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Our Design Contest Semi-Finalists

We are so excited to annouce our 10 Semi-finalists for our Design Contest that started back in April. The contest ended July 20th and the winners (1st, 2nd and 3rd place) will be announced on August 3rd. Check back here for the winners.

So You Want to be an Invitation Designer?

Designing invitations is so much fun, but it is also not as easy as it looks. We have brainstorming, breakout, and critique meetings all the time. So why not skip the meetings and just design your own invitations?

Meet our panel of judges for the Design contest

Jenniger Sbranti:  Founder of Hostess with the Mostess®, a hip & modern online party planning resource.

Margaret Wong: Co-founder of Project Wedding.

Vickie R. Phipps: HGTV (Home and Garden Television) Executive.

Meredith Garcia: Co-founder of TheFashionList.com.

Put your designs to the test and enter the contest: Here is the info.

 

Custom Stationery Sweepstakes

POINTclickHOME which serves up fabulous design ideas from the likes of Elle Decor and Metropolitan Home is now doing a sweepstakes for custom stationery. Check out the details. Stationery, moving announcements, dinner parties... your home is the best place for soirees.

Plan your next soiree and be the toast of the town with sophisticated, customized printed invitations and announcements from Invitation Consultants. Choose from hundreds of designs – contemporary or traditional—for any occasion imaginable. (Whoopi Goldberg and Jay-Z have used them for their parties.) You can also design your own personalized stationery, notepads, thank you cards, party favors and other fun accessories such as napkins, coasters and place cards (value $150). Invitation Consultants.

Photos from POINTclickHOME.com

Put your designs to the test!

Wow, I can't even tell you how super-duper excited I am to share with you our latest news! Today, Invitation Consultants launched our first ever Invitation Design Contest! Top prize is $1,000 plus the amazing opportunity to have your design sold on InvitationConsultants.com and earn 5% royalties on every sale. 2nd and 3rd place winners also rake in the dough winning $500 and $250 respectively with royalties from sales. Even if you're not in the top three, your design may be chosen to be sold on InvitationConsultants.com awarding you 5% on every sale! I can't wait to see all of the unique and inspiring designs roll in.

The contest runs from Monday, April 20th to Monday, August 20th. Entries will be judged by blog superstars Jennifer Sbranti from Hostess with the Mostess and Margaret Wong from Project Wedding. Fashion afficinado Meredith Garcia from the Fashion List and Vicki Phipps, Director of Program Planning for HGTV round out the panel of aweseome judges.

So, what does it take to win? Creativity and originality, technical merit, and marketability. If you or someone you know is a talented artist or graphic designer, accept the challenge and enter! Find the application here and get going!

$150 Graduation Giveaway!

Graduation season is in full swing & there are tons of reasons to celebrate with the class of 2009! That's why we're offering you the chance to win a $150 gift card towards graduation announcements, invitations, name cards, and accessories! Just pick your favorite grad item, and leave a comment letting us know what it is! A winner will be chosen at random on Friday, April 24th, but only comments mentioning grad items will be considered. Good luck & congrats to all the grads out there!

Throwing a Little Shindig?

Here's your chance to win 25 invitations from our children's collection! Visit Little Shindigs, the party planning blog of Natalie Robles, children's party coordinator extraordinaire, and enter a comment letting her know what your fave kid's invite is. It's that easy!  While you're there, check out some of Natalie's fun party themes, like her Dr. Suess soiree or her Mother Goose tablescape with place settings resembling lily pads. Adorable!

IC on WeddingBee

Buzz on over to Wedding Bee to enter to win a $150 gift card to Invitation Consultants. All you have to do is enter a comment: what's your favorite rehearsal dinner invite?

Good Luck!