and another cake. (this may be the one)

I am such a huge liar and such an indecisive person.  Being indecisive makes it SO hard to make any sort of decision for my wedding and the fact that my wedding is SO far off makes it all so much harder.  You second guess your decisions and wonder if you really made the right choice.

After posting the 4 cake pictures last night, a girl on Twitter (and fellow Alabama Alum *roll tide*) suggested that I take the classic, classy lace of my dress and put it on a cake.  She made a VERY valid point that a lot of those cakes were more modern when I wanted vintage and amazing.

I was leaning towards cake one (at first) but when she spoke of lace and lace applique it made me want to look around and do some research.  I also had a few friends tell me cake one was vintagey (not a word, but I do not care) but winter and that the texture reminded them of those gas station treats and those winter babies that people put out at the holidays.  Things I do not want people to think about as they're supposed to be oohhing and ahhhing over my cake.

Then after staring at "lace wedding cakes" and "vintage wedding cakes" for HOURS I came across this amazingly amazing cake.  And I think I have made a decision (it is the same cake on both sides, I just had to make one darker so you could see the a-mazing detail) -- but there will be some changes...

Those changes are:
1. No glitz on the middle tiers.  My dress does not have really any glitz to it and for sure not a glitzy belt, nor are we doing to have rhinestones anywhere so those just do not tie in.  I think I am just going to make those 2 tier plain.  I thought of a purple "ribbon" but I think that will take away from the amazingness of the detail work on the cake.
2. I want 4 tiers ... the 4 tiers balances it out.  But right now I am set for a 3 tier cake.  I need to make sure the baker can put in a styrofoam block for one of the tiers. It has been done before; therefore, I feel that they can do this too.
3. The lace applique of course.  It will need to match mine.  BUT my lace applique has a teeny tiny bit of glitz so I think I would send a picture of the applique with this and have them replicate the applique ... small rhinestone and small pearl and all.

Sadly, I will have to do the fondant because that is what will make it all smooth - but I guess I will live for an amazing cake.  Now fingers crossed the baker does not tell me I am over budget on the cake.

How amazing is that cake?!?!

i die . love for lace . love for vintage

ignore the actual flowers is this picture. but focus your eyes on the amazingness that is the lace wrap of the stems  and vintage looking brooch that adds an accent.

seriously. I die at the amazingness of it all and the detail and the vintageness of it. I know vintageness is not a word and I am sure amazingness is not a word either, but I saw this and swooned.

must have lace wrap my bouquet. and must find an amazing brooch just like that one.

….if you need me, I will be scouring etsy until I find one that it not just glitz and fake bling.

little detail #1–axed.

remember this post about all the little details that were running through my mind. sadly, one of them [and one that I thought was super cute and would add a really nice vintage touch] is not going to happen. 

remember the place card frames that were white and vintage and going to potentially tell people where they were sitting – yeah they’re TINY.  Like teeny tiny like I am unsure how theknot.com thinks that they’re big enough to hold someone’s full name.

They were on sale at theknot.com’s store – so I purchased a few to get a good look at them and was sadly disappointed.  I am marrying someone with the last name “Shanahan” and I have family members with the last name “Winkeler” … both that last names are WAAYYYY too long to fit in those tiny things.  So, I am back at square one on place cards if we end up using them.   And those “samples” I bought are on their way back to the store for my little refund.

Rawr.

Wedding Dresses.

...This is just a preview...

I am going wedding dress shopping with my mom this weekend.  =) Kyle seems to think that I will still be dress-less this time next week since I am "so" hard to please, but I do not know.  Just so you know: I will not be telling or showing anyone what dress I chose until my wedding day!!

But there are 5 dresses that I HAVE to try on this weekend.  4 of them are at 1 place and the other 1 is at another.  At most this weekend, I can only try on 10 dresses (5 dresses per appointment).  And if one of these 5 are "the one" ... great.  If not, it may be a long process.

The first three are all Allure dresses.  The middle one is more of a "ohh I like this" but I doubt I will like it once I get it on.  But I still want to try it on, just to see.  But the 1st and 2nd one I really really like.

The next set... the 1st one is by Wtoo Bridal and then the 2nd one is by Demetrios.  I like them both for different reasons. 

What I like about the 1st and 3rd Allure ones and the Demetrios one is all the lace and the vintage, romantic feel.  but I love the Wtoo one because it is playful and fun. ....And since I want the old, romantic, vintage feel for my wedding... I'd like dress to mesh.  But it is really all about finding the one!!