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3 Cakes Inspired By Our Favorite Invitation Designs

Jamie Miles — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:55:17 +0000

Let’s talk cake! While everyone may have a different method of designing their wedding cake, we have an easy idea for you: Let your invitations be your guide. Because you’re likely settling on invitations and save-the-date designs far before your wedding cake, it makes perfect sense to design your cake off your stationery! A few of our favorite examples below. Plus, watch the video to see even more — including an Art Deco cake by Sweet Element Cake Design, stationery by Ceci New York and Elum Designs, a modern chevron cake by Erica O’Brien — and so so so much more. Enjoy!

Rustic Invites Translate to A Pretty Rustic Monogrammed Wedding Cake

Studio 306

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Gray and Orange Patterned Invites Inspire A Mod Wedding Cake

Michael Segal Photography

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Vintage Airplane Invitations Inspire An Airplane-Topped Wedding Cake

Choco Studio

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6 Gorgeous Calligraphy Ideas From Paperfinger!

Jamie Miles — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:35:00 +0000

Nothing feels more personal than calligraphed details hand-crafted for your wedding. From the envelopes to the escort cards, Brooklyn-based calligrapher Bryn Chernoff of Paperfinger shares some insider calligraphy secrets and gorgeous stationery trends.

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Beyond the Stationery Showroom at Alpine Creative Group

Hannah Soo Park — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 20:18:13 +0000

We recently had the privilege of touring Alpine Creative Group‘s headquarters in New York City. From the design hub and in-house production facility, here’s a behind-the-scenes take on crafting custom wedding stationery and invitations:

Brides aren’t the only ones in need of an inspiration board (Pinterest, anyone?). With so many ideas to consider, compiling photos on a pinboard helps the design team to spark new ideas and dream up amazing invites.

It doesn’t take cutting edge technology to create some of the most beautiful, intricate invites. Case in point: This vintage engraving machine (pictured below) requires a manual stamping process in which die plates imprint a design by pushing the paper upwards.

You don’t need metallic hues for foil-stamping — check out the bright jewel-toned foiling we spotted in the production facility!

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