Signature Stationery
Programs outline the ceremony and instantly trumpet the look of your day. Check out the latest styles and shapes, plus a few festive ideas for tosses.
Clockwise from top right: Offset card with silk-screened wedding-ring motif, $585 for 100, Pulp Invitations, pulpinvitations.com. Letterpress card with dot design, $715 for 100, Bella Figura, bellafigura.com. Three-color flat-printed trifold program with sand-dollar design and wax seal, $397 for 100, Lichen Frank Design, lichenfrank.com.
Double Duty
FYI to guests: Do not discard. Your wedding program may keep you cool, direct you to your reception table, or let you replay the ceremony music.
Clockwise from top: Letterpress fan tied with satin ribbons, $1,916 for 100, Ceci New York, cecinewyork.com. Personalized CD label, $27 for the first 10, and $13 for each additional 10 (CD and case not included), My Wedding Labels, myweddinglabels.com. Program/escort card lettered by copperplate calligraphy and tied with distressed ribbons, with printed insert listing ceremony and reception information, $125 for layout and first card, $9 for each additional card, Pen & Paper Calligraphy Design, penandpaperdesign.com.
Page-Turners
Booklets can be tied with ribbons, flipped like reporters’ notepads, or perused like family albums, complete with faded photographs.
Clockwise from top right: DIY ivory note card with tree design, $24 for 100 blank cards, printed with PrintingPress Wedding software, $29.99, and Fonts & Graphics for Weddings software, $29.99; all, Mountaincow, mountaincow.com. Hand-printed program with bookbinding-inspired cover and insert with family tree and photos, $3,000 for 100, Arak Kanofsky Studios, arakkanofskystudios.com. Flat-printed tent-fold program with grosgrain ribbon, $400 for 100, Shindig, shindiginvites.com. Three-tulip design with letterpress cover and offset insert, tied with satin ribbon, $829 for 100, William Arthur, williamarthur.com.
Do It Yourself
On a budget? All you need is a PC and a dream—plus a stationery kit and special software—to become an expert program director.
Clockwise from top right: Booklet with plum blossom overlay and satin ribbon, $105 for 50 (software not included), Paper Source; paper-source.com. Card with cherry blossom design, $24 for 100, printed with PrintingPress Platinum software, $59.99, and Fonts & Graphics for Weddings software, $29.99; all, Mountaincow; mountaincow.com. Accordion-fold program with metallic paper band, $50 for 20; eInvite; einvite.com (printed with free online template, Easy Invite; easyinvite.com). Pearl ivory half-fold program, $10.99 for 50, and tag, $8.99 for 48, both, Gartner Studios; gartner studios.com. (Program printed with free online templates at gartnerstudios.com; tag printed with Adobe Illustrator). Ribbon, from $1.22 per yard, Midori; midoriribbon.com.
Tosses
A handful of rice is nice, but a more modern fling involves filling pretty cones or envelopes with fragrant lavender, petals or confetti.
Clockwise from top: Embroidered doupioni-silk cone with monogrammed lining (we added a tissue-paper pouch of lavender tied with ribbon), $12.50, Love, Me, shoploveme.com. Mini envelope with circle sticker and rub-on letter. Envelope, $2.50 for 10, and sticker, 40 cents for four; both, Paper Source, paper-source.com. Letter, $5 for 216 letters, Anna Griffin; annagriffin.com. Mini envelope with "Love" rubber stamp. Envelope, $2.50 for 10, Paper Source, paper-source.com. Rubber stamp, $6.75, Impress Rubber Stamps, impressrubberstamps.com. Mini envelope with personalized starburst-motif label. Envelope, $2.50 for 10, Paper Source, paper-source.com. Label, $7 for 28, Beaucoup Wedding Favors, beau-coup.com. Lavender buds, $21.75 per pound (enough for approximately 75 pouches), Splendid Palate, splendidpalate.com.
