Sweet Save The Date Ideas

If you want to let your guests know in plenty of time that you are inviting them to your wedding, "save the dates" come in handy. How about getting creative and sending out a very special type of "save the date".

You can send a decorative paper type "save the date" or you can create a "save the date" that shows personality and lots of creative style. Think about where you are getting married. You could design a save the date that has something to do with the place or city where you will be married.

Will your wedding be fancy or casual, western style or more formal? What time of year is your wedding going to be? Spring, winter, etc...design something around the time of year.

One "save the date" I heard about that would surely get noticed is to put a picture of you and your fiancee in a snowglobe. You could send your guests a homemade wedding shaped sugar cookie and tell them it would be sweet if they would save the date and attend your wedding. If you will be doing western style decor, you could send a bandana with a howdy partner and the details written on the bandana or an invite wrapped in the bandana. If you will be married in a warmer climate, write the save the date info on a beach ball and send it in the mail. Then invite your guests to blow up the ball so they can see the info on it.

Have fun with it! Once you start the creative juices flowing there's no end to the fun ways you can wow your guests and get them to "save the date".

Choosing A Spot For Your Reception

Wadley Farms Reception Center

You have several options to consider when planning your reception. Will you do an outdoor backyard kind of wedding venue? Will you use a reception center, church cultural hall, or golf clubhouse? What about having it in an out of the ordinary place such as a library, courthouse, museum, or park?

First you have to think about the time of year you will be getting married. If you have an outdoor place to host guests, you will need a backup plan in case of inclement weather. What kind of decorating will you have to do if you don't choose a reception center or a more formal place such as a museum, or country club?

Will you do the decorating or will you hire someone to decorate for you? Sit your future spouse down and talk about your wedding budget. Who will pay for what and how much of the reception do you want to do yourselves? Talk about the pros and cons of each venue and decide which will fit your style, personality, and budget best. Perhaps there is a place you haven't considered such as a relative's home.

Give yourself plenty of time to plan. Research all the different places that you are interested in having host your reception. You can get lots of fun reception ideas online at different wedding sites and blogs.

This is your story and your moment in wedding history so plan it carefully. Don't be afraid to put your own personal magic wedding touch on it. Make it your day and your guests will enjoy sharing it with you!

Wedding Cake Fondant Style

This weekend I designed my sister in law's wedding cake. She requested a carrot cake and left the rest up to me. She wanted some yellow on the cake. It was an outdoor wedding on the first day of summer so I kept it fairly simple as far as the design.

I love working with fondant so once I frosted the cake, I covered it in fondant. Fondant helps keep a wedding cake moist. It can give a cake a very elegant or very simple look depending on what you do with it.

I colored the inside of the flowers yellow and put a couple of yellow fondant roses on it. I made a nest of coconut and melted chocolate and bits of white chocolate. I put a couple of birds in the middle of the nest.

I had three cakes and displayed them on different levels. The birds and the flowers went well with the outdoor setting. All in all this project was a lot of work and a fun one. Happy Wedding Chel and Scott!

A Royal Wedding in Sweden Tomorrow

(Photos courtesy of Paul Hansen)

For those of you who love a royal wedding, Sweden will have a royal wedding tomorrow June 19th, 2010. Crown Princess Victoria will wed Mr. Daniel Westling in Stockholm. The festivities have already begun.

If you would like to learn more about the royal couple, the wedding, the dress, the invited guests, the history and traditions of royal Swedish weddings visit
The Royal Court

The Royal Court site will also provide up to date details throughout the day about the big event. Crown Princess Victoria became engaged to Mr. Daniel Westling February 24, 2009. You can learn a lot about a country by watching a royal wedding. Best of luck to the soon to be wed Royal couple. All the world's eyes will be on them tomorrow and I am sure many wish them much happiness in their new life together!