A fellow bride turned me on to wedding mapper extraordinaire, Genevieve Walker, and just before she left Oakland for the bright lights of New York, I got a chance to meet her over lunch. Genevieve’s super sweet and talented. If you visit her site, you’ll see why — her hand-illustrated wedding maps are just exquisite…and [...]

By Erin Frank

Just spotted on Etsy:  Bay Area stationery pro Inky Livie’s cute designs will add a splash of color to your big day.

Inky Livie offers both readymade and custom items for your wedding pleasure. Check out the shop here and get colorful!!
{Photos via Inky Livie}

By Elizabeth Zachry
I was planning to make the bridal shower invitations for my friend’s wedding, but as the date neared I realized that I was going to have trouble making them and sending them out in time.  As an alternative, my sister found a great site called Zazzle.  On the site there are hundreds of [...]

By Erin Frank

Your invitations speak volumes about your wedding.  They can reflect your style as a couple, your colors, what the tone of your event will be and more.  But if you’re tying the knot in a destination location, why not showcase the city you’re celebrating in? I love these San Francisco-themed invitations by Hello!Lucky.

If [...]

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In the world of digital bliss, planning is very easily managed online. If it isn’t in your excel spreadsheet, or shared google docs, it might be your online calendar, or the latest mobile app. Whatever the case, increasingly daily tasks are completed online. Why not use those same principles when planning [...]

By Elizabeth Zachry
Lately I’ve noticed an increasing number of party invitations arriving via e-mail.  I know it is cheaper and much less time consuming than creating paper invitations, but how do you make an evite classy?  The answer…Paperless Post!
Invitations sent by Paperless Post arrive via e-mail and look like a typical envelope you would find [...]

By Erin Frank
If you are looking for something a little non-traditional for your wedding invitations, you’ll definitely want to check out Bon Moment.  I recently talked with design duo Denise Stockman and Maureen Jann, a Berkeley and Seattle-based pair of artists who are pushing the envelope on wedding stationery.  Here’s a look at their desirable [...]