Fall Colors!

I am a winter. I LOVE the summer months, but trying to find colors and styles that are *me* is very hard in the spring and summer months…the pastels and ruffles just don’t do it for me! I am more of a fall/winter person – simple clean lines and NO ruffles! I love deep rich [...]

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Navy and Fuschia Weddings {Featured}

Our Navy and Pink pocket fold invitation was recently feaured on Brenda’s Wedding Blog. Here’s what Brenda has to say about our invites: “The navy and pink wedding invitation from Custom Programs is the ideal invitation to introduce your color scheme to guests.” To see the story board and the entire article click here.

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08.08.08

08.08.08 turned out to be a big day for weddings! I am visiting fabulous Las Vegas, NV this weekend and you would not believe the number of brides I have seen running around today – granted Las Vegas is the wedding capital of the world, but geez..I think I saw 6 before I had even [...]

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Apologies!

My apologies to anyone who has tried to contact us and got a slow response – we have had multiple systems fail this month, and *just* when we think everything is OK again something else breaks…well I guess we were due…I preempted a computer fail in January by getting a new system and copying everything [...]

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FAQ Series – Custom Colors?

We get this same question over and over….”I like xxx on your website…can you do it in another color, font, etc?” YES! we are CUSTOM programs…so almost everything we do is custom The images you see on our site are just examples of work we have done before – anything about them can be changed…colors, [...]

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FAQ Series – Timing?

Proofs – Once you place an order it can take up to 10 business days (monday-friday) to receive a proof – and yes, sometimes it is even longer – we are a small family run business with only 2 full time employees (and 3 other part time and assembly staff), so it sometimes takes a [...]

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FAQ Series – RSVP Postcards

I get a lot of the same questions over and over again – so will try to cover a few of the more frequently asked ones in this BLOG. RSVP cards…you now have an option for either a traditonal RSVP card with envelope or an RSVP postcard. An RSVP postcard is just a traditional printed [...]

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Babies and Grads!

Spring seems to be the time for baby showers – I have been to 3 just in the past month! And with May just around the corner it is time to start thinking about Graduation announcements too. Our Personalized Expressions line of invitations is a great way to get an elegant, polished look without the [...]

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Computerized Addressing!

As another option to hand addressing your invitations or hiring a calligrapher, I often suggest computer calligraphy to brides. Computer calligraphy gives your invitation’s envelope a custom look and can be completed quickly, especially for rush services. Computerized calligraphy can normally be turned around in 1-2 days and we can set up a proof before [...]

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Broken Finger! {Hazards of the Job}

Hi all! Please bear with me these next few weeks if you experience delays in getting answers to your emails…I broke my finger – taping up a box of invitations of all things….who knew the invitations business was so dangerous! That industrial tape gun just got away from me, my poor finger just wasn’t fast [...]

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