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This year the hottest wedding invitations styles take their cue from the world around us. Colors both bold and subtle, patterns that make an immediate depression and styles that combine tradition and innovation in a unique, contemporary look are all fantastic styles. Your wedding invitations will set the tone for the wedding of your dreams when you choose from a diversity of canât miss wedding invitation styles taken from todayâs hottest designers. Take a look at what the top designers are offering for your 2009 wedding invitation needs.
Vera Wang
Bold prints and delicate, subtle patterns combine in designer Vera Wangâs wedding invitation shape. Wang mixes contemporary and traditional in a style that is unabashedly joyful, un-self-consciously playful and inimitably modern. In the Vera Wang Retro Verso line, Wang turns tradition on its head to photograph on both sides of the invitation, pairing bold prints with delicate patterns to make wedding invitations that are memorable and unique.
Vera Wang Retro Verso Dual Sided Gingko Wedding Invitations are simplicity embodied. One side features a bold imprint of the lovely fan-shaped gingko biloba leaf in reverse photograph, while the invitation appears on the other side, framed by a delicate spray of gingko leaves traced along the border. Lovely for the modern bride who still wants to offer a nod to tradition. Itâs an especially apt choice for an Oriental themed wedding.
Vera Wangâs William Arthur Black and Pink Paisley Letterpress Wedding Invitations are delightfully retro with a modern punch of color. Black and pink play against each other in a paisley-inspired flower photograph in bold black detailed with pretty-as-pink touches. The hand-lined pink envelope completes the ensemble that is both whimsical and very Art Deco at the same time.
Anna Griffin
The Retro Verso and Letterpress wedding invitation shape from Vera Wang are absolute canât miss wedding invitation choices for todayâs modern bride. Designer Anna Griffin focuses on the traditional, playing with touches of ribbon, satin embossing and layered panels to make a suspicion of opulence and timeless elegance.
Anna Griffin Celadon Repousse Wedding Invitations: Anna Griffin offers a subtle and elegant square invitation bordered with a pale green botanical photograph. The ivory focal point panel features an embossed border and is bound with satin ribbon at all four corners. The invitation is a statement of timeless elegance without being caught in the lock-step of engraved tradition. Pretty, subtle and certainly bridal, this is an ideal invitation choice for any formal wedding.
Anna Griffin Platinum Toile Wedding Invitations: Gorgeous invitations that save you money, is there anything better? The Platinum Toile Wedding Invitations from the Anna Griffin line is only available blank. Each invitation consists of a platinum-bordered ivory card that can be printed with your invitation diction, a vellum gatefold sleeve to wrap around it and a matching bow to make a truly romantic wedding invitation. Make a romantic statement with your wedding invitation or announcement by choosing this or one of Anna Griffinâs other floral printed shape of wedding invitations.
Custom Mix ânâ Match Wedding Invitations
Are you looking for wedding invitations that are completely and really your own? Custom Mix ânâ Match Wedding Invitations fit the bill. You can choose your photograph colors, choose the color of your envelope linings and even choose the style of your enclosures. In fact, there are so many custom options that your wedding invitations are bound to be completely one of a kind.
Custom Mix ânâ Match 7 x 7 Pocket Fold Invitations
Classic elegance and contemporary styling combine in this unusual wedding invitation style. You have a choice of 90 different color papers, including a array of metallic colors from pearl white to lapis blue. Customizations available for the Mix ânâ Match wedding invitations include the color of the liner paper, color of the backing paper and color of the invitation panel. The pocket fold is contemporary and sleekly elegant, ideal for todayâs bride with a sense of timeless style.
Reagan 3-Layer Wedding Invitations
Who said the only thing that comes in layers is the wedding cake? The Reagan 3-Layer Wedding invitation is part of the Custom Mix ânâ Match wedding invitation collection. The three layer panel invitation can be customized in literally hundreds of ink and paper colors, making your wedding invitations truly one-of-a kind creations. Choose two different backing colors, one panel color and ink color, customize with your chosen type style and pick out an envelope to accent or contrast with your invitations.
Your wedding is your day, a day when your personal style should hold sway. Invite your guests to your wedding in style, your own personal style, with a wedding invitation that catches the attention of your guests from the start.
Ryan Anderson is a writer and blogger who discusses topics such as event plotting and event coordination, along with specific topics such as wedding invitations.