80 macarons from Laduree – I HAD to do it! Also around 150 cupcakes from Crumbs and Doilies. I was surprised there were some left at the end of the night – they were sooooo delicious!

Tried to go for vintage peach and grey – I think they look great!

Pic by Richard Hau@ketchuptree

From start to finish, here is what I did! For my vintage theme, and the fact that my dress was lace, I wanted to incorporate lace into my invite. I set out to hobby craft and bought a whole load of materials to make my prototypes.

I knew I wanted our initials on there, and also something simple. But I didn’t think these worked for me! The lace was hard to work with, and to make 60+ of them was just too much work.

Although I liked the lace backing of this, it kept peeling off, so I realised I had to drop the lace idea!

So, after giving up on lace, I explored other options. With my love of baking, I decided to used doilies! They are cheap to buy, and have that lovely vintage lace effect! So I gave it a go….