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RECEPTION Print Please! 2311 views
Looking for ways to snip the wedding budget? The trick is to prioritise. If laid stationery or letter press invites are not top of the list, go to an online print company.
Your invitations set the tone for the wedding day, letting guests know the style of the celebration, the dress code and of course all the important details. Traditionally, a heavy card is sent out in a fat envelope, bulging with inserts such as gift list details. But with a WeddingPath website you can cut back on the paper, save the trees and keep guests informed without 
spending a bean. You can now even RSVP online. So why not combine your online wedding details with a simple save-the-date or announcement card. Vistaprint has templates for 24 different designs, some of which can incorporate your own images. Why not upload a picture of yourselves or a detail of the wedding day, such as the flowers or your venue. Best of all, you won't have to spend out a fortune. Flat cards start at around £4.99 for 10 with matching envelopes from £1.99. And as VistaPrint love WP so much, they've offered 25% discount off selected items - click here to find out more.
Remember to download our fact sheet on Wedding stationery!
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RECEPTION Pottery Piece 2361 views
From her London-based studio, ceramicist Jo Heckett makes gorgeous little porcelain keepsakes, favours and wedding magnets in delicious ice-cream colours.
For a touch of quirky vintage chic, Jo Heckett's porcelain shapes make a unique addition to the tables at your reception. Whether you choose hearts, squares, circles or stars, you can opt to have the porcelain marked with your initials and/or the date of your wedding (from £7).
Alternatively, you can pick letters and numbers or choose the Candy Coloured Kisses (£6.50) which come as hanging shapes, magnets or pegs.
The shapes with ties or pegs can be attached to bags of candy, place names or napkins adding cute and colourful detail to the tables. Otherwise, porcelain magnets make novel favours and come in individual boxes.
To find out more go to joheckett.com.
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RECEPTION Cake to Make 3909 views
Give your reception a touch of vintage chic with Eric Lanlard's 1950s Glamour Cake from his new book published by Hamlyn. Follow the step-by-step instructions, but allow plenty of time to practise chocolate rolling.
A striped extravaganza, the Glamour cake involves quite a bit of expertise and practise in rolling the different colour strips of chocolate together - but the end result is spectacular.You'll need: three cakes (8cm, 10cm and 15cm diameter), 850g or white chocolate ganache, 750g of white modelling chocolate, 250g of dark modelling chocolate. To assemble the cake: 25cm cake drum, 8cm and 10cm cake card, 6 dowel rods, rolling pin, ruler, small sharp knife, florists' pins, 15mm wide cream ribbon and edible glue.
1. Coat the drum with white chocolate ganache. Position the largest cake in the centre and transer the smaller cake to the appropriate cards. Use dowel rods to stack the cakes. Roll out a strip of white modelling chocolate 1.5cm thick, 11cm wide and long enough to go round
the largest cake. Roll out a strip of dark modelling chocolate 1cm thick, 11cm wide and to the same length as the white strip. Cut it into 11 parallel strips, each 1cm wide.2. Using a little cooled boiled water to hold them in place, arrange the dark chocolate strips on the white strip, leaving a gap of 2cm between each strip and from each long edge.
3. Carefully roll out the strip to 5mm thick, making sure that you keep the stripes as even and straight as possible.
4. Cut the strips so that they are 10.5cm wide and long enough to cover each tier.
5. Coat the cakes with white chocolate ganache and cover the cakes with the stripes, joining them at the back with a little cooled boiled water. 6. Use the remaining icing to make the bows. Making sure the stripes are aligned, use a template to cut out a horizontal piece 6-3cm and two vertical tails, each 2.5-11.5cm.
7. Fold in the end of the bow towards the centre and fold in the side towards the tip. Fold in the sides and pinch the centre.
8. Attach the central piece to the bow, wrapping it around so that the join is underneath.9. Cut V shapes from the bottom of the tails. Curl the tails slightly and attach them to the top edge of each strip around the cake.
10. Attach the bows to the cake with melted white chocolate, holding them in place with florists' pins until they are dry. Fasten ribbon around the drum, securing the ends in place with glue. Don't forget to remove the pins before slicing the cake.
For more fabulous cake recipes, Glamour Cakes (£16.99) by Eric Lanlard is published by Hamlyn.
Latest by: RheaDesigns:
Fab!!! Great article...might try this for the next time I have to make a posh cake....
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RECEPTION Tea For Two Hundred 2462 views
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RECEPTION Making It 7011 views
If you want to follow in Rod Stewart's footsteps for your wedding invites, check out the celeb stationer's new make-your-own range.
Cutting back on the wedding budget does not always mean compromising on quality, but you might have to find a bit of extra time and some willing helpers. Chartula Create is a fabulous new range of DIY mix and match wedding stationery from Chartula Studio.
Designed for brides-to-be who love Chartula’s stylish laser cut designs, but want to keep costs down in budget-conscious times, the new range can be adapted for invitations, menus, order of service and thank you cards.
Inspired by the hugely popular laser cut Fairytale and Fleurette designs, patterns include Butterfly Kiss and Fleur
Heart and come in a wonderful range of colours, from lavender to bluebell cream, fuchsia pink to sorbet yellow and gorgeous pale pistachio.
All the sets, ordered exclusively online, come with detailed step-by-step instructions while envelopes, ribbons and insert cards are also available. Prices start at £2.50 per invitation.For more information, visit chartula.co.uk/create or call 020 7138 4055.
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