Free Shipping Until the end of February 2009
Just letting all you readers know that we are offering free shipping until the end of February. You only have a few days to take us up on this great offer which expires on Saturday. Have a look at the homepage for further details, http://www.verbenastationery.co.uk
I hope all of your wedding planning is coming along. Do let us know how you are getting on with things.
Until next time
Kate
Flower Wedding Invitations
We’ve been working really hard this last week to get a new range of stationery on the site. Do take a look and let us know your comments. It is a really fresh range of beautiful flower photographs. All of the invitations have matching items so all of your wedding stationery can be co-ordinated. And the best thing is that they are really cheap and that’s something you don’t hear often in the wedding market!
Our diary for this year is rapidly filling up so do let us know if you would like any wedding invitation samples to be sure of getting your stationery in plenty of time.
Any comments on the new range would be really appreciated.
Until next time
Kate
Snow Themed Wedding Favours
I hope that you have all been keeping warm this week in the snowy weather. Our delivery driver had a terrible day on Monday with snowy tracks to overcome with every delivery. He looked very fed up by the time he arrived at our office after 4pm. Our office is in a hilly Lancashire town and the views were wonderful this week. For those of us who didn’t have to travel anywhere is has been a beautiful week.
We have a few brides getting married this weekend and providing they make it to the ceremony without too much disruption they will be set for a wonderful day. The snowy themed wedding favours they have brought from us will really sparkle with the weather like this. The mini lanterns have proved to be really popular at this time of year. http://www.verbenastationery.co.uk/index.php?cmd=9&pr=331 So, good luck to those of you getting married this weekend. Stay warm! Until next time Kate
New Kate Aspen Products
The ever inventive, Kate Aspen, has just launched a fantastic new range of wedding candles, placecard holders and favours. There are beautiful floating orchid candles, golf ball candles and placecard holders for all you sporting fans, wine cork placecard holders, black mini lanterns and much more besides. You can view all the new products on-line now at http://www.verbenastationery.co.uk/index.php?cmd=2&CID=41
They are already proving to be popular!
And in this ever uncertain economic climate we have decided to help one lucky couple, once again, by giving away £200 worth of wedding invitations. Sign up on our homepage to be in with a chance of winning.
Do let me know how your wedding plans are coming along. We are now getting into wedding season mode with full planning under-way for lots of brides and grooms to-be.
Until next time
Kate
Wedding Invitation Giveaway
Yesterday saw our wedding invitation giveaway come to a close and we were absolutely overwhelmed by the response. Over 250 people signed up and we are really pleased to announce that Rachael Owen has won £200 worth of invitations for her wedding next year. This should help her out considerably with her budgeting!
Thanks so much to everybody who entered. We are offering 10% discount to all entrants as a thank you. To claim your offer simply insert verb10 at the checkout. The offer expires on 23rd January 2009 so you must hurry to claim this great offer and pick up your wedding favours, table decorations, guest books and other accessories at such a low price.
Do let us know how your wedding preparations are coming along – we would love to hear from you.
Take care,
Kate
Wedding Crackers & Other New Products
Just letting all our blog readers know about some great new products that we have added to the website. Our range of wedding table decorations has expanded to include sparkling scatter, napkin rings, table trivia. There are even some beautiful wedding crackers that are sure to get the table talking. The products come in co-ordinating ranges so you can really add the wow factor to your wedding table.
We’d be really grateful for any feedback on the new products or the site in general. All of the new products can be seen in the ‘new items’ section.
I hope you’re all surviving the cold weather and planning your spring/summer wedding is helping you get through it!
Until next time
Kate
Wedding Trends for 2009
Now that we are into 2009 it is time to look at what the wedding trends will be for the year. ‘The Knot’ has released today the latest trends that are appearing from the US which are often reflected in the UK.
So, here are a few ideas to be ‘on trend’ for your 2009 wedding:
More and more couple are having environmentally friendly weddings. Sourcing local ingredients, buying second hand and making things themselves. There are loads of ideas for ‘green’ weddings at http://www.ethicalweddings.com/
Pastel and bright colours are being replaced by richer, navy, plum, bronze and black.
Cakes are back to a more traditional style. Two-tiered cakes are replacing cupcakes and cookies.
Patterns are being used a lot more. Spotty bridesmaid dresses, gingham table runners and patterned invitations are all making a splash. We are seeing our patterned, unique wedding invitations becoming more and more popular.
Traditional vase centrepieces are being replaced by vintage vessels. Beautiful jugs and teacups are appearing filled with locally sourced flowers.
Couples are being more creative with lighting. Wedding candles are being used to create atmosphere and also as gifts. And creative lighting companies are being brought in to create visual effects.
UK honeymoons are becoming popular. With the current value of the pound couples are choosing to save money and honeymoon in the UK. http://www.forbetterforworse.co.uk/honeymoon.htm have some great ideas.
So, be inspired for 2009 with the current trends but don’t forget to create a day that is unique and special to you.
Until next time,
Kate
Discount on Wedding Products this New Year
Happy New Year to all of our readers. We’re looking forward to the coming wedding season and hope that you are now back in wedding planning mode after the Christmas break.
As a special New Year thank you for keeping up with the blog we would like to offer all of our readers 10% discount off your wedding stationery and favours during January. To gain your discount simply quote verb10 in the coupon code box at the checkout.
I hope that this helps a little with your wedding budget which will, no doubt, be a little tighter this year.
A new years resolution of mine is to keep the blog updated regularly so do keep checking back for further updates and special offers.
Best wishes for 2009,
Kate
Merry Christmas from all at Verbena.
This will be the last post to the blog before the Christmas break so just to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. We will be taking some well earned time off to re-energize for the start of the wedding season in 2009.
2008 has been a very exciting year for us with the launch of the new website. So far the site has proved really popular but we are truly open to any comments to improve the site so do contact us, we’d love to hear from you. We recently added some new table decorations to the site and some unusual table accessories. Do let us know what you think of these and if there are any wedding related products that you would like to see on the site we will do our best to source them.
And for 2009 we have plenty of plans for the website. From new products to special offers, competitions and promotions, there will be something to capture the imaginations of all you brides out there!
So, do keep up to date with the blog. I will try and post a couple of times a week in 2009 to make sure that you don’t miss anything. And please keep sending your comments and feedback, it really is appreciated.
Until next year!
Kate
Ideas for Wedding Table Decorations
We are often being asked for ideas for wedding table decorations that are slightly more unusual but cost effective.
One of the most effective and inexpensive wedding table decoration is using co-ordinating paper flower petals. There are some beautiful colours available and when they are co-ordinated with your colour scheme they look really effective. They also look great placed in a vase and used as a table centrepiece.
Placecard holders are a great way of combining table decorations, placecards and favours in one! If you hunt around on the internet there are lots of unusual placecard holders to be found at a reasonable price. Make sure that your guests know that they can take them away with them to hold notes or photographs. Guests really appreciate a useful favour to take away with them.
Don’t just leave crackers for Christmas. Crackers make people smile at anytime of year and look stunning as part of your table settings. These days they don’t just come in Christmasy themes and colours, you can pick up modern, colourful designs that suit anytime of year.
Scatter foil wrapped chocolates around the table for guests to help themselves to. Foil wrapped heart shaped chocolates come in a huge array of colours. If you co-ordinate them with your colour scheme they will look fabulous as part of your decorations. And if you decide to use these as your favours you will save a considerable amount.
I will keep thinking of more ideas for wedding table decorations and publish them in the next few weeks.
