The wedding cake you’ve fantasized about can also be the one your wallet says “yes” to. Here are some great ideas for a more affordable – but still gorgeous – wedding cake.

• Get a smaller cake. Show off the beautiful wedding cake for everyone to see, then have a sheet cake of the same flavor cut in the back.
• Make mini cakes. Instead of one large cake, split up the cost and ask your baker to make every guest a cupcake of your favorite flavor instead. Top each with something pretty, and build a ‘wedding cake’ tower of your fabulous cupcakes.
• Offer a dessert bar. Another great way to offer dessert while having a smaller cake: set up a dessert bar with mini pastries and coffee to offset a piece of wedding cake.

If you have been loving the pink and chocolate, turquoise and chocolate or robin’s egg blue and chocolate, you already know about this trend. It’s been around for a “minute”, but it’s still making statements in weddings around the world. I love it so much I have it in my house! 

When I was looking for inspiration for the wonderful colors, I looked to Chiasso.  Chiasso has some of the BEST modern decor I have seen in a long time.  If you need color ideas or even some unique pieces for your centerpieces, you will really like Chiasso.

 The “chocolate” craze has been all the rage, especially in cakes:

    

 

Invites:

 (by Bespoke Cards)

 (by Then Comes Marriage)

 (by Dorianns)

 

 (by StarShaped)

Uniquity Invitations offers the most innovative, DIY wedding invitation templates we have ever seen!  Ella, featured left, is just a few of their gorgeous ensembles.  They range from romantic to hip and edgy to traditional.  You purchase the template and customize. You can then print them on your own, or for a more crisp and professional feel, send them to your local Kinkos or Staples (your local Mom and Pop printer might even have lower rates).  You can purchase just the invitation template, or the set (which includes the rsvp card, place card, favor tag, table number, menu and program templates!).

Give them a test run– Tammy is offering a free STD template; you’ll love it!

Uniquity has offered all our listeners a special offer:  You can get the  thank you card template for free by entering the code Weddingstyle with your order. 

“Can I really do it myself” you ask? Absolutely. Thousands of brides just like you have said “no thanks” to outrageous florist fees and walked down the aisle with a magnificent bouquet that only looks expensive.

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You may also want to visit our newest vendor, My Wedding Roses.  You can buy your roses wholesale!  Oscar and Veronica do their very best to provide you with great ideas and educate you on your flowers (we just love that!).  From Timeless to Jades to Blue Curiosas, your choices are endless.  My Wedding Roses even offers a Bride’s Choice Program– Receive a test box first; Then, they will send 150, 300 or 450 of your selected roses directly from the farms in Ecuador! You can get a 15% discount by mentioning our show or newsletter, WEDDINGSTYLE, with your order. 

I just love where I live We finally took a break from moving, cleaning and unpacking  and took the babies to the beach. We had an awesome time!  Jekyll Island’s beach is a great beach to go to– a little less congested than St. Simons, yet still has great views.  I did have a good time.  My hair on the other hand, did not.   I walked out of my house Hollywood glam, came back looking like Tina Turner’s lost love child.  The humidity is something down here!  So now I am on the hunt for Tigi’s S-factor products which is supposed to help with humidity. So a note to the fellow wedding divas, if you are coming this way….bring the spackle for your hair.

On the plus side, if you have not visited the island are considering it for your wedding destination, I hope you come and visit.  Jekyll Island is exclusive and intimate.  You will feel like the world revolves around you.  The Jekyll Island Club is always doing fantastic chef demonstrations, dinner and dancing soirees and more. If you have ever considered having your wedding at the Club, you shoud really come down for a visit.  The hotel is located in the Historical District of the island and offers you many options such as the Faith Chapel and Crane Cottage. 

Presently, the Jekyll Club is offering a special, which is a wonderful opportunity for you to come and visit and test the waters.  You can enjoy the exclusive club during its Fall special for only $139 per night, per person!  Simply enter the code FALL when securing your reservations. 

Talk about Bridal stress!  How about having your wedding vendors cancelled five days before your wedding…and you didn’t cancel them!?  A few women, affectionately known as “knotties” on the message board of The Knot, cancelled the contracts of another member’s wedding.  Read the story  or Watch the video

The O is one of the vendors where your wedding information is kept securely and must go through a system of channels in order to cancel with us and your vendors. This is done for your protection. 

Please be careful with the information you share online!  You never know another person’s motives. 

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