Raspberry, Apple Green and Damask {wedding cake}

Kristina and Justin's were married in April and their cake had it all! It was 5 tiers tall, but was made up of 10 separate cakes. It had a stenciled damask pattern in classic black and white mixed with quilted textured tiers. It had bursts of color with the use of an apple green covered tier and borders and raspberry pearl accents and bow embellishments. And to top it off a very elegant black acrylic initial topper.

 a close up of the topper, provided by the bride.

 I love this close up of the cake. It shows the damask pattern was also done on the cake board, the raspberry colored pearls accenting the quilting and the clean look of the stenciled damask.

 Another detail of the wedding I loved and just had to share was Kristina's bouquet. Not only did she use some of my favorite flowers such as dahlias, kermit mums, and spider mums; the bouquet was embellished with a beautiful crown brooch.

 another look at the amazing bouquet wrap.

 I'm a big fan of kissing balls and these created by Visual Impact Design are fabulous with the addition of the hanging jewels. The kissing balls were also used as centerpieces on the tables and other places through the reception.

the seating chart made it easy for guests to find the name and table. A fun touch was to replace table numbers with movie titles, such as Top Gun and Sixteen Candles.

 color palette for the wedding: raspberry, apple green with accents of black and white damask

Photos by: Siegel's Portrait Design

Flowers by: Visual Impact Design

Featured in Real Weddings Magazine Winter/Spring 2011

viewable online at http://realweddingsmag.com/weddingDetail.cfm?id=145

want to see even more amazing photos of this fabulous wedding check out Siegel's Portraits blog



Pink Chandelier Wedding Cake {Rustic Elegance}

I just adored everything about Sarah and Josh's wedding this summer. It took place on the family's ranch and the reception was held in the barn. The walls were draped from floor to ceiling, chandeliers provided the perfect lighting, and the cake was placed on a wine barrel dressed up with hanging jewels. So when it came to designing the perfect cake to fit their rustic, yet elegant, wedding the couple asked me to look to their invitation for inspiration. I was super excited to see that Stephanie with Stephanie J. Designs was the genius behind the beautiful invitation suite.  

photo by: Stephanie J Designs

From paper to cake: I incorporated the pink chandeliers and hanging jewels and pearlized the cake to match the shimmer of the paper.  

just love the following pic by the very talented Alexandra Frankel

 close-up of the chandeliers on the cake. They were hand piped with an opaque pink and then embellished with a clear pink, giving it the effect of jewels hanging.

more of the papery from SJD showing the arrow through the heart monogram which is repeated as the cake topper.

photo by Stephanie J Designs.

 The very cool paper cake topper created for the cake.

 The glow, their smiles... perfection!

the best part was they enjoyed the cake :)

I have to thank Alexandra Frankel for the lovely photos and Stephanie J. Designs for the inspiration and the cake topper.

for more pictures of the beautiful paper: http://stephaniejdesigns.blogspot.com/2010/11/recent-creations-barn-chic-papery-part.html

for more pictures of the wedding and reception: http://alexandrafrankel.blogspot.com/2010/08/sarah-josh-happily-ever-after.html

Winter One-derland {First Birthday Cake}

This cute snowman, made of rice cereal treats and marshmallow fondant, was created for a little girl's first birthday cake. We were asked to create a winter wonderland cake with a snowman that matched her birthday dress. So we made a small 2 tier pink cake that has white "snow" blanketing the tops of the tiers. Then we added snowflakes, snowballs, bead borders, and a penguin. We used soft colors of pink and pale blue and added sugar flakes to the white snow for a bit of sparkle.  





close up of the penguin - a cute little arctic friend