This suite is two color offset printing (raspberry/black) and blind letter press (no ink, no color, just texture in this instance, it is represented by grey.) We are doing a white outer envelope.

The front of the invitation has heavy ink coverage in black, with just bits of white paper showing through. Inside the invitation, we have a “POP” of color, black and blind letter press.

The RSVP suite coordinates with the set.

The travel/information card will sit behind the invitation in the raspberry color pouchette.

We are ordering custom postage from www.photostamps.com. Don’t forget to RSVP! winkwink.

The bespoke folded thank-you note is only blind letterpress. We are tying in the theme of the invitations yet keeping them totally devoid of color. We opted to use only their names. When they are done writing thank you notes they will have left over lovely personal stationery good for any occasion!

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This week – “It’s a Jaime Thing” scoured wedding blogs for items of interest and posted a wedding inspiration round-up. One of her lovely links was to my house-cooling party idea! Pour yourself a second cup this morning and pop over to It’s a Jaime Thing where sipping steamy hot coffee and catching up with equally delicious wedding blogs were the theme.

Jaime, thanks for mentioning ABCD Design in your inspiration round-up!

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ABCD Designs *LOVES* working with Event Planners!

Read below what Margaret Sennett at The Villages in Florida has to say about working with ABCD Designs Bespoke Stationery. We worked together to create the mood for a full moon wintery February wedding. The result was a dreamy wedding stationery wardrobe for her clients Ashley Knight and Arnold Hughey:

Dear Amy,

I have always believed that setting the “mood” of an event begins with the invitation. Once the wedding theme was conceived, I dreaded the thought of having to go through tons of invitation books and spend countless hours online looking at invitations in order to achieve the right “mood” for Ashley and Arnold’s wedding. It turns out I was very lucky! I was on the computer for about 15 minutes when I came across your website. Immediately I was impressed with the originality of each stationery suite. Looking at each suite I got the feeling that I knew the people – their personalities and style. I could almost feel their excitement and found myself picturing what their actual event would look like. I was sold! After showing your blog to Ashley, she was sold as well.

To be honest, I wasn’t sure that having a personalized stationery suite would be within Ashley and Arnold’s budget. I was already planning where I could cut expenses elsewhere in order to have just the right invitations for their wedding. I was elated when I received your quote within 24 hours. It turned out that the stationery suite that ABCD Designs would create would be comparable to the ordinary, generic
invitations I had priced online.

Living in Florida, all of our contact was done by phone or email. The process was easy and painless. You didn’t miss a deadline and always stayed in contact with me. Without a doubt your knowledge and guidance were invaluable to me from the first time I made contact with you to the suite being delivered.

I would highly recommend you for any event that is celebrated! In today’s day where impersonal service and feeling like a number is status quo, you offer personal service and never-ending support from concept to completion. I caught myself on more than one occasion wondering how you can do it all… flawlessly and calmly. ABCD Designs offers unique products and services that are certainly unparalleled in the industry. What more could anyone ask for?

Thank you so much for making my life so much easier and less stressful during the planning of Ashley and Arnold’s wedding. The suite is exquisite and many people have commented on the originality of the invitations. I’m sure I will be working with you in the near future - my boss’s daughter became engaged over this past Christmas holiday and has already stated that she wants you to create all of the stationery pieces for her wedding (no date set yet but will be sometime in 2010). 

I look forward to working with you in the future.

Kindest regards,
Margaret Sennett
The Villages, FL

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Yep, Maggie has done it again. She has issued “Sneak Peek Number Four” on her wedding blog. Maggie and Trevor met way out West while he was working on a campaign. The pair were obsessed with the Obama’s run for the White House and are marrying on Memorial Day Weekend.

Why not have a campaign style wedding stationery wardrobe -?- Red, Navy, White and hints of Bright Cornflower Blue are woven throughout their stationery suite. {Sorry Maggie, I couldn’t help but leak another itsy-bitsy hint!}

Maggie’s wonderful wedding blog is called Eat, Drink, Marry. She has (and continues to) accumulate a wealth of information as she moves through the wedding planning process …not to mention she is a very funny writer… It is always a joy to see what she has to say. I seriously don’t know how she keeps up with her day job as the wedding blog is so well written *and frequently updated to boot!* You must pop over andcheck it out!

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Mr. D and I were engaged at a Rosewood resort called Jumby Bay. It was an amazing place. We experienced perfection in food, service and sand.

So when I came across the Rosewood Mayakoba in Mexico – I was immediately drawn to exploring what they have to offer.

The accommodations at Mayakoba look like they won’t disappoint. A perfect place to honeymoon or pop the question!

Many of the suites have private indoor/outdoor showers, hot tubs, their own pools, hot tubs and secluded terraces – there is no doubt these rooms are outfitted the RIGHT way!

All I can say on this C O L D February day is that Mayakoba has made my short list of beaches I would like to visit.

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