Old damask, new damask…
Recently I had the unfortunate revelation that the damask pattern I was going to use for all my wedding stationery wasn’t good enough quality to print. :-( I don’t know why I didn’t think to check this before! I’ll put it down to wedding excitement and over-enthusiasm, rather than sheer carelessness…
Unfortunately, after hunting high and low, day and night, on all sorts of websites, even ones where I’d have to pay through my nose for a picture, I didn’t find anything I liked. This pattern is just too perfect!
However, I eventually got lucky on Project Wedding. I really enjoy this site; it’s got forums, photos, vendor look-ups, planning bios, the works. Someone had sent out a plea for damask templates, in which I immediately joined (there was quite a wailing chorus of us in the end! Damask madness is taking over the world!) and this girl very kindly emailed me three massive files of damask patterns and tags. So now THIS is my new template:
I was going to use it as is, and put a white block in the middle of it for my text, thus creating a border, but I decided it looked too “leafy” and that it covered up too much of the pattern. So I decided to shrink the square teeny tiny, and use a row of them as a border instead. I also decided to stop using MS Word, which is the work of the devil, and take a leaf out of the book of Mrs Daffodil on Weddingbee, and use MS Powerpoint instead. I have to say it was a LOT easier! Here is a screenshot of my menu mock-up (ignore the silly food; I just needed something there to measure out the space):
Looks good, no? I’m quite excited, because if I put one of these at every place setting (instead of four per table as was my original plan) it will intensify the damask theme, and I might not need to tear my hair out anymore over the fact that I CANNOT find damask fabric for table runners – and the further possibility that if I did, it might not be budget-friendly anyway.
I’m also using this for the placecards, which will be attached to the favours (more on THAT story later; I’d rather wait until I’m in the process of making them, so that I can share photos), but on the placecards the damask stripes will be horizontal along the top and bottom. Let no one say I don’t believe that variety is the spice of life!
Hey ~ please ignore my previous post. I saw the link…thanks so much for doing that!! I do have another question. What font did you use on the menu for your headings and sub-headings. I’m looking for something exactly like that for my invitation. Thanks!!
Laura
xoxo
Hi Laura, Thanks for noticing the link! The font I used was called “Monterey”, and it came free when I installed Coreldraw once. It was very similar to one called “Feel script”, which you have to pay for. Hope this helps! It really is a lovely font, isn’t it?
Thanks Mizz Honeysuckle!! You’re a life saver!!!!
Hello how are you. Good I hope. I love your Menu’s, and I was wondering if you could send me the Publisher document because i would like to do them exactly like yours
Daphne
HELLO,
I just love Dumask! I would love to do my menus exactly the same as yours! could you send me the templates and possibly the Power point file? O tried playing around with it myself but it doesn’t seem to work for me! Thank you for all of your help!
Feather
featheramato@sbcglobal.net
Wedding June 5th,2009
Hi, I’m looking for a navy print, have the impossible task of playing around before finalising WITHOUT photoshop AND my task is to get the damask print in NAVY. Does any wise person have advise on this matter….
Will be much appreciated!
Wedding 17Oct09
Hi guys…
I don’t have the powerpoint doc anymore; but basically all I did was set the page to landscape and then create two blocks side by side (so that I fit 2 menus per page, and they were only A5 each). Then I inserted a bunch of the damask pictures and laid them down each side, and then just typed the menu text in the middle. That’s all! It was really easy! The only problem was deciding how big to make the text so that everything fit well and looked nicely spaced. Good luck!
I love the patterns, could you email them to me, I’m creating an invite for a friend’s bridal shower and I didn’t know how hard it is to find this pattern in high quality. Thank you!
HEY BRIDES
HERE IS A FREE DAMASK WEDDING INVITATION DOWNLOAD
http://shop.mujka.ca/freebies/free-damask-wedding-invitation-set/prod_315.html
Hi there!! would you be able to mail me those damask templates? I am having trouble finding some to use and they would be wonderful!!! Thank-you sooo much!!!!
Hello Mizz Honeysuckle! I love your menu. What font did you use? Our monogram is “M” and I love the “M” on your Menu.
Thanks a bunch!
Susan
shinghiran@yahoo.com
Can you email me your damask template patterns also.. I also have had a hard time looking for the same pattern that you originally chose. I love your menu card. My email address is gbail@hotmail.com
Thanks, Gail
Could someone please email me some damask templates. I have looked everywhere and I’m having such a hard time finding damask templates that I could use for wedding programs. Anythin would be wonderful.
Thanks,
Kenyetta
kenyetta1908@aol.com
Miss Honeysuckle-
I can’t get the above link for the damask patterns to work. Would you be so kind to email me the damask template patterns also?
Thank you.
Jill
jill.chamberlain@gmail.com
Hello! I found the link to the downloads…thanks! I was wondering if anyone would know how to turn the black into navy? If you think just finding the damask is hard try finding it in navy! Please help!!!
Can you please email them to me too that would be so great! Thank you!
rstein23@yahoo.com
I know you’re probably really busy with married life, but if you happen to read this within the next two months will you kindly email me the zip file? I tried emailing the lady from projectwedding but I haven’t heard from her yet.
Thanks!
Jennifer
Sorry, here’s my email: penaflorida.j@gmail.com
Thanks!
Can you please send me the file with the Damask templates as well? Thanks! caitlin.m.pierce@gmail.com
Hi, wondering if you can send me the damask file as well? Email address: taccone24@gmail.com
can you email me the damask pattern template stuff that you have been sending out to everyone else. I realize that this is a late request but any help you can provide would be great! oliverg@ohio.edu
Hi there,
I’ve been looking for this damask patterns for quite a while. I am cake decorator and would like to use this patterns on a cake, kind of the one posted on Martha Stewart’s site. I would greatly appreciate if you could send me this pattern to my email. Thanks in advance!, I promise to send you pics of the cake after I’m done =)
Hi there,
Can you also please forward the Demask templates at well. The sample image looks great.
My e-mail is: dorota.rams@gmail.com
Thanks in advance,
Dorota
Could you please send me the templates?
Thank you SO much!!
aimee.franklin@att.net
Hi- I would love it if you could send me the files for the damask patterns. :)
pinayron@yahoo.com
Thanks,
Sharon
I absolutely LOVE damask! Im getting maried in April next year. Could you please send me the templates? Pretty please?? :P
Is it possible to email the templates to me? Thank you
opps, forgot to include my email
ilcmeier@hotmail.com
I´m writting all the way from Chile, South America. I have never seen anyone use a Damask pattern at a wedding here before and I want to be one of the first! It´s perfect! Would you mind sending me the pattern, too?
aisenber@hotmail.com
Thanks!
Hallo
I am looking for the menu picture of the damask pattern, but can’t seem to open it. Can u help please?
hI I know I may be kind of late..but do you still have those templates?? Can you email them to me??
Thank You so much
Hi miss honeysuckle
I am writing all the way from South Africa
I am in desperate need of damask templates
Please can you help?
Dear Mrs Honeysuckle,
I read your story and it is so interesting, because I feel like I am wearing your shoes today. I am getting married on the 5th of December 2009 and I found the Damask runners that you are talking about…pitty I didn’t know you sooner. I need to ask a huge favour….I am struggle to get a damask template for my wedding invitations. Is there any chance that you could mail them to me??? I would really appreciate it. My e-mail address is leticia@my-group.co.za. I am from South Africa. Hope to hear from you soon. Regards, Leticia
Hi, may I have the damask files too please.. i absolutely loved it.!
HOw can i use the top pattern on my invitation without being bit mapped.
thanks
HI,
Does anyone know how i can use the top image in my invitation without it being bit mapped.
Thanks
Hi there. I am desperately looking for damask patterns too. Do you still have the 3 that were sent to you and if so would you mind sending them to me. I would really appreciate it! Thanks!
Would it be possible that someone could email me these templates. I would like to use them for art in my baby girl’s nursery. However, copy and paste distorts them when I go to print? Any ideas?