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5 Creative Table Number Ideas

03/06/2013 by Karen

It’s the little details that your guests will notice at your wedding, and your table numbers are no exception. You can have fun and really represent yourselves as a couple, plus they can break the ice and start conversation and you can let your guests get to know you know as a couple even more.

Here are 5 table number ideas to inspire you:

1. use postcards as numbers. Write a personal message to your guests, or write a note about why that place / landmark / photo is important to you both as a couple.
Postcards as table numbers


2.  Use  pictures of the bride and groom at ages corresponding with the table numbers.
Use pictures of the bride and groom at ages corresponding with the table numbers.
Image: Mark & Marianne Earthy


3. Table numbers with a date & pictures of the bride & groom during that year.
Table numbers with a date & pictures of the bride & groom during that year.

Image: kristen spencer photography


4. Each table number is a different fact about the bride and groom.

Each table number is a different fact about the bride and groom

 

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Is this the most creative wedding invitation ever?

03/06/2013 by Karen

Not content with a boring old paper wedding invitation, illustrator, Jessica Hische, and Facebook designer, Russ Maschmeyer, created possibly the most imaginative wedding invitation I’ve  ever seen.
Beautiful wedding invitation

They made a simply gorgeous website, entitled The Story of Jess and Russ (click here to check it out), to tell the story of their romance, from meeting and engagement to career highs and lows, and invite guests to their wedding. A truly modern invite, it even features links out to photos on Flickr and images stored in the Cloud, as well as moving graphics that appear as you scroll down the page.

The design elements from the invitation website were then carried over into their wedding reception in the form of beautiful laser cut lettering and gold foil stamped letters and tiny stars.
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[All images courtesy of the fabulous 100layercake.com. See the full story and lots of pictures from Jess and Russ’s actual wedding  on the 100layercake blog.]

See more creative wedding stationery ideas  here.

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DIY Lined Envelopes Add That Super-Personal Touch

03/06/2013 by Karen

Add a decorative touch to your wedding invitations with customised DIY paper liners to reflect the style of your wedding. I love the idea of incorporating maps of your wedding location, photos personal to you, literature from an old romance novel, or anything at all connected to the theme / colour scheme of your wedding.

Below are instructions to create stylish, cost-effective wedding invitations using any type of paper as envelope liners.

See more creative wedding stationery ideas here.
DIY Lined Envelopes

STEP 1:
Tracing the shape for the liner:

Lay your lining paper on a flat surface. Using one of your envelopes trace around the envelope ensuring that the top flap is open to get the basic shape of the envelope.

Then move the envelope down slightly and trace a second line around the “top flap” of the envelope. (This is to allow a small seam around the top of the envelope when we glue the liner in.) This is the line you will be cutting along.

STEP 2:
Cutting out the liner:

Carefully cut around your marked area,  remembering to cut along the second marker line you made around the top flap. (You can use shaped scissors to give a more decorative look.)

STEP 3:
Gluing the liner:

Insert the liner into the envelope, flip down the top triangle and only use glue on this section. (if you put glue on the bottom area the envelope will not close properly).


Instructions sourced from the fabulous wedding website The Lane

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Net-A-Porter Launch an Exclusive Bridal Collection With Dresses From Issa and More

27/05/2013 by Karen

A selection from Net-a-Porter's exclusive bridal collection

A selection from Net-a-Porter’s exclusive bridal collection [image: Grazia Daily]

Net-A-Porter has launched an exclusive capsule collection of bridalwear teaming up with eight of their favourite designers to create a wedding dress selection on the website starting at £1,295. The edit will feature designs from Antonio Berardi, Lover, Jay Ahr, Chalayan, Rochas, Issa, Nina Ricci and Jessica Biel’s wedding dress designer, Giambatista Valli. See the gallery below to see some of the dresses on offer and shop the full collection on Net-A-Porter.

Shop Net-A-Porter’s full bridal one-stop-shop

Rochas' taffeta-twill gown with skinny belt  £5,517

Rochas’ taffeta-twill gown with skinny belt £5,517 [image: Grazia Daily]

Nina Ricci's lace trim crinkled silk-chiffon gown with floral lace appliquà©s  £3372

Nina Ricci’s lace trim crinkled silk-chiffon gown with floral lace appliquà©s £3372 [image: Grazia Daily]

Giambattista Valli's tiered organze and macramà© v-neck dress  £6,600

Giambattista Valli’s tiered organze and macramà© v-neck dress £6,600 [image: Grazia Daily]

Issa has created a flattering short-sleeve full length dress made with French lace, and sheer neckline and shoulders  £2,700

Issa has created a flattering short-sleeve full length dress made with French lace, and sheer neckline and shoulders £2,700 [image: Grazia Daily]

Antonio Berardi's caped back silk crepe long-sleeve gown is  £9,039

Antonio Berardi’s caped back silk crepe long-sleeve gown is £9,039 [image: Grazia Daily]

Chalayan's simple crepe column dress with silk crepe overlay  £1295

Chalayan’s simple crepe column dress with silk crepe overlay £1295 [image: Grazia Daily]

Lover ivory lace dress with traditional covered buttons shows a little extra leg but the modest neckline and sleeves balance it out  £2495

Lover ivory lace dress with traditional covered buttons shows a little extra leg but the modest neckline and sleeves balance it out £2495 [image: Grazia Daily]

A crystal embellished silk-chiffon gown by Jay Ahr  £5000

A crystal embellished silk-chiffon gown by Jay Ahr £5000 [image: Grazia Daily]

 

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