A wedding invitation is the earliest hint your guests will receive about your wedding. It sets the tone for your event. It gets guests enthused and makes them look forward to your big day. Letterpress invitations will be especially in vogue for 2008 weddings, with couples designing their own unique invitations and graphics.
Letterpress invitations are created just as the wording suggests; each individual letter is put into place and then pressed into the paper. In modern letterpresses, the impressions are from metal typeset and custom engraved plates. The surfaces of these plates are inked and then pressed onto the paper to obtain a reverse image. Excellent letterpress work gives greater visual definition to the typeset and artwork. Wedding invitations made with letterpress are very unique works of art.
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Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Kathy's Wedding Showcase designed as one-stop shop
When Kathy Niesen invests time and effort helping area brides organize their weddings and doesn't hear from them again, its like one of her children has left home.
"They sort of become family when you're working with them," said Niesen. "Then, they don't come back."
"We go through everything with them," Niesen said.
Niesen, 59, former owner of Kathy's Hallmark, has carved a unique niche in the ever-burgeoning wedding planning industry. She owns Kathy's Wedding Showcase, 101 Bank St., which is designed as a one-stop shop for brides.
Kathy's joins other Grass Valley wedding businesses, including Vanity Faire and Lynette's Tux-n-Tailor/Lynette's Bridal Boutique.
Vanity Faire recently added traditional bride and bridesmaid dresses to its offerings through a store catalog. The store continues to offer nontraditional wedding dresses that it's had since the store began 10 years ago, said shop owner Sherri Soares.
It wasn't until the past week that Kathy's Wedding Showcase, which opened its doors in July, had a broad spectrum of vendors offering services through the store.
The expanded services and last month's wedding fair at the Miners Foundry in Nevada City bolstered business, Niesen said.
"We're just jumping out of our shoes," said Niesen late last week.
The shop's 23 vendors include: photographers, disc jockeys, a bridal fitness business, wedding cake groups, wedding gown services and gifts for bridesmaids and groomsman. Niesen's goal is to eventually have more than 100 vendors offer services through her shop.
Beyond the one-stop concept, Niesen said she's offering what a wedding consultant or planner would offer without charging.
"I'm like a booking agent for them," Niesen said. Most professional consultants could charge between $1,500 and $10,000, she said.
Niesen makes her money by charging the vendors fees for locating in her shop and she does wedding invitations herself.
"I don't want them to fill in the blanks (on their wedding invitations)," Niesen said. She said she wants the brides to come up with invitations tailored to the couple personally.
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"They sort of become family when you're working with them," said Niesen. "Then, they don't come back."
"We go through everything with them," Niesen said.
Niesen, 59, former owner of Kathy's Hallmark, has carved a unique niche in the ever-burgeoning wedding planning industry. She owns Kathy's Wedding Showcase, 101 Bank St., which is designed as a one-stop shop for brides.
Kathy's joins other Grass Valley wedding businesses, including Vanity Faire and Lynette's Tux-n-Tailor/Lynette's Bridal Boutique.
Vanity Faire recently added traditional bride and bridesmaid dresses to its offerings through a store catalog. The store continues to offer nontraditional wedding dresses that it's had since the store began 10 years ago, said shop owner Sherri Soares.
It wasn't until the past week that Kathy's Wedding Showcase, which opened its doors in July, had a broad spectrum of vendors offering services through the store.
The expanded services and last month's wedding fair at the Miners Foundry in Nevada City bolstered business, Niesen said.
"We're just jumping out of our shoes," said Niesen late last week.
The shop's 23 vendors include: photographers, disc jockeys, a bridal fitness business, wedding cake groups, wedding gown services and gifts for bridesmaids and groomsman. Niesen's goal is to eventually have more than 100 vendors offer services through her shop.
Beyond the one-stop concept, Niesen said she's offering what a wedding consultant or planner would offer without charging.
"I'm like a booking agent for them," Niesen said. Most professional consultants could charge between $1,500 and $10,000, she said.
Niesen makes her money by charging the vendors fees for locating in her shop and she does wedding invitations herself.
"I don't want them to fill in the blanks (on their wedding invitations)," Niesen said. She said she wants the brides to come up with invitations tailored to the couple personally.
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Thursday, February 21, 2008
Invites to Wedding Website: Making it Match; Popular Online Stationery Retailer Wedding Paper Divas Partners with ..
Wedding websites that match wedding invitations! This partnership marries popular designs from Wedding Paper Divas exclusive stationery collection to the personal wedding websites for engaged couples available from Nearlyweds!. Couples can easily select design templates for their wedding websites on Nearlyweds.com that coordinate with chic stationery ensembles available at Wedding Paper Divas for a polished wedding theme.
Mountain View, CA (PRWEB) February 5, 2008 -- Brides passionate about coordinating every wedding detail can wake up less stressed this morning.
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