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Offering brides options as well as the know-how to bring any vision to life helps
remove stress from the wedding timeline. Hawaii Fine Stationers often creates
custom pieces based on event flowers or even a venue. These lush invitations
and coordinating reply cards, printed on 100-lb. cotton paper with multilayered
embossing, reflects one couple's pink and purple orchid motif. Meanwhile, this
meticulously letterpressed suite - replete with vintage stamps on a hand-lettered
envelope - is from Color Box Design & Letterpress (top right).
blossoming. " Today's offerings have become a more extensive
and elaborate range, with maps, menus, ceremony programmes
and signs contributing to the whole coordinated package, "
wrote Clara Baldock. " The process - involving consultations,
moodboards and then sketches - can take many months. "
But while personalized coats-of-arms, velvet-lined boxes,
illustration commissions and even handwritten invitations are
becoming the norm at " super-weddings, " they remain out of
reach for most couples. However, the " 360-degree wedding " -
where every last design element speaks to a grand vision - is
not. Achieving this well typically requires professional help.
" Custom wedding invitations are selling really well and I
think it's because people in that market want a more personal
experience, " explained Karla Ebrahimi-Camens of Sky of Blue
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Press & Papery, who offers custom wedding invitation suites
as well as " day of " pieces, plus corporate and family holiday
cards and event invitation design from her Rockaway Beach,
California, space.
" They want to be able to see different options in person or
even change their minds about the size or the fonts without
having to place a new order or just have to settle for something
that they aren't entirely happy with, " she added. " I usually
develop a close friendship with my wedding clients and when
it's over, we both kind of get sad that our beautiful work together
has come to an end. "
Rhonda Warren of Color Box Design & Letterpress offers
an enormous range of components, many of them also
letterpressed: invitation suites for all occasions, save-the-dates,
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Summer 2024
Table of Contents
Editor's Letter
Fresh Picks: Trending Up
Cover Story: Selling Xmas: '24 Edition
Occasions: The Power of In-Person
What's in the Cards: The Snail Mail Season
Summer Show Preview: The Palm-Sized Design Find
The GCA Desk: Honoring Mom — and the Mail
On Display
Show News
Event Calendar
Advertiser Index
P.S.: Cause Related
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Summer 2024 - Table of Contents
Summer 2024 - Editor's Letter
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Summer 2024 - Fresh Picks: Trending Up
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Summer 2024 - Cover Story: Selling Xmas: '24 Edition
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Summer 2024 - What's in the Cards: The Snail Mail Season
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Summer 2024 - Summer Show Preview: The Palm-Sized Design Find
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Summer 2024 - The GCA Desk: Honoring Mom — and the Mail
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Summer 2024 - On Display
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Summer 2024 - Event Calendar
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Summer 2024 - Advertiser Index
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Summer 2024 - P.S.: Cause Related
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