Fresh Wedding Invitations and Save-The-Date For The Modern Bride and Groom

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Seeing the new types, designs, colors and textures in a contemporary wedding invitation these days make me want to walk down the aisle once again with my hubby.  I love how the freshness, uniqueness and splashes of lively colors and use of decorative fonts are now in use in most wedding invitations I have seen so far. Makes me green with envy!

Just to give you an idea why I am the green-eyed monster right now, here are some lovely and really captivating wedding invitations I found in Minted which make me drool and want to print one for myself and hubby just for the sake of having a contemporary style wedding invitation for our keepsake.

Sweet Name Frame Wedding Invitations

from: Minted

Woodtype Poster Wedding Invitations

from: Minted

Calendar Finish Wedding Invitations

from: Minted

A Blessed Union Wedding Invitations

from: Minted

Splash of Paradise Wedding Invitations

from: Minted

Timeless Wedding Invitation Minibook™ Cards

The above samples are just few of my personal choices. There are more and you can personalize them and the waiting time for your invitations to arrive is not as long as how it was before where we had to go to the proper printing press, discuss the designs, choose the colors and textures of the type of papers, limit the page inserts for a cheaper wedding invitation and choose from limited types of fonts. That time, it was mostly the very formal cursive fonts and the stern block types.


Aside from the lovely wedding invitations, the save-the-date designs are also pretty and awesome!

Aurora Save the Date Minibook™ Cards

Love Letter Save the Date Cards

Good Ol' Fashion Love Save the Date Magnets

Don't even get me started with the photobook that is very famous now for newlyweds to use during their wedding reception where the guests can sign instead of a usual guest book.

How come they didn't print these kinds of lovely invites before? And those save the date cards were not too famous back then.

End of the Year Cleaning

We are saying good bye to 2010 in few days. I cannot believe how time flies! I remember making plans for 2010 last December 2009. Here I am, waiting for 2011 with bated breath and praying for a good year ahead.

It is already a habit of mine to clear unwanted stuff by the end of the year. I donate or give them away to people who needs them more. My plan this year is to clear the cupboards and closets of clothes, toys, shoes and household stuff which we no longer use.

I have been contemplating on whether to scrap the red couch my husband bought last year. It is showing signs of over-use because my husband loves to bring friends home regularly. So you can say that the couch is well seated. I really like to replace it with a contemporary furniture but the budget is really, really tight at this time. I want a modular type of sofa and not the classic and big ones. I hope my husband reconsiders my suggestion.

My eyes are also set on the old book cases in the living room. One of them was bought 3 years ago and the other one was older than that which was donated to us last year. My husband's friend was kind enough to give it to us because he noticed how much my daughter and I hoard books. I want to sell them because they are still in good condition. I just want to remodel and refurbish the house while I am doing my end-of-the-year cleaning. Maybe I'll get a big book case instead of having 2 narrow and smaller ones.

The appliances can stay because I cannot replace them yet. They are still working fine (except for the washing machine which I bought almost 8 years ago).

I hope to minimize all the clutter at home when I go on leave by the end of the year. I want to welcome 2011 with a clean and organized house.

And Then There Was Light

I am so bored with our ceiling lights. They are hanging lights which look more of a mini chandelier. I think they are so outdated.

I love contemporary stuff in my living room. However, my husband is the practical one who keeps telling me not to buy expensive items for the flat where we are currently staying at because the place is not ours.

I always remind him that we can take whatever we bought back in the Philippines. I can always rent for a big container if I have too.

I just feel like the lights are so old-fashioned. I want hanging spotlights just like the hanging lamps I saw in the mall last week. They are sleek and uses energy-saving bulbs. I will have to convince my husband though since we are updating the living room; maybe we can also include the lights.