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Pet Goodies

Okay, so maybe we're a little obsessed with Red Leaf Papers recently. We have a good reason to be excited about over 450 designs which will soon be available in a store near you (and right here on IC). And, we're not the only ones excited-- Parenting magazine featured our Woof and Meow birth announcments in their August issue. They wrote 'You sent announcements when your child was born- doesn't Fido or Fluffy deserve a shout-out too,?'

Here are some of our latest cute pet birth announcements and some of the most adorable pet goodies I could find.

From left to right: Woof and Meow, Peace Sign Collar from Funny Fur, Custom Charm by Etsy seller bynicola,  Sweet Kiss Dining set, Eiffel Tower, Bark Street Journal, Sushi, and Owl Toy- all by Funny Fur.

Announcing Preston Bailey for Invitation Consultants

Every bride dreams of the perfect wedding day, where all of the details seamlessly fall together in gorgeous harmony. Preston Bailey is the most preeminent wedding and event designer in the world who knows how to make these details so spectacular that they ignite the imagination. I am more than thrilled to announce today on Fab*Blog that Invitation Consultants will soon be releasing invitations designed exclusively by Preston Bailey for Invitation Consultants.

These invitations will be inspired by the beautiful floral arrangements that Preston is so renowned for. They will be the perfect way for bride's to show their guests a glimpse into their magical event that is yet to come.

Preston Bailey has worked with Donald Trump, Oprah Winfrey, Uma Thurman, Joan Rivers, Donna Karan, and Liza Minnelli (among others), and is now ready to inspire your wedding through invitations.

Stay tuned as a few invitations will be available in the late summer, with more to follow throughout fall 2009 and winter 2010.

In the meantime, seek inspiration on Preston's site.

We're Designing Like Little Elves

Here are some more new designs from our Red Leaf Papers Line. Only 3 weeks till our album drops in stores. We are so excited and had to share more of our designs. As you can see we love modern, clean, colorful creations. We hope you do too!

Best,

All of us who design at RLP

Our New Red Leaf Papers Album

 

Red Leaf Papers was created by Invitation Consultants in 2007 and now we are releasing our first invitation album. From 2007-2009 all Red Leaf Papers items were only sold online. And now with these new designs, numbering close to 400, we are going to reach the retail stores.

Red Leaf Papers is the design arm of Invitation Consultants.

The album will be offered at $150 plus shipping which will include an Image CD.  We are accepting pre-orders now for an anticipated album ship date of mid July 2009. Check out redleafpapers.com to view some of the new items.

Enjoy!

25 Free William Arthur Invitations, seriously

We love promotions and so do our customers!

William Arthur Promotion: Purchase at least 75 and receive 25 addtitional for free. i.e. if you place an order for 100 invitation, we will automatically send you 125. Offer valid for invitations, reception cards, thank you cards, respond cards and envelopes. Offer ends 5/31.

Invitations shown: Siesta Terra Cotta, Stephanie's Island, and Delicate Poppies.

Follow us at the National Stationery Show

This weekend we are headed to the National Stationery Show. This is our 7th year going and we love paper, so this is the place to be. They also have a great blog! We will be keeping our peeps up to date with what we find and see at the show via twitter. So follow us on twitter!

Allison= @ceotwit

Olivier= @fabulousinvites

Reilly= @genreilly

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.

 

We Heart our Customers

We are so excited to roll out the only Invitation & Stationery Rewards Program we know. Loyal customers = Fabulous rewards. Our new Fabulous Rewards Program earns customers 1 point for every $1 spent. Redeem points for gift cards! We love paper..you love paper...so why not earn more paper! More details here.

Enjoy!

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!

Happy Eastover

This is how we celebrate Passover and Easter at InvitationConsultants.com like a bunch of fun loving e-commerce bunnies! We had our annual egg hunt. I hide plastic colored eggs with papers in them. When they are opened they are even better than fortune cookies. They say things like:

Go claim your prize (always candy, that's how we roll), Come in 30 minutes late next week, Take an extra 15 for lunch all week.

Not only do we do an egg hunt but we also do a hide the matzah contest for a prize.

Next week is our spring breakast for April where we will decorate eggs. Can you tell, we like to have fun!