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31 Mar |
Introducing Vita Mechachonis and her spectacular Birth Announcements |
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2:05 am Posted by Nicola |
We are excited to introduce Vita Mechachonis, a spectacular illustrator and designer sharing her talents with LookLoveSend. Living in a seacoast town and spending a lot of time outdoors with her beloved dog, Vita gathers a lot of inspiration from her outings and surroundings. She is contributing wedding invitations, birth announcements, and other special occasion cards to our site.
Vita’s artwork is bright and colorful and fresh. See below for two of her adorable birth announcement designs, “Little One” and “Circus“ available for ordering on LookLoveSend.com.
To see more of Vita’s fantastic design collection, select a card type and query by designer for her name. We are confident you’ll find something you like and are delighted to offer 20% off of your first order by joining our mailing list.
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30 Mar |
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1:17 am Posted by Nicola |
Are you hosting a baby shower for someone this summer? If so, checkout the great selection of cute and fun baby shower invitations available at LookLoveSend.com! A baby shower is a fun get-together, a chance to meet up with family and friends or meet new friends of the mom-to-be. It is fun to ‘oooh’ and ‘aaaah’ at the tiny baby clothes, and for current moms it’s always fun to see the new products that always seem to be coming onto the market for babies and their parents.
To send out your baby shower invitations, you can always run to your local drugstore and pickup pre-packaged invitations with the blank lines to enter the pertinent invitation data. But this is time consuming and will not be as personalized as a pre-printed invitation purchased online.
Our designers are constantly creating beautiful new baby shower invitation designs. On our site, select boy, girl or gender neutral, pick a style that suits the mom-to-be or incorporate the color she is planning for her baby’s nursery.
Make the invitation a special one and your guests will be particularly excited to attend the event and to see what else you have in store in terms of decorations, favors, and other party details.
Join the LookLoveSend mailing list to receive 20% off your first order!
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28 Mar |
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2:01 am Posted by Nicola |
Twice a year, adventurous Boston-area brides have an opportunity to break out their running shoes and find a designer wedding gown for a fraction of its usual retail price. This “Running of the Brides” event is full of energy, excitement and fun. Brides and their support team of mothers, bridesmaids and friends line up in the wee morning hours, often wearing matching shirts or crazy hats so they can find each other when the mad rush begins. Signs are made to help the dress swapping process, brides’ strategies are aligned with their teams, and then the doors open…
During the March 2011 event it took just over 1 minute for almost 3,000 wedding gowns to be stripped from their racks. And then the bartering began. Imagine the scene of over 1,000 women holding armfuls of dresses and bartering to find the perfect size, design and style for their bride. It was joyful wedding chaos.
Both photo credits: Nicole Cammorata / Boston.com Staff]
The local news coverage of this spring’s event was giddy. Interviews featured brides gushing about their bargain designer buys; one woman even purchased two gowns – one for the ceremony and another for the reception! Yes, there were many happy brides in Boston and its suburbs that day.
Technology has undoubtedly simplified the wedding planning process for brides today. Checking out reception sites, buying wedding invitations, hearing band demos, booking honeymoons – all this and more can be done online more easily and efficiently than in the past. But wedding cake still needs to be sampled and wedding gowns still need to be tried on – which makes “Running of the Brides” such a relevant and fun tradition that is hopefully around for years to come.
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26 Mar |
Send a Special Graduation Party Invitation to Honor Your Grad |
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6:17 pm Posted by Nicola |
If you are planning a graduation party for your graduate this spring, consider sending a custom graduation party invitation to set the tone for a truly special celebration.
Whether your grad is finishing High School or College, it is a special time to celebrate with close family and friends. Your grad has worked hard to reach this day, so why not host a celebration that is truly memorable? While you have already celebrated many birthdays and personal events with your grad (think sports victories,good grades, first jobs…) graduation is true milestone as your young adult may be leaving home or embarking on a new adventure for the first time.
At LookLoveSend we will soon have a great collection of graduation party invitations that go beyond the traditional motar board and diploma scroll designs. The ordering process is simple; select your design, enter your data online, and you can easily order invitation quantities as low as 10 within minutes.
We are pleased to announce that that you get 20% off of your first order with us when you join our mailing list. Don’t miss this opportunity!
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24 Mar |
Meet Suling Wang, Designer of Nature-inspired Wedding Invitations |
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1:09 am Posted by Nicola |
Suling Wang is one of our many great designers bringing her considerable talents to LookLoveSend by creating beautiful wedding invitations. Suling is an illustrator and designer and hasworked in many art-related fields such as interactive design, animation, web design, and commercial illustration.
Suling has created designs for such companies asAmericanGreetings.com, Papyrus, Houghton-Mifflin, Cricket Magazine, Eugene Textiles, Madison Park Greetings and Harper Collins. We are very excited to be showcasing her exceptional wedding announcements, birth announcements and special occasion cards on LookLoveSend.
Suling finds most of her inspiration in plants, flowers and her own two young children. She loves creating nature or floral-inspired designs that are ultimately crafted onto stationery, bedding and apparel.
As we shift our mindset to spring and summer, now is a perfect time to check out Suling’s nature-inspired designs. See below for one of one of her fantastic floral wedding invitation design styles, “Stately Roses“.
Find Suling’s design collection at LookLoveSend.com. We are delighted to offer 20% off of your first order by joining our mailing list.
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23 Mar |
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3:08 pm Posted by Nicola |
Most couples have a mental picture of what their ideal wedding would look like – the guest list size, the setting, entertainment, menu…but unfortunately in these tough economic times, this mental picture may need to be adjusted or downsized.
While this economic reality check may be discouraging at first, it could actually be an opportunity to plan an intimate, unique,and truly memorable event – by making it a destination wedding. While a destination wedding may not seem cost-effective at first glance, the option is definitely worth considering. Here are a few benefits of a destination wedding from a cost perspective.
- Great airfare and hotel deals can always be found if you are flexible in terms of destination and time of year for your special day.
- A destination wedding is usually an intimate event so it is appropriate to invite only immediate family members and a few close friends. This will limit your guest list expense (and you can always host a simple get-together with others when you return).
- A destination wedding is usually less formal thana traditional wedding (think barefoot beach wedding)which provides the opportunity for more simple (and less expensive) wedding attire for the bride, groom and wedding party.
- Decorations and flowers do not have to be overly elaborate (or expensive) for a destination wedding – let the beauty of your chosen location speak for itself!
- No separate honeymoon required, just extend your stay and enjoy your wedding locale as a married couple.
Planning a destination wedding is not for everyone. It definitely takes a lot of research and planning, particularly for some of the less mainstream locations that are undoubtedly the most cost-effective. But for the right couple, a destination wedding can be the opportunity tocreate a truly one-of-a-kind memory plus you’ll have a meaningful place to visit for anniversary trips in the future!
At LookLoveSend.com we have an exceptional team of designers who have created numerous wedding invitations designs that would complement your destination wedding. Subscribe to our mailing list and get 20% off of your first order with us!
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22 Mar |
Photo Birth Announcement: A Great Way to Announce Your Newborn! |
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6:08 pm Posted by Nicola |
I have to confess, I have photo birth announcements stuck to my refridgerator that are several years old. And these babies will probably be starting Kindergarten before I take them down!
With our increased online communication and social interaction, I think it is becoming even more meaningful and special to receive a baby photo in the mail. Most people love to see baby photos and I truly love to receive a good quality photo sent via traditional snail mail to my physical mailbox. And I’m sure I’m not alone in this.
Sending a photo birth announcement, such as “Pink and Black Floral” by designer Simon+Kabuki, is a great way to introduce your newborn to those you love. Include a short personalized message, provide those weight and length stats that everyone asks about, and add one or more photos of either the baby alone or with the family.
LookLoveSend has a broad selection of photo birth announcements crafted by an exceptional team of designers and awaiting your customization. All cards are printed on fine quality paper and our superior customer service will make your ordering process simple and quick.
Spread the news of your newborn with a photo birth announcement…and you’ll probably enjoy seeing your baby’s photo on friends’ refridgerators for years to come!
See oir great collection of designs for you to choose and announce the arrival of your cute little one to this world! Join our mailing list today and get 20% off of your first order with us.
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16 Mar |
Your Baby’s First Birthday Invitation: Make it one to Remember! |
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4:39 pm Posted by Nicola |
A baby’s first year is full of developmental milestones thatwe, as parents,readabout, watch for, and try to capture on film when they happen for us. How many parents have clapped with glee when their four-month old did a simple flip from front to back?
Whether your 1-year old is crawling, standing or walking, there is one event that is universally treasured and remembered – baby’s first birthday.
Many families choose to host a baby’s first birthday party for family and close friends. For parents it’s a time to marvel about how quickly the year has passed and to capture the obligatory photo of baby with birthday cake smeared everywhere!
Make your celebration truly special by sending a custom first birthday party invitation. With many playful and colorful designs at LookLoveSend, you are sure to find one to match your baby’s personality. Another special touch may be to make it a photo birthday invitation – isn’t it always nice to receive a cute baby photo in the mail?
After the cake, balloons, gifts and favors, another way to make this first birthday one to remember is to select a cute frame and hang the party invitation in your baby’s room. Both you and your child will love to see this in years to come.
Subscribe to our mailing list and you will receive 20% off of your first order with us!
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15 Mar |
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1:30 pm Posted by Nicola |
Are you planning to print a wedding place card to guide your guests to their table number for your wedding reception? Are you also looking for ideas for your wedding favors? If so, why not combine the two with a practical idea that will make you and your guests feel good?
Instead of giving your guests a physical wedding favor to take home with them, why not make a small charitable donation in their names? The choice of charity could be a cause close to the bride and groom, or it could be one selected in memory of a loved one not there to share the special day. Send in your charitable donation in the weeks leading up to your wedding day, you will be glad you did.
Selectsome explanatory words to print on your wedding place cards, such as:
“in lieu of a wedding favor gift, a charitable donation has been made on your behalf to Dana Farber Cancer Society as chosen byMichelle and Richard in loving memory of Michelle’s grandmother.”
Make your wedding place card more than just a name and table number, the charity wins, you will feel good, and your guests will delight in the thoughtful gesture on your special day.
See LookLoveSend’s broad selection of place cards, available alone or as part of a wedding invitation suite.
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14 Mar |
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5:13 pm Posted by Nicola |
My own wedding was twelve years ago but, to this day, whenever I go in the card and stationary store at the mall, I think of my wedding invitation hassle. There are not many brides-to-be who can honestly say that the process of planning a wedding doesn’t include some stress. For me, that stress was undoubtedly the wedding invitation.
Of course, twelve years ago, the Internet was a fraction of what it is today in terms of content, viewership and functionality…but if only I had the option to select and purchase an online wedding invitation. This would have eliminated hassle, time and stress. Let me explain.
I visited several card and stationary stores before selecting my final wedding invitation. At each store I was ushered to the back of the store to an area filled with massive binders containing wedding invitation sets and left alone to browse. The first thing that struck me was that many of the designs seemed quite old-fashioned and dated. The cost to print and distribute these binders is not insigificant so they clearly don’t get updated too often. But online invitations are another story as they can offer frequently updated designs that are fresh and current.
Flipping through those binders took a long time. Like most brides, I had a wedding invitation style in mind, but the binders didn’t have an index so I had to flip through many pages, inserting bookmarks and spreading books all across the table. This search could have been cut in half online with invitations grouped by style for easier searches.
So I selected my invitation, provided my information, and ordered a sample. Luckily I had pre-printed all relevant data ahead of time and brought it with me. Unluckily,when I received my program sample in the mail the following week I noticed that someone had incorrectly edited one of my bridesmaids’ names. Somehow in the behind-the-scenes ordering process the unusual ‘c’ at the end of her Slavic name was changed to an ‘e’. Real-time online proofs and text customization, as offered online, would have eliminated this unecessary error, hassle and time.
Sure, I was happy with the wedding invitations I sent out for my special day, but when my own daughter gets married I’ll be glad we can go online and not to the mall card store to select and buy our invitations.
LookLoveSend.com offers an amazing and broad collection of wedding stationery designs with the unparalled ease of online ordering.
