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Welcome to Designs by Lenila. We create handmade invitations using
cool organic materials from around the world...perfect for the
casually elegant destination bride!
Many of our clients are looking for that perfectly unique Hawaiian
Wedding invitation or Beach Wedding Invitation and find it here. We also
offer Destination Wedding invitations,
Tropical Wedding invitations and Garden Wedding invitations. Since we do
all our own printing, you can get most of your accessories to
coordinate!
Call us and we can discuss your invitation to paradise!
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~Notes and tips from Lenila~
The end of summer is coming and we
can feel the cool nights and a touch of the winds that blow the leaves
off for Fall.
It feels good to feel a little chill...although we can't complain down
here in Southern California
since we have had such an awesome weather this summer.
My daughter and I went to see Mama Mia movie for the second time! what a
happy feeling you get after watching it!!
I will bet a lot brides will want to get married atop a jagged mountain in
an old church chapel overlooking an incredible ocean
in Greece after this movie.
I highly recommend this movie to mothers and daughters and sisters to see
it together! It is a corny musical and
will have you all humming Dancing Queen when you leave!!
Wedding season is still strong here in our studio. Please reduce your stress
level by ordering early-especially if you are planning a destination
wedding!
Definitely send out
Save the Dates to ensure your guests
make travel plans early enough and plan accordingly to make it in time
for your beach wedding.
We have some cool new designs out so check it out below... these are
very new without any descriptions on our site yet...email or call me for more details.
Thank you to my many wonderful clients that have been so happy with
their invites...you destination and beach brides are truly sweet and easy to work with!
Due to popular demand I finally finished a hibiscus watercolor...I hope
you love it as much I enjoyed painting it with you all in mind!
Ideas~ On the reply card, you can ask
your guests to write in their favorite song and during the reception you
can play their songs interspersed with your play list!
Puts everyone in a great mood!
Destination Wedding Tips from
brides themselves:
!. Try not to use too many different vendors. Have each vendor handle
more responsibilities. It will be much easier!
2. A wedding planner could be helpful as long as they share the same
vision as you. And on the day of the wedding, they can oversee things,
but make sure they let
the vendors do their job.
3. If possible, hire out everything. DIY tasks are time-consuming.
4. Provide lots of pictures for your vendors, so that you can
communicate your vision via email.
5. Do as much as possible, because there will always be more to do right
before your wedding day!
6. Take care of your guests since they will most likely be making your
wedding trip their vacation.
More tips later...
Until next time when we talk about
your invitation to paradise,
xox,
Lenila
~What's New~
 
Hibiscus in glorious shades of pink and rose. Image on left shown with
7x7 sinamay envelope with red wraphia ribbon and flower made of shells.
Red mulberry cardstock . ($4.00
for invitation; $2.50 for sinamay envelope, flower shell sold in package
of 50 for $25.00)
Hibiscus is available in coordinating
accessories.
 
Fuchsia Orchid with hand torn hot
pink mulberry paper. ($4.50 with hand torn edges and
pearl envelope, $1.50 for reply card with envelope)
Image on right Cool Wave with white mulberry paper.
($4.00 for invitation, $1.50 for reply card with
envelope)
Available in coordinating
accessories.
Pink Umbrella design with natural
mulberry paper, mini satin pink knot and coordinating hand lined
envelope... ($4.00 for invitation, $1.85 for hand lined
envelope)
Right image is Sand dollar Mist nestled in 8x8 sinamay box
( $4.25 with hand torn aqua mulberry paper, raffia and
mini sand dollar- sold in boxes of 100 for $25.00)
Available in coordinating
accessories.
Isle of Paradise 4x9, enveloped with
the popular sinamay envelope.
A cool and unique invitation layout using a literal tropical island
detailed with a real mini sand dollar.
($7.25 for invite shown with sinamay envelopment (similar to the Seastar
Dreams 4x9 invite)
$4.25 if you just want to send it in a white envelope.)
Available in coordinating
accessories.
~Studio Hours~
10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Monday-Thursday
Please call us at 760-731-2324 or toll free 1-800-860-0386.
Due to my busy Mom schedule, email is preferred and I will get back to
you ASAP.
If you live locally call for an
appointment
to come visit us at our studio in sunny southern California Fallbrook.
~Giving Back~
Portions of all our proceeds donated
to Cure Autism Now & Autism Speaks, Easter Seals and
TERI incorporated ( a company dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities)
Thank you all for your support !
~Words of Kindness~
"HI Lenila, The invitations arrived today, and we
love them! I just love how you packaged them too...they are everything I
wanted for my
beach wedding and more!!! Thank you so much for your contribution to
this special occasion in my life by sharing your artistic talent with me
I know I will get the most positive reactions from my guests once they
open their envelopes.
I am particularly happy to enclose your cards explaining the donation
from the proceeds that are being made
towards Autism research. I feel very good that a portion of my payment
for my invitations will go towards providing research in this area.
Thanks again for everything,"
Sincerely, Nora
"Hi Lenila,
I had meant to send this e-mail as
soon as I got the invitations, but with all this wedding planning time
has gotten away from me.
Needless to say I received the wedding invitations and guest book in
perfect order. I just wanted to drop you a note to tell you that
everything was absolutely beautiful!
I cried when I saw them...the care that you and your staff put into the
invitations (and even packaging) really comes through in your work.
I was taken back by how beautiful the invitations and guest book were.
My fiance and I had searched extensively for the perfect invitations for
the relaxed yet elegant beach wedding we envisioned.
Your invitations truly captured the spirit of our vision for our wedding
and for that I am truly thankful.
I just sent them out and am expecting to get all kinds of compliments as
people receive them. Keep on doing what you do!"
Thanks,
Amanda
"HI
Lenila, I hope all is well. The invites arrived yesterday and my
goodness were they absolutely beautiful!! My fiance
and I love them. I woke up in the middle of the night just to admire
them and some of my coworkers have already
asked for you information. I can not wait to hear the comments from my
wedding guests. Thank you for producing
such beautiful work!"
Regards, Bonnie
"Lenila, I just wanted to thank you
for the beautiful wedding invitations that you created for me. Also, the
way you packed everything with the sand dollars
and shells was so lovely. I have gotten so many compliments on them! I
will be recommending you to any of my friends that have weddings in the
future!
Thanks again for everything!"
Elizabeth A. Siddall
~Wedding
Invitation Time Line~
Please place your order as soon as you have all
your number of unique wedding invitations worked out, reserve
your spot on our production calendar with an order, and send us your
text information as soon as you get it finalized.
We design, print and cut every piece so it takes some time and care to
get your creations done.
Our production schedule is based on a first come first serve basis,
so if we haven't
contacted you please let us know...we want to make your planning as easy
and smooth as possible.
Due to
our volume of orders, we can
only take combined orders of $300.00 and
over.
For Do-It-Yourself Invitation Options the minimum is $200.00
~Wedding help~
Check out the
scoop on invitation text etiquette...
We have creative wedding invitation verses for every style!
Need help in
putting your invites together? Click here to learn how..
Hawaiian Wedding Ceremonies
Read about the Hawaiian Wedding Lei Exchange and the Ti Leaf and Lava
Rock Blessing...
Click here for creative
ideas!
~New
Table Card Ideas!~
Instead of using old fashioned
numbers for your table, why not name your tables exciting and meaningful
names.
Some creative examples our brides have come up with...
island names, different languages for the word love, places you and your
fiance have gone on dates to,
names of ocean sea creatures, names of exotic flowers, names of
beaches...the list is endless- get creative!
~Look for us~
Our exclusive bamboo handle wedding program fans
as seen on the KNOT.COM
check it out!...we are
featured in the San Diego Union Tribune Sunday Times
under the Passages section. Just click on
www.signonsandiego.com
and type in Lenila under the search.
Thanks for your support...
Pick the Winter Issue of
Modern Bride Health and Beauty special edition- check us out on their
preferred vendors list!
Let's talk about Your invitation to Paradise!
~Our products~
Make sure to stop by our
boutique accessories shop for coordinating stationery and gifts!
By popular
demand ~Paper Wedding Fans with Bamboo Accents,
Coordinating
watercolor note cards in pretty natural fiber gift boxes,
beautiful handmade guestbooks...
  
Lenila offers Custom Made Beach
Wedding Invitations, and Destination Wedding Invitations for Brides
Getting Married in the Hawaiian Islands,
Cayman Islands, San Diego, Lake Tahoe, Florida, San Francisco. She
also has Invitations and Party Favors With Vineyard Themes, Garden
Themes,
Ocean Themes, Beach Themes, and Mountain Themes. Lenila also offers
tropical wedding invitations, autumn and
fall theme wedding invitations for the floral, garden and beach bride
with destination weddings at exotic places and destinations.
All of the following cards are
available in coordinating designs:
Announcements, Wedding Invitations, Wedding Save the Dates, Bridal
Shower Invitations, Wedding Dinner Rehearsal Cards, Folded
Wedding Table Place Cards, Custom Gift Tags, Response Cards,
Reception Cards, Beautiful Thank You Notes, Note Cards, Special Events
Cards, Calling Cards, special birthday cards...
Designs by Lenila offer the following
watercolor design invitation themes:
Cayman Conch Shell invitation
Hibiscus and Palm
Leaves invitation
Heliconia Flower
Bamboo Plant
Ocean Waves and Beach
Pink Blossom
Clematis Flower
Scuba Diving
Bird of Paradise
Winery and Grapes
Palm Trees
Underwater
Oceanscapes
Victorian Gardens
Magnolia Flowers
Rainforest and
Jungle
Mountain
scenes and weddings
Plumeria Flowers
Palm Tree Leaves
Shell Beach
Sunrises
Waterfall
Starfish and Sea
Stars
Green Hawaiian
Honu Turtle
Orchid Flowers
Calla Lilly
Flowers
Autumn Leaves
Dolphin Invitations
Cherry Blossoms
Beach
Sunrises Invitations
Beach Sunsets Invitations
Beach Wedding Invitations
Antheriums
SandCastle Invitations
Sand Dollar Invitations
Caribbean Invitations
Destination wedding invitations
Hawaiian wedding invitations
Tropical wedding invitations
Natural wedding invitations
Custom Invitations
Roses invitations
Destination wedding invitations
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Website updated August 20, 2008.
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