Weddingbee

As a Weddingbee reject, I have a hard time recommending this site to any bride-to-bees, but, alas, it is such a wonderful resource, I'm even going to add it to my wedding resources on the right-hand side of my blog. I wish I would have kept the rejection email, I really do. It would have been fun to glance at every now and then --to remind myself that I'm only a bride once and that I probably enjoyed the experience more because I didn't feel a blog deadline breathing down my neck. Ahhhhh. Check it out: http://www.weddingbee.com/

The Cake... Remembered

For the cake we didn't want anything too over the top. Pretty, with flowers was the goal. Nothing pink or brown like the rest of the wedding, just some ivory colored frosting with some flourishes. I had found a pretty cake topper that we ordered online. It's two doves resting their heads on one another. I brought Patty Cakes a picture of a cake I found online at The Knot and they promised to recreate the four-tier cake. They drew out a plan for me and I couldn't wait to see it in person. To my delight, the cake looked just as pretty as the picture I had provided them.
Of course, Joe and I never even had a chance to eat any of the cake, but on our one year anniversary, the bakery will provide us with a recreation of the top tier for us to celebrate with (instead of trying to defrost and munch on a cake that's been sitting in our freezer for a year). This is such a lovely bonus service they do for couples provided they send in a photo of the cake for their books. Now to decide which photo to send!
The bottom layer has a lattice effect , created in butter cream icing, stripes on the next, then swirls and dots on the top. The flowers are white roses and white dendrobium orchids. Inside is marble cake with chocolate fudge filling. Each guest's plate was drizzled with raspberry sauce and garnished with a few raspberries. Decadent!

Funny Story: The Sign

I love this sign. I love all old signs. Especially ones with my name on it. The photo above was taken early in the evening. Probably around 5:30 PM by a friend of ours, Eric. This is before the big party began, before the wedding party even arrived.

Eric took another picture of the sign. He took another picture later on in the evening. Well after several of the groomsmen got to the sign. This is what happens when you have men around you who don't know how important the sign is to you. Or who know and just really don't care.


I'm really not as miffed about it as I sound. A little photo editing will hopefully clear that right up. Photoshop... don't fail me now!
We asked the photography studio to edit the photo for the album. We'll see if it turns out and if they're even willing to do it.

Joe Bernstein and Jamie Meo, I know you did this. I know where you live. There is no hiding. We're all family now!