Indian Wedding Invitation Cards

Indian weddings are known to be ostentatious ceremonies with color and splendor marking a very special day in the lives of the couple. The wedding preparations start with the invitation card and choosing a card is not as easy considering the variety card makers have in store.

Indian wedding invitation cards can be simple and articulate cards in the form of greeting cards with gods adorning the first page followed by the marriage date and venue details. Wedding invitations are indicative of the style and the grandeur that can be expected of the wedding. A high quality decorative invitation card is replete with rhinestones and gold print are a sign of what you are most likely to expect during the wedding. Ostentatious weddings also ensure a gift along with every invitation card for the invitee.

Dealers unwilling to lose both simple and high end marriages ensure a wide price range among invitation cards such that they are able to tap both type of buyers. Price range can vary from Rs.10/ for a simple card to Rs.100/- and above for an expensive card. The price varies according to the type of paper, quality of paper and the printed material.

The design and overall look and feel of the wedding card also changes with the type of wedding i.e.: Hindu, Christian, Muslim, Jew or Sikh. Indian wedding cards are further categorized into South Indian and North Indian wedding cards to reflect the differing geographic tastes in color and design.

One also has the choice in terms of shopping for the invitation cards. There are specific areas that are marked in Indian bazaars that specialize in the sale of wedding cards or one can call the local dealer to check the options available with him. Online shopping is another easy alternative considering you can choose your invitation and also get approval instantly from others with regard to your choice despite distances.

Weddings have brought about the rise of an entire industry that works towards making the wedding a glamorous affair. From historic venues, global menus, event management to celebrity performances the Indian weddings are now even sought after by other nationals. The Indian invitation card is therefore very much in the race to attract not only Indians but other nationals as well to send Indian color, decor and splendor laden invitations to their invitees.

Parekh Cards is your one-stop solution for Indian wedding invitations and all types of coordinated wedding stationery.

Using Bridal Shower Clip Art - Get Creative

Did you know that there are all kinds of clip art available - for free - online, which you can use to create all kinds of things for your bridal shower? Clip art is easy to work with, and most of it is free!

First, get online, and go to your favorite search engine. Just type in "bridal shower clip art" (you don't even need the quotation marks) and see what comes up. You may have to search first for "bridal clip art". It may depend on the search engine you are using. Take a look at a few of the sites that come up, and see if they have anything that might interest you. For free clip art, you can save it using the following steps:

Right click once on the image

Select "Save Image As...." From the pop up window

Select the folder you want to save the image to, and click "Save".

That's all there is to it! So, what can you do with the image, now that you have it on your own PC? Well, first, I would like to give you some ideas - stuff that you can actually do with the clip art!

There are all kinds of free programs and instructions on the internet. For example, if you have a printer and the right kind of printer paper, you can go to many of the printer manufacturer web sites, such as HP (Hewlett Packard) and get directions for how to make iron on transfers. You can use those directions, and the clip art you chose for your bridal shower, and make something - tee shirts, napkins, aprons, potholder, or just about anything that you can iron on an image to! Say you are having a wedding shower with kitchen items as the theme. You could make special decorations to hang up, with pictures of kitchen items that you got from clip art. Or, you want to make the bridal shower invitations? Find some clip art image that you like, or that relates to your bride-to-be, and you place it on the blank card that you plan to print, to make the card exactly as you want it to look. Using bridal shower clip art, you can personalize the shower for the bride-to-be.

So now you have the clip art image saved on your PC. Now what? Well, open a program called PAINT. It is a graphics program that comes pre-loaded on most PC's. (There are other graphics programs you can use too, if you are familiar with one.) Once PAINT is open, go to the File menu, and select "Open...". Find the clip art image that you saved on your PC, and select that file to open. Now that the image is loaded into PAINT, you can enlarge it, make it smaller, change the font color, add text to it, cut part of the image out, add something to the image, etc. You can play with the image until it is just like you want it, then save the new image.

You can save money by getting creative and using your PC, if you plan your wedding shower in advance. You will need to allow yourself enough time before the wedding shower, to be able to create some special things like this. It's fun, cost effective, and, your bride-to-be will be surprised when you have spent time making the bridal shower personal, by choosing images that relate to her!

Have fun and use your PC. You can do a lot if you simply look up directions or find help online.

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