Here we have Sophie again from www.cardsbysophie.com telling us about Fonts and Colour Choices for Wedding Stationery.
Choosing your Wedding Stationery – Fonts and colour choices
Your stationery can set the scene for your wedding, and it is often the first thing that your guests will see that will give them a hint about the big day.
The invitations are the first key step to setting the tone and the first glimpse into the wedding day for your guests, so you need to decide whether you’re going for something traditional or modern, and the colours involved.
Think about the sort of clothes you love, your ideal décor, and the place where you are getting married. Many of my brides have chosen ribbon colours to match the bridesmaids’ dresses by sending a swatch of fabric in, some examples are below.
The fonts you use on your stationery can also set the scene really well, we offer a choice of fonts from a modern ‘Century Gothic’ to a traditional ‘Edwardian Script’. We also have some non standard fonts available, in fact we’ve got a big new list for 2011!
Look at how the difference in colours and fonts can completely alter the design – these table plans are using the same Pearl design!
Remember your ‘on the day’ stationery (these are items to be used on the wedding day e.g. menus) can match in with your invitations, so you may wish to use the same colours and fonts again here.
You could be alternative like one of my couples, they chose the Allure design, but had three different combinations of their cream, dark purple and lilac colour scheme. They apparently had so many comments on the day about how alternative this was and how lovely it all looked! See what they did below.
Colours that have been particularly popular in 2010 for us are hot pink, deep purple and monochrome. There are so many different shades out there, one of the ribbon manufacturers we use has 52 colours alone, so why not try us out to match a shade for you?
I had a recent request for a Wedgwood blue ribbon – and managed to match it!
Contact Sophie at www.cardsbysophie.com
Sophie makes such gorgeous invitations! It's amazing how the font chosen completely changes the style of the invites, def something worth putting thought into when choosing your invitations.
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