Keep your eye on world-renowned wedding designer Diann Valentine. She's giving out great planning tips on her website and keeping the industry abreast of upcoming trends. But she is also launching her new line of wedding invitations and save-the-dates on WeddingPaperDivas.com. Take a look.










See more on from Diann on WeddingPaperDivas.comYou can also check out her coffee table book, Weddings Valentine Style: Rich Inspiration for Every Woman's Dream Day, on Amazon.

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Pick a Shape Favor Tags

We love these adorable tags from Eliza Fig. They allow you to personalize virtually any favor to match your wedding style. You can choose from 18 designs and 14 colors. The favor tags come with pre-punched holes and white elasticized strings. Sold in sets of 36.

Read more here.

Just about anything can be worked into wedding decor. But, surprisingly, many people in the last few years have built up strong feeling about (of all things!) balloons. Overseas brides-to-be still love them and About.com just had a nice article on decorating with balloons. But, we are just now starting to see more American weddings using balloons as part of the vintage/traditional revival.

Photo by Jonathan Ong


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Courtesy of Roseville Balloons