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Many brides choose winter dates when planning their big day for a variety of reasons. For instance, if they have a favorite winter holiday, it is not uncommon to plan a big event to coincide with that. If families live a distance apart from where the wedding is going to be held, holiday weddings can be a way to bring the family together at times when they would normally be travelling to be together anyway. For other brides, winter is a favorite time of year, between the brisk chill in the air and the beauty of snow drifts. For whatever reason you have chosen to have a winter wedding, you can find many different styles of winter wedding invitations to choose from.

When planning the theme for your wedding day, you may find that the sights and sounds of winter are the most obvious choice. In order to coordinate your invitations with your winter wedding theme, you may need to find the perfect stationery that represents winter. Fortunately, there are many different styles to choose between for this large decision.

One of the easiest ways to represent the winter season in your wedding invitations is through the color of cardstock that you use. Although many wedding invitations are traditionally white or off-white, it is perfectly acceptable to use nearly any color of card stock for your stationery. A light blue could represent the brisk blue skies associated with winter. Reds and greens can help show the proximity of your wedding date to Christmas. Deep reds, oranges and greens are colors typically associated with a wedding around the holiday of Thanksgiving. Carefully consider the overall theme of your wedding to find the right colors to use.

Another way to represent the winter season in your wedding invitations is by having watermarks added to your stationery. Think about the images that best remind you of the winter season. You can add them as a subtle design to nearly any stationery, even combining the colors of winter with a watermarked image. Watermark images can be a very subtle way to remind your guests of the winter theme for your wedding. An example of wedding stationery utilizing a winter theme may have snowflakes along with a light blue color around the invitation.

If you prefer more overt images, you can select pre-designed wedding invitations that have been printed with wintry scenes. From falling snow to intricate snow flakes to leaves and traditional images associated with winter holidays, you can find pre-designed wedding invitations that suit any desire. Many wedding invitation designers have developed entire lines of winter-related stationery, so that you can use a consistent theme with your wedding invitations, envelopes, reply cards and other related paper products.

If you cannot find a pre-designed wedding invitation that perfectly suits your needs, you can work to design your own. Many stationery businesses have templates that you can use in order to pick the type of paper, colors, images and fonts to create the perfect invitations for your big event. These templates include many different options for each choice that you have to make; this allows you to create nearly any design that you have in mind.

If you are creative, another option you can choose is to create your own wedding invitation. When you start from scratch on your own, you can literally design every single aspect of your winter wedding invitations. One idea if you create your own wedding invitations are to use pre-designed paper or paper that already has a pattern, and the rest of the invitation can be created on your own. Another idea is to use special add-ons instead of having flat paper invitations. Special add-ons allow you to emphasize the unique nature of your invitations. For instance, you can have a vellum sheet over the actual invitation, giving a glazed look and held in place by a winter-designed ribbon.

You have so many different options to consider when you are choosing your winter wedding invitations. You simply need to evaluate your own design needs and how unique you want your invitations to be and you will find the perfect solution. For no-fuss, no-muss weddings, pre-designed invitations can be your best bet. If you are crafty, consider designing your own invitations. In between, there are so many ideas you can consider for working with a stationery business to put together the right invitations for your big event.

There are many options available when planning for a winter wedding. Several colors to consider are green, white, red or orange. These colors help emphasize the winter holidays while providing a gentle design. An invitation design can be purchased at any stationery store or you can design your own invitations. Whichever option you choose, these winter styles can help you find the right design for your wedding.
by Suzanne Bradley

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