I love this idea!

I was browsing on Brides.com and I came across this idea for favors, books of poems:

I thought it was a really creative idea and one I have never seen used before. Wow! I’m impressed… Ha!

Stylish Send-Offs…

Rice-tosses are out. Not only have we all “Been there. Done that.”, but environmentalists have issues with it as well. I actually got the following idea from an episode of “Who’s Wedding Is It Anyway?” on the Style network, but I found the pictures on Brides.com.

I would like to have each kind at the wedding to add a little variety and excitement.

The single ribbon ones would be done in a lavender ribbon. If it’s doable, I’d like to maybe stamp “Jason and Rebecca, May 15, 2010″ on them. It seems like a great DIY project (12″ dowel rods painted to complement the ribbon).

The multicolored streamers would be very similar to the ones pictured, but I would probably eliminate the blue ribbon and just stick with various shades of purple.

This girl wants cake…

I’ve always wanted a 5 tier cake… Yes 5 tiers! Why? I honestly have no idea.

The budget is going to be small (’cause who wants to start a marriage with debt from a wedding) and thus we’ll never have enough people at our wedding to eat a 5 tier cake. By golly, I want that 5 tier cake though! Ha!

I’ve heard Styrofoam is an option – a fake cake if you will. As long as the bottom layer (the layer we’ll cut into) is real, I can live with the other 4 tiers being Styrofoam. I think a 5 tier cake will look absolutely stunning. And yummy…

I also want a cake that has alternating shapes. As in: tier #1 is round, tier #2 is square, tier #3 is round, tier #4 is square, and tier #5 is round… or vice versa.

I also want alternating designs on each layer… (I’m a complicated girl, aren’t I?)

This is my idea for tiers #2 and #4 (be they round or square):

From Delicious Desserts:

I want the two tiers done in lavender (or some “to be decided on” shade of purple) fondant with phrases or words to include: “from this day forward”, “to have and to hold”, “forever and ever”, “happily ever after”, “love”, “joy”, “honor”, “happiness”, etc. Forget those flowers and pearls though… not me.

(BTW, this cake was nearly $1000 ($8/slice, serves 120); what is up with that? Even I, an untrained eye, can see imperfections in the rolled fondant. I’ve never even attempted to make a cake that didn’t come out of a box from the grocery store, but is it really that hard to keep a steady hand when writing words? Maybe it’s an amazing tasting cake… It better be to be asking that type of price. Yikes!)

For the remaining 3 tiers (tiers #1, #3, and #5), I want the same lavender color but in butter cream frosting. I want it to appear “rolled” in sugar crystals to give it a sparkly look. (I think this will be a cheaper design ’cause the butter cream frosting doesn’t have to be anywhere near perfect. Once you throw the sugar crystals on there, no one will even notice.)

I’ve seen a picture of what I’m trying to describe, but at the moment it escapes me. If I come across it again, I’ll be sure to put it in the blog for all the world to see. For now, this picture will have to do:

This is from intICING Creations (awesome name btw). It’s not exactly the picture that gave me the original idea, but it’s close enough for me. On the cake I want, the background icing would be lavender. No flowers though. Plain and simple…

So… that’s my “vision” for now (it’ll probably change several times in the coming months knowing me).

What do you all think?

Ideas for Groom’s Cakes…

Even before I opened my first bridal magazine, I was a fan of the groom’s cake.  (Yay – more cake!)  A groom’s cake is something designed around his passions/obsessions/something meaningful to him.  I don’t know the exact history of it (and I imagine it’s quite debatable even if you take the time to actually look it up).  I have heard, however, if the single girls at the party take it home and place it under their pillow at bedtime, that they will dream of their future husband…  I don’t know about you, but I’m not about to let good cake go to waste!  (I wouldn’t want the mess of squished cake on my white bedsheets anyway… but maybe that’s just me.)  Maybe I’m also against it too because I never seem to remember my dreams – if I were still a single girl, it wouldn’t help me any to dream about my future husband if I didn’t remember him in the morning.  Anyway…  Do with it as you will.  Here are my ideas:

Jason is very much a fan of SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon cartoon).  His favorite character is Patrick.

Thus my ideas:

^ I like this cake the most because it is actually shaped like a Starfish.  Obviously it wouldn’t have the “Happy Birthday” writing on the bottom.

^ This one isn’t half bad either.  A little small maybe…

^ Not exactly what I had in mind, but I like it nonetheless.

I’m not a baker…  None of these cakes/pictures are mine.  I’ve had these pictures saved on my computer for a while now; I never planned on having a “wedding website”, so I didn’t note where I “stole” these pictures from.  If you happen across this website and I have not given credit where credit it due, let me know.  I’d love to make sure you get all the recognition you deserve for you’re wonderful creations!

The Joys of Modern Technology

The ex-wife made contact today… Ugh!