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Designing Custom Postage for Your Invitation

By Marlene Widawer on Wednesday, January 5th, 2011 | 2 Comments

When I design custom invitations, I offer to design custom postage for my clients to complete the look of their invitation package. The party starts when the guests open their invitations, so setting the tone of the party with the invitation is important. But even before the envelope is opened, the first impression the guest has [...]

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Why order custom invitations?

By Marlene Widawer on Sunday, April 4th, 2010 | 4 Comments

Invitations you order online and from invitation books are mass-produced, which is why they can sometimes cost less than custom, hand-crafted invitations. But you get what you see…there is little ability to customize them. You can’t pick and choose the elements you like from different invitations and put them together into “the perfect” design. Yes, [...]

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Something different is exactly what you get

By Marlene Widawer on Saturday, March 13th, 2010 | 1 Comment

March 12, 2010   I had a meeting with a new client yesterday. We are designing her son’s bar mitzvah invitation. We spent a lot of time looking at different paper and cardstock options in a myriad of colors, as well as different fonts and invitation styles. But she kept gravitating toward two styles because, [...]

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Custom Invitation Designer at Bell Canyon Showcase of the Hall

By Marlene Widawer on Sunday, March 7th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Custom invitation designs set the tone

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