Things That Make You Go... Hmmm

I can see what some people search for before they land on my blog. I can't tell you the number of times that "fireproof wedding cake" is searched for!

I never, ever, ever thought about a fireproof cake for my wedding. Is that a concern that people really have?

Hmmm

Pro Pics 7: Cake Cutting

I'm going to be showing you a lot of reception pictures. As if I haven't shown you enough pictures already, right? I figured that I'd start with the cake cutting because everybody always wants to see the cake as soon as they get to the reception.

Like most brides, I purchased a good number of bridal magazines throughout the course of our engagement. While I was looking through one of those magazines, I came across a cake from Martha Stewart. It wasn't your typical tiered wedding cake, and I LOVED that!!

Told you! Not typical and totally cute. And big bonus for me, my aunt agreed to do them. I can not express how thankful I am because she saved us loads of money!

In case you can't read it, the two small ones have a "D" and a "T" on them and the big one has a "W". And they are sort of set up to resemble Mickey Mouse. I originally wanted them tiered, with the small ones on stands and the big one on the table. My aunt had them set up on stands, but didn't really like the way it looked, so took them down. I'm ok with it. It's at this point of a wedding that you just kinda go with the flow.

We actually did the whole feeding each other thing twice so that Brad could get this photo in the mirror. I love it.

Take a Deep Breath Now

I'm really starting to feel that from now until the wedding is going to be non-stop with things to do. I've felt pretty at ease and calm until recently. We're zeroing on the ONE MONTH mark!!! My days and weeks feel so pack. This week, for instance:

Monday - Work 10:00-6:15, run to mall to pick up engraved gifts during lunch, meeting 6:30-8:00 PM
Tuesday - Work 10:00-6:15, finish laundry
Wednesday - Clean entire apartment, run to eye doctor to update my glasses presciption before the honeymoon before 1 PM, private liquor tasting at 7 PM
Thursday - Work 10:00-6:15, final dress fitting
Friday - Work 10:00-7:15, go to mall to pick up ring (Oh ya, I had three loose stones when I went to get it cleaned yesterday.), meet up with aunt sometime to get our third and last trial for cakes
Saturday - Work 8:15-1, see guys off Drew's bachelor party, my bachelorette party

Whew!!! Are you tired? Cuz I sure am! And that's not even mentioning all the other little things that I need to get accomplished in there as we get closer to the wedding.

But, on a good note, Drew and I got a lot accomplished this weekend. We went shopping on Sunday and got seven of the nine gifts purchased for Drew's groomsmen and ushers. Only two more left... woo hoo!!!! We also went over to Drew's parent's house where I picked up the rocks that we're using for the centerpieces. I also got some of the candles that we'll be using for the centerpieces. And, my aunt stopped over to drop off two cakes that she had baked for another trial. We made some definite decisions on what we would like, and now she's going to bake two more that will hopefully be what the end product will be.

Of course, you can't have a completely flawless weekend. I called Cliffbreakers, where we are having the rehearsal dinner and where a block of rooms are for guests, to see how many rooms were left. Wouldn't you know, they couldn't find a reservation for us! Awesome!!! Drew's dad, who is on pretty good terms with the manager, will be calling there today to get that figured out. Hopefully, we can now book a suite for Friday night for Drew and for Saturday night for Drew and I to stay in. ::Crosses fingers really tight::

This Is Only A Test

My aunt has graciously accepted the task of baking the cake for our wedding. I found our cake in a bridal magazine that I bought and it's something from Martha Stewart. She baked us a test cake and followed the recipe exactly. It's called Moist Chocolate Cherry Stout Cake with Dark Chocolate Glaze.
Drew and I cut up and tried a piece last night after dinner. It was definitely different. You have to like cherries in order to like this cake. There are dried cherries in and if you don't like cherries, you won't like the cake. Drew and I both think that it would be better if the cherries were just left out of it.

Now that she's baked a test cake, she's going to try some variations on the recipe. The recipe calls for a dense cake, since it has a glazing on the top, so I don't think that we could just use a recipe from a box and make any flavor we wanted. I don't know though, she's more of the expert than I am. I'd honestly be happy with buying a box of Duncan Hines spice cake mix and vanilla frosting. We also want to try to tie in our color scheme more. I'm not too crazy about all the brown and chocolate colors, especially since we aren't using any of those colors. I'm sure there will be more pictures to come.

64 days!!

You're (Officially) Invited!

I dropped off the invitations at the post office yesterday. I can't tell you how excited that made me. It makes the wedding feel very real and very close. People here in town have already received them today. Ahhh, that is so exciting!

It's hard to believe that in 65 short days this will all be over. It's sort of bittersweet. It can't come fast enough, but yet I just want to scream out for it to slow down.

And my aunt baked a test cake last night and I think that she's going to drop it off tonight. Yum!!