I can't wait for you to see our new, fresh and stylish save the dates and invitations available in the great designs and combinations shown here! We've selected the paper color and design for you — just personalize them with your choice of ink, wording and font. Visit www.myjeanm.com for more of these great designs — look for the "JM" symbol shown to find them and start personalizing!

A damask pattern adds a dramatic flourish to this grey save the date!

Sweet, tropical-style flowers add a touch of paradise to this petite save the date — perfect for destination weddings!

Personalize your save the dates FREE with…
• up to two ink colors
• up to two fonts
• your choice of wording
• your choice of colorful envelopes
   
Vintage-style damask is given a contemporary look in this invitation's design — perfect for your stylish wedding in the fall or anytime of year!


Aqua damask and black paper — elegant, eye-catching and oh-so you!
Personalize your invitations FREE with…

• up to two ink colors • up to two font • your choice of wording

• your choice of colorful inner envelopes and outer envelopes

Add a unique touch with personalized ooh la color envelopes accented with your wedding color!

Also check out our colorful, coordinating napkins and favor boxes to complete your wedding theme!

Elegant dinner napkins are personalized FREE in a variety of options to suit your style:
• your choice of 180 designs
• your names and wedding date
• your choice of 66 monogram styles
• a fun phrase or saying with your names and/or wedding date
Choose our pacific blue napkins or our espresso napkins shown here — or one of our other beautiful colors to coordinate with YOUR day!

Choose our cream shimmer favor boxes or black favor boxes shown here — or one of our other beautiful box colors to coordinate with YOUR day! Mix and match the lids and bottoms of our two-piece favor boxes for impact.

Having a beautiful guest book wedding. It also gives you a precious keepsake and memory of everyone who celebrated with you.

But what if you want something a little more unique, a little more personal or just a little MORE than a guest book? Try out some of these ideas for getting guests involved in helping you make memories!

Frame your engagement photos in a classy, wide mat or on a large photo board guests can sign with a note for you. Frame the photos and mats and display them in your home for instant access to wedding memories.

Provide colorful cards for guests to write their wishes for your future. Arrange a card at each place setting or in a basket on each table. Also be sure to provide pens for signing. Collect the cards afterward and arrange them in a special book. Bring out the book and read it every anniversary for a great way to relive your celebration with friends and family!

It’ll be fun to guests to leave you a wedding wish and drop it in a beautiful glass vase at your reception. Have the cards and vase set up next to the bar or punch table or anywhere else guests may congregate. After the wedding, keep your cards in a special book, and use the vase for flower arrangements, candles or centerpieces for years to come.

Enjoy! ~Jean

A technical-sounding name for a beautiful printing process!

The way your invitations are printed are as much a part of their style as the paper color, wording, ribbon color and layout you choose.

That’s where thermography comes in. Don’t be scared by the technical-sounding term — it’s really just another way to say that your invitation will be printed in beautiful raised lettering!

Thermography is the most popular method of printing invitations today because it looks so elegant and is incredibly affordable.

Here’s how thermography works:
• the invitation is printed with ink
• while the ink is still wet, resin is sprinkled on the printed invitation sheet
• the sheet is exposed to heat
• the resin and ink fuse together
• like magic, the lettering is raised above the invitation’s surface
The end result looks and feels similar to traditional engraving, but thermography costs much less.

The majority of Jean M’s ink colors are printed in thermography. Certain ink colors like white, cream and lavender are flat printed (not thermographed).

When you’re choosing ink colors for your invitations and other paper items like programs, menu cards, place cards, etc., refer to Jean M’s ink color list (http://www.myjeanm.com/PaperColors.cfm) to see if the ink color you’ve fallen in love with will be printed in raised lettering or flat printed. You’ll also find our advice on which ink colors look best on which paper colors.

Enjoy! ~Jean

Late summer is a beautiful time to get married. The sunshine, the outdoors, the surf, the sand — all add to the appeal of your warm-weather celebration.

But while the colors, the atmosphere and the seasonal beauty can make your wedding look hot, you certainly don’t want you or your guests to get overheated. Here are a few ideas for keeping your cool.

Provide chilled bottles of water, juice and soda for guests during the ceremony and reception. Dress up the bottles with personalized stickers, favor tags and ribbon.

You can also set up a refreshment stand where guests can help themselves to fresh lemonade. Add your personal touches to the spread with ribbon in your wedding colors, personalized stickers, printed cards listing the refreshments served and personalized napkins.

If your wedding is at the beach or on an uneven lawn, do your guests a favor by providing flip-flops for them to wear. They’ll appreciate not having their heels dig into the grass or getting sand in their good shoes.

Guests can make their own cool breezes with pretty fans printed with your program wording. Tie a ribbon to the fan handles for a custom look.

Enjoy! ~ Jean

Frequently asked questions I’ve overheard at wedding ceremonies:
“What song are they singing? Should I sing along?”
“What was the name of the recessional music? I want it at my wedding!”
“Should I read this prayer out loud with the officiant?”
“Who IS that cute groomsman?”

Obviously, the brides at these weddings didn’t provide their guests with wedding programs!

Wedding programs have an important job to do. They welcome guests to your wedding, allow them to follow along with and participate in your ceremony, introduce the parents and bridal party, list the important elements of the service (music, prayers, etc.) and even provide you with an opportunity to send a message of thanks to your guests.

Creating personalized programs is fun and easy!

• First, find the style that will work best for your wedding. You can opt for one-piece programs if your ceremony is short and your bridal party is small, or you can choose two-piece programs for large wedding parties, complex ceremonies and lots of information. You can even have your programs printed on fun and handy fans perfect for warm-weather or outdoor ceremonies.

• Next, choose your paper color or colors, and decide on the monogram or design element you’d like to incorporate.

• Then, determine your wording. You can go very simple and just give a basic list of the order of service and names of the bridal party. Or you can tell a story by mentioning how you know your wedding party members, listing the texts of the prayers and words to the hymns, and explaining unique rituals or symbols you are incorporating into your ceremony.

• Also think about any extra wording you’d like included on your programs, like a thank you to your family and your guests for celebrating with you or a note about the person for whom you’ve lit a memorial candle.

• Finally, embellish! Use rhinestone or pearl add-ons, stamps or ribbons to add the perfect finishing touch to your programs.

Important Note! If you are ordering printed programs, be sure to place your order at least 4 weeks before your ceremony to allow for printing, delivering and assembly / embellishing, if necessary.

Enjoy! ~Jean

So you have your ribbon, your embellishments and your favors. Now what do you do? Get creative! It’s fun to take your inspiration and put it all together yourself into invitations, enclosure cards, favors, envelopes, accents and more that will make your wedding a unique reflection of your style.

Let’s say espresso and spice are your colors…

…add bits and pieces of patterned paper, bright ribbon and fun shapes to every element of your wedding!

• Order our “Jean” invitation printed and select the option of assembling it yourself, then add patterned paper and two complementary ribbons for a great effect.
• Back your printed menu cards with matching patterned scrapbook paper.
• Add some patterned scrapbook paper to your place cards for a coordinating look.
• Wrap your favor boxes in scrapbook paper and ribbon and top with a leaf-shaped tag.
• Go the extra mile to impress your guests by hand-lining your envelopes with patterned papers.

If your wedding has a fresh and breezy feel, think about shades of blue for your inspiration…

…and use those shades creatively!

• Order our “Casey” invitation printed and select the option of assembling it yourself. Wrap the invitation with pretty ribbon and add a unique buckle or charm for pizzazz.
• Make your own place cards out of patterned scrapbook paper and tie with ribbon for a great look.
• Wrap your favor boxes in patterned paper and tie with ribbon to coordinate with your place cards.
• Create a unique look for your unity candle by wrapping it in patterned scrapbook paper, tying with ribbon and adding a charm or buckle.
• Dress up your tables with clear acrylic placemats featured patterned scrapbook paper.

When you love the color combination of espresso and aqua, but don’t know how to pull it all together…

…use our ideas for inspiration!

• Order our “Piper” invitation printed and select the option of assembling it yourself. Back the card with patterned scrapbook paper and tie two ribbons around the printed card for a unique look.

• Edge your place cards in patterned scrapbook paper for a touch of originality.
• Top your favor boxes with a square of patterned scrapbook paper for just a touch of prettiness.
• Create great favors by making fans out of patterned scrapbook paper, adding ribbons to the handles and personalizing the front with printed stickers.

Let your imagination run wild and then have fun putting it all together!
Enjoy! ~Jean

Napkins are a necessity for your wedding reception. You’ll need them at the bar, the cake and punch table, and at the dinner. So why not raise these humble little necessities to symbols of your style? Choose a great color that matches your wedding and personalize them with a design, a monogram, your names, your wedding date — anything that makes them unique.

Just look at all the exciting new napkin colors you can choose from! Jewel tones, brights, neutrals — so many to choose from. Don’t be afraid to mix and match colors (try black with lawn green or pacific blue) for a great impact. You can also mix up the personalization for each style of napkin: cute design and message on your cocktail napkins, a different design or monogram for your cake napkins, and yet another fun design or your names and wedding date for your dinner napkins.

There are lots of creative ways you can personalize your napkins. Go with fresh, new designs or a unique monogram to show your style.

And don’t forget to add personalized guest towels to your powder rooms for a little touch of luxury guests will appreciate and remember.

Enjoy! ~Jean

So many couples today are intent on celebrating their love with a beautiful wedding that’s also easy on the planet. How do you have a “green” wedding that’s unique and stylish? Here are some of my favorite ideas.

• Choose recycled paper invitations, favors, menu cards, place cards and more.

Recycled paper is easier on the environment and if it comes from certified production facilities, you’ll know it’s being made with sustainable practices. (You’ll be happy to know that Jean M papers are made from 30% post-consumer fibers!)

• Celebrate your wedding in a natural environment like your backyard, in a vineyard or at a park. You’ll have built-in ambience and décor, reducing the need for lots of decorations and wasteful materials.

• Give “green” favors like seed packets printed with a cute verse and accented with ribbon, or bulbs or tiny trees wrapped in favor bags.

• Use potted plants, trees and shrubs as ceremony and reception decorations. Plant them in your own yard after the wedding, or give them away as gifts at the end of your celebration.

• Use fresh fruits as centerpieces and they can double as favors. For example, use large vases of apples for a fall wedding. Then invite guests to take an apple as a favor with cards or table tents printed with “Enjoy!”

• Make a donation to your favorite charity in lieu of favors but remember to have a few recycled paper donation cards printed for each table to not that you’ve donated in guests’ honor. Also ask that guests make donations to your favorite charity in lieu of gifts.

• Collect wedding programs, place cards and menu cards at the end of your celebration for recycling.

• Environmentally friendly transportation is thoughtful and will always be remembered. You and your husband could arrive and leave in a horse-drawn carriage, an electric car or even on a tandem bicycle.

• Borrow accessories (jewelry, your veil, etc.) rather than buying them. Have your dress made from organic cotton or silk, or buy a vintage gown and have it altered. And choose dresses your bridesmaids will actually wear again.

• Donate leftovers to your local homeless shelter.

By making wise choices and spending your budget on eco-friendly products and services, you’ll have a beautiful wedding AND make a difference to our planet!

Enjoy! ~ Jean

Don’t let the worries about the economy lead to wedding budget stress. There are so many ways for you to save money and still have the wedding of your dreams! Read on for more great ideas.

Provide romantic couple favors

You can still have elaborate favors without going over budget by giving one favor to each couple. Fill a cellophane bag with a candle and some matches to encourage romantic moments. Add a place card to secure the tops of the bags for a complete package.

Display your menu cards at the buffet or hors d’ouevres table 

Cut down on the number of menu cards you need to order by arranging just a few at your buffet or hors d’ouevres tables. Display them in table number stands high enough so guests can read the fare and add some ribbons that coordinate with your wedding colors.

Or…
Display just one menu card per table. Arrange them creatively, like in a little, square container of sweets guests can share instead of providing individual favor treats.

Enjoy! ~Jean

We have the perfect “recipe!” Our fashionable, black and white recipe box and invitation kit contains everything your shower hostess needs to start creating a shower you’ll never forget.

The kit includes 25 invitations, recipe cards and matching envelopes. Your hostess simply mails out a recipe card with each invitation, asking guests to write down their favorite recipe for you and bring it to the shower. You can then store the recipes in the matching box — and add more recipes as the years go by!

Be sure to purchase our matching gift book to keep track of all the beautiful shower presents you receive and later, to record all your wedding gifts.

Also check out more beautiful items with a flourish design to create a completely coordinated look for your shower.

Cocktail and dinner napkins and guest towels can be personalized for a great accent – and great hostess gifts.

Favor boxes with a flourish design are all dressed up with a stitched ribbon.

Enjoy! ~Jean