It’s been a busy couple of weeks for myself and Paradise Dude. Last weekend he went to watch the British Grand Prix, leaving me to fend for myself, and then this week I had my graduation ceremony for the degree that I finished in January (long wait I know). This meant that families were up, driving us mad with endless questions about the wedding, which I’m sure that we’ve answered before or can’t answer yet, like who’s staying in which rooms in the hotel. “Well dad…” my answer started, “how can I know that if I haven’t had all the RSVP’s back yet?” Sensible answer I thought.
But, the two wedding big things that we did get sorted this week, without too much hair pulling and stress, was my first dress fitting and the wedding menu. The dress fitting aside, the menu tasting was something that I was looking forward to, well mainly the dessert part, as I have a huge sweet tooth and love chocolate. And out of the five desserts that we had listed, two included chocolate.
From adamtodd.com
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The wedding cake was very hard for me to decide on. I had actually written blogs about cake searching and ended up not posting them because I still wasn’t keen on having a plain wedding cake and groom’s cake. I originally wanted a famous little diner in my hometown to make pies. I wanted to design a Pie Stand out of thick barbed wire that held three or four different size pies and tier it like a cake. I had it all planned out and was going to have my Dad help me build it. But everyone I talked to (mostly my mom) convinced me that I would regret not having a cake. Plus the Dude’s favorite dessert is cake.
If you weren’t aware, the Dude is from Texas, and I am from California. In the South, it is tradition to have a Groom’s Cake. A groom’s cake can come in all different shapes, sizes, colors and flavors. Most of them I’ve seen are chocolate or fruit filled usually depicting something of importance to the groom like his favorite sports team, hobby, family crest, or alma mater. Even though the Dude is from the South, I was going to let him bring it up if he wanted one, I wasn’t making any suggestions. I didn’t want one of these next to the wedding cake…
A Traditional Groom's Cake
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I decided to craft away my stress yesterday, and thought I’d share these Valentine’s Day treats with you. These yummy gifts are great for wedding favors, engagement parties, bridal showers, and of course Valentine’s Day.
To make these rose buds you will need the following supplies that I purchased from Michaels:
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