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unique wedding invitations
Glossary
Alternative card - a card used for reception, directions, or other
details your guest may need.
Announcement - a document that announces a special occasion has
occurred or will occur. Contains a date and description. For wedding, it
is said, you should not announce the time your wedding occurred.
Art - We will use this term for the art created for you. Layout art
means to layout your particular invite design with text and artwork.
Blank - as seen in "Blank Inside" for thank you cards. This means no
text.
Burnt edging - each edge of the paper is burnt by hand. You can
easily cut costs by doing this project yourself. Please be ware of the
smoke and fire of course is to be respected. Be careful. Ask us for
tips. See the Tropical Message Design below.
Coverstock - this term uses to describe heavier/thicker weight
paper. The particular weight is 80 lb. Thicker 110 lb. may be
available. The higher the number the thicker and heavier weight the
paper is. And more expensive.
Engraving - actual raised / embossed paper with ink applied. Very
expensive and beautiful.
Foil printing - beautiful type of printing. Many colors available.
Our favorite...silver. You will find an example on her business cards
you received with your samples. This printing is stamped into your
paper/cover stock. To the touch the print leaves a slight impression.
This method of printing is wonderful for a darker card with lighter
print.
Folder card - indicates the card folds like a greeting card.
Hand tied raffia or
bows - ribbon and raffia can be hand tied into a bow. Or raffia will
be hand tied around scrolls for the Tropical Message in the Bottle
design. You can choose the bow to be at the top of your card (down
approximately 1". Or in the middle (horizontally or vertically) all the
way around your invite, reply and alternative cards (creating a wrap
effect).
Hand torn edging - when the paper is hand torn on the edge of a
card. This is achieved by laying the paper/cover stock flat on the edge
of a table. With only a slight part (never more than an inch or less
than a 1/4" ) of paper protruding over the edge. Lay a ruler across the
edge and lift the top edge and pull toward yourself. Tearing straight up
and toward you, not against or away from your ruler leaves a nice torn
edge.
Inner envelope - the envelope that inserts inside of your outer
envelope. The inner envelope is stuffed with the invitation, reply card,
reply card envelope and other pieces of stationery. They say the inner
envelope originated when the mail was delivered on horse back. To keep
the invitation neat and free of mud and debris, the invitation was
inserted into the inner envelope. The outer envelope kept the inner
envelope clean and neat in appearance, as your guest opened their
invite.
The
inner envelope is sometimes used for decorative purposes, by lining with
beautiful colors. See the Watercolor Palm Tree below, using the Royal
Blue inner lined envelope.
You
can write the guests names on this envelope also. This allows you to
invite exactly who you want to your wedding. For instance you write "The
Miller Family" on the outer envelope front along with their address.
Inside on the inner envelope you would write "John, Kathy and Liz". This
way they know their daughter Liz, age 15, is invited but their other 2
younger (ages 1 month to 3 years), children are not. If everyone is
invites you would write everyone invited on the inner envelope.
Unfortunately some people will bring the younger children invited or
not. Be prepared.
Unique Wedding
Invitations - self explanatory...a document that invites one to an
occasion.
Laid coverstock - to the touch this paper is bumpy. To view the
paper will have horizontal or vertical parallel type raised lines. As
seen on Michelle's business card.
Parchment paper - usually shown with two tones of one color. For
instance the Ivory looks
like natural white
with darker shades of natural white evenly distributed. See the Tropical
Message design. Beautiful gold, Light blue, Pink, Document white, Copper
and Scroll tan available.
Paper stock - this term uses to describe lighter weight paper. The
particular weight she is 24 lb. The lower the number the thinner and
more light weight the paper is. You will see this weight used on the
Tropical Message design. The envelopes are considered paper stock
because of the lighter weight.
Nonfolder card - indicates the card has no folds.
Thermography - raised ink printing. Glossy to view, raised to the
touch. The less expensive alternative to engraving.
Vellum - a transparent slightly frost paper stock, also comes
thicker. we offer a very heavy stock for
thermography printing that is referred to as Deluxe Parchment cover
stock. Also available colored vellum. If you are doing a do-it-yourself
project on your home printer, be sure you buy the correct type of vellum
for your printer. For instance if you are using an inkjet printer...be
sure you buy inkjet compatible vellum paper. If not the ink will lay in
puddles on your vellum. Yikes.
Sample to the right, blue vellum with darker blue text.
Unique Wedding Invitations
unique wedding invitations
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