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Just wanted to send out a big welcome to Heidi who is one of our new contributors at Here Comes The Blog.  She is the author of Truly Engaging, the wedding blog from Magnet Street Weddings.   Heidi will be contributing to Here Comes the Blog on a weekly basis and sharing all things wedding stationery~ from etiquette and styles to wording, color and design~ all while keeping it real along the way.  We are very excited that Heidi has agreed to share her expertise with all of our readers and if you need even more stationery inspiration, be sure to check out Magnet Street Weddings.

A family-owned company, MagnetStreet Weddings designs and prints customizable wedding stationery~ they are best known for their fun Save the Dates and stylish wedding Invitation suites. One of their main goals is to design wedding stationery that is flexible… they want their couples to be able to showcase their style~ whether it’s classic, modern, destination or non-traditional. That said, wedding couples can use the Magnet Street Design Studio to easily upload photos, change colors, text and fonts to create wedding stationery that ultimately reflects their personality.

We love the fact that they will send couple’s FREE SAMPLES!  And, they have lots of free tools too… inspirational boards, wedding widgets, and even a visual planning guide to help you organize your wedding look.  Check out this montage of great items available from Magnet Street Weddings….

The long graceful lines, showy blooms, and wide array of colors available make the calla lily a popular flower choice amongst today’s brides.  These traits are also what make it a popular choice for florists, cake bakers, and wedding accessory designers.  Calla lilies now grace weddings appearing in everything from the bridal bouquet to the reception centerpieces to the wedding guest favors. 

In a future post, we’ll explore the many colors that calla lilies are available in, but today, for this inspiration board, we have focused on the traditional white or ivory calla lily.  And please bear in mind, that traditional doesn’t need to mean outdated….calla lilies can be arranged in up-to-date modern ways to create a contemporary flair. 

One of our favorite finds during our research was the wide array of calla lily themed postage stamps available at companies like Zazzle or Cafe Press.  The stamps are fully compliant with U.S. postal service guidelines and they feature just about every color of calla lilies you can think of.  They are a great way to dress up your RSVP or wedding invitation envelopes.  Besides stamps, our calla lily inspiration board has ideas for the wedding cake, attire, flowers, accessories and more. 

Items in this Inspiration Board:

Calla Lily Wedding Cake 1 – Calla Lily Centerpiece - Golden Calla Lily Cake 2
Bride with Calla Lily Bouquet – Calla Lily Coaster Favors – Calla Lily Wedding Invitations
Calla Lily Place Card Holder – Calla Lily Postage Stamp – Calla Lily Bridal Bouquet
Calla Lily Wedding Accessory Set – Calla Lily Unity Candle – Wedding Cake Topper – Calla Lily Guest Book
Calla Lily Boutenniers - Calla Lily Centerpiece – Bridesmaids with Bouquets

Using brown combined with pink, Tiffany blue, or orange (for fall weddings) has been one of the hottest trends over the last few years.  Our designers searched the web for some of their favorite pink and brown wedding items to create this lovely board. 

Due to the popularity of this color scheme, it is fairly easy to find invitations, dresses and accessories that incorporate brown and pink.  We love the use of stargazer lilies and pink roses to add a splash of pink to both the bridal bouquet and reception centerpieces.  When in season, pink mop-head hydrangeas can also be a great flower for centerpieces.  They are stunning and the fill the vase with just a few stems making them quite affordable when they are in season.  Be on the lookout for more pink flower ideas in one of our future Here Come The Blog posts.

Items on this Inspiration Board:

Pink & Brown Wedding Reception Decor – Brown & Pink Camera Table Signs
Brown & Pink Chic Wedding Garter – Pink and Brown Favor Gift Boxes – Bridesmaid Tote Bag
Bride & Groom with Pink Cake – Bride with Pink Bridesmaid Dresses
Pink & Brown Wedding Cake Candle Favors – Wedding Invitation – Wedding Cake – Wedding Centerpiece

Using a black and white color scheme gives a bride great flexibility when it comes to choosing accessories and accents for the wedding.  Some brides choose to use black and white only. While other brides choose to use colors such as red, lime green and even pink as accents on items such as the bridal jewelry, bridesmaid shoes, dress sashes, reception chair sashes and more.   Using red roses in the bridal bouquet and reception centerpieces is one of the most popular ways to add a splash of additional color to a black and white color scheme.  Whether you choose to stick with black and white only or to tie in another color, this color scheme is classic and elegant.

The staff at Here Comes The Blog put together this black and white inspiration board that we hope you can use to get your creative juices flowing.

Items in this board:
Save The Date – Tying Back of Dress – Black & White Wedding Cake
Black & White Flowers – Black & White Accessory Collection – Black & Ivory Flourish Favor Boxes
Reception Area – Black & White Damask Wedding Invitations – Washington D.C. Couple
Black & White Favor Tag – Black Bridesmaid Dresses – Black Embroidered Wedding Gown

On December 1st 2009, Here Comes The Blog was relaunched with a new design and new blog contributors.  Although our blog had been around since 2006, we thought it was time for a facelift so after several months of evaluating our mission, we are excited to be back online sharing all of our ideas with you.

We know that planning a wedding can be stressful so we’ve teamed up with some of the best industry experts to bring you tips on how to create the wedding that you’ve always dreamed of.  Our contributors will help you save money, find great vendors, avoid etiquette faux-pauxs, select a wedding venue, choose a color scheme and theme that reflect your style and personality, and so much more!

So if you are recently engaged, we hope that you join us on our quest to become the best wedding blog ever.  The ring is just the beginning of the dream…