Notes For Nuptials: June 2011

PHOTBOOTH

We plan to have a little fun with a webcam on a laptop, some software, a printer and some props. Here are the possibilities.... looks like fun!

There are so many cute flower girl dresses around and they all seem to be £50-60 mostly however if you look in the "party" section of most department stores rather than "wedding", there are just as pretty dresses but a fraction of the cost! Here's a fine example from Debenhams in the party section under the brand Blue Zoo. It's only £32 and very cute - will have to check out what it looks like in real life (also comes in pink).

Here's a great offering from BHS -

more cakes to buy

Marks and Spencers do really nice looking traditional tea time cakes from their pre-order food range. We could get them delivered to one of the parents house to take up on the Saturday.

triple layer carrot cake £15

Triple layer victoria sandwich £15

kilt jacket

Hubby to be and I went to Edinburgh this weekend to a shop on the Royal mile called Heritage of Scotland. They have a really good website and a very large collection of tweed fabrics for the kilt jackets. We decided on an argyll jacket with antique silver butttons (rather than the usual shiney silver ones) and a lovely tweed in a dark blue which sits well with his MacEwan ancient tartan.

modern fruit cake

Just found the cutest little cakes in a great farm shop. They are a great way to have fruit cake at the wedding without spending a small fortune on a 'proper' wedding cake. I like the little round ones but there's heart shaped ones too. They are also ideal for people who may not like marzipan or icing and just want to get to the cake!

Check out the website -

www.simplydeliciouscakes.co.uk

The small round ones above come is groups of -

6 for £16.50

8 for £21.95

12 for £31.75

Other ideas for cakes are:

fairy cakes

florentines

chocolate brownies

carrot cake

banana & walnut loaf

Betty's Tea Room is a famous Yorkshire establishment that is well known for it's tea and cakes. They have some great wedding cake alternatives on their website (as well as the traditional wedding cake) I like the look of these cute little fondnat fancies..