Wedding Invitation Trends for 2009

Cool-invitation-ideas.com's forecast for wedding invitations trends for the upcoming year based on the latest fashion and bridal trends. The savvy ‘Recessionista’ bride may be looking for innovative ways to reduce expenses in 2009, but she won’t be willing to settle for a generic flat invitation.

More and more, do-it-yourself is becoming the smart choice when a bride wants style and quality at a reasonable cost. Using kits that offer earth friendly, tree-free and 100% post consumer fiber papers, gorgeous invitations are easy to craft. Layered invitations using a printer-compatible overlay and a separate heavyweight background have a substantial luxurious look and feel, but don’t deplete the budget. The overlays, made for ink jet or laser printers, are easy to create and print on standard sized sheets that do not require complicated setup and printer feeding (no perforated edges). They can be personalized with unique keepsake embellishments to add texture, dimension and interest.

For up-to-the-minute ideas for distinctive invitations in the latest colors, we went to http://www.formal-invitations.com/wedding-invitation-ideas For spring and summer, the fashion trend is sunny and optimistic – lemon yellow, sunset orange paired with fuchsia or watermelon pink plus sparkling sapphire blue. We will also see pale celadon, pistachio and lime greens that echo the upbeat renewal these seasons bring, and lots of lavender! Complete the look with happy floral print sashes, sparkling gemstone jewel brads and modern grosgrain belts in brights and pastels.

As autumn arrives, the palette deepens to burnished tones of emerald green, scarlet and warm brown. Embellish and highlight these hues with transparent unryu specialty paper sashes and tuck in a skeleton leaf as a natural sign of the turning season. Moving into winter, plaid will be popular, so choose a tartan belt for a warm and chic look. Always elegant, black is still the color of glamorous sophistication, and paired with beautiful printed sashes or lace belts it resonates with romance. The move is away from icy silver and toward the warm gold-tone metallics, for a Renaissance style that can be richly embellished with a jacquard belt or a shimmering brass charm.

Recessionista brides have discovered http://www.Formal-Invitations.com, a terrific online source for exclusive high quality wedding invitations. They offer more than 50 heavyweight background cards in the latest fashion colors and patterns, plus metallics and tree-free petal papers and silk-embedded cotton papers. All are precut and sized to fit in their quality 80# envelopes, made from 100% post consumer fibers. Overlays are offered in translucent vellum or opaque 65# white, made for ink jet and laser printers/copiers. These standard sized sheets are easy to work with…no small sheets that are more difficult to setup and feed through the printer. It’s not complicated to modify the free templates and then print and cut. Online instructional videos and paper guides are included at the website, http://www.Formal-Invitations.com, to help even the most craft-challenged bride.

Formal-Invitations.com’s extensive line of more than 200 keepsake embellishments include exquisite paper sashes from around the world, luxurious jacquard embroidered belts, bright and pastel grosgrain belts with buckles, beautiful solid brass charms, sparkling jewel brads in 12 gemstone colors, embossed flower petal brads, faux wax seals, skeleton leaves, miniature silk flowers plus satin and sheer ribbons. Using these embellishments, our modern bride can create the gorgeous personalized invitation of her budget-minded dreams. Choose from 100+ wedding invitation kits, in prices ranging from 46¢-$1.22 per invitation and include the heavyweight background card, printer-friendly overlay, embellishment and envelope, or mix and match from their wide variety of papers and embellishments to create a own personal, unique design. Visit the website or check out their blog at http://www.formal-invitations.com/wedding-invitation-ideas to find ideas and concepts to set the stage for that special day.