Adorning Wedding Cards with Silk Flowers

Silk has been a long-coveted piece of fabric for many centuries. Originating in ancient China, silk is now available worldwide. It comes in a variety of color and texture, but silk woven from the mulberry silkworm is extra special. At any rate, silk is also made into different embellishments and garments, such as gowns, ribbons, bags, beddings, draperies, and even parachutes. Silk flowers, in particular, are commonly used to accessorize wedding cards and other wedding paraphernalia.

Colorful silk flowers arranged in whatever way will still look dainty and pretty. These little accents will help you create a long-lasting impression among your beloved guests who will receive invitational wedding cards from you.

To start with this project, simply get standard sized wedding stationery, like an 8-1/2 by 11 inch sheet. If you are to place colorful silk flowers, then choose paper with solid color that gives a good contrast or that matches your theme color. Avoid using paper with full color prints that will only overpower the beauty of your silk flowers.

Fold the paper for your wedding cards in half, and then in half again to make a quarter card of the original sheet. Decide which quarter shall be the cover of your card and then score that side.

Unfold the sheet into a whole. Measure a card window on the cover, depending on the shape and size that you desire. Arrange the silk flowers, ensuring that the entire arrangement is seen through the window. Secure the arrangement using glue gun.

If you don't like to make card windows on your wedding cards, you may do away with the windows. You can simply paste on the cover a romantic picture or photo, like two doves, a kissing couple, two rings, etc. On the opposite edges of the photo, create an outline using the silk flowers, mimicking that of a vine. Add silk leaves and stems to complete the design.

The texture and color of the silk flowers will surely create a feminine appearance to your wedding cards. Your cards will be an embodiment of a flower garden that is in full bloom. You cards will be perfect for the occasion, especially if you hold your wedding at a flower garden or on the hills filled with wild flowers.

Just a tip, though, before you glue in the silk flowers, wrap the wire-stems in green floral tape so that when you arrange them on the cards, they will look like real vines or real flowers with stems – neat and pretty. It will also be easy to arrange and hold them in place if the wire-stems are already intertwined and wrapped in floral tape.

Best Paper for all Occasions

Paper is a very important commodity nowadays. For many of us even, not a day passes by without us utilizing a single sheet of paper or coming into contact with one. I mean we could not survive a single day without experiencing the need to write down a very important idea or notes in a paper or having the urgency to read something that is written or printed in a piece of paper. This even happens whether we like it or not, it is more like of an involuntary action just like when we happen to glance in one of the large posters while we are on our way to home, work or school.

Our interaction with paper is largely inevitable. It's use is now very extensive in all sorts of genre and industry, in every facet of life. Even an illiterate could never last a day without having an experience that involves a paper! How, you may ask? Well, not because they are illiterate, they can't understand or appreciate graphics and illustrations. Sure, they can't read or write but chances are they could know and recognize the celebrities in large posters all around town and that in itself is an interaction with paper.

This large spectrum of influence that the paper possess makes it all the more useful and handy in any occasion of our lives. Whether it is our birthday, wedding, anniversary, christening, graduation, valentines, Christmas day and many other special events in our lives, the role that the paper play is highly important and special. It is like you can't possibly celebrate that certain occasion if you don't have any paper.

And by this premise, I do not solely mean greeting card that we normally do and give to the celebrators. It goes more than that! From the party invitations down to the banner and all sorts of party favors that is essential to make the party as memorable as possible, it is all made of paper! Just imagine how can we celebrate if we don't have that famous donkey where we would all pin his tail while wearing a blindfold! Or could you picture a birthday party without those birthday hats and that giant banner that greets the celebrator a very happy birthday? What about the name cards and other fun stuff present in the loot bag and the prizes for the games? How could they be fun if they are not made of paper?

Even in adult parties, paper is also very important. Some adults would even prefer to give their guests paper plates since it is more economical and a real time-saver! It is relatively cheap and you can throw them away after use. No need to spend time and energy washing and drying them to be neatly kept back in your kitchen cabinet. That is how paper is very much in demand in every occasion of all our lives!

Card for all Occasions

Nothing is permanent in this world except for change. Cliche as it may, let's face it, that age old adage mirrors the truth in our daily existence. We should not resist change. Change is good, it gives us room for improvement, innovation and eventually progress.

Although majority of us sees the bad side of the increasing population, some creative industry sees it as a challenge. It gives them more clients with diverse opinions and views that they have to please. One of these creative industry are the greeting card companies. They are now working full force on coming up with different card designs that would continuously amaze and touch people from all walks of life.

At the same time, different companies are now riding on having an occasion to zoom their product's sales and revenue. Take for instance, when a famous chocolate company campaigned on the day where everyone will show their gratitude and give thanks. Of course, subtly, they would really want the world in a day to say thank you by buying their product and sharing it to others. But then again, above all of these propaganda started by many big companies in starting new occasions, the main benefector of which would always be the greeting card companies.

Apart from the increasing patrons and occasions comes also a great demand. People are now looking for more ways than one to express their thoughts and feelings to others. Time will come that apparently a two-fold greeting card will no longer be enough. People will look for more witty and innovative presentation of their good old greeting cards.

This is where our musical greeting cards and oddly-shaped greeting cards enter. And of course, who could miss the greeting cards that could double as your good old sturdy bookmark or post card. And the list goes on. Indeed, greeting card companies are getting the tricks of the trade when it comes to maintaining a standing in this seemingly very thoughtful industry.

Now, we have all sorts of cards for all occasion and I don't think it is solely a money making mechanism. It is about spreading the love, knowing that someone cares and making a difference. We will never know when that much needed card containing a message of cheer, glee and love could actually save someone's life. We can really never tell.