FB Contest: Wedding Giveaway

The prize: $50 to spend on custom photo cards (save the dates, invitations or thank you cards)!

How to enter: Submit a great photo of you and your significant other to dolcettodesigns@gmail.com, subject "FB Contest." This could be an engagement photo, wedding photo or just a fun pic of the two of you." Please include your first names in the email. Photo entries must be sent by one of the individuals on the photo (not a parent, friend, etc).

How it works: All photo submissions will be included in an album on our facebook page. Our facebook fans (you included) will have the opportunity to vote for their favourite pics by leaving a comment on the photo of their choice. We suggest that you encourage your family and friends to become fans on our page in order to give you their vote as well. Only those that "like" our page/ are fans, are able to leave comments on photos.

Rules: An individual can vote on as many different photos as they like. However, only one vote (from an individual) per photo will count. Please do not leave numerous votes on a single photo. Comments must be left on the photo itself and not on the album comments section.

To enter, you must "like" our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/wwwdolcettodesignscom/Dolcetto-Designs/116185642990?ref=ts

The photo entry with the most votes wins the $50 gift certificate to our shop.

The winner will be announced July 15.

Know someone that's engaged or recently married? Please feel free to send them the link to our page.

Have a question/ comment? Please feel free to contact Shari at dolcettodesigns@gmail.com

Good Luck!

Custom Wedding Invitations: Canada Wedding Invitations

Horray for wedding season!   I love the idea of a custom wedding invitation, since it can be whatever the couple wants it to be.  Any colour, any font, any photo.  Do you have an idea? We can make it happen!  I am amazed how often I hear brides say that they can't find invitations anywhere since there wedding colours are unusual and not easily found in stationary.  This is where custom invitations are the perfect solution! 

Today I have attached three invitations of the "Laura and Shane" design. 

These are just a couple ideas of what's possible.

Sears Baby Shower

Do you live in the Niagara region?  Are you pregnant or recently had a baby?  Visit us at the Sears Baby Shower in St. Catharines, this Saturday from 11-2pm.   We'll have a great giveaway you can enter.  There will also be lots of goodies and prizes from a variety of vendors.

**As a follow up; a big CONGRATULATIONS to Rachel, the winner of a set of 15 4x6 birth announcements!  All the best to you as you prepare for baby!  We look forward to receiving your pics and details.

Boy Photo Baptism Invitations: Canada

Believe it or not, a lot of our website hits come from people searching for baptism invitations.  Therefore a large percentage of our sales are for baptism invitations and thank you cards.  Here are a few new designs; some are brand new and others are variations of birth announcements on our website.  I have to say that I've been on a roll these days when it comes to creating new designs.  Collage designs continue to be my favourite, as each one is like a new puzzle to be accomplished.

Looking for a baptism invitation for your little one?  You've come to the right place.  We'd be thrilled to help you create a memorable keepsake to share with your loved ones.

Cherry Blossom Photo Birth Announcements: Canada

A couple new girly photo birth announcements added to our gallery this past week.  I love these!

Photo Birthday Invitations: Canada

Today I thought I would post a couple new boy birthday invitation designs.    Just a couple more weeks to order your birthday invitations to receive the free digital matching thank you card.  Not actually ready to place your order?  Not a problem, you can complete the payment now and send us an email with your ordering details later.  Contact us with any questions.

Magnet Photo Announcements/ Invitations Canada

We're excited to be launching several new products in the months ahead! The first being photo magnets!  We have several sizes available to meet your needs and budget.  Just like our photo cards, magnets can be fully customized.

Magnets are perfect for birth announcements, save the dates, thank you cards, etc. 

One of my favourite ideas is to to go with a 3x 4 or 4x4 magnet, stick it on piece of cardstock with 2 sticky dots (can easily be removed).  You can easily write a note of thanks on the cardstock AND the recipient gets a great photo keepsake as a thank you.  Easy, cost effective and appreciated!  The perfect combo.  This would be perfect for a wedding thank you!  Contact us for further ideas and details about magnets.

For the smaller sized magnets, we are currently only able to offer them at a minimum order of 100.

Best Place to Print 5x7's in Canada

People are always asking my opinion on photofinishing, as the quality and prices vary greatly.  Black's is one of the best choices for photo finishing in Canada. They have awesome print quality, colours, paper weight, etc.  My only issue with them is that they tend to print a little on the dark side.  However they are more than accomodating to lighten an image and will reprint any order if you're not 100% happy.

Here's the best part, they also just became the cheapest place to print 5x7's in Canada!  At just 35 cents a print (regular price), they are now an even better deal than Costco (42 cents online, 49 cents in store).  There definetly seems to be some competition out there between photo finishing labs.

Have a photo finishing question?  Let me know, as I would be happy to help.  I do my best to keep up on current prices, quality, etc from the leading shops (Blacks, Costco, Superstore, Walmart, Shoppers, etc).

Photo Card Gift Certificates

This is just a reminder that gift certificates are available.  This is a great gift if you know someone who is expecting (birth announcements) or is getting married (thank you cards).  When ordering a gift certificate be sure to let us know what kind of photo card the gift is intended for and we can send a few samples to give the recipient more of an idea of what they're receiving.