Destination Weddings - Mexico {Wedding Program Designer}

Photo by Petronella Photography

We loved designing this beautiful program for Rashonda and Maleke's destination wedding. The design on the bottom of the program reminds me of lace and the colors are just perfect for this gorgeous wedding. To see more pictures from this couple's special day go to Munaluchi Bridal. You won't be disappointed!

Red, White and Blue Fan Programs {Lake Anna, VA Wedding Program Designer}

As we've mentioned before, we love to see pictures of the stationery items we design when our clients receive them. And we also love to see what final touches our brides and grooms add to the stationery. We received a lovely email from Carrie the other day and she included a few pictures of the programs we designed and the ribbon she added to give them a bit more of a personal touch.

Here's what Carrie had to say:

Adrienne,
Thanks for all of your help with the program fans. They are EXACTLY how I pictured them to be when I first thought to do this for the wedding.


They are going to look great at the wedding!!


Thanks again!
Carrie

We love happy customers! Do you have pictures of stationery we've designed and printed for you? We'd love to feature it on our blog! Share with us by emailing your photos to danielle@cherishpaperie.com or share with us on our Facebook wall. And if you haven't already, come like us on Facebook!

Fun DIY Fans {Ideas and Information}

I get a lot of questions from customers about how they can "liven" up their DIY fans. Here are a few suggestions:

Adding a fun brad or eyelet 
You can find these at your local scrapbook store and at places like Michaels and JoAnn craft stores. The eyelets we use for our custom fans are most similar to the fabric ones because we buy them in bulk, but any of the fun ones work great too!
I definitely recommend a Crop-o-dile as the easiest way of setting the eyelets - this is a great tool that punches the hole and crimps the eyelet and it can be found almost everywhere, Wal-mart or Amazon, to your local scrapbook store (hint: you barely need to press the handles to crimp the eyelet, to hold the fan together with this machine...too hard and the petals will not turn)

Playing with fonts and graphics
You can find some cool FREE fonts: http://www.dafont.com/ or you can purchase some nicer ones: http://www.veer.com/products/fonts/ or http://new.myfonts.com/
Find FREE graphics http://www.vectorstock.com/home/ or you can purchase graphics: http://www.fotolia.com/ or http://www.istockphoto.com

Adding embellishments
Adding rhinestones, charms or different color ribbon will give your program a different look and is the easiest way to match your program to the rest of your wedding. Ebay is a great place to find these embellishments and is quite inexpensive for bulk items.

By using these tools to transform your programs you will be able to personalize and create the perfect program. Your guests will appreciate seeing some of your personality in them as well. And remember to have fun!

Destination Weddings & Honeymoons Magazine {Featured}

See Custom Programs fan programs in the latest issue of Destination Wedding & Honeymoons Magazine!


Fan-tastic programs

Attention, warm-weather brides: If you like the idea of a program fan but fret it won’t have room to include all the ceremony deets, meet the new folding fan program from Custom Programs. Not only are they super-cute — with designs ranging from hibiscus flowers to castles — but they also come with three or five “petals,” so you can say as little or as much as you want. Use one petal to list the names of your bridal party, one for the ceremony rundown, one for your thank-you message, another to explain any local traditions you’re incorporating and another to provide your address. Each fan is fully customizable: You choose the colors, fonts, text and design, and they’ll do the rest. The result: a chic and unique ceremony program that will have your guests talking — and cooled off. From $2.50 each for three-petal fans. — Rebecca Kinnear"

Look for Destination Weddings & Honeymoons magazine, on newsstands 2/23

November Promo!

With the holidays fast approaching, now is a great time to take advantage of our "off" season promo. Order your wedding programs early for your spring wedding (January - April) and get 20% off! Orders must be submitted before December 1, 2009, but final printing can be held until closer to your event date.

We are also offering a winter discount on our DIY Fan Kits order between now and December 31, 2009 and get $10 off each kit....use code WINTERFAN during checkout to get the discount. Happy designing!

Our New Look!

You may have already noticed the new logo at the top of this blog...it is a preview of great things to come!

Thanks to our wonderful designer Diane, who has been helping to pull together a more cohesive look for us...the logo is just the start of things to come. We have changed our letterhead, ads, catalog cards, envelopes....everything is getting a face lift!

In a few months we will have our long-awaited new website up and running with better features for shipment tracking and online ordering. We hope you will be as excited as we are about the new changes around the shop!

Contest on Bridal Buds!

We have donated some of our new DIY fan programs "Perfect Petals" to www.bridalbuds.com (real wedding planning from real brides) BLOG for a giveaway. Visit their website and post a comment to win!

DIY Fan Programs {Perfect Petals}

Perfect Petals™ DIY Fan Program Kit and Template
are trademarks of Custom Programs, LLC, © 2009. All rights reserved

Perfect Petals™ DIY Fan Program Kit and Template
are trademarks of Custom Programs, LLC, © 2009. All rights reserved

Exciting News!! Introducing "Perfect Petals" a DIY fan program kit! After MANY requests....we have finally come up with a Do-it-yourself fan program kit for all those DIY brides who love to do everything themselves (and save money)! You can even try out a few before purchasing, to see if you *really* want to DIY with our Sample Kit. Now available on our website shop We would love to know what you think!! Happy crafting!

And we're off...almost.

We are heading down to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico for a long overdue, sun drenched vacation with the kids (I sure hope the baby's passport comes in time!), on Monday April 13, and will return on Thursday, April 16. Please bear with us, during our absence - we will still have access to email and will be checking phone messages - but most emails and calls will not be returned until we get back to the office on Friday the 17th! Thanks for your patience, and look for new stuff when we return!

Fan Wedding Programs {New Products}

It has been a while since my last post - but we have been busy around here coming up with some new ideas...in an effort to help all brides hit by these hard economic times we have just released 2 new fan programs - a 4 panel fan for $3.00 each and a 3 panel fan for just $2.50 each - although these fans are not as sturdy as the 5 panel version for actual fanning purposes, this is a great way to still include these unique fan programs in your ceremony...and stay in your budget!


Stay tuned for more exciting new products to come soon!

New Wedding Program Designs {Ideas and Inspiration}

Of course everything we do is custom, tailored for each bride we work with. But we often seem to do the same designs over and over again, customers have trouble envisioning exactly what they want since they can't "see" it. Or they see things on our gallery and want exactly that, which is great too, but I wanted to show off some of the new things we have been doing to inspire all the new brides this year. We can do so much to liven up programs, adding just some black and white graphics, it doesn't add anything to the cost but it sure makes it pretty!