If you're perusing the InvitationConsultants.com website, you might see a playful mixture of invitations that incorporate people standing at a party. The first 'legs' design, as we like to call them, was a simple cocktail party. Then, we quickly realized that we should start mixing it up and making 'legs' for all sorts of occasions. We tried to tailor each person's clothing for different themes and we truly can't get enough of them. Here are three of our favorites but be sure to check if we have a design that fits your event.

Baby Girl Shower
Totally Invited
Margaritas and Fajitas
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We have always loved, loved the National Stationery Show. It's 4 days packed with papers-- from recycled to ridiculously adorable, the show brings out the best in our industry. The event is for correspondence geeks and the quickest way to get a giggle is mention those who spell 'stationery' as 'stationary'. Ha! Paper joke!
Stationers love a good party (duh), so this year, it was fun to celebrate with some of our favorite brands: Carlson Craft, Checkerboard, and Krepe Kraft, as well as some of our partners in paper crime: Rosanne Beck and Odd Balls.
Carlson Craft was kind enough to host a champagne and cupcake soiree to sneak peek their newest albums and designs. I can say first hand, they were quite the treat!
I also spent a good amount of time meeting new designers and artists that may be appearing on Invitation Consultants in our Guest Designer program. Keep an eye out for a new talented bunch soon!
-Reilly
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For our Gemini friends, an outdoor spring party is a perfect way to celebrate! As Gemini spans that transition from spring to summer, it comes with a tendency to adapt to change so plan in outdoors and enjoy the whether no matter what it may be! Geminis are also said to love company and be best in social situations - so it a birthday party is perfect! Here are some great gift ideas for the Geminis in your life...
Spring Party Scene
Gemini Necklaces
Gemini Tote Bag
Gemini Pillow
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It's a privilege to be part of young lives every year during the spring. We see so many orders come through for high school, collegiate, and grad school students who are starting new adventures & celebrating years of hard work. It's refreshing, exciting, and an amazing source of inspiration!
One of the fun parts of grad season is reading all of the quotes that are incorporated into our customer's wording. Here are the 5 most popular:
1. "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams" - Eleanor Roosevelt
2. "Each of us has different talents, different dreams, and different destinations, yet we all have the power to make a new tomorrow - Unknown
3. "Nursing is an art;and if it is to be made an art, it requires as exclusive a devotion, as hard a preparation, as any painter's or sculptor's work;" - Florence Nightingale
4. "We came to this place together to learn, to grow, and to share. Time and space may separate us but wherever our pathways lead us we'll always be the Class of 2012" - Unknown
5. "We do not fear the future for we are the future because of what we have achieved and what we will achieve" - Unknown
And a few of my favorites:
- "This is what I want to say. When you feel scared, hold someones hand and look into their eyes. And when you feel brave, do the same thing. You are all here because you are smart. And you are brave. And if you add kindness and the ability to change a tire, you almost make up the perfect person." - Amy Poehler, Harvard 2011 Graduation
- "The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse." - Edward Koch
- "If you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen" - Conan O'Brien
Do you have a favorite quotation?

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This season some of our most popular wedding invitations have been from our geographic series. This series features layered destination wedding invitations perfect to spotlight your big day! After our Florida inspired post, I’ve decided to travel to the opposite coast to California! Here is my rendition of a perfectly ‘vintage’ destination wedding based on the Destination California invitation.

Good wine is one of the first things that come to mind when I think of California. Home to wine country, California creates a beautiful backdrop for a wedding at a local winery. Apart from the scenery, there are many details that can be incorporated into a vineyard wedding theme such as using custom wine labels made by the bride and groom, using wine corks for place card holders, and giving away personalized wine charms as favors to guests. Here are some of my favorites.

How would you pull off your dream vineyard wedding?

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