For the love of wedding stationery

  You're cruising along in your wedding planning - meeting with your florist, tasting food, getting your chairs and linens picked out. Then you get to the point when you have to invite people and you start looking around and looking some more and you just assume that you'll find one, you'll order them and all will be fine.  ...

You're just getting ready to send out your wedding invitations - and the addresses are the final detail you need to figure out. You've put a lot of work into the invitations, getting the wording right, getting them all the information they need and making sure the etiquette is spot on. 

  Wedding planning is all fun and games until you get to that guest list - am I right? It is hands down, one of the most challenging tasks and comes with a lot of etiquette issues too - who gets a plus one? Do you invite kids - all kids, some kids or can it be just adults only??...

Are wedding invitations handwritten? I hear this question more often than you think through! To the untrained eye, it’s hard to tell what’s real calligraphy vs. a design that uses a calligraphy style font.

I get it, you've never planned a wedding before so how do you even know what to send out in your invitations? What do you need a reception card for? What does a belly band do? Do I NEED an envelope liner or is it just pretty? Are pocket invitations helpful? What's that clear paper thing that you wrap around...

I receive a lot of questions about wedding invitation wording, so many that Emily Post's Wedding Etiquette book is never far from my side. You've never planned a wedding before, so of course you have questions and I'm happy that I can be here to help you sort out the details.

Most of my FAQ's involve wording in some way shape or form. It's not an easy task to tackle. Feelings can be hurt if things aren't delicately worded.

I had the pleasure of teaming up for this gorgeous wedding shoot with Pointe D'Vine, a local wedding venue beautifully sitting on the bluffs of the Mississippi River. 

  Let's talk about printing options for  your wedding invitations. You've started searching Pinterest and going to websites and you're overwhelmed with things you've never heard of or only vaguely have heard of - letterpress, foil stamping, digital metallic .... 

What can you do to spice up your winter wedding, while keeping it simple at the same time? Take Sarah and Kevin, for example. We collaborated to find a way to keep their invitations clean and simple, but with design elements that really stand out.