Why Birthday Invitations are Becoming Obsolete.

Found this article written about Birthday Invitations, of course it can also be applied to wedding invitations as a creative way to bring people to your special party:


"The title says it all; how many people above the age of thirteen actually use birthday invitations? Not many. With the advent of email, less and less people are actually using real mail (snail mail) to invite their friends and loved ones to their birthday parties, shindigs, bashes, and get-togethers. So what does that mean? People are still throwing huge parties which means that everyone is still getting their invitations somehow. Sadly, it was social networking and web 2.0 that gave the finishing blow to paper, personalized, birthday invitations. Things like Facebook, Myspace, Friendster, all have built in applications to allow a user to invite large volumes of friends to an ‘event’. There’s no need for personalization, a simple webpage is made and a link is sent to a number of recipients. Simple, cold, and completely impersonal, but effective. And the age is continuously shrinking for those that subscribe to the traditional way of inviting people to their birthday parties.

So what is a person to do? How does one of traditional tastes survive in this expanding digital world? A simple fusion of both tradition and personalization with technology. But how?! Here’s an example that I’ve tried, tested, and found to work to a great degree. If you have access to a video camera, or a web camera, all you need to do is set yourself up in a relatively quiet room (for audio recording purposes) and then give a short testimonial for why you want a specific person to come to your birthday party. This will take time, a little bit of technological know-how, but it will be worth it. You can then ship off each movie either on a CD/DVD to your respective friends, or you can email each one separately. This will not only make your friends realize how much you care about them, but you can keep up with the technological curve."

Cyperus Personalized Wedding Invitations: Creative ways to invite the people you care about.

It’s crunch time, your wedding is coming up within the next three months, your husband is slacking off and you still haven’t sent out your wedding invitations to friends, family, and loved ones. Suffice to say, what you need to do is somehow come up with creative, affordable, and memorable invitations to send off to the invitees before you’re forced to buy a stack of hallmark cards and end up as the laughing stock among your group of friends. By the end of this article, you’ll have found at least three different ways to construct invitations that you can send off to your friends and loved ones feeling reassured that they will enjoy the heartfelt sentiments behind something made by hand that will give the recipients the feeling that you made the invitations from the infamous Cyperus Plant.

I’m going to run you through one quick project that will give you tons of ideas for future wedding invitations, or even invitations to your future baby shower. You’re going to need a 3 foot by 4 foot piece of heavy, white, matte paper which you can buy from any store you like. For the next step you’ll need a few cans of spray mount, which is essentially spray-able glue which you’ll then spray the entire white space of the matte paper. The next step is to get a large amount of leaves, make sure they are completely free of dirt and then lay them out on top of the matte paper until you can’t see anymore white space. Go out and buy glossy, clear finish paint and go over the entire white board to give the leaves a shine. You should now have a beautiful, natural mosaic. Grab your knife, scissors, or cutting device of choice and slice up the mosaic into rectangles the size you want to mail off. Viola! Just write down a personal message to your guests and you’ll have personalized wedding invitations with minimal costs and half a day’s worth of effort.

Top Five Wedding Blogs of the week #1

Hello everyone, I'm reporting in for my daily update. I've got a list of five of the Must-Go-To wedding blogs of the week for those of you who are thinking about getting married, going to get married, or are just finished with your wedding and you're wondering how you could have done a better job.

#1 Style Me Pretty
"Style Me Pretty is really all about wedding inspiration. It’s about helping brides to design their own unique and personal wedding style. Whether they are inspired by a particular color palette, a beautiful reception venue or even by something as simple as piece of jewelry…Style Me Pretty is about translation your inspirations into a cohesive look and style for your own wedding."

#2 Offbeat Bride
"Ariel, author of the book Offbeat Bride: Taffeta-Free Alternatives for Independent Brides. This blog is just the tip of the offbeat iceberg — for the whole story you'll need the book, which is half memoir, half tipster handbook. I also blog at Electrolicious. "

#3 Wedding Bee
"Weddingbee is a wedding blog updated daily by 20 real brides across the US and Canada. We feature wedding inspiration and ideas, diy projects, product reviews, vendor spotlights, advice and news, with a core focus on real brides’ wedding planning journeys from engagement to “I Do” and beyond. The site is updated up to 20 times a day and is read obsessively by brides, grooms, bridesmaids, women, wedding vendors and industry insiders alike."

#4 Wedding Fanatic
"WeddingFanatic is the ultimate resource for brides to keep up on the hottest wedding trends!"

#5 Wedding Mapper
"Founded in January 2007, Wedding Mapper has become the premier online destination for couples to create an interactive and fully customizable wedding map. The Wedding Mapper map allows couples to share a large amount of detailed information such as ceremony and reception details, lodging, travel logistics, popular tourist sites, and places that are important to the engaged couple through markers on the map. Personalized descriptions and photos can be attached to each wedding map marker. Guests can use the map to plan their travel itinerary, get driving directions, and familiarize themselves with the wedding location. Whether a bride and groom are creating a hometown or destination wedding, Wedding Mapper makes planning the wedding, sharing information with guests and trip planning easier than ever."