Stationery:

Laser Cut Wedding Invitations

from Invitations by Dawn

Laser cut wedding invitations feature the most extravagant and detailed designs that you can’t get from standard printing. We are totally in love with the intricate designs that we’ve spied from Invitations by Dawn (which, of course, you can easily customize online with color, font, and wording!). So dang unique, right?

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From the friendliest, most knowledgeable consultants in the industry to etiquette tips and assembly guides, Invitations by Dawn makes the selection, customization, and ordering process super easy! They want their customers to be in LOVE with their invitations and it’s pretty obvious why they try so darn hard!

We also appreciate that there’s a price for every bride. From high-end letterpress to affordable seal and sends, Invitations by Dawn will help you find the perfect invitations at a price you can afford!

Luckily, we’ve got a special offer for our GREY LIKES WEDDINGS readers – Get 25% off your wedding invitations with code GREYLIKES25. Exclude Disney Invitations. Offer valid through 8/31/2014.

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Wedding Paper Divas

social media tips

One of our favorite parts about weekends is following our friends’ wedding hashtags on Instagram. Sounds crazy, but it’s so fun to see everything leading up to the events of the big day, and then finally all the highlights captured by wedding guests on the big day! We really love the idea of sharing your custom “wedding hashtag” with guests. Wedding Paper Divas has helped put together for us some perfect “Social Media Tips” for how to communicate with guests your social media preferences. To share or not to share? Here are some ways to beautifully get the message across!

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1. Include a mini enclosure card with your invitation to share a hashtag or wedding website you would like your guests to post to. (Or better yet…communicate your wedding hashtag early by including it in your save-the-dates. Family and friends can follow along with your planning process!)

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2. Create a special section on your wedding website to provide guests with your social wishes for the big day.

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3. Post signs at the wedding ceremony and reception with your hashtag to make it easy for guests to remember when uploading their photos to social media.

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4. Include a special section in your wedding program to convey any social etiquette you would like your guests to follow.

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Tell us what you think? Do you have a wedding hashtag? Or are you keeping things under wraps? How are you communicating your wishes to guests?

*Post is sponsored by Wedding Paper Divas. Opinions are blogger’s own.

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Urban Crowns by Kate Weinstein Photo

with paper by Layers of Loveliness

Shot in downtown Milwaukee, this shoot combines the romance of organic elements, with the architecture and masculinity of the city. Very special thanks to Kate Weinstein Photo for such beautiful images. Don’t you adore the invites and calligraphy, by Layers of Loveliness and that simple, organic cake by A Splendid Occasion?

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Vendors: Photography + crown: Kate Weinstein Photo // Invitation suite and calligraphy: Layers of Loveliness // Greenery on the cake: A Splendid Occasion // Ribbon: Frou Frou Chic // Model: Chelsea Smith

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Stationery Spotlight: Alisa Bobzien

wedding invites with mad style

You guys. Get ready. Because we are transporting you to absolute paper heaven today! Designer Alisa Bobzien just became a member of our Grey Collective and we are beyond honored because dang, this girl’s got style. She’s officially on our pin board, and we know you’ll love her as much as we do. Just imagine sending out something as pretty as these two paper suites to all your wedding guests. Le sigh. Yes, please.

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We chatted with Alisa and learned about the best part of her offerings: “I’m thrilled to be able to offer clients this new online collection,” she said. “It was born out of my desire to provide highly personalized wedding stationery that offers the flexibility of custom design while allowing clients to sidestep the overwhelming number of decisions and expense required by the custom design process.”

These lovelies are customizable, easy to order, and absolute gorg. Win-win, no?

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Vendor Spotlight: Ancticipate Invitations

welcome to the grey collective

Anticipate Invitations is one of our newest Grey Collective members, and one of the reasons we chose them is their unique approach to stationery. First off, in order to keep things as custom as possible without sacrificing your wallet is limiting their designs to just 25 purchases before they are discontinued! So each invite is a limited edition, which makes it much more exclusive. You won’t have to worry about picking the same stationery as someone else!

In addition to that, Anticipate Invitations donates a portion of the proceeds to love146, a charity dedicated to ending child-trafficking and exploitation. With a company that is so design savvy AND passionate about giving back, how could we not adore them?