With all the excitement over The Great Gatsby, all the pretty inspiration that we’ve been sharing all week, plus our movie ticket giveaway, we thought it would be fun to share a slideshow of wedding ideas that you could take as your own to add a little Art Deco flair to your big day. Dresses, cakes, jewelry, pretty paper, hairstyles… yeah, we kind of had fun with this one.
Make sure to follow our Art Deco Pinterest board! We’re going to keep adding to the pretty.
Remember when we announced Minted’s return to letterpress wedding stationery (along with a whole flurry of other goodies they were releasing)? Well, they are at it again. They’re always thinking of the best pretty paper goods couples, brides-to-be, party-goers, or just paper lovers like us want to get their hands on. So what’s the new goodie we know you’re going to love from them? Minibook™ wedding invitations, save the dates and special giveaway for one lucky 100 Layer Cake reader. Take a peek!
Check out these Minibook™ wedding invitations and save the dates! They’re good looking, right? Here’s all you can do with them:
* Personalize seven pages with photos, travel information and details about your big day to help keep guests informed of your entire wedding weekend!
* Perfect for destination weddings or multiple wedding events
* Versatile – use for save the dates, invitations, weekend activity guides, programs and more
* A great way to highlight your bridal party for your programs as well as thank your family!
* Unique designs on matte paper, bound with chic grommets
Giveaway alert!
Minted is giving away a $250 gift certificate good for any Minted wedding stationery to one 100 Layer Cake reader. Click here to enter the contest and read the deets. You have one week to enter the contest, ending May 1st at 11:59pm PT.
As if you needed another reason to love Minted, here’s a few points worth noting…
* Their wedding stationery is created exclusively for Minted by their community of independent designers
* By shopping Minted you support independent designers. Everything available at minted.com is designed by an independent designer, and a portion of every sale goes directly to the designer
* Variety of paper options to choose from including; luxurious Signature Paper, 100% Recycled Matte Paper, or gorgeous Pearlescent Paper to add a subtle shimmer finish and rich look to your cards
Update: Congrats to Nancy Choi, the winner of the $250 Minted gift certificate!
Aaaaand here we are.. the day I’ve been waiting to share with all of you dear 100 Layer Cake readers.. OUR WEDDING DAY! I feel like I’m dreaming as I write this post. I’ve thought about how all our details would all come together, what you all would think and how being a part of this blog for the last 4 years has influenced so many of the things we dreamt up for our big day. And I’m so happy to finally share it with you.
As a graphic designer, the paper details were my favorite part of the wedding creative process. I went a little nutty and designed our invites, drink coasters and cocktail napkins, matchboxes, flower take-away bags, sweets bags, menus, programs, and our dinner napkins (which you will see in the next post). Once I got started it was hard to stop. So here are our invites, photographed by Edyta Szyszlo… I hope you enjoy them as much as we do!
One of the first things I did before starting our invite design was email Bernadette Pascua, and beg her to do the lettering for our invites. She is an amazing fashion illustrator and I’ve always been a groupie of her hand-lettering style. I love how sophisticated yet casual and fashion-forward it feels.
No shortage of gold here. Remember how I DIY’d these gold envelope edges? It was surprisingly easy, with a nice ‘wow’ factor. My gal pals Sarah and Audrey helped cut, glue and stuff these babies one evening. (Thanks for the help, gals!)
I’m a sucker for a good vintage stamp. And I don’t think the trend is going away any time soon. I visited my local stamp and coin shop and scoured through their old dusty books of stamps until I found the perfect pretties for our envelopes. The Wizard of Oz stamp harkens back to my roots. I was born in Kansas, and Tim and I met in Kansas City. He is from Michigan, and I was lucky to happen upon stamps of trees native to the area. When I was a young girl, I had a fascination with space and wanted to be an astronaut, so this Apollo stamp was a fun little addition.
p.s. We did an informative post on vintage stamps a few years back. You’ll have to check it out for some tips.
Moving on to our wedding favors. Eeee these make me happy. Really happy. Many an hour were spent trying to come up with the most perfect favor idea. On a brainstorm with my 100 Layer Cake team one day it hit us.. diamonds! Since our wedding had a retro James Bond-ish style, the “Diamonds are Forever” idea became the perfect fit. (Thanks Tara, for helping me come up with the saying!). My online search for gems didn’t prove to be fruitful right away. I couldn’t find the right size, so ended up having them produced by Charming Creation.
I wrote little sayings with a gold pen on each of our candy takeaway bags.
Drink stirrers are one of those things that add the perfect little touch to your cocktails. Everyone loves a cute drink stirrer. I couldn’t decide which ones I liked best, so I decided to go with both. The vintage gold glitter lucite stirrers were collected on many late night eBay and Etsy scavenges. I may consider selling 50 of them. Any takers?
Coasters are a wedding-day essential, if you ask me. It’s a nice takeaway item that guests can use at home, and it’s a fun reminder of your special day.
Mama’s Sauce is the bomb when it comes to printing. I sent in my artwork and they sent back beautifully letterpressed, foiled and utterly perfect coasters. Plus they were such cool people to work with. (Hey, Brooks!)
I made these stirrers using a bamboo skewer and sequin balls. You literally stick the skewer into the foam ball and you’re done. Easy peasy.
The cocktail napkins and matchboxes were printed by For Your Party. Those people can print anything.
You can see photos of our wedding in the latest issue of Martha Stewart Weddings, in print and on the iPad).
So there you have it! I hope you enjoyed perusing through all the pink. Stay tuned for the rest of our wedding details in a jiffy!
xo, Amanda
Photography and styling: Edyta Szyszlo / Hand-lettering: Bernadette Pascua / Invitation screen-printing: Diversified Images / Coaster printing: Mama’s Sauce / Napkin, matchbox printing: For Your Party / Striped paper bags: Shop Sweet Lulu
Being such pretty paper fanatics, we were thrilled to hear that minted, one of our favorite online shops for everything stationery is now offering new, luxurious paper and printing options, including…letterpress! So happy they’re returning to their letterpress roots. We’re talking expert letterpress printing, with a crisp, deep impression done by hand on vintage Heidelberg presses. But you know what? Letterpress wedding invitations isn’t their only good news. They’ve got a few more exciting things to announce, so keep on reading to see what’s new at minted.
They’ll be starting off with 30 designs that showcase the breadth of minted designs, from modern to floral to hand-drawn to formal/classic. A little something for everyone, printed on thick, soft 100% cotton paper for a beautiful, tactile impression. Check it out for yourself and receive a free letterpress sample kit in the mail.
Each invitation suite has matching letterpressed accessories: RSVPs, thank you cards, direction cards, reception cards. Best part, aside from their amazing designs, are the extensive choices and customization options you have with minted…
· 25 beautiful fonts
· Over 30 hand-picked colors in their standard letterpress palette
· 2 paper types – some of the thickest letterpress paper options available online
· Up to 3-color printing
· $4.85 each for 100 cards
If you want the most deliciously thick paper for your invites, go with their new Luxe Museum Board paper. It’s so thick, it’s unbendable and 3 times as thick as their already luxurious Signature paper. Such an exciting new option for brides who want the flexibility of digital printing, but with an added touch that makes their invitation have a real “wow” factor!
Minted launches their premium wedding service through their new Perfection Team
· The personalized service of a brick-and-mortar boutique from the comfort of your couch
· Every couple now gets matched with a dedicated Perfection Team of wedding experts (both customer service and design consultants)
· Complimentary design consultations for brides who want help picking the perfect invitations, want to understand customization options, and/or get etiquette and design advice
Minted’s Perfection Live Studio
· This is exclusive to minted, and the first of its kind in the wedding industry
· Live online screen sharing lets brides request design changes and see real-time revisions, while collaborating with their design consultant on the phone
· It’s easy – no software to download and id free for all brides who request it
As always, minted offers a 100% satisfaction guarantee. They’ll work with couples until their invitations match their perfect wedding vision, which is why they’ve also expanded service hours to help serve busy working couples: 6am-8pm M-F, 8am-6pm Sat/Sun.
Minted offers the freshest designs curated from a community of independent designers from all over the world and it’s such a great feeling knowing that your purchase supports the independent designer who created your design.
You know what we love most about Hello!Lucky? They’re always creating fresh new wedding stationery designs that can be ordered in luxe letterpress (our fave), or flat printing for brides on a budget. Like their two new designs, La Vie En Rose and Classic Rose seen below. Too pretty! Plus, we love how all the invites on their site can be almost completely customized with your favorite font and colors. And did we mention, they now offer Save The Date Magnets? So many pretty things to look at. Also, don’t miss Sabrina and Eunice kids neon 2nd birthday party on 100 Layer Cakelet. Go take a peek!
This year marks their tenth anniversary celebrating both a beautiful and extensive wedding collection along with a letterpress greeting card line. They also offer day of products including wedding signs, programs, table numbers, and more. Be sure to check out their extensive DIY section where they offer free downloadable signs and wedding crafting ideas.
And while you’re shopping, don’t forget to use the code: 100LayerLove for a 20% off discount, valid from 2/7-2/28
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