Details, Details....FaBuLoUs Cakes!

One of the best things about a wedding reception (besides the dancing and open bar) is the cake. I dont care who you are, everyone loves cake. My personal favorite is a fruity tasting cake such as lemon or strawberry, with a simple buttercream or cream cheese frosting. Mmmmmm. And of course, anything chocolate. Dark chocolate, chocolate swirl, German chocolate, red velvet...oh goodness, yes please!!

This post is going to focus more on how they look though and not so much on the taste. Unless you wanna try and lick your computer screen...that's all up to you. I wont judge. These cakes are some of my favorites from a couple different blogs I love and look at a few times a week, one being Style Me Pretty and The Broke Ass Bride.

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This one is just gorgeous...I absolutely love the flower detailing and the texture on the tiers. Cakes like this are hard to cut into and eat...they're like works of art!

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Cupcakes! Who doesn't love a cute little delicious cupcake? I love the idea of substituting cupcakes for a traditonal tiered cake. Less mess and a creative alternative! Plus it gives guests the opportunity to taste different flavors (if you provide different flavors).

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Apparently the style of anything that starts with one color and slowly fades into another different color is called "ombre". I didn't know this until recently and now I feel smart. Anyways, I think this is a unique way to get creative with not just your cake, but anything! (tablecloths, napkins, invitations, etc.) Or if you're like me and obsessed with multi-color ideas and cant decide on just two or three colors for your wedding palette, this ombre thing is right up your alley!

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I'm diggin' this awesome chocolate leaf pattern with yellow floral accents. The colors pop against each other and it's just gorgeous.

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Simple and Sweet. Love it. Sometimes that's just the best way to go.

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And just one more ombre cake. I just love them!

Welcome!

Welcome gang!

For my first post, as a precursor, I just want to say that I have always loved weddings. When I was about 9 I went to my stepsister Carrie's wedding in Oklahoma and caught the bouquet, and I have been in love with weddings ever since. Depending on who you ask to tell this story (such as my mother), some will say that I practically sprinted, pushed a few ladies aside, and did a 5 yard dash in about 3 seconds flat in order to catch this bouquet, but I digress.

So after that I started drawing and designing wedding gowns in this little art portfolio that I had. Before this I was just sketching cute little outfits and summertime dresses, but then I fell in love with wedding gowns. I'm pretty sure I still have that portolio sketch pad lying around here somewhere.

Anywaaaayys in honor of the time when I was young and first fell in love with weddings, I'm going to do my top 5 favorite wedding movies of all time (in no particular order). You know you're excited:

1.  Frank and Miranda in Old School

Probably one of the best reception scenes of all time thanks to The Dan Band. If you've seen the movie you know what I'm talking about. "Every now and then I fall apaaaart..." 

Vince Vaughn is classic in the ceremony scene as well "All right, let me be the first to say congratulations to you then. You get one vagina for the rest of your life. Real smart, Frank. Way to work it through."

2.  Sadie and Ben in License to Wed

One of Robin Williams' more PG performances, since he plays a priest, but he is still hilarious. But I love this movie because it's actually got a pretty good cast (most of the folks from The Office are in it) and I love almost any movie that Mandy Moore does (I'm a girl, sue me). The wedding scene at the end where they get married on the beach pier in Jamaica is basically exactly what I want for my own wedding, very relaxed but sophisticated feel, beautiful beach ocean scenery, and a pretty flowy dress. Too bad I couldnt find a picture of this scene...Google you have failed me. :(

3. Robbie and Julia in The Wedding Singer

Everyone loves a good 80's flashback, and this movie's definitely got it all: neon spandex, excessive hairspray usage, and a Billy Idol cameo . This is one of my most favorite movies of all time and one of Adam Sandler's best. I pretty much love all the wedding reception scenes in this movie, they're all equally hilarious in that Sandler is a broken hearted singer basically ruining these people's receptions by changing the happy words of songs to depressing lyrics about his evil girlfriend who jilted him. If you havent seen this movie...get with the program!

4. John Beckwith and Jeremy Gray in Wedding Crashers

Okay so these two aren't actually the couple getting married, but they pretty much make the whole movie. Between their witty improv and hilarious antics, they make every wedding they go to a blast. Another Vince Vaughn classic!

5. Tracy and Doug in The Hangover

Nothing like a little extreme sunburn to add a little color to your wedding pictures right? Poor Doug, all he wanted to do was go to Vegas and enjoy a little man time bachelor style with his buddies, and they end up not only drugging him, but putting him and his mattress outside on the roof as a prank and then forgetting him there. His bride-to-be is surprsingly cool with the fact that her future husband shows up to their wedding an hour late and looking like an oversized oompa loompa.

There are a ton of other wedding movies I like but these are probably my favorite.  Check back in the future...I may make a revised list (I still haven't seen The Five Year Engagement and really want to soon!)