If you've seen a wedding cake covered with fondant, you won't soon forget it. The surface is smooth and satiny. The fondant elegantly envelopes the cake's layers and neatly tucks beneath the base without a wrinkle. Professional cake decorators use fondant not only to cover the cake, but also to fashion additional details such as draping effects and floral items. But it isn't necessary to be a professional chef to create a delicious and beautiful fondant for your own cake. Does this Spark an idea?
Decorate a Large Wedding Venue
Space planning is key to decorating large wedding venues. Make sure your decorative elements are in the right scale to the space. Otherwise they will drown in the vast emptiness. Make every corner functional and fill nooks and crannies with appropriate decor to maximize the space. Huge wedding venues can be overwhelming but with careful planning and design execution can provide an intimacy essential to a wedding celebration.
Address Place Cards for Weddings
Inject your personality into the smallest details of your wedding celebration. Place cards rest on each reception table's place settings. Each place card contains the name of the guest slated to sit in a predetermined seat. Place cards are one of the first personalized items people encounter upon arrival at your wedding reception. Address the place cards in a manner that helps establish the theme and atmosphere of your celebration.
Do a Potluck Wedding
Anyone who has planned a wedding knows this special day can become very expensive very quickly. With a variety of expenses to cover, from a bridal gown and tuxedo to catering and cake to a disc jockey and photographer, even a modest wedding can cost tens of thousands of dollars. Luckily, there are ways for couples to cut costs and save some money, such as tackling crafts for decorations, using an iPod for music and hosting a potluck dinner.
Smooth Icing on Wedding Cakes
Just like anything else, we eat wedding cake with our eyes first. A beautiful, smooth cake icing is attractive and requires technique for a perfectly clean finish. What looks like hours of work is simple with some easy methods. Here are some tips to for a perfectly iced wedding cake.