Watermelon pink wedding invitations with Canary yellow grosgrain belt

Sapphire blue, lemon yellow and hot pink are popping up everywhere, and we love these colors for the spring and summer season. These modern belted hot pink wedding invitations showcase this optimistic trend and would be perfect for your upcoming event. We used the heavyweight Watermelon pink background card and white overlay, and wrapped them with a sunny Canary grosgrain belt, embellished with a solid brass buckle. The price was an easy 98¢, including envelope from Formal-Invitations.com. You can choose their diy kit or mix and match the background colors and belts to create your own color combination.

Lavender wedding invitations with silver roses on black fine paper sash

Lavender is on the list of Pantone’s Fashion Color Report for the spring season and we used this inspiration from Douglas Hannant to create gorgeous lavender wedding invitations embellished with a beautiful sash.

The Hyacinth background card, embedded with light sparkles was layered with a white overlay and wrapped with a black sash made from soft, black paper printed with a metallic silver rose design. Including envelope, the price was only 94¢ from Formal-Invitations.com making it a smart, modern choice. The exquisite black paper with silver roses is also available as an envelope liner for additional luxury.

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Formal-Invitations.com, a family owned company, was founded in 1991 by Melissa Nyssen as an alternative to high-priced custom invitations and cheap, flimsy kits that were difficult to set up and print. Their mission has always been to provide premium materials for one-of-a-kind, earth-friendly and remarkably easy do-it-yourself wedding invitations. These exclusive invitations are only available directly from http://www.formal-invitations.com. Eliminating ‘middle man’ suppliers makes it possible for them to provide high quality papers and other supplies at the lowest possible prices.

Choose from more than 100 kits in prices ranging from 46¢-$1.22 per invitation. Each kit includes the heavyweight background card, a printer-friendly overlay, an embellishment and an envelope. Or, the savvy fashionable bride can choose to mix and match from the wide variety of papers and embellishments and create her own personal, unique design.

Red wedding invitation with paper rose bouquet embellishment

These pretty red rose wedding invitations were made using a heavyweight 100# Scarlet background card ($5/25), white overlay ($1.50/25) and embellished using a delicate paper rose bouquet with a tiny satin ribbon ($7/25), including envelope ($5/25) they worked out to be only 74¢ each from Formal-Invitations.com …a great deal for a luxurious invitation.

This sweet bottle stopper from Beau-Coup.com would also make a great favor for your event, plus they are having a store-wide sale for $5-$15 off until midnight on January 26th, 2009. …another lovely item for less!

Black wedding invitations with Wave fine paper sash

This gorgeous new Wave sash from Formal-Invitations.com is soft, crinkled, textured paper, hand marbled in blue, teal, gold and black and works well wrapped around the metallic Gold, Forest, Navy, Chocolate, Tahiti Blue, Kiwi, or Lemon background cards. We used the black Onyx background card to create these unique black and teal wedding invitations for only 94¢ each from Formal-Invitations.com, including envelope. The Onyx background card, white overlay and envelope are also make with 100% post consumer fibers, making it a smart, earth-friendly choice.

Modern lemon yellow wedding invitations with Ginkgo fine paper sash

Super Lemon was included in the Pantone Fashion Color Report for Spring 2009 and we love the fun and optimistic look. We created these sunny yellow wedding invitations using the Lemon background card and white overlay, wrapped with a flock-textured Ginkgo paper sash giving it a modern edge.

The Ginkgo sash contains silk-screened fans in a frosted pearl-like metallic lavender throughout the paper, like windblown ginkgo leaves dangling from a tree. A raised, suede-like flocking outlines each fan in a rich, deep black …stunning! The price is also an amazing 94¢ each from Formal-Invitations.com. As a bonus, the 100# Lemon card is processed chlorine free, manufactured with 100% clean, renewable hydroelectric energy, the overlay and envelope are both made from 100% post consumer fibers, making it a smart, earth-friendly choice.

Watermelon pink wedding invitation with tangerine sash

As seen in Glamour magazine, brights are the new hot hues. We used these gorgeous colors to create cool wedding invitations with the heavyweight Watermelon card and white overlay and wrapped with a Fantasia fine paper sash, printed with yellow swirls. A stunning combination at a great price of only 94¢ each, including envelope made from 100% post consumer fibers from Formal-Invitations.com

Other brights available from Formal-Invitations.com are the Lemon yellow and Tahiti blue 100# heavyweight cards, also processed chlorine free, and manufactured with 100% clean, renewable hydroelectric energy.

Black and White Wedding Invitations with Vintage Japanese Artwork

For a truly eco-chic, affordable and unique wedding invitations we used vintage Japanese clip art from Dover Publications ($12 from Formal-Invitations.com) printed on a crisp white overlay then fastened to a heavyweight black Onyx background card, creating a substantial and luxurious feel.

The white printable overlay ($1.50/25), heavyweight black background card ($5/25) and white envelope ($5/25) from Formal-Invitations.com are made from 100% post consumer recycled fibers, making it an smart, earth-friendly choice. The invitation price worked out to a smart 46¢ each …the clip art book and glue stick or dots are sold separately. Simply beautiful!

Peppermint pink wedding invitations with rose quartz jewel brad

These sweet pink patterned wedding invitations are another example of the  new happiness chic style, as shown in Glamour magazine. The Peppermint pink heavyweight background card is printed in a modern design (both front and back) and is manufactured with 100% clean, renewable hydroelectric energy. We attached a translucent vellum overlay using a sparkling Rose Quartz jewel brad for a little glamour. The price was also something to be happy about at only 86¢ each including envelope made from 100% post consumer fibers from Formal-Invitations.com.

Tree-free bluebell petal wedding invitations with sheer ribbon

The pretty wedding invitation made with a heavyweight tree-free recycled cotton card embedded with bluish-purple petals and bit of grass. A translucent vellum overlay is fastened with a sheer chiffon ribbon, for a sweet romantic look. Completed with a sage green envelope, made from 100% post consumer fibers, these gorgeous petal paper wedding invitations were only 98¢ each from Formal-Invitations.com. The field of cornflowers shown in the background is from Allposters.com and makes us dream about a warm summer day (it’s January in full force, here in Chicago).