It is no secret that your wedding cake will take a very prominent place at your wedding
reception. Your guests will all take pictures of the sweet treat and cutting the cake will symbolize your nascent union as husband and wife. Naturally you will want the cake that truly reflects your relationship and personalities. Along with the flavor and style of the cake, the shape of your cake will also play a big role in creating just the right magic for your big day.There are a wide variety of shapes from which to choose such as round, square, mini, oval and less common – hexagon and octagon. The shape of your cake will in large part be influenced by the style that you choose. Those who wish to have a more traditional cake will probably go with a round, tiered cake while more modern couples would be better off with a square, hexagonal or octagonal cake.

The current rage in wedding cakes is something simple and elegant as those timeless elements will always look good – whether it is for today or for looking back in pictures twenty years from now. Another very appealing trend is for the bride and groom to serve mini-cakes. These delectable desserts are small, intricately detailed, individual-sized cakes that are served to each guest. The beauty of mini-cakes is that each cake can be a different flavor thereby pleasing every palate.

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The perfect cake will make a beautiful addition to both your reception and your photographs.

There are a myriad of choices available, from a single tier or lavish and extravagant masterpieces.

The colour and decoration for your cake is a personal choice and can be catered to by the excellent cake maker and decorators available in the area.

While most wedding cakes are traditional fruit cakes, there are now a wide range of choices available for those who want something a little different, with everything from chocolate to sponge cake.You can even opt for a different layer of each.

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Wedding decoration is very important part of wedding accessories. The first thing that guests, which comes in your wedding ceremony or reception, notice is wedding decoration. Therefore it is important to have attractive decorations which make your wedding memorable. Here are some important aspects to consider when choosing decorations in the wedding:The first thing is to decide whether wedding to be formal or casual? This will help in deciding what candles, balloons, flowers, and other venue enhancements will you be needing.

Second thing is color scheme for you wedding decoration. This may be the couple’s favorite color, a color that can be associated with their hobby or the color that is preferred during the season. You can also take help of local wedding planner because they can show you different color theme for wedding decoration.

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Did you ever notice that the beach is getting more and more popular for weddings? We know a handful of celebrities and socialites who had their dream weddings by the beach. Wedding celebrations nowadays can be as unique as one can imagine. Vibrant beach wedding decorations can help make the dream wedding day of two people in love a reality.

Beach weddings may seem to be very easy to decorate as the decorations can be quite limited. The beach itself can already be a very enticing background of a couple exchanging their vows. However, gracing the venue with some accessories with the beach theme will make the wedding lovelier.

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While traditional wedding dresses are beautiful, they are also often very intricate and may be designed using stiff fabrics to create a certain shape and form. For traditional, indoor weddings, an elegant, formal classic gown may be the perfect answer. For those planning an outdoor, beach, destination, island, or other type of non-traditional wedding, a flowing, more informal dress will be much more suitable for the occasion.

A flowy gown has a number of advantages for an outdoor or casual wedding. A few reasons why you may want to consider a flowing rather than a form-fitting or highly structured gown include:

Weather and Climate: A beach wedding or other outdoor ceremony or reception can encounter such conditions as wind, sand, saltwater spray, and other climactic or environmental conditions that make a stiff gown unreasonable.
Heat/Temperature: If your wedding will take place in an area with warm temperatures, a slightly looser or flowing dress will make the heat much more bearable - making the bride not only more comfortable, but allowing her to appear fresher and more beautiful as well. Conversely, a flowy gown will also look beautiful with a light wrap, shawl, or other layers as the temperatures cool down later in the day during the reception or for an evening wedding.

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A popular topic for brides and grooms is maintaining the wedding theme or design in weddings, and this can be done with the help of unique wedding reception decorations, table decor and design.

Planning a wedding is a fun and special event for the bride and groom-to-be. There is so much that needs to be done to decorate for the wedding in order to make the festive occasion simply perfect. One important detail that needs to be tended to with any wedding is that of wedding decorations. From simple to decadent, there is a decoration for the wedding reception tables to fit every taste imaginable.

Wedding Bells and Hearts:  Perhaps nothing says wedding more so than decorations consisting of wedding bells and hearts. These items come in a variety of shapes, sizes and materials. Whether one is looking to decorate the aisles and pews at the church for the wedding ceremony or looking for perfect wedding table decorations for the wedding reception, there is so much to choose from when it comes to wedding bells and hearts. For church decorations, try placing 3-D paper wedding bells on the end of each church pew to give the church a little extra wedding flair. As for the reception, heart candleholders can be placed on each of the reception tables with white candles for some added ambience.

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It was hard not to stare at the empty seat where a husband-to-be should have been, as a near-hysterical Slavic woman tried to locate her less-than-better-half by cellphone. You don't need a blood test to get married in New York, but city hall does require both parties to appear in person, concomitantly, before issuing a marriage licence. After a minute or so of tears and promises, the no-nonsense bureau clerk counted to 10 and then sent the poor weepy woman back to the waiting zone.

The woman had my sympathy, since there were only two clerks processing licences that day – my fiancée and I spent less time on our flight from Toronto to Newark, N.J., than we did at City Hall. But during the 90 minutes we spent wondering when our take-a-number would finally be called (A089, in case you're curious), we witnessed a dozen tiny dramas in the recently renovated Manhattan wedding bureau. A Gotham deco building on Worth Street, the new bureau is much prettier than a municipal building ought to be. It even includes a florist and a professionally lit City Hall backdrop for photo ops.

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In the morning of the wedding day, "hair dressing" ritual is performed for the bride. A "good luck woman", woman with living parents, spouse and children, will come to help dressing up the bride's hair. The woman should also speak auspicious words while tying up her hair in a bun, a style of married woman.

Capping Ritual for the Groom "Capping" ritual for the groom is performed at the groom's home, where father of the groom place a hat decorated with cypress leaves on the groom's head.

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You’ve personalized and finalized every major wedding day detail (phew!), and now it’s time to cross the little things off your planning checklist. First on the list — favors. Are you looking to gift your guests with something a little less predictable than, say, seed packets, parasols or fans?“Wedding favors, no matter what the season, should always belong to one of the following categories — something your guests will actually use or something they’ll eat,” says Sarah Pease, founder and president of New York City’s Brilliant Event Planning. Here are seven fresh alternatives to the usual summer wedding favors that are sure to be crowd-pleasers.

Grilling gear
Hunt down matching turner and tong sets to hand out to guests at a casual outdoor or down-home backyard wedding, or when there are classic barbecue favorites on the reception menu. Who doesn’t love to grill? “Personalize them by purchasing ones that have wooden handles and branding them with your initials and wedding date,” says Pease. Shop around at wholesale and restaurant supply stores for a great bulk deal and use decorative ribbons to tie the tools together for a stylish presentation.

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You’ve got to admit it, cake designers are getting pretty creative these days. Wedding cake designs are not just limited to plain white wedding cakes with white icing flowers and a plain old wedding cake topper on top anymore. No way, wedding cake designs you’ll notice now are showing wedding cakes in all sorts of shapes, designs, colors, and accessories. If you can dream up your ideal wedding cake design, then chances are that some bakery or baker will be able to make it up to your specifications. But, there can be a downside. With so many choices in wedding cake designs, what happens when you just can’t choose the one you want for your wedding, or find that perfect wedding cake design picture that goes along with your dream wedding cake? Here are some basics of wedding cake designs that you’ll need to decide, and other accessories you can use.
Wedding Cake Designs - The Tiers
One of the first things you’ll need to be deciding when talking to your bakery about wedding cake designs in what kind of tiers you want on your wedding cake, how big (in diameter) the tiers should be, and how many tiers you’ll need. The number of guests you are expecting for your wedding is a great indicator on how many tiers and how large each tier should be. Your bakery should be able to tell you approximately how many servings you’ll have with the different number of tiers and the sizes of each tier. Now for what kind of tiers. The two basic kind of tiers you choose from are round tiers or square tiers. Then, if you choose square tiers, you’ll need to decide if you want them all straight, or to have each tier turned for a more funky look. To help you choose your wedding cake designs in this area, your bakery should be able to show you what each wedding cake design would look like.
Wedding Cake Designs - Colors and Flavors.

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