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Willow green wedding invitations with Peridot crystal brad

Willow green wedding invitations with Peridot crystal brad

The beautiful ginkgo leaf is a symbol of long life, a perfect for symbol for weddings. We found these pretty favors from Beau-Coup.com that features these lovely leaves. The willow green wedding invitations were made using a heavyweight Willow card, made from recycled cotton and embedded with silky fibers, embellished with a sparkling Peridot crystal brad, adding a modern touch. The overlay was printed with vintage Japanese clip art, available from Formal-Invitations.com for $14 with 453 other images on cd and in book form. The invitations, also available from Formal-Invitations.com were an amazing 90¢ each, with envelope made from 100% post consumer fibers, making it a smart, affordable choice.

Bouquet petal paper wedding invitations with Tsavorite green crystal brad 94¢

Bouquet petal paper wedding invitations with Tsavorite green crystal brad 94¢

These gorgeous petal paper wedding invitations were inspired by a butterfly garden. Handmade recycled cotton cards are embedded with cornflower, marigold plus pink and purple aster petals with bits of grass …all favorites of butterflys! We added a modern touch with the sparkling Tsavorite green crystal brad, used to attach the translucent vellum overlay. Though they look expensive, the invitations, with envelope were only 94¢ each from Formal-Invitations.com

Tree-free bluebell petal wedding invitations with sheer ribbon

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).

Garden wedding invitations with real flower petals and sheer ribbon

Garden wedding invitations with real flower petals and sheer ribbon

A garden wedding is simply enchanting and as Bride’s magazine shows, little formal touches can make a stunning impact. These garden petal paper wedding invitations were created using a heavyweight, tree-free card made from recycled cotton and embedded with rose, marigold and cornflower petals plus bits of grass. A translucent vellum overlay was fastened with a sheer chiffon ribbon for a formal, yet romantic look. They look like they cost a fortune, but they were only 98¢ each, including a beautiful, complimentary sage green envelope made from 100% post consumer fibers from Formal-Invitations.com, supplier of premium earth-friendly invitation supplies.

Wedding Invitations Embedded with Real Rose Petals

Wedding Invitations Embedded with Real Rose Petals

Roses represent love, peace, harmony and tranquility and are a perfect motif for your wedding. For pure romance, freeze dried flower petals are a great way to go for tossing and decorating, as they last for many months rather than just a few hours. They are also nonstaining and not slippery under normal conditions. Flyboy Naturals is an eco-friendly family business that provides over 105 colors to choose from. To start the romance with your invitations we created these rose petal wedding invitations, using a tree-free, heavyweight recycled cotton card embedded with real red rose petals and bits of grass. A translucent vellum overlay was attached using a sheer chiffon ribbon and finished with a sage green envelope made from 100% post-consumer fiber. These eco-chic invitations were an amazing 98¢ each from Formal-Invitations.com, including envelope.

Lavender wedding invitations with Amethyst jewel brad

Lavender wedding invitations with Amethyst jewel brad

The Enterprising Kitchen (TEK), a nonprofit social enterprise, provides workforce development and support services to women who are working toward self-sufficiency and economic independence. Their spa products consist of exclusive recipes created to provide a soothing, naturally cleansing and relaxing feeling for your body and your soul, using only the finest ingredients and purest essential oils to ensure the best experience and value. All products are manufactured in small batches on-site at the Chicago facility and each product includes the mission statement on its label and is signed by the woman who packages it. We love the Lavender Choices line, they would make great wedding favors or bridal party gifts. Another great choice would be these lavender wedding invitations, we used the Lavender heavyweight recycled cotton background card and translucent vellum, fastened together using an Amethyst jewel brad for a modern look. The price was only 94¢ each, including envelope made from 100% post consumer fibers from Formal-Invitation.com, a small family owned company offering earth-friendly invitations.

Garden butterfly wedding invitations

Garden butterfly wedding invitations

The butterfly is a symbol of hope, beauty, and new life …a perfect motif for a garden wedding. We created  beautiful petal paper wedding invitations that reflect this theme using a keepsake butterfly charm. The heavyweight recycled cotton paper is tree-free and embedded with real flower petals and bits of grass which are revealed under thte translucent vellum overlay, fastened together with a solid brass butterfly charm, charm hanger and white mini brad. The quality papers is high, though the price is a low $1.10 each including a sage green envelope made using 100% post consumer fibers from Formal-Invitations.com. Lovely organic cookies from BeautifulSweets.com, would also make beautiful decorative favors and contain the finest ingredients from small family farms. Another plus is their, eco-friendly recyclable gift packaging is also made from post-consumer recycled boxes and organic cotton ribbon.

Modern Bride magazine featured an article profiling three bride types created by Simon Doonan, creative director of Barney’s New York. We were inspired by his “gypsy bride” and created a tree-free wedding invitations made from recycled cotton rags embedded with real bits of grass. The printed translucent overlay was fastened with a solid brass sunflower charm, using our charm hangers and mini brad creating a simple, unique and earth friendly invitation for only $1.10 each including a sage green envelope made from 100% post consumer fibers.

We found this gorgeous ring at BrilliantEarth.com, which offers conflict free fine jewelry from ethical sources. Beautiful and earth-friendly, which of course we love. Our own leaf imprint wedding invitations are tree-free, made from recycled cotton rags. The leaf imprint is created using marigosa tree twigs and leaves which are placed between two sheets, then passed through a pressing machine. The pressure on the sheets crushes the leaves, which are then removed, reavealing a uniquely beautiful imprint, no two are alike. This process requires no chemicals of any kind and the imprint is the color extract of the leaves themselves …natural color in its purest form. We fastened the translucent printable overlay using a Tourmaline jewel brad for some sparkle, the completed invitation is available for only 94¢ including a sage green envelope made from 100% post consumer fibers.