sentiment – in a variety of ways.
At TGK, we have an amazing team of people that sell, design, and produce our invitations. Despite the numerous requests for wine-oriented wedding invitations, it wasn’t until recently that we had a reason to design one. Lucky for us – and for all the brides who come after her – Michelle D. graciously helped pave the way to our new Vineyard Design Theme for her October Wedding.
Michelle told us that she was looking for something clean and contemporary, though not ultra modern. Her primary wedding color was Navy, but she wanted to bring in another color to accent. We discovered that her wedding reception was to be held in a grand cask room, and the walls were filled with towering wine barrels. The immediate accent color that came to mind was “sand” – an oaky color that is contemporary, yet organic. We combined an old-world script with a clean block font to further enhance the overall design of her invitation.
My favorite part of her invitation… her reply postcard!
Michelle decided on the Audrey Pocket invitation, and gave her guests the courtesy of written driving directions and a custom-designed map along with her reception card. She provided us great input and feedback, and allowed us the creative liberty to work our magic. The result – an invitation design that everyone loves!”
Melissa Windley
July 2nd, 2008
We just learned that one of our wedding invitations has been featured in the summer issue of Inside Weddings!
The featured invitation is our Couture Coastal Shimmer Ava, pictured on page 38.
Here are some additional photos of the Couture Coastal Ava. The first one has a bahama blue wrap with a white finger starfish as shown in Inside Weddings.
The second shows a champagne shimmer wrap with sand dollar accent.
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Check out all of the options for customizing the Couture Coastal Ava’s product page, and have a wonderful 4th of July weekend!
Melissa Windley
June 24th, 2008
In talking with brides, I have found that there are a lot of ladies out there who really want to have pocket wedding invitations, but are looking for ways to save on them. Or . . . they want to be able to say that they designed, or made their invitations, but do not want the responsibility (or headache) of printing and cutting down all of the invitation pieces (not to mention the envelopes!). Some brides have told us that they went down the do-it-yourself road with their Save the Dates, realized just how much work was involved, and decided against doing their wedding invitations themselves.
As a solution for both types of brides, The Green Kangaroo recently added a DIY option to all of our wedding invitations that involve layering or assembly work. In the short time that this option has been on our website, a large number of brides have selected it. They receive the same designer proofs and professional printing as a standard order, but complete any assembly work themselves.
Here’s how it works – when placing your order, under the Design Options Tab, you simply select the DIY option and save from $1.10 to $1.50 per invitation!
Do-it-yourself options are available on our signature pocket wedding invitations and wraps (like the Claudia Pocket, the Claire Pocket, the Audrey Pocket and the Ava Wrap), layered wedding invitations (like the Jody Ann, Grace, and Jennifer) as well as custom envelope liners. If you decide to do it all yourself, check out our total DIY section.
Kristen Klett
May 30th, 2008
We’re excited to share that one of our invitations has been selected for a feature in Bridal Guide magazine! They contacted us about submitting several designs for different categories of their “Party Planner” feature in the July/August 2008 issue. The one they selected is in the “Modern Chic” section – a modern, architecture-inspired wedding invitation we’ve named the Naomi. Its on page 70 of that issue.
Here are some photos of the Naomi. The first one is in chartreuse (that’s the one shown in Bridal Guide) and the second one is done in pumpkin. You can check out all of the options for customizing this invitation over on Naomi’s product page.
