Shabby Chic Wedding Cake

I'd recommend checking Pinterest because it seems to be all I see on there recently!

Look up "rustic cakes" and you should come up with a ton on google images or pinterest.

i think an easy example of shabby chic is denim and lace

a combination of something common well used to almost tattered and something refined modern haute

like patchwork velvet

or silk bandanas

a shabby chic cake could go in a lot of different directions

it just needs that contrast imo

when i think of shabby chic, I think of white slip covers, and old fashioned flowers like cabbage roses or peonies. 

i love the ruffled cakes that have been popular lately, for that kind of look.

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Originally Posted by fcakes 

so rustic would be similar to shabby chic?

The brides who come to me use the terms lind of interchangeably. It's a mood, kind of casual and "undone" looking.

In my mind its like a kind of 'vintage' vibe. Pastels, flowers, ruffles and lace. All a little undone and rough around the edges. If you google shabby chic wedding cakes there are a ton of really great examples. 

I also think whites, creams and light pastels, peonies, garden roses, lace, pearls, etc.

I did a quick pinterest search for 'shabby chic wedding cake;, and tons of results popped up.

I think its a mix of vintage, lace with a modern edge like bright flowers like these below:

http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/system/product_images/images/000/579/642/original_Vintage_wedding_cake2.jpg

http://artisancakecompany.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/shabby_chic_wedding_cake_sugar_flowers_grey_damask.jpg

http://www.weddingideasmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Vintage-lace-tiered-wedding-cake-with-pink-and-gold-anenomes.jpg

i know you already get the idea i'm just enjoying this thread ;)

yes--like the middle link in Babbo's post--the reason to me it's shabby chic is the background color of the soft blue damask is cloudy kinda uneven and it looks to have a stripey striation too--a little faded like old wallpaper but so pretty and the stunning flowers chic it up

ooh i wanna make one of those!

and by contrast if the damask was sharp distinct colors like damask can be sometimes then the flowers would be softer, show a little brown on petal edges. maybe have a few pieces of lace tucked in peaking out here & there

i know you already get the idea i'm just enjoying this thread

i LOVE shabby chic-

'tea stained' i think is a good idea word to include for shabby chic--something should reflect the idea of tea-stained even if pure white and some bright colors are used

a little aged and so pretty

When I think of "Shabby Chic" I think of Cabbage roses, cream, pinks,robins egg blue, teardrop piping, stuff like that.  Just go to Rachel Ashwells website and see what inspires you!