Category — cakes and desserts

I have had this picture in my blog folder for a while so you may have seen it, but I love it so I am going to post it Such an amazing way to take something so traditional and make it your own.

(via here)

from Tom and Tanya’s wedding. Notice the motif on the cake reflects the invitations All photos by Hugh Forte. A big thanks to Tanya for sharing! It was a gorgeous wedding and Bryan and I were blessed to be there!

Happy Birthday Bryan! I love you!  If I had 25 hours to make you a cake, this is what I would make you

From here. The persons description: Cake done for bride and groom that love the music video. All the characters were individually cut out and hand detailed so no 2 are exactly alike. The cake is a replica of the stage. It took 25+ hrs to do everything!  Yep, it was for a wedding! Ha Watch the video here.

Love the look of these cake toppers.

(from here)

(from here)

UPDATE: check the comments for the Bride, Caroline’s details on her amazing wedding and tips on how to make yours amazing too, and within budget!

Going to the zoo is always a favorite of mine. You get to see all kinds of interesting animals that you really only ever get to see in a zoo, or on safari.  Which is why whenever we would come across the peacock pin I would wonder “what the heck are they doing in the zoo?”  You see my grandparents, up until a few years ago owned a lot of peacocks, which for most of my childhood would roam free in their huge backyard. My sisters and I would run out and pick up their gorgeous feathers, and we would often bring home peacock bouquets. Ever since then peacock feathers have held a special place in my heart. So when I saw this wedding, shot by Crystal and Mike of Toole Art Photography I had to ask if I could post it.  The bride, Caroline is gorgeous, the food looks amazing and the “cake” included Krispy Kremes! Enjoy:

Always good to end with cuppage Check out more of the amazing photos over at Toole Art Photography!

Happy Donut Friday

(found here, recipe here)

And this is my 200th post Who would have thought I’d become a blogger…

… than my mom’s homemade cookies  We will be giving them away as favors, and seeing how I won’t have anything to show you on them for at least another, well 8 months or so, I thought I would show you the basic idea :) 

Brown window bags we bought from PaperMart ($20 for 100!)

Plus grey and marigold ribbon I got from etsy:

Plus my mom’s cookies (sorry, no picture) and some creative gocco action, should equal something like this:

(from Martha)

I think they will turn out awesome, not to mention delicious!

That is what Bryan said, right after he sent me this link. You have got to check them out. It is so cool to see their wedding take full form, from the beginning thoughts to the very last detail. I mean, letterpress, pink flowers and… pixels?! Yep. Check it out.

Some awesome ways to display your cake:

(from here)

(the two above from here)

On to vendor two from the event last night. (Re-cap if you are just joining me, my good friend Lauren is engaged to an event sales manager for a catering company, and he got us into a ‘The Knot” sponsored vendor event last night)

This vendor is one of those “oh, if i had the money….” vendors for me. Lattes on Location.

Again a vendor serving Orange and Los Angeles Counties. These two women were great. Very speedy and they offered lots of different kinds of coffee drinks, of which I ordered a cappuccino, which didn’t require any sugar cubes! 

Plus look at how cool it is! A great way to continue to entertain your guests!

I may have said I had three vendors to talk about… if I did, i lied. The last one was going to be a limo company, but seeing how a limo is a limo, and there are a million limo companies, and I can’t really say anything about them, except that they were playing wedding crashers on the screens (which was a good choice, but who is going to be watching a movie when you just got married?!) I have decided not to revue them.  I know, don’t be mad :)