White and Gold Vintage Elegance {Wedding Cake}

White, gold and elegant. This wedding cake was created for Nichole and Josh for their 2011 wedding at Catta Verdera. The cake has a touch of vintage victorian elegance with some fun whimsical pops of color and non-tradional cake construction. We used a lace stencil, pinched the edge of some tiers and added some molded elements to give the vintage feel. Their florist Blooms by Martha Andrews added the perfect floral accents that made the colors pop and add just the right amount of whimsy. We constructed the cake with a variety of shapes and tier heights to give it a unique look and feel. I love the overall finished look of the cake, the white and gold is classic, the different decorating techniques we applied and the fun floral pops of colors and textures.  

White and gold vintage elegance wedding cake

close-up: love the floral accents, they added a whimsical look especially with the monkey tails in the topper

close-up: love this pics that really shows the lace stencil detail, the pinched edge hand painted gold and the individual gold molded feather trim.

fun angle: this shot really shows off the shape of the petal tier, the floral topper, and the gold feather trim on the bottom tier

Nichole and Josh, all smiles, cutting into their masterpiece.

For more pictures of Nichole and Josh's wedding, her beautiful dress, amazing florals check out

The Goodness's blog feature  or Real Wedding's feature

Thank you:

photos: The Goodness Photo & Design

florals: Blooms by Martha Andrews

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



Real Weddings Magazine Cover

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