DIY: Embellish Full-Color Wedding Invitations

So many of my friends are engaged and planning their weddings right now, that I often feel like suggesting that they pool their money together and have one giant wedding. I know they would all stare at me as if I had three heads and just spoke Greek to them, but it’s just a thought. Weddings are costly as we saw in The True Cost of a Wedding Knot, and in this economy that can definitely pose a problem.

Let’s Get Ready for Some Football! Plan a Great Football Party!

Once the holidays are over, everyone is officially in the football mood. Now that it’s mid-January, you know whether or not “your” team has made it through the playoffs. Even if your team long fell out of the running for the “big game,” odds are if you love football, you’re going to have that game on every single television in your house. You know what that means, right? It’s time start planning the annual football party!

The Retro-Chic Guide to Holiday Entertaining – Part 1

Maybe you’ve noticed or maybe you haven’t but there is currently an infatuation with the mid-1960s. The era’s influence is everywhere from fashion to home décor to design and of course television with AMC’s Mad Men pretty much pioneering the movement. With the holiday season naturally lending itself to decking out your home, sporting more dapper duds than normal and most importantly entertaining; it’s the perfect opportunity to throw yourself a holiday shindig that any Kennedy-era advertising exec would feel at home at!

10 Wedding Color Trends to Watch in 2012

Choosing colors may seem like a simple decision, but with all of the choices it can frankly be an overwhelming one, especially if you want to really stand out with a cutting edge combination. After all, most people do not even consider wedding trends let alone stay atop of them until they start planning their wedding. Lucky for you the design team here at 123Print is not most people; our team of talented designers lives and breathes trends like these! They’ve done the hard work for you and compiled a list of ten wedding color trends to watch in 2012.

Invitation Etiquette – Holiday Edition

You don’t need me to tell you that the holidays are rapidly approaching. The malls are decorated and surely you’ve seen at least one Black Friday or Christmas commercial reminding you that time is running out to get your shopping done. Personally, the holidays don’t start for me until I see the famous Hershey’s Kisses Christmas commercial. Growing up, that was always the key that soon I’d be gorging myself on turkey and after that Santa would be visiting.

Wedding Planning: 11 Little Things to Remember

While wedding planning should be one of the most exciting time in a bride-to-be’s life, I imagine it’s stressful. I was getting overwhelmed just doing research for this post.

There’s so much to organize, reserve, plan, and create when it comes to a wedding, but don’t get so caught up in the invitations, the dress, the flowers, and the cake… that you forget those extra little things that really make the day a success…