Posted by Alexis Givens
I have long been a fan of Dover Publications and they will certainly play a part in designing printed items at my wedding. Here are a few books I think are great for creating menus, place cards, invites, and more!
The Dover Clip Art series allows you to scan images from the books or take them off the CD ROM. All you need is a design program on your computer to import the images and then you can start customizing with your own text and colors. Trust me, this can save you a bunch of cash and give you professional looking designs. Here are a few of my favorites...
And if you know other great sources for making/publishing your own wedding stationery, please let me know...I'm always on the hunt for great resources.
From: Caitlin | 6/10/08 at 12:13 pm
I love that you posted this because I bought a bunch of these dover books for use at my wedding and I have used them many times since. I had a fall wedding and I found some great branches and wreaths that I used on everything and it really helped to tie the event together and make everything from the programs to the places cards look cohesive. I also used them to make cute personalized staionary for the hostesses of some of my wedding showers and my bridesmaids. Now I am having a baby and using dover clipart to decorate some of his layette, they are great.
Good luck pulling your own wedding together. I'd love to see what you come up with!
From: Alexis from the Bride's Guide | 6/10/08 at 1:20 pm
Ooohhh...which books do you have? Are there any really good ones that I should get?
From: Two Wishes | 6/10/08 at 4:16 pm
If you go to the Dover Clip Art website, there's a place where you can sign up for weekly emails full of samples. I've subscribed for over a year, and in that time I've collected DOZENS of great images in a wide variety of areas.
They're not all wedding-appropriate, but we wound up using a Chinese lantern from my collection on our invites and favor bags.
From: Gulf Shores beach weddings | 9/18/08 at 12:10 pm
Thanks for tip. Went to the website and there is so much to choose from.
From: Destin Beach Weddings | 2/24/09 at 12:15 pm
Beautiful and unique for brides and grooms even a beach wedding themed paper
From: aruba beach wedding | 3/28/09 at 3:08 pm
this is so cool. Its good thing to do this to save on money for your wedding.