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As the weather begins to warm and buds begin to bloom, we find ourselves heading into peak wedding season once again. At Mountaincow, we’ve been spending the cold winter months creating new elegant designs to help you along every step towards saying “I do.” We started with glamorous new invitations for the big event. For the eve of the wedding, we have rehearsal dinner invitations. When you return from your honeymoon, print some personalized stationery to help you debut your new married state. And when you’re ready to get down to business and write your thank you notes, our snazzy designs will inspire you to keep your pen flowing smoothly. Once again, we have fabulous new advice from wedding expert, Sharon Naylor. Sharon has written dozens of wedding planning books, including her newest, Renewing Your Wedding Vows. Learn more about Sharon and review her new destination wedding tips and wedding & reception trends articles in our Wedding Expert Sharon Naylor section.
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The
honor of your presence... The Chinese symbol for double happiness tops our PrintingPress design. Since red is the color used in weddings in China and white is considered bad luck, we’ve used our Cranberry stationery to bring all the good luck your way. We used the Alyssa Afternoon font from Fonts & Graphics for Weddings to add the wedding information to the A7 card and lined the Deep Red A7 envelope with a floral tile (red & gold) envelope liner. We used Cranberry 4-bar stationery to create the matching flat response card and lined the response envelope in floral tile (red & gold) as well. The coordinating menu and place card are also printed on our Cranberry stationery. For a sophisticated, elegant look, try our PrintingPress Platinum design featuring Envelopments® metallic stationery. The base of the invitation is a 5x7 Metallic Bronze Signature Portrait Pocket Fold. We used a double-stick tape gun to mount a 5x7 Metallic Zircon card stock to the Pocket Fold to frame the invitation. The invitation card features a background image with plumes in a soft blue to coordinate with the Zircon elements. We also added a blue flourish beneath the bride and groom’s names, which are written in brown using the Noodles font from Fonts & Graphics 3. The rest of the invitation text uses the Benjamin Caps font from Fonts & Graphics for Weddings. We printed the invitation on 4.5x6.5 Metallic Ecru Micah card stock and mounted it onto the Zircon panel. We printed the directions card on custom cut 5 x 6.75 inch Metallic Ecru Micah card stock and tucked it into the Pocket Fold. We addressed the 3.5x5 Metallic Zircon response envelope and tucked it into the Pocket Fold as well. The 3.5x5 Metallic Ecru Micah response card features the same blue plume as the invitation and uses the same combination of fonts as the invitation. For the finishing touch, we created a seal using custom cut card 2.5 x 2.5 inch Metallic Zircon card stock. We printed the seal using PrintingPress Platinum’s 4-up feature to print 4 seals per page on custom cut 4 x 4 inch Metallic Ecru Micah card stock and then trimmed the seals to 2 x 2 inches using a rotary trimmer. We mounted the panels of the seal together and adhered them to the invitation using a double-stick tape gun. Slip the completed invitation into an addressed 5x7 Metallic Zircon envelope and it’s ready to send. For the reception, we have a matching menu using 4x9 Metallic Ecru Micah card stock, and a matching place card using a 1x4 Metallic Ecru Micah Folded Card. Please note that metallic stationery can not be printed on an ink jet printer. Metallic stationery is only compatible with laser printers. For a modern design, try our PrintingPress Extreme 4.0 invitation. We used the shape feature to create bold stripes down the side of a horizontal Café au Lait A7 card. We added several shapes in colors to coordinate with our stripes (avocado & brown) envelope liners. We aligned the text to the right margin of the card and used the Arial font in lowercase for a clean look. We used our printer’s borderless feature to print all the way to the edge of the A7 Ivory card. For more information on borderless printing, review the Tech Tip from the November 2004 issue of the Mountaincow Monthly. We adjusted the address text box on the invitation envelope so that the names and addresses in your Mailing List will be printed in lowercase as well without having to modify your Address Book. We used the same design for the response card using a Café au Lait 4-bar flat card and envelope, also lined in stripes (avocado & brown). The matching menu and place card for the reception also use the stripes design and lowercase text and were also printed using our printer’s borderless printing feature. We tricked our printer by using standard photo sizes to print our stationery. We used 3.5x5 for the 3.5 x 4 inch place card and 4x6 for the 4 x 7.5 inch menu.
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‘Twas
the night before the wedding The bride- and groom-to-be’s initials top our PrintingPress invitation, printed on White / Chocolate A7 Two Tone stationery. We alternated the initials with colorful circles in green and brown at the top of the White 4-bar card. We added the event information in crisp black text using the Benjamin Caps font from Fonts & Graphics for Weddings. The couple’s names are written in the Alyssa Afternoon font also from Fonts & Graphics for Weddings. We mounted the White 4-bar card to the Chocolate A7 card using a double-stick tape gun. We lined the addressed Chocolate A7 envelope with a circles (green & brown) envelope liner. For a dramatic evening, use our PrintingPress Platinum design, which uses our Grayscale A7 Two Tone stationery. We added a black & white tree image to the top of the White 4-bar flat card and used a floating text box to add the bride & groom’s initials on either side of the tree trunk. We added the event information in black using the Benjamin font from Fonts & Graphics for Weddings and the Noodles font from Fonts & Graphics 3. We mounted the White 4-bar card to the Black A7 card using a double-stick tape gun. The addressed Pewter A7 envelope includes the same tree above the return address. If you prefer a more understated look, our PrintingPress Extreme 4.0 design is perfect for you. We added a custom circle monogram to the top of a Pebble A7 flat card. We used the alternate font feature to make the middle initial disappear by setting the text color to white. We added a custom dotted line border in the shape of a circle and spaced out the dots for an airy look. We then created a small black circle shape and placed it between the bride & groom’s initials. We added the party information in black using the Benjamin and Alyssa Afternoon fonts from Fonts & Graphics for Weddings. We lined the Avocado A7 envelope in Pewter to complete the look.
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Mr.
and Mrs. Who? Our simple and elegant PrintingPress design offers a gender-neutral option you both will love. We used the Benjamin Caps font from Fonts & Graphics for Weddings to add the names to the top of a Blueberry Licorice A7 flat card. We added a simple pair of lines (one solid and one dotted) beneath the names for an elegant look. Pair with a Slate A7 envelope lined in Blue. We created a matching design using Blueberry Licorice A2 Folded stationery, also lined in Blue. Get in touch with your preppy roots with our Platinum design featuring Granny Smith stationery. We added a bold black, white and avocado border to a White A7 flat card. We added the names in Benjamin Caps Drop from Fonts & Graphics for Weddings at the top of the card. We used our printer’s borderless feature to print all the way to the edge of the A7 White card. For more information on borderless printing, review the Tech Tip from the November 2004 issue of the Mountaincow Monthly. Send in an addressed Avocado A7 envelope. We created a matching folded note using Granny Smith 4-bar envelopes and scored cards. Our PrintingPress Extreme 4.0 design features our opulent flourish design. We added a shape filled with the flourish pattern to the bottom of a horizontal Blueberry Truffle A7 flat card. We added a custom border to the shape to create a double line at the top of the shape. We added the names at the top of the card in brown using the Alyssa Afternoon font from Fonts & Graphics for Weddings. We lined the Chocolate A7 envelope with a flourish (blue & brown) envelope liner. We used our printer’s borderless feature to print all the way to the edge of the Blue A7 card. For more information on borderless printing, review the Tech Tip from the November 2004 issue of the Mountaincow Monthly. The matching folded note uses Blueberry Truffle 4-bar envelopes and scored cards as well as flourish (blue & brown) 4-bar liners.
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Giving
thanks
It is very important to thank every wedding gift with a handwritten personal note. You can prep some of your thank you notes before the wedding as the gifts arrive, and arrange to have a friend or family member mail them after the big day. Our beautiful thank you notes will make it easy to say “Thank you” with style. You can also easily modify any of these designs to make coordinating personalized stationery. Just choose Duplicate Stationery in the Stationery menu to create a copy of the card, and then replace the words “Thank you” with your names. A bold black & white cherry blossom tops our PrintingPress design, printed on our Schoolgirl stationery. We added the flowers to the Pewter A2 folded note card and wrote the words “Thank You” in black using the Alyssa Afternoon font from Fonts & Graphics for Weddings. Pen your thanks inside the note and send it in the addressed Pink Lemonade A2 envelope. Go a little bit girly with our Platinum note using Granny Smith stationery. We added a lacy pink border to the front of a White 4-bar folded note card and used a floating text box to add the words “Thank You” in the Alyssa font from Fonts & Graphics for Weddings. We used our printer’s borderless feature to print all the way to the edge of the White A7 card. For more information on borderless printing, review the Tech Tip from the November 2004 issue of the Mountaincow Monthly. We lined the Avocado 4-bar envelope with a lace (pink) envelope liner. Our PrintingPress Extreme 4.0 design features simple elegance with a twist. We used Granny Smith stationery and created a custom pattern to add stripes to the background of the White 4-bar folded note card. We set the custom pattern shape to rectangle and set the height and width of the rectangle to 100. We then adjusted the horizontal spacing to 100 and the vertical spacing to 0 to connect the squares and create stripes. We added a graceful white flourish to the bottom of the card and used a floating text box to add the words “Thank You” in the Alyssa font from Fonts & Graphics for Weddings above the flourish. Send in an addressed Avocado 4-bar envelope.
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