Wedding cake toppers add beautiful or fun decoration to your wedding cake, and there are endless options, meaning you do not have to stick to anything traditional or most popular. You could buy a topper or put something together yourself. A customised or homemade wedding cake topper can add a personal touch. The best cake topper for your wedding depends also on the theme and setting of the event.
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A multi-tiered wedding cake beautifully decorated is an important part of any bride’s dream wedding, but the price tag can give you nightmares. Use these tips to take a bite out of the bill. Your cheap wedding cake will still look and taste fabulous.
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Modern wedding cakes come in a vast array of shapes, sizes and flavours. The wedding cake is an ancient tradition, that has always been one of the most important aspects of the wedding ceremony. Looking to history, we learn that the wedding cake originated in Roman and Greek culture – but, it wasn’t always the same sweet, beautifully decorated offering that we’re accustomed to today. In ancient times the “cake” was more akin to what we would recognise as a hearty grain bread. It was believed that the ingredients – specifically wheat – symbolised life, fertility, and abundance; all things a pair of newlyweds, even today, hope to experience. In the ancient ceremony, the groom would break the wedding cake over the brides head, whereas today the couple cuts their cake together, and then serve each other a bite to symbolise their new life together as a wedded couple.
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The traditional white, vanilla-flavoured wedding cake has long been surpassed by exotic new flavors inspired by modern cuisine. Butter cream fillings or mixes in different flavors can be tucked away under traditional white frosting. Alternatively, a deliciously flavoured and coloured frosting can cover a traditional vanilla cake. The choice is yours and it is limitless.
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Traditionally the bride and groom are first on the dance floor as they start the first dance of the night. The best man & chief bridesmaid and parents of the bride & groom then join them on the dance floor halfway through the first dance.
There are no rules as to what your first dance should be. Most couples choose a song that is special to them in some way – whether it reminds them of when they first met or has just always been ‘their song’. Whilst the traditional first dance is slow and romantic, couples are increasingly adding a bit of fun to their wedding by learning a new dance routine or choosing a fun and lively song for their first dance.
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Compiling your wedding guest list is one of the toughest tasks of wedding planning. The task of compiling the wedding guest list is often shared between the bride & groom and their parents.
Wedding budgets and venue capacity often put a cap on the number of guests you can invite – resulting in difficult decisions if you have a large family and lots of friends. The decision gets even harder for couples getting married later on in life as friends, siblings and cousins start their own families – increasing the number of people to choose from.
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Choosing your wedding venue is the most important decision you will make when planning your wedding especially if your ceremony and reception are to be in the same venue. Wedding venues vary considerably in terms of type, size, quality and price. Your budget will determine how much you can spend on your wedding venue – but a number of factors will affect what you will get for your money. Before you start looking at wedding venues, consider the following:
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Check that a live band or musician is feasible at your venue. You should check the following:
During your wedding day, there will be a number of times when you might wish to have some form of music to enhance the atmosphere. Music plays a key part in the majority of weddings so you’ll have to think about what kind of music you want for the following points in you day:
*The Prelude – as guests arrive and as they are seated. Typically you will need to have between 15-20 minutes of soft background music.
*Ceremony – this includes the entrance of the Bride (The Processional), signing of the register and walking back down the aisle (The Recessional). If it’s a church wedding then hymns will also be sung.
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