gotta love the mice

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Are you making your Wedding Inspiration boards??? There is time to enter, but the sooner you do, the longer they will appear on My Island Wedding!

Remember the prize is "Disney Inspired!" Click here for all the details. I can't wait to see what you all come up with!!!

BTW... anyone getting (got) married at Disney??? We would love to hear about it! Found this great site "Disney Weddings" all about their wedding and honeymoon packages!

Enjoy!

got lingerie?

Just in time for Valentine's Day... Frou Frou Fashionista shares this cool french maid lingerie with us...

Suppose she's trying to make a wedding cake in that get up???

Love her... this site... the cake... and her excellent ensemble!!!

white winter weddings

What kind of cake are you going to have (or had) at your wedding?

Chrysanthemum cake via Martha Stewart visit for more "White Wedding" ideas...

or do you prefer "Fruit Cake?"

baby cakes proposal

Ever been to this bakery in NYC?
Baby Cakes.
"Vegan, Gluten-Free, Soy-Free, Dairy-Free, Egg-Free, Agave-Sweetened, Kosher Bakery on the Lower East Side of NYC "



"In a city dominated by cupcakes overflowing with sugar, flour and butter cream, it’s easy for those with persnickety diets to feel left out. BabyCakes offers all-natural, organic and delicious alternatives free from the common allergens: wheat, gluten, dairy, casein and eggs. Rest assured, all sweeteners have been chosen responsibly and used sparingly. White sugar will never be found in our bakery, nor will we ever use toxic chemical sweeteners. Instead, most products are sweetened with agave nectar—a natural syrup from a cactus which is low on the glycemia index and often a safe alternative to most non-insulin dependant diabetics. Occasionally, unprocessed and unrefined sugar is used in certain goods, although sparingly.

Erin McKenna
Founder,
BabyCakes NYC™"




and the owner just wrote a book...

Check out her blog and the cool engagement story that took place there.
(See photo below of the ring hidden in the red velvet cupcake!)




How did YOU get engaged????

how important is the cake to you?

You have seen with the pixie grin here before,... and you may recognize her cake topper displayed proudly here...

(and how lovely it was...)

however, my question to you is:

which is more important?

HOW THE CAKE LOOKS (BUT DOESN'T TASTE SO GREAT)
-OR-
HOW THE CAKE TASTES (NO MATTER WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE?)

???

your thoughts, your answers.

(meanwhile, i don't care where your cake came from, it still looks to die for! - hope it was all you wanted it to be and more!)

raise the cake

Event Planner Kathy Jo Peterson is taking cakes to new heights with her new wedding and event accessory.

Custom cake stands to match your wedding or event decor.

She recently contacted me and I thought I would pass it on to you.
Check out "Raise The Cake!"

Greetings from Coney Island

(image from ConeyIsland.com)

I was thinking about vintage Coney Island photography today and decided to see what I could find online. Love the ladies in those old fashioned bathing suits!

Well, I happened upon a Coney Island Wedding that I wanted to share with you. The bride is a graphic designer and wore a fantastic red dress!





"This was the front side of our invitations. We LOVE photobooths so it was perfect. I'm a graphic designer, so I designed the invites myself and we had them printed at 1800postcards. They were long and shiny card stock. We wanted to go VERY untraditional. Everyone seemed to love them!"


"We got married on 10.4.08 in Coney Island at the Museum above the Freak Show. I wore red and a little burlesque style hat. He wore a custom made southern gothic style suit. I walked down the aisle to the theme song from the show Twin Peaks (Julee Cruise, "Falling"). I made my bouqet out of fake gerber daisies, feathers, and glowing red lights that ran on a battery pack! His Best Man was also our officiant and the whole ceremony was custom to us...equal parts sweet and silly. We wrote our own vows (which included a high five in the middle). We had rings custom made out of imprints of sand, shells, and boardwalk we collected at Coney Island. Our recessional music ("Be My Baby") wasn't working and, instead, the entire audience stomped and clapped the classic girl pop drum beat and sang (amazing!) After the ceremony, the family went out to dinner at a restaurant next door to our reception venue. And then the family took off and the friends arrived for dancing into the night! The next day we went upstate to stay the night at Kate Pierson (from the B-52s) hotel called Lazy Meadow. It was the perfect little "Love Shack"!"

I love Coney Island, I love creative weddings, I love weddings with PERSONALITY. This one has it all.

Click here for the whole story. "Out of the Ordinary Weddings - A Coney Island Wedding (xposted)"

Unrelated to the above wedding, I came across this cool birthday cake with a Coney Island inspiration! PinkCakebox.com. Isn't it great? Check them out for other amazing cakes...

Marry Me At The Beach

Planning on getting married along the beautiful beaches of Northwest Florida's Gulf Coast??? Even if you aren't you HAVE TO CHECK OUT Marry Me At The Beach.com!!!

I absolutely fell in love with the wedding of Lauren and Rusty..., all images taken from Marry Me at the Beach. (Unfortunately, they are slightly cut off here, so go see it for yourself!!!
If I could do it all over again..., I would choose EVERYTHING THEY DID!!! (I still loved my Block Island, Rhode Island wedding in 2001...,) but doesn't this look like the funnest wedding ever????




Name: Lauren and Rusty

Date: October 29, 2008

Photography: Paul Johnson Photography

Venue: Santa Rosa Beach

Caterer: The Eventful Planner

Cupcakes: Southern Style Desserts

Go Tropical

Let them eat cake.

Anyone plan on making their own wedding cake? Check out Martha Stewart Weddings for directions on how to make this gorgeous Tropical Coconut Pavlova Meringue Cake!!!

Ingredients (Serves 100)
4 fresh coconuts, about 7 pounds
One 18-by-26-inch piece of 3/16-inch-thick foam board
7 quarts heavy cream
1 recipe Meringue Disks
Eight 6-inch-long wooden dowels or 8 wooden skewers

Already it's too complicated for me!!! Click on the Martha Stewart Wedding link above for the rest of the directions. Happy Baking! Don't forget to invite me to the tasting...

A Cape Cod Wedding

I love Cape Cod. These photos by Karen Wise Photography capture the casual feel of it, don't you think? And who was just talking about "cupcake towers" and using "clothes pins"? Oh, you know who you are! Cute pics...

Kristen & David

Halloween Yummies

OK..., my low carb diet is shot. I'll go back on after Halloweeen. Oh, wait..., I'll go back on after Thanksgiving..., NO WAIT..., I'll go back on after New Year's!!!

Thanks alot Vanilla Bean Organic!

DIY - "Clothing the Cake Toppers"

Hey, isn't this DIY month??? Check this out...

I found this project on the coolest blog page!!! With the Pixie Grin.

The bride is making her own cake topper, and she is going to paint their faces on soon. (Let's check back and see how they come out.)

How cute are the clothes???? I know, I am impressed!