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August 30, 2010

Personalized Napkins For Labor Day, To Color Mist Or Not

Barret @ 11:34 am

Labor Day is right around the corner. It is the last barbecue of the summer season.  You’ve probably made plans to have a few friends over, throw a few things on the grill, maybe tag up a few red, white  and blue decorations. Have you ordered red, white, and blue personalized napkins, are they embossed, monogrammed, or foil stamped? Have you ever stopped and contemplated the true significance behind Labor Day, ordered your Foil Stamped Fireworks or Flag Napkins and stopped for a moment and wondered why?

Labor Day can be celebrated with family, friends, old and new neighbors. The theme can be presidential, red, white, and blue or in honor of the work force throughout the world. It’s been celebrated every year on the first Monday of Sept, ever since 1882 when the Central Labor Union made a request for laborers to be honored for their commitment to this country. Speeches are given. Picnics and barbecues are planned and of course personalized napkins are ordered. Fireworks are usually the icing on the cake that top it all off. InvitePapers’ new Color Mist Napkins could be the perfect thing to uniquely signaturize your Labor Day celebration with a touch of added color in raised personalization embossing. Check out all of your options at InvitePapers.com.

Most people plan ahead. They’ve ordered all the meat for the barbecue: hamburgers, hot dogs, chickens, and ribs. They have the side dishes: baked beans, potato salad, three bean salad, cole slaw, tomato or pasta salad. They haven’t decided on additional items and desserts. The host or the company has ordered a few styles off personalized napkins but this is only the beginning.   As a big production, annual event they’ve already ordered the drinks, decided what types of drinks will be served at the bar, alcoholic or non alcoholic.  For those who’ve started early they’ve already ordered their personalized napkins. If you haven’t ordered your personalized napkins and gift towels yet or you’d like to try the Color Mist Napkins at your Labor Day celebration there is still time. We can process your order through InvitePapers for the holiday. Whatever you don’t use on Labor Day You’ll have on hand through the rest of the year.

Maybe you need to know a little more about the color mist napkins. They’re the latest introduction by InvitePapers. It’s a new technique that infuses embossed patterns for a startling layered effect. The napkins leave an embossed look with subtle, coloring highlights. It creates iridescent Tints, what we call Tint Mists or Pearl Mists that match the feel, intensity, and vibration of your event. You don’t have to order them for Labor Day.  You could be planning a wedding, anniversary, birthday party, baby shower, Halloween, or sweet sixteen events that they’d be perfect for. InvitePapers has all of the traditional personalized napkins to suit what you have in mind for Labor Day. We promise to deliver before the big day. Check out what’s available at InvitePapers. Review the Color Mist Monogram and Tint Color Mist Napkins, as well as the Pearl Color Mist Serenity and Brittany Napkins.

August 26, 2010

Personalized Wedding Napkins You’ll Remember

Barret @ 10:58 am

Weddings have been popping in and on top of the social calendar all spring and summer long. Couples have opted for traditional church weddings, beach ceremonies, and even reserving space at venues off the beat and track:  manors, hotels, gardens, parks, resorts, or wherever the perfect picture location that matches their vision of happily ever after may be. Before the ceremony begins and ends, before the reception is under way review invitation choices at InvitePapers.com and see where your imagination takes you,  see where  the ceremony  will follow and carefully select  your personalized wedding napkins and favors from  InvitePapers.com to follow the red carpet as you roll it out.

Cars are parking; bridesmaids and bride grooms are intermingling. They’ve just arrived at the Grove, what they were told was the perfect outdoor setting for their midsummer wedding reception. Guests arrive and are escorted to the arrangement of tables around the gazebo. You can see personalized wedding napkins adorn table settings from a distance. Flowers outline the perimeter. There is a buffet table and a bar on either side. A bartender stands on both sides prepared to mix and pour drinks. They are handing out a monogrammed wedding napkin with every drink.

Cute little personalized cocktail napkins adorn each corner of the bar and around the edge of the table. The dark blue napkins are monogrammed with the couple’s initials, LDS for Lauren and Daniel Spiel. Personalized wedding napkins are arranged at each table setting and along the buffet with a few guest towels, coasters, and another set of beverage napkins in another shade of dark blue. It is a feast for the eyes as well as the palate. Don’t let your eyes get bigger than your stomach. The napkins add a great touch of detail, up close and from a distance. They are either the Metro Foil or Serenity Stamped Napkins. InvitePapers.com offers 54 embossed, monogrammed, foil stamped and uniquely untitled napkins to create a one of a kind scene for a wedding day full of fond memories for all involved.

“Here come the bride and groom, smiling from ear to ear as they cut their cake.” The laughter, talking and music continues to echo in the background. The line of people in the front are still taking photographs. They joyously cut the cake and place them on little desert plates and pass them along with a blue monogrammed napkin wrapped over the end of the plate for the guest to grab.  They’re using more of the napkins to hold glasses, soda bottles, sparkling wine and water. The bride just cut a piece of cake and placed it on top of the initials LDS and passes it along to one of her bridesmaids. She says. “You caught the bouquet. You should surely have your cake and eat it too.” She passes the cake along.  “Lauren you are much, much too kind,” replies the bridesmaid before they both start laughing. Laughter, music, conversation, and fond memories continue to fill the air. InvitePapers.com should be the first choice for all of your wedding stationery needs.

August 23, 2010

Eco-Friendly Thank You Note

Barret @ 10:13 am

Why would you send a thank you note? Why would you worry about whether it is environmentally friendly or not? Obviously you want to be good to those who are good to you. You want to express gratitude to those who have extended an open door, a hand, assistance and friendship while at the same time you want to let them know about your own personal conviction to see that our environment lives on. The easiest way for you to do that is to choose eco friendly stationery.

Everyone has heard of having “gone green,” solar energy and the increasing number of companies who will produce products made of recyclable paper to ensure a cleaner, more livable long lasting environment, haven’t you? Did you ever think your thank you notes, personalized stationery or personalized napkins could contribute to such a worthy cause? Did you ever think that someone would thank you later for choosing eco friendly thank you notes, personalized invitations, or napkins? No, of course not   but by making a choice to treat the environment well, like a good host or benefactor we are focusing on the same thing that thank you notes reinforce. Thank you notes express gratitude and appreciation for what was expressed. If more people could remember that in terms of what could be done for the ecosystem by choosing more environment friendly alternatives, maybe it would have a more profound effect.

In this day and age everyone knows what eco friendly is, right, or do we assume too much? The defining moment for eco friendly thank you notes, invitations, napkins and personal stationery means that it must be made from 50% recyclable paper but now lines of personalized stationery, napkins and thank you cards have been produced from  100% recyclable paper which means they use no new trees. It appears the recycling process has greatly improved the thank you note options, depending on the company you find yourself with.

InvitePapers.com has a dozen uniquely branded notes made of “high quality green tea paper” with matching envelopes. They are offered in names like Green Tea Notes, Eco Firenze Monogram Note, Eco Columbia Notes, Eco Monte carlo and more. The cards are a green tea color too and produced in about a dozen styles to make an impression of gratitude for everything from weddings to anniversaries and bah mitzvahs.

It is not the size of the gift that matters but the gift or the gratuity itself. If this is your purpose in sending thank you notes then you’ll be very interested in passing on the eco friendly message through the cards to your hosts family, friends, friends and those who you’ve endeavored to let in your life and those who have let you into theirs. Send thank you notes whenever you feel touched by someone’s generosity or when someone just made a difference because they stopped. Send thank you cards to customers acquaintances, email companions, business associates, and other guests but we’d hope with your choice of eco friendly stationery that the other message of “helping to save the planet” would shine through and through.

August 20, 2010

Business Relations

Barret @ 10:30 am

Businesses today are looking for ways to improve or solidly establish relationships with their clients. Personalized cards can be an effective way to strengthen those business relationships. Companies tend to rush greeting cards out to their customers, without taking the time to personalize their message or make an impact. Here are some ways that real handwriting on personalized business cards can make the impact that businesses are looking for.

First, handwrite the address. Writing out the address on a personalized envelope provides a personal touch that is easily recognized.  Businesses nowadays tend to receive stack after stack of mail and advertising that never gets opened, so having a handwritten is guaranteed to catch the eye and will be opened first.

Second, use the post office. What I mean is use a stamp. A first-class stamp sends the message of that you are not just part of an advertising campaign. This along with the envelope sends the message of caring, of taking the time to single you out because you are an important client.

Third, choose a personalized card that represents you. Many businesses choose cards that are pre-made as a way to showcase their creativity. But if you choose a card that is personalized to your tastes, your style will shine through the moment it is takes out of the envelope. Personalize a card with your unique message or for an added touch use those made of interesting materials such as eco-friendly cards, made from 100 percent recycled materials.

Always, always, always compose a personal handwritten message. Most people make the mistake of when they send a card they don’t bother to write a message. They let an impersonal pre-written message do the conveying for them. This is the mistake of the lazy. This sends the exact opposite message of being personal. Include a handwritten note and your message will be well received.

Keep it personal. Your goal in sending this card is to build a stronger relationship. When company literature is sent with a thank you or keep in touch message, the message can come across as a sales pitch rather than a warm personal greeting it was meant to be. Save the marketing activities for another time, this personalized card is about trust.

Lastly, add an anecdote, be sure to add something entertaining about the last time you met. It will surely be noticed and appreciated that you took time to remember something that your client said.

These are a few easy ways to ensure that your thank you cards and personalized messages are opened and memorable. Often it’s the small, intimate touches like these that help to build long lasting and loyal customer relationships.

August 18, 2010

Personalized Wedding Invitations

Barret @ 12:09 pm

Wedding season is officially upon us! Time to dust off your dancing shoes and get ready for special celebrations. As the summer rolls on, there’s no doubt that you’ll get personalized invitations to several weddings throughout the summer. One of the most thrilling events for a guest is to receive that special envelope in the mail, containing details to the most important day of a dear friend’s life. Invitations are a great way to communicate to guests crucial details about the big day.

Of course, there’s the obvious date and time information, but it takes it one step further when you use personalized invitations from InvitePapers.com. Your invitation is a sneak peek at your big day – the look and feel of your invitation can wordlessly say so much.You can easily convey to guests through the invitation how you intend your wedding to be – formal, casual, black tie, themed, anything you want. Personalized wedding invitations give guests a window into your life and your wedding day. You can decide what you want to say to your guests and how to say it.

One of the greatest things about your wedding invitation is that it’s just that – it’s yours. It can be anything you’d like and say anything you’d like. Of course, there are always examples and professionals who are more than happy to help you create exactly what you want to convey. The staff at InvitePapers.com is a perfect example of specialists looking to help with your decision process if needed.

August 16, 2010

Personalized Wedding Napkins

Barret @ 12:09 pm

What do people notice at the wedding Reception first, the cake? They notice it more when the bride and groom are in front of it and surrounded by ornately decorated personalized napkins flashing the newly married couple’s initials or a line from their wedding anthem, “Let The Good Times Roll.” That small detail is attention getting enough.  A half hour later is the happy couple still stuffing  cake into each other’s mouths and quickly wiping away crumbs with their fingers and more personalized wedding napkins, foil stamped, embossed or monogrammed  what is their choice?  Plenty of them still sit, arranged around the cake and champagne glasses on both ends.

Wedding receptionist were meant to consummate the bride and grooms vows with the cutting of the cake. Personalized wedding napkins were meant to call more attention to the food, arrangement, table settings, complimentary and contrasting colors. Attention to detail is meant to provide a feast for the eye as well as the soul. Embossed, monogrammed, foil stamped and uniquely untitled napkins not only add to the scene that you created at your buffet, cocktail bar, dessert bar or formalized seating arrangement but they can become momentos, keepsakes for the wedding that was, even the anniversary that will be.

Consider using several types of personalized napkins that will signaturize your special day and thank those who participated. Most people choose from cocktail or beverage napkins, luncheon, dinner napkins and guest towels. Cocktail napkins are used for drink and you should a lot two to three per guest. Luncheon napkins are generally arranged on the buffet table and you should a lot one to two per guest. Dinner napkins are arranged at formal seating and guest tables and you should order one per guest. Guest towels are ordered for bathrooms and wash areas and you should order one to two per guest. You may not need to use all of them. They are great for small and large weddings alike. Weddings are meant to celebrate love, life, and the beginning of a small promise between the two most important guests. You are constantly reminded by the arrangement of the personalized napkins of the point and purpose of the reception. You should be reminded that it was something special. You don’t want to be reminded you ran out of napkins because of an oversight on your part.

Personalized wedding napkins are available in 18 different selections on InvitePapers.com. They include embossed napkins; foil stamped napkins, monogrammed napkins and variations between the three.  Cherry Blossom Embossed and Elise Foil Stamped napkins are a variety of personalized napkins out of 18 distinct styles that include a guest towel. InvitePapers.com gives you hands on tools to create unique hands on tools to create a unique set of personalized napkins that can take your standard wedding reception to the next level.

When the wedding reception and events are over the personalized napkins will remain along with all the other memories, photographs, laughter, and bloopers. They are the key ingredient that went into creating “a touch of elegance” or a unique brand image that many of your family and friends will remember for a long, long time to come. Here at InvitePapers.com we specialize in personalized napkins, invitations, stationery and paper that create a fond or unique representation of the client or occasion. We like to think our products are instrumental in creating memories for professionals and their clients as well as customers, large or small weddings, one personal napkin at a time.

August 15, 2010

Eco Friendly Thank You Notes

Barret @ 11:59 am

Why would you send a thank you note? Why would you worry about whether it is environmentally friendly or not? Obviously you want to be good to those who are good to you. You want to express gratitude to those who have extended an open door, a hand, assistance and friendship while at the same time you want to let them know about your own personal conviction to see that our environment lives on. The easiest way for you to do that is to choose eco friendly stationery.

Everyone has heard of having “gone green,” solar energy and the increasing number of companies who will produce products made of recyclable paper to ensure a cleaner, more livable long lasting environment, haven’t you? Did you ever think your thank you notes, stationery or personalized napkins could contribute to such a worthy cause? Did you ever think that someone would thank you later for choosing eco friendly thank you notes, personalized invitations, or napkins? No, of course not   but by making a choice to treat the environment well, like a good host or benefactor we are focusing on the same thing that thank you notes reinforce. Thank you notes express gratitude and appreciation for what was expressed. If more people could remember that in terms of what could be done for the ecosystem by choosing more environment friendly alternatives, maybe it would have a more profound effect.

In this day and age everyone knows what eco friendly is, right, or do we assume too much? The defining moment for eco friendly thank you notes, invitations, napkins and personal stationery means that it must be made from 50% recyclable paper but now lines of personalized stationery, napkins and thank you cards have been produced from  100% recyclable paper which means they use no new trees. It appears the recycling process has greatly improved the thank you note options, depending on the company you find yourself with.

InvitePapers.com also makes a signature line of eco friendly stationery personalized napkins, and thank you notes and cards. InvitePapers.com has a dozen uniquely branded notes made of “high quality green tea paper” with matching envelopes. They are offered in names like Green Tea Notes, Eco Firenze Monogram Note, Eco Columbia Notes, Eco Monte carlo and more. The cards are a green tea color too and produced in about a dozen styles to make an impression of gratitude for everything from weddings to anniversaries and bah mitzvahs.

It is not the size of the gift that matters but the gift or the gratuity itself. If this is your purpose in sending thank you notes then you’ll be very interested in passing on the eco friendly message through the cards to your hosts family, friends, friends and those who you’ve endeavored to let in your life and those who have let you into theirs. Send thank you notes whenever you feel touched by someone’s generosity or when someone just made a difference because they stopped. Send thank you cards to customers acquaintances, email companions, business associates, and other guests but we’d hope with your choice of eco friendly stationery that the other message of “helping to save the planet” would shine through and through.

August 13, 2010

Personalized Save The Date Cards

Barret @ 4:01 pm

Have you set the day, time, and setting for your wedding ? Are you sure about the year, not quite sure about the design of the invitations, the dominant colors to be repeated along with the theme?  You undoubtedly want to make your wedding one of the most memorable days of your life. If you have plenty of time to plan your wedding and you have an extensive guest list that includes guests out of state or even out of the country it would be easier to use Save The Date Cards. Traditional wedding etiquette designates you send invitations six to eight weeks before the big day. Save The Date Cards allow you and your guests a lot more time to prepare, 4 to 6 months, up to a full year.

Your wedding will be one of the most memorable days of your life and the stationery you use along with how you organize it will  leave one indelible impression on everyone who is invited and attends. At InvitePapers we are concerned with selecting the theme and agenda you want to follow. We’ll help you organize your stationery needs and the necessary steps you’ll need to take take to insure success.  The Save The Date Card will be your first step if you have a good size guest list and a number of guests have to make  travel  arrangements. Wedding Engagement Announcement Cards can also function as Save the Date Announcements in three card styles of fine stationery: Concord card, Gold and Navy Minuet or InvitePaper’s Tradition Announcement card for a simply elegant presentation. Whatever your wedding stationery  requirements InvitePapers can walk you through all the steps to give you as much of a rich and unique imprint with everything from personalized wedding Save The  Date Cards, Invitations, Engagement Announcements, Menu Cards, Programs, personalized guest cards ,  wedding napkins and whatever else is on your stationery list for your unforgettable wedding.

InvitePapers has 32 different kinds of Save The Date Announcements, ranging from modern Mocha or Serenity themed. There are Save The Date Announcements that feature pictures of the couple, love themed, traditional, Sawgrass, avant  garde, a Monarch Butterfly and many other unique themes to make sure the wedding you have planned will go off without a hitch. InvitePapers’ Save The Date Cards are a warm “pre-invitation card” that let’s guests know months or even a year ahead of time to reserve or save the date. InvitePapers have Save The Date Cards in Traditional, Modern, and Romantic patterns and can be coordinated with matching wedding invitations to save time, worry, while providing distinctive style  throughout all your wedding stationery efforts.

It goes without saying that the best events are those that are organized way ahead of time. InvitePapers wants to insure that we stamp your signature event with a style and identity that becomes your expectations most. If you want to fore go the Romantic, Traditional or Modern Invitations that is up to you but if you have the time and you’re inviting a substantial amount of people we can help you  Save The Date in the most delightful way, most advantageous way. There are myriad of colors with a mention of the invitation to follow. They arrive in backgrounds of pink, mocha, blue, green, red, views of landscapes, the sky, flowers, the couple’s portrait and more. At InvitePapers we specialize in adding unique messages and details to your event with a one of a kind stationery plan. Take the step closer to marital bliss, being assured all of your wedding’s personalized stationery needs are in good hands.

August 10, 2010

Big Plans, Big Wedding, Save The Date Now

Barret @ 4:58 pm

Are you off to plan a wedding?  Have you given yourself four to sixth months or more? You can take longer than that if both you and the bride and groom agree. The more time you make. The more options you can consider and the more likely you’re bound to get everything right. Go ahead and send out your Save The Date Cards There are tons of other things to worry about like what should be second on your priority list, the invitations or the other million and one things that you need to do for the wedding: deciding on a budget, buy and read a wedding planner book, prepare a time line with a to do list, choose a date and an alternative date , a theme,  consider a destination wedding , bridesmaids dresses, grooms tuxedos, photographers, florists, and caterers. Oh yeah, there’s more, much more.

InvitePapers.com offers a really unique way of letting guests know you are preparing a one of a kind wedding,   conveniently surprising them with the time and the place for the wedding of your dreams. Rather than a wedding invitation InvitePapers.com offers  a similarly styled note to let  your guests know to mark their calendars,  buy their train or airline tickets if need be, or just set the date aside so nothing prevents the scheduled appointment.  When it comes time to send your wedding invitation you can coordinate them with the Save The Date Card you’ve sent in Traditional, Modern, or from the Romantic collection. The keen thing about Save The Date Cards is they don’t necessarily have to be coordinated with sets of traditional wedding invitations. InvitePapers.com always encourages you to create a signature for your own unique event, in this case the wedding of your dreams. In the end it will boil down to what suits the happy couple best.

Save The Date Cards can make really bold  or unforgettable statements and if that is what you think will leave your guests with an obligation to attend your wedding then there are some really unique Save The Date Cards that you’ll find on InvitePapers.com to provoke thought and more than an obligation to attend.  Majestic Save The Date Cards have a bright, Red Pepper background with a bright yellow font. Ocean breezes and warm water share the back drop of the paradise Save The Date Cards that surprise your guests with a tropical location. Use a recent portrait of the couple or a photo of the couple in their wedding attire with the back drop of the wedding venue or location of the reception as the backdrop. Use the best of InvitePapers.com to make the best of your event, it’s a motto we live by and one you soon will too.

Weddings are usually known for their beginnings and their endings or however else they create a moment in between. InvitePapers.com offers you an opportunity to custom make your event and orchestrate each stage of your wedding, unique and significant. Start with Save The Date Cards that uniquely promote the event from whatever platform you want and look to exploit options to really make your wedding one of a kind. After sending the perfect Save The Date Cards you’ll be incited to send out the best of the invitations, or the best one for you and your guests.  If you choose to send wedding or engagement announcements you could dispense with the Save The Date Announcements. You’ll probably order plenty wedding programs, menu cards, personalized guest towels and personalized napkins. At InvitePapers.com we believe in keeping the happy couple and invited guests happy with one personalized stationery at a time.

August 9, 2010

Personalized Wedding Invitations

Barret @ 10:55 am

“Here comes the bride all dressed in white.” The bridesmaids are following in a procession. Bouquets and floral arrangements pop in and out of view. How many bridesmaids are there? How many people did you invite from the groom’s side of the family and how many people from the bride’s? The show just started. In fact there are a few late arrivals. Better late than never. The wedding invitations specifically stated that the ceremony would start promptly at 12:00 PM.

Regardless of what happens on the Wedding Day, whether it’s a small or large affair, whether you’ve been preparing for months or weeks you’d like to start the wedding out on the right foot. Believe it or not the wedding invitation is the first impression that most of your guests will see and read before they receive any information from anyone else. Spend enough time and effort reviewing wedding invitations. There are thousands of them to choose from. You might even decide to try personalized wedding invitations. The most important thing you must remember is that wedding invitations can make a tremendous first impression. You should use that to your advantage in getting your wedding invitations out early. As with anything else the better the first impression you make the better response rate you’ll receive.

It doesn’t take a lot of time to pick the proper wedding invitation. You may know the moment you set your eyes on yours. It takes a little more time to personalize or customize your wedding invitations than to buy them from a vendor who already produces what you have in mind. That’s why knowing what you want in a wedding invitation and where to get them can save you a hell of a lot of time. You’ll want to review fonts and graphics as well as the sizes and textures of the wedding invitations. It’s not about the bride or the groom it’s about making your wedding an event that your guests will feel obligated to go to. After receiving their wedding invitation how will they be able to say no. They may call and ask if they can bring additional guests and you may have to say no because of lack of space and that is the only no either of you will want to hear.

Your wedding will be a once in a lifetime event. Invitepapers.com offers extraordinary “personalized wedding invitations” in traditional, modern, and romantic categories available online. There are 51 styles of Wedding and Reception Invitations from which to choose: Bordeaux, Dover, Bel Amour Wedding, Chateaux, Amour Galena, Cordova, Mountaban, Embassy Wedding Program, Navy Silhouette, Early Spring and Toulon. Check out the site yourself to see more.  Review a variety of designs with your choice of “embossing, thermography, artwork and a selection of one-of-a-kind wedding fonts you won’t find anywhere else.  For the most part they’re available in the myriad of 22 colors that regular stationery is offered in: white, pink, ivory, pearl, ruby, sapphire, lavender, malachite, tarragon, blue and a multitude more. The wedding invitation, reply card, reception card and informal note are a part of a package order that can be customized for each wedding according to your needs and wants.  Certain styles are limited to only one color.

Invitepapers.com can be your one stop provider in terms of wedding stationery. It makes perfect sense to check out what’s available in personalized napkins, note cards, thank you notes, note cards, and related accessories when you’re taking care of your initial order. We pride ourselves on customer service and are only happy to offer advice to customers and professional wedding planners. If you’ve selected your wedding invitations and want to make them more personal or add personalized napkins and reception invitations, Invitepapers.com exists to make customers happy. In fact you and your guests aren’t happy we aren’t either. We find joy in the fact we can help create, unique, inspiring, stunning, fun filled events and memories with our products and services. If we don’t stand by our personalized napkins, announcements and invitations we wouldn’t expect you to either.

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