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Selecting Your Invitations
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Calligraphed Invitations
Calligraphy is elegant and stylish and has a flair of the "old fashioned". Invitations prepared this way are handwritten in a script lettering that takes time and effort. Usually special training is required for that "perfect" look. Allow plenty of time if you choose to go this route, and remember, calligraphy ink is usually not waterproof and may smudge or streak with minimal moisture!
Hand Colored Invitations
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Take a basic invitation and add flair and style - a personal touch of your own - with hand colored or painted designs. This approach is almost always a unique and inner glimpse of you and your fiancé! Far from the traditional engraved invitation, more and more people today are taking a look at the "personality" and ease of preparing hand colored invitations.
Box Set Invitations
Quick and easy, boxed set invitations come essentially prepared for you, in a wide array of designs and styles. It's then up to you what you add and how you "dress them up". We've seen some incredibly wonderful and colorful boxed set invitations that created the perfect touch - creating excitement and fun!
Addressing - When it comes to addressing there aren't a lot of options here. Addressing is usually done by hand or by computer - tell your fiancé -"no labels".
Hand Lettering
Hand lettering by a professional calligrapher provides both a personalized and elegant appearance to your invitation. Calligraphy is challenging and requires some practice. If you've never done calligraphy before, and really want to address the envelopes yourself, pick up a book at the library or take a short course. When addressing the envelopes, you don't have to use calligraphy. If you have nice hand writing - that will work fine too!
Computer Generated Lettering
Computers and high quality printers today offer a variety of calligraphy fonts - and offer quality and consistent results. Also, some invitation shops have a calligraphy machine that is actually a pen that's moved by a computer. This is certainly a time saver!
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