Now, through the end of March, 2008, we are offering a 20% discount on our invitation ensembles in honor of our anniversary. Simply use code: WP20 on the order form and POOF! we’ll take it off for you, who knew it could be so easy?!
www.farfallawedding.com or www.farfallawedding.com/order.html.
There are no rules, other than you must order by March 31st at midnight. Cheers!
And remember, we have a special every month, select the Monthly Special section to the right to view the current month.
Everyone needs a Kitchenaid Stand Mixer. Add it to your registry this afternoon. You might not think you need it, but once you open that badboy up and get it going, you’ll never look back. I can’t live without mine.
Tip: Get a fun color, we got the Imperial Grey thinking it would blend with our stainless kitchen (didn’t want to get the stainless one because we thought it would always be covered in fingerprints or otherwise always look dirty sitting out on the counter). I wish I could trade it in for something more fun like this Tangerine one.
If you are still looking for that ’something blue’, get creative! You aren’t limited to a blue dress tag, or blue undies anymore. Branch out from the norm and still tip your hat to tradition. Look at this gorgeous Amsale gown, that has just enough blue. Gorgeous!
I love these parasols, when I was in the midst of planning I debated over which exact design I wanted, but then the rush of last minute planning flooded me and they just didn’t get ordered. I surely missed out on some great and fun pictures.
Pamela’s Parasol: www.pamelasparasols.com
We’ve found a great new outlet for accent papers that can be used as backing layers, or envelope liners. Here are a few of our favorites.
I received a box this morning from one of our dear friends, who knows of my love for peanut butter & chocolate. Inside were fortune cookies. Half were dipped in peanut butter, the other half in Dark Chocolate Mint. They were delicious, and would make a really cute, inexpensive favor. If you are so inclined you can even customize the messages inside. This loverly gift my friend bestowed upon me was from chocolatefortunes.com. Look at these beauties.
Just from planning FYI:
Tablecards instruct your guests to be seated at a specific table. Once they find their table they can select any seat they prefer. Tablecards can be issued as one per couple, or family. An example would be:
Mr. and Mrs. John Smith
Table Twelve
or
Mr. and Mrs. John Smith
Miss Ashley
Table Twelve
Placecards instruct your guests to be seated in a specific seat AT a specific table. Placecards are typically paired with a seating chart or other means for guests to narrow in on their table. Once they arrive at their table, they will look for their placecard and sit in their pre-selected seat. Placecards will be individual, each guest will require their own card, and no table number would be listed. An example:
Mr. John Smith
or
Mrs. John Smith
to include a child that would be lap seated with a parent, or otherwise is incapable of sitting in their own real seat, I would recommend:
Mr. (or Mrs.) John Smith
Miss Ashley
Occasionally we have couples who don’t quite know what they want from their invitations, but they are having a “fill in the blank” wedding. So each week, in an effort to inspire, we’ll select a different wedding style and include inspiration pictures, fresh invitation designs, favor ideas etc.
You can tell you love your work when every color, pattern, or piece of paper immediately gets turned into a new invitation design. This pattern and color palette will certainly be inspiration for some new letterpress designs.
I’m in a sweet mood tonight, and after looking at cakes for a little bit, I went into a temporary sugar coma thinking fondly of the single best cookie on earth. If you haven’t tried them I suggest you order them ASAP. I’m not usually a sugar cookie fan, I always think they are bland, but Cheryl and her fabulous baker friends make a mean cookie. You can get them prepackaged for wedding favors, but honestly, I would just order them for yourself (wedding planning is stressful, you deserve a cookie). If you want to share them with your guests, try a small cello bag, cute tag and some ultra satiny ribbon. Cheryl&Co Cookies
Cakes are yummy, yes, we all know this, but inspiring?
We’ve had 3 brides recently who have sent us pictures of their cakes and asked us to work backward toward an invitation design. Sure, why not! Here are some of our new confectionery favorites:
all photos from marthastewart.com
I have an addiction. I love tulips, and peonies, and orchids. Truly, I love flowers. There is something about orchids that I just love though, look at this amazing bouquet, courtesy of MarthaStewart.com:
Eco-aware, a little term we use around Farfalla to describe our work. What are we talking about? It means that we are aware of the environment and do all we can to help protect and nourish it. All our letterpress papers are 100% cotton. That’s right, no trees, not a single little limb, nor a leaf, nor a cute little sapling. Viva las trees!
We’ve been thinking about our designs lately. Although everything we design is custom for each couple, there has definitely been a trend toward larger and more graphical artwork recently. It seems that gone are the days of soft dotted lines and swirls… and we love it! Using intense graphics adds to the overall feel of your event. We really love our Victorian design and it’s been really popular lately. We’ve printed versions of it in at least 6 completely different colors, and we can’t decide which one we love the most.
Letterpress is traditionally very delicate in our opinion, but by switching it up with detailed and bolder graphics, it’s like the love child of a ballerina and a football player. It’s aggressive, but still amazingly beautiful.
We would like to make an announcement, you may want to sit down for this one. It is OK to have more than two colors for your wedding! Shocking I know, but we warned you to sit down. So many times our clients will say “I wish I could have a third color” or “if only I could include…” orange, blue, or pink etc. Good news! You can. Look at these amazing color combinations that we are swooning over. Remember, you don’t have to include every color into every single element, have a palette of colors that compliment and enrich each other. We heart colors.
or pick one color, and do various shades of it
‘Farfalla’ means butterfly in Italiano. Italy is fantastico.
We did it! We took the plunge. After suggestions that we should jump on the blog bandwagon we decided it is a grand idea.
There are so many things we’d love to share with our clients, that are not necessarily invitation related, but there wasn’t really a good place to do it, so here we are. We plan to include all the lovely wedding ideas, items, and little randomness that we come across daily, and of course love with all our clients and regular visitors. But never fear, www.farfallawedding.com and our custom designed letterpress ensembles are still our main endeavor.
