Here at Wedding and Party Network we want to give you inspiration for your wedding details. The details are what sets your wedding apart from anyone else. The colors, theme, detailing and style all creates your wedding day style. So, today's Inspirational Friday will focus on wedding invitations. When your guests receive your wedding invitation, that's the first impression they have of your wedding. Therefore, you want to give off the right impression by finding the right invitation to show of your wedding theme.

When it comes to wedding invitations, you'll find many styles. Pocketfolds, photo, different shapes, sizes and colors are gorgeous styles of wedding invitations. There are also many color combinations and prints with beautiful embellishments that you can feature on your invitation. However, they're not limited to paper. Some send out e-wedding invitation or even videos. The main key is to get creative with it and make sure that your guests get a good first impression of your wedding.

Every Friday, Wedding and Party Network will be choosing a theme or color and give you inspirational photos. We want to help give you inspiration for your next event, wedding or party. So, take a look and we hope to give you a bit of inspiration when planning your wedding or party. Our inspirational board will give everyone inspiration on rainbow weddings! Who doesn't love a rainbow? Your wedding day is a day to celebrate the bond between you and your spouse. A day to celebrate your new journey together. So, what better way than to include vibrant colors to express your happiness? Between the invitations, food, decor, cake and clothing – you can arrange for a multi-faceted, one-of-a-kind wedding that reflects you and your bright personality.

Here are some great ideas to turn your Fall Wedding into a rainbow of delight.

Meshing together different colors can easily get out of hand, but knowing just the right amount can turn an average wedding into something your guests will never forget! You don't have to use every color in the rainbow, you can choose three or four colors, bright and vibrant colors. Then, just run with it.

Invitations: You will want your wedding invitations to look a little bohemian, with lightly muted, yet vibrant colors. Alternate the color of the writing with the color of the patterns and find a subtle but exciting in-between.

The Dress: You want your wedding dress magical for your perfect day. So, find a beautiful white or off-white dress and accent it with one of the colors from your scheme. A bright scarf around your waist, rainbow feathered hair clips, bright nail polish or beautiful rainbow jewelry will add just the right amount of flair. A bright pair of shoes will look fabulous peeking out from under your dress.

Bridesmaids and Groomsmen: Different color dresses will look great when matching the groomsmen ties or suspenders! Multi-colored sunglasses will add a nice touch for the groomsmen as well.

Flowers: Your flowers will tie everything together, especially when using all the colors from your theme. You can create lavish and vibrant centerpieces and wedding bouquets that will leave everyone with a smile.

Reception: If you are having an indoor reception, you can use different colored lights for the dance floor or have them shining on the walls to create a fun and bright atmosphere.

Menu: When choosing your rainbow menu, use brightly colored foods. Your desert and appetizers can include fresh fruit or a serve yourself candy buffet.

The Cake: If a rainbow cake is too much for you, you can create a beautiful and traditional wedding cake. However, the key will be to dye the inside of the cake with your wedding colors. No one will see the rainbow inside until you cut the first piece.

Music: A great version of Some Where Over The Rainbow will bring everything together.

Butterfly Release: Top it all off with a butterfly release. Release beautiful, bright, and vibrant colored butterflies to represent a new beginning for the happy couple.

Special thank you to nattywoohoo, james p wells, dalboz17, manue_aka_crazeecrafteez, jiggs images, ex.libres, concubine, conner keller, janierry, and jj_judes for their inspiring rainbow photos via Flickr.

If you are planning a mixed cultural wedding there are several things you need to consider. Embrace both cultures to create a beautiful and unique wedding.

Most wedding traditions are based on religion, culture, heritage, and race. When you are cutting and pasting together a wedding, you need to decide which traditions mean the most to you and your fiancé as well, as your families.

Your family's opinions and vision of your wedding might create obstacles, especially if they are the ones paying for it! Creating a wedding that respects both family's religions and cultures can be done and be absolutely beautiful.

The first thing you need to do, before even thinking about the revenue, date or theme, is sit down and talk with you fiancé about which traditions are the most important to you. Being open with each other about what you want included and what can be left out will make things a lot easier.

The next step is to sit down with both of your families, preferably at separate times. Ask them for advice and let them know that you want to respect and honor the family traditions, but need to make this ceremony a fusion of both.

Although every couple is different and you want your wedding to be unique, you also want your wedding to show your personality and your heritage. Here are a few tips to help you along the way.

One of the most common solutions for a mixed wedding is to have two separate ceremonies. However, when finances wont allow for two ceremonies, you need to be creative and find a way to mesh both cultures into one ceremony.

• Invitations: Send out two sets of invitations. One in each language so that no one feels left out.
• Location: If your religions clash, consider holding the ceremony in a non-religious venue. A park, a hall, a ballroom, a country or garden club are great options.
• Programs: Two sets of programs, in the same style and theme but one in each language. You can even personalize them with a small note to your family in your native language on near the bottom.
• Music: Alternate music throughout the ceremony from each culture. Sticking with instrumentals will make the transition from song to song smooth.
• Readings: Alternate the readings from one language to the next. You don't want to do every reading in both languages because it will make your ceremony too long.
• Vows: Recite vows in your native language, so that both set of parents and families understand completely.
• Reception: Take care when arranging the seating, making sure that everyone is sitting with someone they can communicate with. (You don't want your Aunt Evelyn sitting at a table of non-English speaking guests).
• Decor: Your set up should show both cultures. Including flowers, lighting and even positioning of the tables. Creating centerpieces with flowers and candles that represent both your heritages will make your families feel at home.

Give opportunity for everyone to mesh and mingle. The dance floor is the perfect opportunity for this! Again, you will want to alternate music from each culture to keep your guests happy and involved.

• Menu: Finding the perfect food for everyone is a difficult task. However, you can arrange your buffets to have two separate stations catering to both cultures. Or if you are using a menu, have options designed around both cultures. Find a caterer in your area to help you design the perfect pallet for your reception.

Remember, your wedding is about you and your spouse. It is the beginning of a new and happy adventure that will take you places you have never been. Make sure to merge your style, character and personality as well as your spouse's! With a little planning and creativity your wedding will be beautiful, unique and respectful to both of your heritages.

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When planning a wedding, you can find inspiration anywhere. From nature, the world, colors or your favorite hobbies, these are all places on where you can draw wedding inspiration. You can even draw inspiration from your favorite movies. It's out there, everywhere you look. The most important thing when planning your wedding is to make sure and incorporate YOU. It's your wedding after all and you want it to be just how you've always dreamed.

How Do I Incorporate Movies Into Our Wedding?

First off, sit down and start brainstorming. What is your favorite movie? What time era was it set in? What style does in portray throughout the movie? What is your personal style? These are all questions you need to ask yourself in the very beginning. Once you have figured out the style and theme you are going with, start deciding the basics. What type of colors, flowers and accents will you have at your wedding?

Wedding Colors – Incorporate your favorite colors. It's that simple. The theme of your wedding can go and all the little accents can work with whatever colors you choose.

Wedding Invitations -This is where you can get creative. Whether your wedding is out-of-the-box or more elegant, there are wedding invitations out there to suit both styles. For starters, your wedding invitation should replicate a movie ticket.

A movie ticket will definitely fit the theme of this wedding. You can even visit your local stationery store or find someone who is crafty and actually do a tear-off ticket. You can have a movie ticket that features individual tear offs with the reception information, hotel accommodations and the RSVP card. Guests can then tear off the RSVP card at the perforated edge and send it back! Absolutely adorable idea and definitely conveys the theme of your wedding from the beginning.

Wedding Flowers & Decor -If they feature flowers in the film, use those. Is your movie inspired wedding bright & colorful? Well, incorporate that into your wedding bouquet and decor. Is your favorite movie in black & white? Well, make black and white the theme of your wedding and incorporate that into all the little details. Place fun movie accents throughout your wedding. Have a movie poster created with your engagement pictures.

Include the wedding party in the movie poster as well and give it a fun movie title! If you're movie is set in a certain time era, play it up. Everything from your table numbers to your guest book can be movie inspired. Create tickets or miniature movie poster as table numbers and use a typewriter as a guest book, both of these ideas make unique additions to your wedding. Use candelabras for your reception centerpieces or even balloons!

Wedding Attire – This will depend on the theme and time era your movie was set in.

Reception Food -Again, stick with the theme and era. However, get creative and think outside-the-box when it comes to your food. Vintage soda pop bottles with colorful straws, a popcorn bar featuring different flavors of popcorn, popcorn cupcakes or a memorable food item from the movie all will make wonderful reception food!

It's easy to find inspiration for your wedding through your favorite movie. It's a fun way to incorporate your personal style into it. Everyone loves a great movie now and then, so incorporating your favorite movie into your wedding is a fun way to show off your style. Your  movie can be a timeless classic, circus inspired, cartoon inspired or even sci-fi inspired. Just be sure to show off you and your groom's personality throughout your wedding!

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So, you're engaged, congratulations! Wedding And Party Network is so excited to hear about your big news. However, are you now stuck on what to do next. You've set the date and figured out your local wedding vendors, now what's next? Now, is the time to start planning out your guest list. This planning process can be extremely stressful and can get out of control. However, we'd like to offer you a few tips on how to manage your gust list.

First off, the majority of your wedding budget will go towards you wedding reception. You have to find a big enough wedding venue with adequate parking. Also, keep in mind that you will have to feed all your guests with your reception food and wedding cake. You have to have enough party favors and so on for every single one of your guests.

Those expenses can add up, quickly. Traditionally the bride's family pays for everything, however, it's becoming common for the bride and groom to pay or even for the groom's family to help out. So, the cost has an impact on everyone involved.

So, how do you determine your guest list? First, sit down and determine exactly what type of wedding you want. Do you want it to be a big affair or a small,intimate celebration? Once you have decide that, you can determine who to invite.

Setting A Number

Set A Max Number – First off, set a max number of people who you'd like to be there and that fit within your budget.

Location – Next, determine your dream location and figure out the maximum number of people your location will hold. Then, go from there and start inviting.

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Compiling Lists

Now that you have set a number for your guest list, start compiling names. You and your family and him and his family need to sit down and write out a "must invite guest list". After you've compiled that list, create another list of "want to invite" gusts. If you go over your maximum number, start eliminating. Yes, it's a hard task, but do you really want to go over your budget?

What To Do If You Go Over

If you go over your guest list, don't be afraid to make some cuts. Start with business associates, parent's of your bridal attendants and then move onto distant family members. If you haven't talked to them in over a year, don't be afraid to eliminate them. Even though a certain percentage of your guests won't be able to attend, you still need to be prepared.

Creating a guest list to fit into your budget and venue is an absolute must. Yes, it's a tedious task, but it has to be done. Remember to get full names, addresses and telephone numbers and start mailing out those wedding invitations. Your wedding is going to be absolutely fabulous!

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Is it proper wedding etiquette to ask that children not attend a wedding?   Yes, it is your wedding so it is your decision.  However, expect backlash if you've decided not to include children at your wedding.  What isn't proper etiquette is to have it printed or even hand written on the invitations NO Children.

To easy any backlash, you can explain to your closer relatives and friends that you're not able to accommodate all the children.

In large families, you could be looking at another dozen or more guests and that can be costly if you're having a dinner reception after the ceremony.

You will be hit with all types of pleas to allow children.  Stand your ground and be firm, but nice.

A good way to head off any problems would be to get your wedding party in on spreading the verbal word that this is an adult only wedding and reception.

Write or visit friends and relatives who have kids and explain to them why you've made a choice to not have children.

Be forward and blunt with any guest who tells you they will be brings their kids.  Tell them, "I am sorry, but we aren't able to accommodate any children".

They may retort back with, "We won't be attending your wedding".  At that point tell them your sorry they made that decision and they will be missed.

One thing you might consider is by setting age limits, such as no children under 10.  If you're afraid that cousin Jen's little boy will cause a ruckus just as you're sharing your vows during your wedding ceremony, hire a child-care and set aside a room for the kids.  This way you can enjoy a beautiful wedding sans the wails of a fussy child, but they can still come to the wedding reception.

Remember it is your wedding and your choice to make on who is invited.  Stand firm and make no exceptions. By standing firm, you may very well hurt guests feelings so much that they may not attend the wedding.  As you make your decision to say no children and have an adults only wedding, be sure that you can accept that your favorite friend or relative won't attend. Create a wedding that is truly special to you and fits your needs.

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Ask The Celebration Advisor:

My fiance and I would like to save money on invitations and were thinking about using Facebook to send out invitations to our friends and family. We're still using regular invitations for our parents and grandparents and older family members, but we were going to use invitations on Facebook for our friends and younger family members. Is this ok? We don't want to offend anyone, but we have to save where we can.

Thanks,

Jen

Celebration Advisor Reply:

Jen,

Congratulations on your engagement! Thank you for turning to Wedding and Party Network to plan your wedding. By finding talented, local vendors, you are choosing the best for your wedding and saving money at the same time! Now, to your question…

At nearly 400 million users, Facebook has become a formidable means of quick and easy communication. However, that does not make it a substitute for formal invitations, no matter how effective the Events tool is. Formal communication may be rare, but it is still an important part of announcing one of the most special days of your life.

The good news is you don't have to spend hundreds of dollars sending invitations the old-fashioned way. There are countless creative options for your wedding invitations. The less formal the affair, the more fun you can have. Everything from vintage post cards to custom photographs featuring the event information can be sent. Today's biggest trends are about making your wedding about you, so have some fun! Have a local artist draw a portrait of the two of you, or break out the glue gun and make your own; the sky is the limit!

If you are having a more formal affair, a more traditional invitation is needed. Contact your local print shop or stationery vendor to find specials or sales. Find card stock at a discount and ask to have invitations printed. There are many options for invitations. Contact your local stationery vendor to learn more about your chocies.

After you have decided to send invitations, it is fine to create a Facebook Event to let your friends know about your wedding. However, no one should be invited on Facebook that has not recieved an invitation via mail. Not only is it confusing for recipients, it could lead to numerous extra guests at your wedding. Therefore, forego Facebook as your means of sending wedding invitations and send out creative, inexpensive formal invitations instead. Remind your guests using Facebook, and rest assured that your guests have been treated properly and your wedding planning is going smoothly!

If Green is your theme, or you're just a nature lover, check out these amazing wedding and party favors from Plant A Memory!

If you are planning a wedding and want to incorporate a "Green" theme into it, Plant A Memory products make it easy!

Start by sending Plant A Memory handmade paper wedding invitations. These unique keepsakes, made from all natural botanicals. Shower your guests with the love you share and the beauty of flowers. Flower seeds are embedded in the handmade paper . Each one an original, these unique guest gifts are to be planted completely. They are paired with an elegant 100% recycled paper insert and finished with a raffia tie. You can choose from wildflower seeds, evergreen seeds, or herb seeds to be used in your invitations.

Choose place cards to match your natural theme by using Plant A Memory's beautiful plantable place cards, or one of their other many beautiful designs — all 100% recycled material.

Plant A Memory offers a beautiful selection of eco-friendly guestbooks for your wedding memories. These are made from recycled, handmade paper with pressed rose petals, tea leaves, or flower petals. This makes a great alternative to the over-used, black-with-gold-trim guest books we normally see at weddings. Plus, it is a keepsake that will last for a lifetime!

Don't forget your favors!! Wedding and party favors are a great way to give each guest a small keepsake to remember your big event. Plant A Memory has gone a step above that with her plantable favors. Wedding guests can take their little tree seedling favor, or plantable cards and add them to their garden or landscaping to grow for years to come.

The seedling favors are definitely a favorite! They are adorable and look great any way you want to spruce them up! (Sorry, couldn't resist the pun!) You will feel good knowing that your guests are helping our environment by planting a new tree in the world. The PERFECT wedding favor for an Earth Day Wedding or even an Arbor Day Wedding!

Plant A Memory is more than just weddings too! They have great environmentally friendly gifts and favors for baby bhowers, themed weddings, tea parties, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs and much, much more!

Your bridal shower or wedding is an event you will remember for the rest of your life. With Creative Wedding Favors' unique wedding favors, you can give all of your guests a little something to remember your big day.

Creative Wedding Favors offers an array of fabulous gifts for any style bride or hostess: bookmarks for readers, Eco friendly party favors, coffee or wine lover gifts, creative personalized containers and so much more! With hundreds of styles to choose from, every bride will be able to offer personalized wedding favors that match her personality or the wedding theme.

For years to come, Brad and Tiffany's wedding guests will remember their beach wedding when they look at the Thank You Seashell Candle given as a wedding favor. Special momento's can be created with a variety of items from Creative Wedding Favors. Maybe one of their engagement portraits in a White Rose Magnetic Frame to match Jennifer and Scott's lovely, all-white traditional wedding theme? The possibilities are endless!

Creative Wedding Favors also offers a large selection of invitations and save the date cards (Including magnetic photo frame save the date cards!). Their best sellers are themed wedding invitations; the Las Vegas wedding invitations are the too cute!

These little gifts make great party favors too! Use these for many great parties: unique themed parties, anniversary party favors, baby showers, birthday party favors, graduation or Quinceañera favors, and so much more.

You're Invited! Great looking custom wedding and party invitations don't have to cost an arm and a leg. If you are looking for an affordable, easy alternative to custom wedding invitations in Paragould AR, try Postnet!

They will not only set you up with elegant invitations, they will customize the whole shebang to match just what you are looking for — wedding invitations, RSVP cards, bridal shower invitations, save the date cards, maps to locate the wedding or reception, and more!

Have a themed wedding or party in mind? Don't let your budget keep your down, PostNet makes your custom themed invitations easy and affordable. For you more crafty people out there, create the look YOU have in mind; no matter if it's a flamingo and beach themed wedding or perhaps a glazed doughnut themed party, PostNet will work with you to insure you get what YOU want!

Live out of town? No worries! PostNet can produce your customized invitation (or other desired product), email you the design for your approval, then ship it to your home. Thus ensuring you are getting exactly what you want the way you want it. You can even design your own and have PostNet create them for you. Also available are custom Hallmark™ cards.

The PostNet team is eager to help you anyway they can. Give them a shout today!

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