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Creative Save the Dates

July 16, 2007 | editorial team

After last week’s post about Kelly’s creative save-the-date, I received these fantastic responses from two Junebug readers and just had to share!Andrea and Trevor made their save the date postcard using a photo they took jumping off his Grandma’s dock at Hood Canal. “We took the photo at our engagement party with all our friends around us and it was a blast … even though I usually don’t like jumping in the water it was worth it!!” How fun! They had their friend and graphic designer Amanda create the postcards and they’ve received terrific responses from their guests.


Kate and Drew are trivia buffs and had the creative idea to incorporate their favorite pastime into their save-the-dates. Using the game’s classic categories they had fun coming up with all the “Wedding Pursuit” questions together, the all important one being the wild card question at the end. Q: “What date should you mark on your calendar for the wedding of Kate and Drew?” A: “Saturday, October Twenty Fifth, Two Thousand and Eight!” They made their own cards using Microsoft Publisher, and are thinking of extending the concept to their wedding reception, including a card at each place setting with trivia questions about the guests sitting at that table. What a fun way to carry their theme through and give a great ice-breaker to guests just meeting for the first time!

 

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Eva and Tony’s Ravishing Red Wedding

July 13, 2007 | editorial team

Sketch by Angel Sanchez, Image by la Storia foto 

If you’ve been paying even the tiniest bit of attention to pop culture recently, you’ve certainly heard the buzz about Eva Longoria and Tony Parker’s lavish red-themed wedding at the Chateau Vaux-le-Vicomte outside of Paris. From their celebrity friends in attendance to her Angel Sanchez dress, the first dance to The Book of Love by Peter Gabriel and the messages inscribed inside their Piaget wedding bands, fans and the press are clamoring for all the details! I can’t wait to see a picture of the 5 tier red wedding cake created by Sam Godfrey of Napa Valley’s Perfect Endings. Reported to be a vanilla-bean pound cake filled with crushed organic raspberry preserves and white buttercream, it sounds delicious! Godfrey is no stranger to creating press-worthy cakes, having worked with celebs like Oprah Winfrey, Jessica Simpson and Courtney Cox, so this one is sure to be a sight to see!

I love the idea of having fun with color in your wedding cake like Eva and Tony did by carrying their red theme through to their cake’s raspberry filling and red outside. Here are some beautiful ways that local bakers have used rich red and blushing pink in their wedding cake designs.

Red cakes: left and center by Creme de la Creme, right by Mike’s Amazing Cakes 

Pink cakes: left by New Renaissance Cakes, center by Jen’s Desserts, right by Tallant House Fine Sweets and Other Eats

 

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Save the Date Brilliance

July 11, 2007 | editorial team

Hearing from Junebug readers always makes my day, and Monday I received a fabulous e-mail from Seattle area bride Kelly who said “I love your website! Junebug Weddings has been my best source for ideas and vendors. It’s been my experience that all of the professionals I’ve contracted with demonstrate amazing customer service, great business ethics and have incredible talent.” Hooray! Thanks Kelly!

She also sent me a copy of her fantastic save the date postcard, photographed and photoshopped by the talented John Hong of John and Joseph Photography. Kelly and her fiancé Shane were having engagement pictures taken in the Pike Place Market when the wall of posters behind them sparked an idea. John manipulated the poster to their right (look closely) to advertise “A Musical Comedy About Love and Marriage” that includes all their save the date info. They made the photo into a simple postcard with a link to their wedding website on the back and dropped them in the mail. All the guests loved it, and so do I!

What creative ideas did you come up with for your save the dates? I know there are some great ones out there, send them in and share your brilliance!

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