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If you've been thinking of opening a wedding invitation business, let me just say, "Do It!" It's very easy to do and, depending on which way you decide to go with your business, the start up cost can be as little as a few hundred dollars.

There are three types of wedding invitation businesses. The first type, where you work as a manufacturer's representative, is probably the least expensive in terms of start up costs, and also probably the easiest way to get into the business, especially if you've never had your own business before.

In this business model, you simply sell the manufacturer's ready made cards, you act as their representative in your area. They provide you with samples and order forms, and there's usually some type of training or support system in place to help you when you have questions. Although there may be some small investment required to get sample books from the manufacturers, you don't have to invest in any stock or supplies with this method.

If you've never sold wedding invitations before, this is a good way to start. All the work is done for you. The invitations are already printed and packaged, the order forms are already created and the pricing is already set by the manufacturer. All you have to do is sell the invitations and you earn a commission for each sale from the manufacturer. This way, you can concentrate on learning how to run a business, and the ins and outs of selling wedding invitations, without investing any of your own money.

Another option you have is to sell Bespoke. These are invitations that you create yourself from card stock, pretty papers and embellishments like ribbons and pearls and flowers. This type of invitation business requires the largest investment of time and money, usually $1000 to $3000, but also has the largest profits because you can set your own prices. And if you're the artistic type, you're creations can command a very pretty penny. This business model, though, requires that you have more than a basic understanding of business because, since you'll be making the invitations yourself, you'll have to know how to control your costs and how much mark up to include in order to make your business run profitably.

The third type of wedding invitation business, which is the best method in my opinion, is the combined business. In this case, you sell sell pre-made blank wedding invitations and stationery, that you get from a supplier, and you finish it off on your home computer. With this method, you're not working for a manufacturer, you're purchasing the blank invitations from a supplier. The cards are already decorated on the outside, all you have to do is print inserts for the invitations and other assorted cards, and then put the inserts inside the invitations.

Opening a wedding invitation business that concentrates on selling the combined invitations is really the best way to go because you have very little initial investment, only the few blank cards that you want to start off carrying, and you get to set your own prices. While not quite as profitable as selling Bespoke, this method is more profitable than if you were a manufacturer's agent.

Scroll cards are the traditional Indian invitation of the kings and queens, also, known as the Farman. These days, the old Indian customs have been revived for Indian marriages, which are grand and exquisite to give the art of invitation a majestic and magnificent look. Wedding scrolls create royal impact and rich textures and are designed with traditional and modern concepts. The roll-open card with vibrant and colorful handmade paper, imported tissue paper, velvet and cloth has exotic detailing and special box packaging features. These invitation cards are the epitome of classic design and are mostly designed in white tissue paper to give it a rich look. The scroll card is encased in an attractive silver case with traditional work on it. The silver case and the scroll are placed in an awesomely-exclusive silver box.

Simply royal and elegant, wedding scrolls use scroll motifs for design along with a classic script font for the bride and groom's names and other details. The main thing that anyone looks for in a perfect wedding invitation is the one that gets attention and the best way to grab people's interest is by handing them over scroll invitations. Such invitation cards are a statement of style, and fashion and create first impression of the royal wedding event. Its roll open card designing on the colorful cloth or paper with a well-coordinated stationary like gold or a silver thread, beads and crystal embellishments creates a royal impact. Mostly, handmade paper, velvet paper and vellum paper are used in making scroll invitations.

Invitation cards are a perfect synthesis of art, aesthetics, design and utility without compromising on the standards of quality and brilliance. Hence using vision, creativity, focus and experience, scroll cards have become one of the most sought-after styles of rendering invitations for the marriages. A scroll invitation thought amazing in looks need exceptional expertise of adding a dash of creativity, with a dollop of emotions and sprinkle of feelings.

Even in the scroll design, one can choose wedding invitations from different types of categories including traditional scroll invitations, framed scrolls, contemporary style scrolls, one round scrolls, theme oriented scrolls and many more. All these types of invitations are considered as the best for wedding invitations and one can use any one very easily. Many and lot of people now a day are rendering out scroll invitations for their weddings. They are not just impressive and modern to get and distribute such type of invitation cards. But they also stand out then the rest of the other styles.

Now that spring is here it's a great time to look at how to throw a beautiful spring baby shower. The grass is growing, the trees are blossoming, daffodils and bluebells fill the parks, woods and garden borders. There is something glorious about spring. It is a time for new beginnings and new life, so what better time to celebrate the impending arrival of a new baby?

Here are our top tips for throwing a springtime baby shower:
- Hold your baby shower outside. The weather has turned warmer and there is an abundance of beautiful flowers, the birds are singing and the luscious smell of fresh grass is in the air. A picnic lunch in the garden or local park or an afternoon tea in a posh hotel's garden grounds makes for a fantastic baby shower to lift everyone's spirits and throw off the winter blues. How about an Alice in Wonderland tea party or a teddy bear's picnic theme?

- Use the seasonal flowers within your theme or colour scheme. If you are expecting a boy - go for beautiful bluebells. If it's a girl how about some small bunches of beautiful pink cherry tree blossom. If the gender is unknown it's the easiest of all as sunny yellow daffodils are everywhere. Also look for elegant tulips and hyacinths in a variety of colours to co-ordinate with your chosen colour scheme. You can use the flowers as displays in vases, as buttonholes for each guest, as prize bouquets for game winners, as individual flowers tied to napkins or as place settings.

- Use trees, bushes and other outdoor plants and structures to help you decorate. You don't need walls or doors to make the venue look good. Coloured bunting looks especially good outside, strung between trees or fences and you can find it in pretty much any colour or pattern you want!

- Go for springtime treats within your food choices. Tiny cucumber sandwiches presented on a tiered cake stand, fresh salmon and buttery new potato & spring onion salad, and bowls of delicious plump strawberries & cream. If the baby shower is over the Easter period you could also include some little chocolate rice krispie nests with chocolate mini eggs on top.

- Tailor the baby shower games to the outdoors - team races such as dolly buggy obstacle racing are always fun and will bring out the school days competitiveness! Games that don't need lots of paper and pencils like baby shower family fortunes can be fun too.

- Springtime is all about new life so bring it into the theme - how about little lambs or hatching chicks? Use it in the tableware, on wrapping paper, in the food, on balloons, as nappy cake toppers, for guest favours and with soft toys or figurines around the buffet table.

Weddings are expensive no doubt about it. The parties, the dresses, the flowers, the reception hall, the food, the music, the drinks and the honeymoon all have to be paid for by the couple and their families.

The off season varies by area of the country on each continent. But wherever you are the off season wedding will be big on savings. During peak months when dates are plentiful the vendors of wedding fare do a brisk business and the demand makes the supply more expensive. However the opposite is true of those months when there is a shortage of business. The supply is overstocked and much cheaper. Couples can negotiate for greater bargains during those months.

The most popular months for weddings in most states are "May through October" after that business drops off considerably. Doing your homework before hand and cataloging prices for things you will need during the peak months will help you to negotiate an even greater bargain for yourselves.

January, February and March tend to be the least popular months for a wedding. This is especially true in areas that experience a hard winter. The lessening of the demand makes the prices infinitely lower. This is true for catering, photography, flowers and most other things are cheaper during off seasons. Only at Easter and Valentine's Day will the flowers be more expensive.

Negotiating will be a large part of what you do for an off season wedding most vendors already have adopted some type of discount policies, if they do not you can set a precedent. You may be able to eve get a discount rate on the honeymoon. Booking the honeymoon hotel and travel to destinations that experience an off season can make a big difference in the type of accommodation's you can afford.

Has anyone every thought of helping them with the wedding itself? How many times have you received a wedding invitation and started thinking about a wedding gift only to realize that both the bride and groom have both lived on their own for years or been married once (or more) before? What do they really need? Possibly help with the wedding... The cost of a wedding can be beyond overwhelming and with less and less parents being able to fit the bill couples are having to work full time, plan the wedding and try to budget for the wedding of their dreams. Why not talk to the bride about registering for wedding products.

In today's world of online shopping that is a very feasible idea!
We have wonderful resources such as personal wedding sites and evite.com or even face book.com. All of these are a wonderful way to put together all of the wedding day wants and needs, with links to different sites where the products can be purchased. For example on our website we offer a registry where brides can choose all of the things that they are hoping for and then during checkout you can choose to ship the items right away and pay the shipping or opt to have it shipped at the same time as all of the other products and we will cover the shipping cost to the brides location. In this case everyone wins.

So, if you are a bride who has everything consider this option and if you know of a bride who has everything discuss this option with them. It can cover everything from wedding dress, to ceremony supplies, to novelty items (such as a photo booth for the guests) and even go as far as donations toward the catering, flowers or cake! The sky's the limit. This is the age of thinking outside the box.

Whether you are an avid cook or just like to prepare a nice meal every once in a while, you need a good, complete kitchen knife set. Buying a good set from the beginning is key, because it will last for a lifetime. Sure, those discount store brands are cheap, but the quality is cheap as well. Investing in quality cutlery will keep you from having to spend more money over time when you have to replace your discount brand.

If cost is an issue, there are starter sets available that you can add to over time. This can actually be very beneficial, as it gives you time to figure out your cooking style and kitchen needs. This will help you decide which knives are more important for you to have on hand. If you aren't worried about the cost, then buying a complete knife set that includes all the basics is a good idea. You could even include a nice one on your wedding or housewarming registry and hope that some really generous friend or relative buys one for you!

One way to save costs on quality knives is to buy them from websites or bulk stores. These usually offer much lower prices than buying them directly from the manufacturer or high-end kitchen stores.

Before you set out on your search for the perfect set, you'll need to arm yourself with information about how to find the highest quality. The best knife blades are hand forged from high carbon stainless steel. The blade should also have a full tang, which means it should extend all the way through the handle. This keeps the knife from separating from the handle over time.

Know what types of knives you will use most often. The most popular knife that you will probably use most is a chef's knife. These are usually about 8 to 10 inches long. A serrated bread knife is good to have so you can cut breads with hard crusts more easily. A carving knife and fork are also good things to include in your knife set. You may not use them as often as other knives, but you'll be glad you have them on hand when you need to slice a roast, ham, or turkey.

When you set out to buy your knives, look for brands like W羹sthof, Global, and Henckels. These are excellent companies that have high standards when it comes to manufacturing. They will last you a lifetime.

We are living in times of great change. Almost every sphere of human endeavor is experiencing great changes. From the way we learn, to the way we shop, and onto the way we travel...pretty much everything is changing. And it is from such a background then, that we can venture to explore the future of wedding invitations, that is, the way people invite one another to wedding ceremonies.

But before we can venture to explore the future of wedding-invitations, it may be a good idea to examine where the change that has already taken place has brought wedding invitations to: that is, the current state of wedding invitations. In this regard, it would be worth recalling that once upon a time, there weren't any events that could be called weddings. Human beings, then, were primitive and often shared mates, with the strongest men often ending up getting all the women. Women, then, were simply seen as resources to be fought over. And a woman was typically yours for as long as you had her. The moment she walked away, any other man could take possession of her.

But someone thought we could do better, and introduced the idea of marriage - where a given man could have a given woman for life. Initially, there was no ceremony to mark this. A man would take responsibility for the physical protection and maintenance of a woman and the woman, in return would vow not to take on any other men. The problem with this arrangement was that there tended to be misunderstandings, where a man could undertake to protect and maintain a given woman; but other men, unaware of this arrangement, would continue making passes at her. It therefore became necessary to have a ceremony where a man and a woman could be declared a couple, so that other people who had plans on them (especially on the woman, as women were seen as valuable reproductive resources) could keep off. Thus were weddings born: as ceremonies to mark the initiation of marriage relationships.

In their earliest days, wedding were rudimentary affairs. Invitation was by word of mouth. Sometimes, the invitations weren't even necessary - everyone who happened to be passing that way could just drop in and have a party.

But as the weddings became more and more sophisticated, with the cost of organizing them rising more and more, it became necessary to filter those who could attend and those who couldn't. At this point, migrations had driven people apart too, so that it often became necessary to send them letters inviting them to the weddings.

The wedding-invitation letters were eventually replaced by wedding-invitation cards.

That status quo, with wedding invitation cards being used to invite people to weddings, held for a long time.

Then the Internet came, and suddenly, the wedding invitation card, as a tool for inviting people to a wedding, came under threat from the more convenient E-cards. And it is at this point that we find ourselves, where many wedding invitations are being carried out through E-cards, typically made through the graphics software that is nowadays very easily available. It is also a point where more and more people are using mobile phone wedding invitations, typically through the use of text messages.

Now looking through the crystal balls, it is quite easy to foresee a date, a very near one indeed, when E-card shall completely replace the paper-based wedding invitation cards. This has already happened in some parts of the world, and as the Internet reaches all places and becomes a part of everyday life, this will almost be a certainty. It is not hard to foresee a date when paper-based wedding cards will be completely replaced by E-cards and text invitations to weddings. Some sorts of traditional wedding invitation media, such as that which produces engraved wedding invitations, may (and indeed are likely to) survive this onslaught, but for the most part, traditional wedding invitation media seems to be under a huge threat.

In the somewhat far off future, it is not altogether impossible to foresee a point at which the whole concept of weddings might become irrelevant, as more and more people opt to get married without the hullabaloo of wedding ceremonies. The marriage institution is itself under serious threat, so that one day (thankfully quite far off), there might be no new marriages taking place, for which to make wedding-invitations.

How would you cope if a vendor you signed a contract with went out of business? Let's face it, with the current economic crisis, companies are suffering right now. It's not just the big financial companies, its small business too, and the wedding industry is no exception. No industry is recession proof. Sure people are still getting married, but with hard times comes cutbacks, and some wedding vendors are feeling the crunch.

What happens if that seemingly upscale boutique you purchased your gown from, the florist down the street, the limo company or the reception hall declares bankruptcy? The owners don't have to refund any deposits you have made and you may have little recourse to recoup your funds. If you placed your deposits on a credit card, the credit card company may be able to help you get some funds back - but they also may not if the company is bankrupt or has shut down.

Wedding insurance covers so many things which can go wrong with your wedding. It can cover bad weather emergencies, sickness, accidents, postponement, postponement due to military service and cancellations. It can also cover liability for alcohol related accidents during your reception, bodily injury and property damage. And it can also cover loss of deposits from vendors who go out of business.

For around $200 dollars many wedding insurance plans can be purchased. Its a small price for a great peace of mind. Just check with the individual policy to see exactly what you are covered for before signing any contracts.

Wedding PR, in the form of featured weddings in magazines and blogs, is an attractive notion to most wedding professionals. The idea of having our names in lights with the hope of building our wedding business and increasing sales has become a more popular notion over the last several years. In order to build a strong Wedding PR plan, however, it's imperative to understand the top Wedding PR myths and challenges that you may face along the way.

If I have any amazing wedding, it will get picked up by a blog or magazine.

I've seen this time and time again. A wedding professional will come to me with a wedding for the ages- beautiful bride, memorable details and a great story to accompany it. In a perfect world, wedding blogs and magazines would be clamoring for this opportunity, but the fact is, sometimes it's far more difficult to place than one may realize, especially if aiming for print.

Editorial calendars in the industry vary and you could have a fabulous fall themed wedding this past year that didn't make the cut simply because the next round of magazines were aiming for submissions Spring/Summer 2012. Deadlines come and go very quickly and magazines often are working 6-9 months ahead of time, if not longer. Sure you could wait for the next round of Calls for Submission, but by then, the wedding may be far too old to be considered. This means the window of opportunity to submit to the right publication may be much smaller than you think.

The remedy? Keep track of the editorial calendars of local and national magazines to ensure you don't miss that opportunity to showcase the very best of what you do.

If I have great images, my Wedding PR campaign will be successful.

Real wedding submissions are based in part on fabulous images but what most people don't realize is that there are far more pieces to the puzzle. A beautifully shot wedding is a great start, but if they don't include the fresh inspirational details in which the blogs and magazines want, then the odds of it getting published are greatly diminished.

A good submission will also include all of the details necessary to make life easier on the media- from a list of vendors and the contact information for the bride and groom to a general recap of the day's events and why this particular wedding was so special.

Wedding PR will is a waste at the local level- I want to be BIG.

It's easy for any of us to get the proverbial stars in our eyes when we experience the gratification of a national wedding blog or magazine feature. Look out wedding world, we say, I'm going big time. With this, we may start to put less priority on the blogs and magazine at the local level, simply because they won't get the same traffic and prestige as the "big dogs."

The fact is however, most wedding companies operate at the regional level. Their targeted brides tend to be the ones in their neighborhoods, who shop at their grocery stores and complain about the same expensive car shop down the road. They may certainly be spending their days perusing blogs and magazines from across the US, but they're more than likely following the local media more regularly.

The local blogs and magazines may not give you the starry eyes you may get when you see your name on the national stage, but they are just as important in staying in touch with "your" bride.
Wedding PR has been found to consistently give wedding professionals a competitive edge while also building their brand. By understanding the above myths and how to overcome them, you will be the one with stars in your eyes in no time.

If you are looking for a poem for wedding invitations, please feel free to use one of these three poems. You may use them on the front of your wedding invite, on the inside or where ever you would like. I do ask you sign my name as author. I did write each poem. I tried to write them knowing that two people were creating one love but where still two strong people in their own right. I hope you enjoy them.

First poem for wedding Invitations:

A Strong Love

Our love has come together

with two heart it gets better

There will be joy, there will be sorrow,

we will choose to share both with each tomorrow

Each of us walks our own path strong and true

but our goal together is a stronger me and you

As we both enter a new adventurous life

we have decided to become husband and wife

By Mary Redfoot

Second poem for wedding invitations:

I will never walk alone

When the time to find a mate we wondered how

a love so blessed has come to us now

Strange as it may seem

it isn't just a dream

Each of us is strong on our own today

but a new love has grown and will lead our way.

We will not allow our identity to go

it will be a new chance to grow.

There will be days to laugh and days to cry

but standing beside each other we will get by.

Share our joy as we say our vows aloud

we want you to be part of our crowd

By Mary Redfoot

Third poem for wedding invitations:

One Love

We will never be one soul

but one love is our goal

Two strong people will come together

and storm almost any weather

One love can mean two people who share

the depth of knowing they both care

Walking hand in hand, side by side

not allowing the other to hide

It takes two people loving and knowing

this is the only way our love keeps growing

be present as we say our vows this day

witness a new beginning our way

By Mary Redfoot

Each poem can be used for personal use on your wedding cards. If you are making your own wedding invitations any one of these will add a special touch. I hope you can find the one that will be perfect for your wedding announcements. If you want to use them for your wedding programs that would be great also. They can be used as poems for bookmarks that you might make for your special day also. Enjoy them. Have a great wedding day!