Showing posts with label wedding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wedding. Show all posts

February 11, 2010

Buying Invitations

I started my career as a graphic designer in the printing industry. Since most of our jobs were direct consumer orders, we were producing numerous utilitarian items such as business cards, wedding invitations and related merchandise. Invitation cards were among the most exciting jobs because of the number of people involved and other cultural complexities.

One particular particular job I remember pretty clearly. A family walked into the press seeking to print wedding save the date cards and each member had a different plan for the card. When I sat down at the computer to create a design for the cards each one of them started directing me in a totally different direction. Initially it was quite frustrating. After couple of hours we had made very little progress in finalizing the design.

I took a break and talked to the groom and suggested that we would be better off making cards with varying designs so that each member can send out the card of his preferred design for his contacts. This idea was put forward to the family and everyone agreed. We then decided to use cardstock designs so the production time would be greatly reduced.

I would say this was a positive experience because it exposed me to the different thought processes of members of the same family. Their varying attitudes about different aspects of the same event was intriguing. I wonder if people grapple with the same dilemma here also.

December 15, 2009

Making Marriages Memorable

One of the ways to make your marriage a memorable occasion is by having Custom Wedding Invitations created which will uniquely set your celebration apart from thousands of others. It may sound to be daunting task to get highly creative wedding invitations especially when you are getting married in a popular destination such as Hawaii or Florida. There is no need to worry as there are specially designed Destination Wedding Invitations for this purpose.

The biggest concern during times of rising prices and weakening economy, cost of making these exotic, designer invitations. Well, I wouldn't worry because I could definitely find a place where Discount Wedding Invitations are available, which will help me put in the least amount of money on paper and max on the celebration itself.

September 27, 2009

Affordable and Stylish Wedding Dresses!!!

Marriages are made in heaven goes the common adage. I agree with the saying but I would like to add a small line to it so that the complete saying in my words would go like "Marriages are made in heaven, but weddings are celebrated on earth". Weddings are for most people a once-in-a-lifetime event and it is the dream of every woman to look her best on the big day. Wedding shopping can be expensive and the dress for the big day which is bought after spending thousands of dollars is mostly not used again. Under such circumstances and in the present economy it would make a lot of sense to shop online when you could find Cheap Wedding Dresses with Latest Styles.
I personally visited this website while shopping for my bride-to-be and was impressed with their styles and more so with their prices. The array of styles and designs all at highly affordable prices just floored me and I ended up ordering more than what I had originally intended to. It is not that they are only cheap but these dresses provide great value for your money. If you browse this site with your fiance the way I did you will spend a lot of time and hear a lot of oohs... and aahs before you actually make your purchase. I didn't grudge spending time on this website shopping for wedding dresses because it accomplished two objectives of wedding shopping and spending quality time with my fiance.