Sure the hall will usually provide the table numbers, but why not let your style spill over and touch even the mundane details. Here’s some ideas we recently stumbled upon. (Some images are via StyleMePretty.com – a truly magnificent glance onto wedding beauty.)
The wedding cake has become so much a wedding symbol, that it rivals the wedding ring itself. Is it really ‘official’ without the cake? Pick up any bridal magazine and its cover will display either a bride with her designer gown or that one of a kind wedding cake (the price of which may not be much less than that gown.) These are the essential wedding symbols. In the kosher wedding world the cake hasn’t quite matured to this degree of prominence and most likely will not. But more and more couples are adorning their wedding reception with these skyscrapers of sweetness. It makes sense that just as the wedding ceremony itself is a strikingly distinct and unique procession that the feast that follows it should have its own unique features. Fine dining and flowers can be found at many coroporate events, so too music. Here’s where the wedding cake comes in to give a wedding signature to the wedding party. As the kosher wedding cake customer base grows, so too there’s an increased number of wedding cake designers whipping up original, creative, sometimes whimsical wedding cakes. Here are a few that caught our attention.
Bright, happy and colorful.
This one reminds me of Versaille.
The cakes above are by Gallery of Cakes of Aventura, FL (under KM – Kosher Miami supervision.)
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Another beauty with a 'French' feel.
This one is by Chantilly, which is a popular name here in New York (even if you haven’t heard of it, in all likelyhood you’ve had their desserts as they wholesale many of their products to caterers.)
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Classy yet fun.
Very contemporary, elegant. Tasteful colors.
Chocolate Swirls always have a hypnotic effect on me.
These great cakes are by Zelda’s of Skokie, IL; they make a lot of great treats and they do it with love.
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Also in the Chicago area you’ll find extraordinary wedding creations by Sarelle Weiner of Edible Gems by Sarelle. Some of her cakes and pastries are truly inventive and whimsical.
Monogrammed cake. Who says a wedding cake needs tiers?
Gift boxes are a common contemporary cake theme; but this one looks just scruptious.
Not your typical wedding cake.
Why is it that everything looks so much cuter in small?
Wedding Cake minis.
These custom made wedding greeting cards are just loads of fun. These colorful humoristic creations were made by Mira Scharf, an illustrator and a cartoonist in NYC, and can be used as invites, thank you cards, save the dates, or just for fun. The artist custom-makes a whimsical, cute and simply happy-looking representation of the couple on any background of choice that can be used in oh-so-many interesting ways. Available at her Etsy shop.
If the White House is hosting a dinner, you can be sure that it has been planned, designed, prepared to every minute detail. Food, colors, flowers, music – all have been thoughtfully selected for the occasion and the guest list – in this case India’s Prime Minister Singh and other dignitaries. Here’s what they came up with, perhaps you can get some ideas from the pros.
The Tent Entrance
Found this idea here: Quick & Easy Wedding Ideas at PrintMyRibbon.com (towards the bottom of page) that I think may be of interest to some people. Many couples print a wedding program. In more secular circles with large processionals the wedding program tells the guests who’s who walking down the aisle. At weddings where the guests are from both orthodox and non orthodox walks of life, many couples publish a mini overview of the wedding ceremony, its basic parts and their meaning. Printmyribbon.com does exactly what its name claims it does, namely printing whatever it is you want onto a ribbon.
If you’re fond of hand lettering, (or almost anything handmade for that matter) as I am, you’ll find these handwritten invitations by Cara Buchalter of Octavine Illustrations simply stunning. The letters seem to be imbued, even soaked with feelings ethereal and timeless. When done by hand, the letters (in my eyes) just seem to cloth themselves with richness that is subtle and yet complete, that is rarely found in printed invites.
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