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I had designed our wedding cake to match the rest of our wedding theme — simple, white with a touch of red, and incorporates a chinese knot.
Jacques Pastry did a wonderful job with the cake. It looked exactly as I had envisioned it, and most importantly, it was absolutely delicious! Photos of the cake above and to the left are courtesy of Eric Limon.
Below are the photos of the step by step progress of the knot that I’d made for Jacques Pastry.
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I thought you might find it interesting to see the different design drafts of the Save the Date cards that Paul and I made for our upcoming wedding. I am cleaning out my workspace and am pitching out all the clutter.
The photos show the different stages of the thought/design process, from my initial quick doodle to a first prototype to little tweaks that made way for the final product.
I fell in love with the original prototype where I used a small piece of Japanese origami paper that I had lying around, and we shopped endlessly to try to find larger sheets of such paper. But at roughly $18 a sheet, they were definitely not cost effective. I’m happy with the red and gold speckled paper we went with for the final design.
I quite was surprised to find little to no (good) instructions online for making Chinese knots. I had to order a book to learn, and I played around with a variety of different knots.
When I find the time, I’d like to post detailed instructions on how to make the cards, including the chinese knot. Maybe some future bride elsewhere will find it useful.
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