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wedding stationery guide

Wedding Stationery Guide: How to chose the right printing style

Wedding Stationery Guide: How to chose the right printing style

Printing Primer· Wedding Stationery Guide

Chances are, before researching wedding invitations, you never had to worry about things like printing processes before. And that’s absolutely…
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Wedding Save the Date Wording Samples

Wedding Save the Date Wording Samples

Wedding Stationery Guide· Wording

Sending a save the date card is the perfect way to set the stage for your wedding. Traditionally sent 6-9…
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Stress Free Wedding Stationery | Top 5 tips for wedding stationery

Stress Free Wedding Stationery | Top 5 tips for wedding stationery

Wedding Stationery Guide

Overwhelmed with all the information out there about wedding stationery? In this post, I’m breaking down my top 5 tips…
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Insert Card Wording Samples | The Wedding Stationery Guide

Insert Card Wording Samples | The Wedding Stationery Guide

Wedding Stationery Guide· Wording

So you’ve tackled your wedding invitation wording, figured out your RSVP by date and reply card wording, and decided whether…
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How a Font Change Can Transform a Design | Wedding Stationery Guide: Fonts, Part II

How a Font Change Can Transform a Design | Wedding Stationery Guide: Fonts, Part II

Fonts· Wedding Stationery Guide

Sometimes you fall in love with an invitation design, but wish that the font was a little different. Maybe you…
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Wedding Stationery Guide: Fonts, Part I

Wedding Stationery Guide: Fonts, Part I

Fonts· Wedding Stationery Guide

Looking for a swirly script for your wedding invitations? Or maybe you want something with an art deco flair or…
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Using Metallic Gold in your Invitation Suite | The Wedding Stationery Guide: Colors Part IV

Using Metallic Gold in your Invitation Suite | The Wedding Stationery Guide: Colors Part IV

Wedding Stationery Guide

Gold, and other metallics like copper and rose gold, are a favorite with brides right now. Metallics are a great…
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How to Choose the Right Color for your Wedding Invitations | The Wedding Stationery Guide: Colors Part I

How to Choose the Right Color for your Wedding Invitations | The Wedding Stationery Guide: Colors Part I

Wedding Stationery Guide

Choosing a color palette was likely one of the first wedding-related decisions you made. And with good reason! Since many…
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Wedding Stationery Guide: Screen Printing

Wedding Stationery Guide: Screen Printing

Printing Primer· Wedding Stationery Guide

So far in the Printing Primer portion of Banter & Charm’s Wedding Stationery Guide, I have shared information about flat…
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Wedding Stationery Guide: Flat Printing

Wedding Stationery Guide: Flat Printing

Printing Primer· Wedding Stationery Guide

While letterpress will always be my favorite style of printing, there are some things it is simply not suited for….
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Making Your First Impression Count | Wedding Stationery Guide: Envelopes, Part II

Making Your First Impression Count | Wedding Stationery Guide: Envelopes, Part II

Wedding Stationery Guide

Nothing says “classic” like a crisp white envelope with traditional calligraphy in rich black ink. There is a reason this…
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How to Make a Lasting First Impression | Wedding Stationery Guide: Envelopes, Part I

How to Make a Lasting First Impression | Wedding Stationery Guide: Envelopes, Part I

Wedding Stationery Guide

Chances are you have never given much thought to envelopes. While they’re not the main focus of your wedding stationery…
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How to Choose the Right Paper for Your Wedding Invitations | Wedding Stationery Guide

How to Choose the Right Paper for Your Wedding Invitations | Wedding Stationery Guide

Wedding Stationery Guide

Paper is one of those things that seems simple until you need to pick just one. There are hundreds of…
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Wedding Stationery Guide: Foil Stamping

Wedding Stationery Guide: Foil Stamping

Printing Primer· Wedding Stationery Guide

If you’ve been researching wedding invitations for any time at all, you’ve likely come across an image of a design…
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Wedding Stationery Guide: Printing Methods

Wedding Stationery Guide: Printing Methods

Printing Primer· Wedding Stationery Guide

So you’ve read all the books on wedding stationery etiquette, nailed down your invitation wording, and the guest list has…
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Wedding Stationery Guide: Recap

Wedding Stationery Guide: Recap

Wedding Stationery Guide

Last summer I started a “Wedding Stationery Guide” series on the blog to showcase the customization options available for Banter…
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Wedding Stationery Guide: Sizing and Shapes

Wedding Stationery Guide: Sizing and Shapes

Wedding Stationery Guide

When browsing invitation designs, you will probably notice that most are available in a standard 5″x7″ size  (also know as “A7”…
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Wedding Stationery Guide: Fonts, Part III

Wedding Stationery Guide: Fonts, Part III

Fonts· Wedding Stationery Guide

In this third installment of the Fonts portion of the wedding stationery guide, I’m going to share some tips for…
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Hello! I´m Sarah - I am a mom, wife, and stationery designer living in southwest Michigan. I believe in God and good manners, love beautiful typography, adore traditions, and am infatuated with pretty paper.
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I’m Sarah, and I create tailor-made wedding stationery for brides that need a simple, classic invitation design with just the right amount of personality.

Banter & Charm is a Michigan wedding invitation design studio based in St. Joseph. Not local? I serve brides throughout Michigan and northern Indiana, Notre Dame, Chicago, the Midwest, and across the US. Read More…

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Yes I know, it's not even Halloween yet - let alon Yes I know, it's not even Halloween yet - let alone Thanksgiving - but if you're planning on sending save the dates in the next few months, why not make it a Christmas card / save the date?⁠
Or what better way to celebrate your first married Christmas, than with a Christmas card showing off your wedding photos.⁠
Visit the link in my profile to see a round up of my favorite First Christmas cards for newlyweds and holiday save the dates.⁠
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Unique, out of the ordinary invitations are great Unique, out of the ordinary invitations are great and sooo much fun to design, but I'll always have a sweet spot in my heart for a classic and traditional design. There's a reason some things never go out of style - whether it's a little black dress, the perfect shade of red lipstick, or a perfectly typeset letterpress invitation, they all have a timeless aesthetic that will look classy, not dated, 20 years from now.�⁠
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Incorporating a bride’s color palette into her w Incorporating a bride’s color palette into her wedding invitations has become one of my favorite puzzles to solve! There are so many ways to combine colors through the various pieces in an invitation suite, and something as simple as using a colored envelope for the RSVP card can have a huge impact on the overall look.⁠
Looking for ideas on how to use your wedding colors in your invitation suite? Head over to the blog for more tips!⁠
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Nicholas and Victoria's invitation suite for their Nicholas and Victoria's invitation suite for their wedding in Philadelphia featured so many of my favorite things! Wax seal ✔️ Vellum ✔️ Foil ✔️ Venue Illustration ✔️ Colored envelopes ✔️ Hand calligraphy ✔️⁠
Absolutely in love with how it all came together 😍⁠
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This invitation suite for Alison and Anthony's wed This invitation suite for Alison and Anthony's wedding at Congress Hall in Cape May, New Jersey, was filled with so many stunning details 😍 From the silver foil and black letterpress to the monogram wax seal and edge painting, nothing was overlooked. ⁠
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Are you team photo or no photo for the save the da Are you team photo or no photo for the save the date card? Either way, I've got you covered! Whether you want to show off your sweet engagement photos or you prefer a formal announcement Banter & Charm has plenty of styles to choose from. Not sure which you want? I'm happy to help out!⁠
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Looking for ways to streamline your wedding statio Looking for ways to streamline your wedding stationery planning? I have just the thing! I've put together my top 5 tips for stress-free wedding stationery - link in profile.⠀⁠
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The prettiest navy and white invitation suite 😍 The prettiest navy and white invitation suite 😍⁠
Clare and Daniel's stationery for their Essex wedding turned out absolutely gorgeous- proof that there is nothing boring about a classic invitation suite. ⁠
Crisp navy letterpress on soft white cotton paper, with just the right amount of personal touches (like that custom illustration of their rehearsal dinner venue and the hand calligraphy by @madebymeer) ⁠
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