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Ideas to Twist the Traditional Weddings

Sep 3, 2010 Wedding Cake Store

Traditions add a touch of nostalgia to a wedding. Adding a few twist can make felling new again. Or start you own traditions.

Traditional : Guest Book

Twist: -Use a glass a Cylinder Vase decorated and left side add some novelty cards inviting the guest to write a message willing wishes for the bride and the groom, and dropping to the vase. -Branches of tree cleverly adorned with flowers or maybe white orchids. Ribbons attached to a gifts card were left for a guest to write a message for the bride and the groom and hung tie in the branch of tree.

Traditional:Table Scort Cards.

Twist: -Using mini photo frames and personalized each card with name guest & table number, assorted alphabetically near a entrance of the reception. When the guest found their seat , the photo frame also double as a favors.

Traditional: Flower Girl and Ring Bearer

 Twist: -For the LOVE of your dogs , let they carrying the rings. Find a special formal fido for your dogs , in these special occasion.

Traditional: A Wedding Cake

Twist: -Change the 2 or 3 floor tradiditional wedding cake, offering a complete dessert buffet, from chocolate explosion cheesecake to a warm apple cinnamon cake. -A new version also are cupcakes, cookies and mini cakes.

 Traditional: Cake toppers

Twist: -Today Cake toppers are available in both style: Contemporary and Traditional but with a rather playfun and fun style.

Traditional: Toos Bouquet

Twist: - Instead of tossing your main bouquet, you can have your florist make up a smaller ‘toss bouquet’ especially for the tradition. This way you get to retain your bouquet as a keepsake. The toss bouquet can be made up in the same flowers as your main bouquet. -Rather than have fortunes attached to a break away bouquet, why not attach gift cards (from coffee shops, record stores, etc) to your bridal bouquet! Rolled up bills are also fun for everyone. 


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Planning A Bridal Luncheon Or Tea

Jun 1, 2010 Bakery Catering

Your big day is only days away, but it is important to make time for the little things. One of the most important “little” things you can do as a bride is to host a bridal luncheon or tea. A bridal luncheon or tea is traditionally held in the afternoon a day or two before the ceremony. Occasionally, bride’s host this intimate gathering the morning of the ceremony in the form of a breakfast tea that is held at the hair salon while all the girls in the wedding party are getting their hair done. A cocktail party or intimate dinner is also nice, but may not be quite as kid-friendly if you are wanting to include your flower girl(s) or younger bridal attendants. Your bridal luncheon is the ideal time to give your bridal attendants any gifts you may have purchased for them, and it’s a nice way to say thank-you for all the hard work and time that those special ladies have given to helping you pull off a truly memorable wedding. However, you may not even know where to begin, especially you are overwhelmed with all the other wedding plans you are making, so here are some great tips on where to get started.

1.)   Whose invited? Traditionally, all the young ladies involved with your wedding are. This usually includes the bridesmaids, maid of honor, mother of the bride, mother of the groom, and the flower girls, and any other girls you might have in your wedding such as candle lighters, guest book attendants, etc. As a courtesy you might also include the mothers of any young girls in your wedding, as well as, your grandmother(s) and the groom’s grandmother (s).

2.)   What to serve? If you are having a luncheon, you could have it catered to the location of your choice or you could host it at a local restaurant, but see if they have a party room you could reserve for this event. Another neat idea is to host your luncheon at a nearby “tea room”. A “tea room” is a restaurant that serves light fair such as soups, salads, and sandwiches, as well as, a variety of coffees and teas. A “tea room” often will offer an intimate, feminine location for your party. If you host your “luncheon” in the morning such as at the saloon while you are all getting your hair done, you can have it catered by a local bakery or you can pick up a variety of muffins and bagels, as well as, thermoses with different flavors of coffee, milk, and juice.

3.)    What to give? A lot of bride’s fret over what to give the girls in their bridal party. Traditionally gifts are not given to the mothers or the grandmothers, so unless you just want to, don’t worry about finding something for them. Including them in your “luncheon” is thanks enough. As for the young members of your bridal party, you can consider giving them things that are appropriate to their age. If they are really young and you find out they are interested in things like Dora the Explorer, Disney Princesses, Hannah Montana, etc. You can look for something to give them that reflect their interest in these types of things such as a Barbie doll, books, or other toys of that character. If you have young ladies in your bridal party that are teens you could consider giving them a gift card to download music or a CD of their favorite artist, or bath and body products. As for your bridesmaids and maid of honor, you could consider giving them the jewelry you want them to wear on your big day, or maybe give them all gift cards to a local movie theater and restaurant, so they can enjoy a nice dinner and movie to relax after all their hard work. There are just so many great ideas, so don’t limit yourself and don’t be afraid to get creative.


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Even Our Wedding Knife Matched Our Theme!

May 30, 2010 Wedding Cake Store

I decided, after looking at many wedding suggestions, to have a themed ceremony and reception party. Now the decision was which theme to use. It sounded like a lot of fun to have a country western themed wedding. I thought maybe we could have an old fashioned barn dance at the reception. Then there was the seasonal wedding themes, and since we were getting married in the summer, I thought about a beach wedding. We could have a great time, swimming, partying on shore and watching a gorgeous sunset in the background. There were a lot of themed weddings and receptions to consider. There were all kinds of accessories and supplies for themed weddings, from decorations to a gorgeous wedding cake knife set. With all the themed wedding suggestions they had, I decided to go with the gorgeous fairytale wedding.

Now it was time to look for the fairytale themed accessories and supplies I needed for the theme I chose. First I ordered the lovely wedding invitations for our wedding guests. After that I went on to the wedding décor and the other accessories I would need. I wanted a wedding fit for Cinderella. First I needed to get the decorations I wanted to use in the church. Tulle swags were draped from each row of pews with a bow of satin pinned on each end. Tall vases filled with flowers were all around the altar, and tapered candles in fairytale holders were place on the sides of the unity candle.

As our guests entered the church they signed their names in our fairytale themed guestbook, which was absolutely gorgeous. I couldn’t have dreamed a more perfect fairytale ceremony than the one I had. The flower girl and ring boy did a wonderful job at the wedding ceremony and really looked elegant in their wedding attire. We took a carriage ride to the reception, just like Cinderella and her Prince left their ceremony.

The reception hall was really beautiful with all the lovely flowers everywhere and the lovely tables all set up with crystal and silver. Every table in the reception hall had gorgeous crystal champagne flutes with decorated stems to go with our storybook theme. I found these very exquisite castles to use as place card holders on the reception tables. I also got the idea to purchase little carriage favor boxes and fill them with candies for each guest at their tables.

All the reception tables looked elegant, but the wedding table of the bride and groom outshined them all. It had all the elegance of a king and queen. Our cake of five gorgeous tiers, with a fairytale wedding topper, sat at the end of our wedding table on a smaller table. They have everything where I bought our reception supplies, even the perfect wedding cake topper in a storybook theme for our gorgeous cake. There was even a storybook wedding cake knife with lovely designs on the handle. I really liked the wedding knife, but the wedding knife set with the server was what I decided on. The knife set just added to the décor of our wedding cake and topper.

After we were toasted with our lovely crystal champagne flutes, it was time for the bride and groom to have their first dance together as man and wife. We danced to our favorite song, “I Swear” by all for one. After our song was over, couples filled the dance floor, for the next song. I’m glad I bought the gorgeous fairytale photo album to store my wedding pictures in, because I’m going to have quite a few of them to treasure. Many of our friends and family commented on what lovely storybook favors we had given them as gifts.

Our wedding and reception was truly unbelievable and I know now that fairytales can come true.


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