Bride’s magazine featured a beautiful crinkle chiffon dress with delicate ruffles and modern tie by Vera Wang. We used this inspiration to create these stunning green wedding invitations, made with the heavyweight Anjou pear-green card and white overlay wrapped with delicate lokta cord, the ends unraveled revealing a pretty leaf shape ($1.02 from Formal-Invitations.com, including envelope).

The new glass bead embellishments from Formal-Invitations create an ultra-luxe look for less. To make these unique wedding invitations with beads, they are strung on metallic gold or silver cord, then wrapped around the announcement. DIY kits are available for 98¢ each, which include heavyweight background card, printable overlay, metallic cord, glass beads, foam mailing protector and envelope from Formal-Invitations.com. You can also mix and match to create your own unique color combinations.

Glass Beads are packed in quantities of 150, enough for 25 invitations using five or six beads per announcement, and include (25) 1/8″ 4×6 white foam mailing protectors for $5 from Formal-Invitations.com. Select from Rainforest (pink, amber and green), Ice (silver, pearl and clear), Ocean (aqua, light green and dark green) or Earth (brown, black and amber).

Metallic cord in silver or gold is $6 per spool, which will provide (25) 88″ pieces… enough to wrap each invitation nine times for a stunning look.

These ultra-chic Tiffany blue wedding invitations feature the new metallic cord and glass bead embellishments from Formal-Invitations.com. The heavyweight Tiffany blue background card and white overlay were wrapped with a Silver metallic cord that was strung with the Ocean glass bead collection. The Ocean collection includes aqua blue, light green and dark green beads, and includes a 4×6 1/8″ thick foam insert for protection during mailing. Even though these glamorous invitations look like a million, they were only 98¢ each, including envelope from Formal-Invitations.com, best of all!

Perfect for a garden wedding, these gorgeous petal paper wedding invitations are made using the Garden Petal cards made from recycled cotton, embedded with real rose, marigold, cornflower petals and grass. The handmade cards are layered with translucent vellum and tied with lokta cord. The Cypress green lokta cord contains 50% recycled lokta fibers, naturally colored using vegetables dyes, the ends were unwound to create a beautiful leaf shape. Even though they look like they cost a fortune, they were an affordable 94¢ each, including envelope direct from Formal-Invitations.com.

Dagoba’s organic chocolate in Roseberry, would also make a great favor for your summer or garden themed wedding. Dark chocolate infused with raspberries, and rosehips for the perfect balance of sweet and tart. (12-Pack for $36 from dagobachocolate.com).

New lokta cord from Formal-Invitations.com can be used as a short tie or wrap to embellish wedding invitations. …the ends can be unwound to reveal a beautiful leaf shape. Lokta is an native shrub in Nepal, harvested by cutting its stem, which regenerates in a few years. The inner bark of lotka is soaked, hammered into pulp then spread into thin sheets and dried by the sun.

Lokta twisted cord from Formal-Invitations.com contains 50% recycled lokta fibers, naturally colored using vegetables dyes in four shades: Birch white, Cypress green, Cedar brown and Juniper blue. Lokta for 5″ ties is 12¢ each and lokta for 22″ wraps are 48¢ each. Wedding invitation kits with lokta ties or wraps are 94¢ to $1.02 each and include heavyweight background card, overlay, lokta and envelope also from Formal-Invitations.com.

The latest invitation line from Formal-Invitations.com features beautiful lokta cord. Lokta is a native shrub in Nepal, harvested by cutting its stem, which regenerates in a few years. The inner bark of lotka is soaked, hammered into pulp then spread into thin sheets and dried by the sun. Lokta twisted cord from Formal-Invitations.com contains 50% recycled lokta fibers, naturally colored using vegetables dyes. The cord can be used as a short tie or wrap, the ends untwisted to create a beautiful leaf shape. These unique wedding invitations with lokta were made with the heavyweight Wheat background card and white overlay wrapped with Cedar brown lokta cord for $1.02 each, with envelope from Formal-Invitations.com

Cherry blossoms are a beautiful symbol of good fortune, love and spring …a perfect theme for this season’s weddings and special events. To create these modern pink wedding invitations, the overlay was printed with vintage clip art of a cherry blossom twig ($14 for a book and cd of 417 images from Formal-Invitations.com), which could also be used to print on favor labels, menu cards, place cards and programs. The overlay and heavyweight Magnolia pink background card were wrapped in delicate unryu (rice paper) and satin Moss belly bands (98¢ each from Formal-Invitations.com, including envelope made from 100% post-consumer fibers).

We also love the petals for pathways and for guests to toss, as they are non-staining and not slippery (66 cups of #5 Blend for $69 from FlyboyNaturals.com).  Flyboy is the world’s largest producer of eco-friendly freeze dried petals, choose from over 105 colors!

The Claddagh ring is a traditional Irish ring given as a token of love or worn as a wedding ring. The design and customs associated with it originated in the Irish fishing village of Claddagh, located just outside the city of Galway. The ring was first produced in the 17th century during the reign of Queen hands clasping a heart, and usually surmounted by a crown. The elements of this symbol are often said to correspond to the qualities of friendship (the hands), and loyalty (the crown). The expression which was associated with these symbols in the giving of the ring was: “With my two hands I give you my heart, and crown it with my loyalty.” Yet, the expression, “Let love and friendship reign forever” can be found as another meaning for the symbols.

Formal-Invitations.com offered a preview of their newest style featuring a metallic cord wrap embellished with this beautiful Irish symbol. These green wedding invitations incorporate the heavyweight Ivy background card and white overlay, wrapped with gold metallic cord and adorned with the Claddagh brass charm, pricing will be $1.02 each, with envelope.

Perfect for spring and summer weddings, these chic green wedding invitations feature a beautiful yellow and white paper embossed flower, attached with a sparkling crystal brad. The heavyweight Kiwi background card, white overlay, yellow flower and Citrine brad were used from Formal-Invitations.com ($1.02 each with envelope) to create these stylish announcements.

We also love the Erica dress from JCrew.com for spring and summer weddings,  elegant in crisp cotton cady with a subtle sheen and paired with a sparkling necklace.

With the sense of sunny warmth that sunflowers naturally convey, they are an ideal choice for summer and fall weddings. To create these sunny brown wedding invitations, we used the heavyweight Chocolate background card and white overlay embellished with a yellow embossed paper flower and Topaz jewel brad ($1.02 from Formal-Invitations.com, including envelope).

We also love these chocolate sunflower lollipops from Xocolaterre, who has established links with Fair Trade farmers and processors, using certified organic ingredients …perfect for a delicious and decorative wedding favor.