Karen Smallbone

Julie’s wedding shower is what I dream of. Full of pink and brown… and lots of delicious sweets!

She was kind enough to send me some photos.

As you can see, Julie stayed true to her pink and brown theme! This gorgeous cake was made by Irresistible Cakes.

The orchid centerpieces were made by Primavera Flowers.

This sweet table is to die for. As I was typing this I could almost smell it. I think I need to go and find some chocolate!

Julie said her Maid of Honour made the pretzel sticks which are dipped in caramel, then chocolate and then drizzled with more chocolate. A family friend made the pink and brown chocolates shown at the top right hand of the picture.

Yummy!

Here is a photo of Julie and her fiance. The story is so cute. I think he’s a keeper!

Congratulations Julie. Thank you for sharing your photos with us. You have tons of great ideas!

I can’t wait to see what you do for your wedding.

Cynthia was kind enough to share some of the photos from her wedding with me.

I love the fortune cookies with the personalized message. This is a great idea!

I love how the fortune cookie is repeated as a menu holder.

Congratulations Cynthia and Rob. Your wedding looks like it was beautiful! Thanks for sharing your day with us.

Learzi and Richard were kind enough to share some photos of their beautiful pink and green, zen-themed wedding. Working with Learzi, I can tell how important the little things were that made the day that much more spectacular. She has great attention to detail.

Learzi looks lovely!

I love these flower rings for the flowergirls.

Too cute! I love the pink and green bottoms on the dresses.

Beautiful cake.

Learzi and Richard gave their guests these lovely candles. The candles were coffee scented and had coffee beans at the bottom. They came with a wooden base. I designed the labels using the orchid theme with a zen feel and pink and green colours. I bet the guests were pleased to receive such a nice favour.

Congratulations to Richard and Learzi! It was a pleasure to work with you and I really enjoyed designing the labels and postcards for your wedding.

Last weekend we had the pleasure to participate in The Wedding Show. It was held at the gorgeous Carlu.

It was wonderful to meet everyone who stopped by. I hope that you found lots of good ideas to help you with your wedding planning.

Here are some photos of our booth that we built for the show.

I have lots of great stuff to share with you. Beautiful gowns, flowers, gorgeous cakes, invitations.. all the good stuff. I’m hoping to get those posted this week. Check back soon.

We are pleased to announce that we will be participating in the Wedding Show in January. If you are getting married soon, be sure to plan on visiting. We will be showcasing our gorgeous new lollipops, custom chocolate bar wrappers, some beautiful new ribbons, and boxes. Be sure to stop by and say hi to us. We are located in the round room.

We have 2 tickets to The Wedding Show that we would love to give away to a lucky person. If you would like to be entered into our draw, please email me your name and wedding date before January 1. We will draw from all of the names we receive on January 2, 2008. The winner will be contacted by email.

For more details about the show, the wedding professionals who are exhibiting and the special highlights, visit The Wedding Co.’s site. The show runs January 11-13 at the Carlu in Toronto.

On August 23, Richard and I will celebrate our 10th anniversary. Wow, time really flies. I remember the day we got married like it was yesterday. I thought it would be fun to share our wedding day with you.

Richard and I designed our own invitaitons and my best friend Cindy printed them for us. Our colour theme was sage green, yellow and brick red. We used daisies throughout the wedding. We made our invitation in a square shape (which was unheard of at the time) and made square envelopes that folded over and were sealed with a daisy sticker.

We had our ceremony and reception at Rich’s parent’s. They lived out in the country and had lots of land for us to use. We built what we called the “structure” which we were going to use to get married in if it rained. We had our reception in a big tent.

Building the “structure”

Finished “structure”

I wanted to have an arch built out of twigs. Rich and his bestman Rob built this the day before the wedding.

Here are some of the photos from our wedding. We hired Marc Rochette from Reportage. He did a wonderful job. We really wanted the photo journalist style and didn’t want any posed photos. After a while we didn’t even realize they were there taking our pictures. We are big fans of black and white pictures so most of our photos were taken in b&w with a grainy texture.

Here is our cake. I was all about the cake. It was made by Cakewalkers in London. They did an awesome job. I really loved it.

Our favours. White boxes tied with yellow ribbon and a daisy on top. Inside was a miniture version of our wedding cake made with fruit cake (yuck. I’m not a fan of fruitcake, but Rich loves it.) The photos of the mini cakes aren’t great, we took it and this was the only one. Apparently they tasted good. We also had a small white box with 2 truffles inside tied with yellow ribbon and a daisy on the top. And we also gave a small package of daisy seeds.

Emma took this cool picture. Our wedding was right before she left for college to study photography. Too bad we didn’t get married later, we would have loved for Emma to take all of the pictures.

On May 13th it was my moms 60th birthday. My sister and I planned a surprise party to celebrate. Our colour theme was green and blue and we also used daisies.

I saw these large pompoms in Martha Stewart Weddings and decided to try to make them. They actually turned out pretty well and were easy to make, unlike some of the projects that are shown there.

Here are the 2 cakes that I made.

We gave out favours in the aqua and apple take out boxes. Inside was very yummy chocolate covered peanut brittle made by Jenny who is a friend from Stratford who has a business making peanut brittle.

Aidan was kind enough to provide the musical entertainment.

Me, my mom and my sister.

Thank you to everyone who helped us make Mom’s birthday a special surprise.

Hope you had a great birthday Mom. I can only hope that I look as good as you do when I turn 60!

Finally, here is part 2 of the great cake artists I met at the Wedding Show at the Carlu back in January.

Yummy Stuff

I am in love with brown and pink and the ladies at Yummy Stuff have created a beautiful cake in these colours. They also make super cute cookies that would make great favours for your shower or wedding. They even can make cookies to match your wedding cake. They also make the most delicious cupcakes. I had the pleasure of sampling the Raspberry and Red Velvet flavours during the show. YUMMY!

LPK’s Culinary Groove

Leisa’s cakes are fun and funky. Her signature green cake is topped with a sugar sculpture. Not only are the cakes a work of art, they taste wonderful too. She uses organic and in-season ingredients to create her delicious cakes. As well as making gorgeous cakes, Lesia makes lovely cupcakes. Decorated with edible, organic flowers, they taste as good as they look. If you are looking for something a bit different, LPK’s is the place for you.

With all of these great cake artists out there, it would be hard to choose just one to create your dream cake. It was a pleasure to meet everyone at the show. Each one of these artists is highly skilled and a professional at what they do.

For those of you who know me, you know I have a weakness for cake. I LOVE cake. There were just so many great cakes at the show. If I were a bride trying to choose the perfect cake, it would have been a tough choice. They were all so beautiful and skillfully made. Here are a few of the “Cake Artists” I had the pleasure to meet.

Iris Segal

Iris’ cakes are a work of art. The detail that she achieves with molding sugar is nothing short of incredible. I can only dream of having half the talent Iris has. I think if I had a cake that was made by Iris, I wouldn’t be able to eat it. Oh alright, I could because it would be delicious, but I sure would have a hard time cutting into one of these works of art.
Here are a few of Iris’ cakes that I just love.

Perfect for a winter wedding. Gorgeous and white and don’t you just love the feathers! Can you believe that the flowers are made of sugar?

flourgirls

The flourgirls are expert cupcake artists. If you are hoping for a cupcake tower, this is the company to go to. Susie also makes super cute cookies that are perfect for shower favours. She can also make tiny cookies that fit perfectly in our Ring Box - a great favour idea!

Allyson Meredith Cakes

Allyson’s cakes are edible works of art. Her hand crafted sugar flowers are gorgeous. I just love this cake. If I were getting married again, this one would be one that I would definitely consider.

These are just a few of the talented cake artists I had the pleasure to meet. I’ll be posting part 2 soon with even more gorgeous cakes.

January 12 -14, I had the pleasure of participating in the Wedding Show. Hosted by The Wedding Co., this upscale event was set in the lovely Carlu, a beautiful venue for a wedding.

It was wonderful to meet all of the brides and grooms who are planning their weddings. Congratulations to all of you!

Over the next little while, I’ll feature some of the talented vendors I had the chance to meet at the show.