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In yesterday’s post, I touched on my obsession with French style, especially all things Parisian. Today, I’ll be even more specific and share one of my very favorite sources of style inspiration: Ladurée.
Ladurée is a luxury French bakery and tea room founded in Paris in 1862. It is best known as the inventor of the double-decker French macaron. To some of you, I know a faraway bakery probably seems like a really random place to find wedding inspiration! But, as a graphic designer, I’ve always been inspired by vintage packaging, especially nineteenth century/early twentieth century advertising and ephemera. Before I was even engaged, I ran across a post about Ladurée packaging on a design blog. Once I got engaged, I decided that I wanted to incorporate elements inspired by Ladurée packing into our invitation suite! Imagine how obsessed I was when I stumbled across Mrs. Perfume and her gorgeous Parisian style invitations! Seriously, I was head over heels!
Here are some pictures of the bakery and its amazing packaging:
I’m not ready to give away the details of our invitations yet, but I am so excited about them and about these subtle ways I’ve been finding to incorporate my adoration of the Parisian aesthetic!
Did any of you design your own invitation suite? To any fellow paper lovers, where do you find inspiration?
I can definitely see why you love Laduree. It’s like a girly girl playground. As for my invitation inspiration, oddly enough it came from antique French apothecary jars. It has evolved a bit since then, but that is where it started!
Vogue mostly. Laduree has definitely been popular on this blog though! So feminine.
I’m loving all that gorgeous packaging! Mmmm french pastries… J’adore.
I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOUR INVITATIONS! Your style preferences that you’ve articulated so far are impeccable!!!
These pictures are lovely. I’m excited to see how you incorporate these inspirations into your designs.
I feel like anything involving afternoon tea is lovely!
Wow. Those pictures make me crave spring and sugar! Have you ever visited there in person?
I could not believe my eyes when I saw your title…well I can because I am in absolute love with all things Ladurée since going to the one on Champs-Elysées for the first time three weekends ago. I am studying abroad in France until June, and it is my new goal to visit as many Ladurées (and eat their macarons) as possible! I’m only in France for a bit, right? So far I have made it to the Lausanne, Switzerland and Versailles locations, and I have plans to visit the one in London as well as to visit the Champs-Elysées one again (and again! haha). Thank you so much for posting this, and I can’t wait to see your designs!
As a long-time lover of Laudree, I can’t wait to see all of your wedding details 
So Beautiful! I am in the invitation research stage right now…so many things I love, I have no idea how to include it all!
As I said in another thread, my wedding theme is Edwardian. However, I also am pretty eclectic so my sources of inspiration are:
from a shot of Chris Nicholls’:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2597/4166052469_10e4f46081_o.jpg
from Christopher Noto’s house:
http://ifferslittlenest.blogspot.com/2009/09/from-my-stack-of-magazines-september.html
but also Lydia Hearst in L’Officiel Brazil:
http://picsandmodels.blogspot.com/2009/12/lydia-hearst-lofficiel-brazil-december.html
As I said, eclectic am I not? 
Oh the siren song of LaDuree! I LOVE the stores/the packaging/the macarons. le sigh.
wonderful inspiration!
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beautiful! I am a huge fan of all things Berkley Hotel, especially the pret a portea!
http://www.the-berkeley.co.uk/fashionista_tea.aspx
Great post! I couldn’t agree with you more. So much so, infact, that I am using the wreath image (sans the cherub-esque, bare behinded baby baker!) as our “logo” throughout the wedding. I’m trying to use it in different ways to keep it interesting. We put our monogram inside it to place at the top of our invite. I’m also putting the huge wreath on our oot bags, and putting “Welcome” in all the different languages of our guests (each in a bright color) inside the wreath for a different vibe. I can’t wait to see your interpretation! I’m sure it will be gorgeous!
@beth1125: Oooh, that is gorgeous! Thanks for a great new find!
@LisaBee: Not yet, but I’m going to visit a few of the locations on my honeymooon! Can’t wait!
@Zuzu2and11: Wow! I’m so jealous of you right now!!
@Rosanna: I love your aesthetic! A variety, but actually quite unified! Very interested to see pictures of your wedding!
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Mrs. Turtle, Central California Age and Occupation: 21, Art Student/Teacher Fiance's Age and Occupation: 22, English Student Engagement Date: August 16, 2008 Wedding Date: July 2010 Venue: Mr. Turtle's Grandparents' backyard, Arroyo Grande, CA About Me: I am a California girl who loves the beach and the mountains, but is quite satisfied living right in the middle where I can enjoy the best of both worlds. I am happiest when traveling to faraway places, wandering through museums, watching old movies, or baking up a storm. Mr. Turtle and I are high school sweethearts and fellow book nerds who both drive Mini Coopers and are most likely to be found browsing in antique stores. We're having so much fun planning our European garden wedding with a vintage twist and can't wait to share more of life's adventures together!
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