Archive for March, 2011

Unique Wedding Cake Designs

The wedding cake becomes one of the most photographed moments during your wedding day, and the cake is always something the guests will remember, so why not make yours a truly memorable and unique wedding cake design.

These days more and more couples are moving away from the traditional fruitcake with white icing, and plastic bride and groom cake toppers. So, regardless of what you think, there are no set rules or requirements that you should follow when deciding on your wedding cake theme or design.
Most wedding cake designers will be delighted at the idea you’re looking for something away from the norm, so don’t be embarrassed to ask them to help you come up with a wacky or non-traditional cake style.

If it helps at all, here is a fantastic group of unique wedding cake designs to give you some examples.

Brides to be are being offered a unique way of saving money without scrimping on style as a new website offers plenty of ‘something borrowed’.
With the average cost of a UK wedding now an estimated £21,000 a new business is offering the chance for brides and grooms to lend out and borrow wedding essentials, from top hats to marquees and even wedding dresses.

Founder Lynn Bunniss launched www.theborrowers.co.uk in the wake of the recession in a bid to save money, cut waste and address a throwaway culture. Now she’s urging couples, both wedded and yet-to-wed to make the most of the website.

She said: “Couples can save a fortune by borrowing rather than buying new – too often with weddings, items are bought and used once before being either stored or worse, sent to landfill. Hundreds of thousands of vases, candleholders and table decorations, not to mention bridesmaid dresses, accessories and shoes, as well as “The dress” are sitting in storage gathering dust when they could be rented or lent to others.” The Borrowers website enables lenders to advertise those very items.

Lynn added: “Getting married is one of the most important days in your life but there’s no reason why it should break the bank. You could borrow almost everything you need to host a wedding – from a garden to house the marquee, the marquee itself, tables, chairs, crockery, decorations, even your wedding dress.”

The average couple typically spends £600 on marquee hire, £300 on transport and around £2,000 on wedding outfits, hats, shoes and accessories – all money that could be greatly reduced by borrowing.

“Our ethos is about encouraging people to take a more sustainable, environmentally friendly approach, to allow people to save money and help them use their property responsibly to earn an extra income”, added Lynn.

We were having a conversation about bridesmaid and flower girl dresses in the office the other day, the high street stores got their usual mention for being reliable and affordable, but they often lack something in design, so we stumbled off in Google to see what we could find for cute little flower girl dresses.

Our search took us to an a website for a company based in London called Perfume River (odd name for a dress shop maybe, but who cares).
Interestingly, we found their dresses currently start from £9.99 in the sale – so you don’t need to spend exorbitant amounts of cash to make your little girls feel like princesses!

Being interested in all things weddings, we had a good read up on Perfume River, and discovered their odd name is inspired by the romantic Perfume River, which flows through the ancient city of Hue, the most beautiful city in Vietnam.
Their website states :

Company founder Ha Ngo, mother of two lively young girls living in London, was driven by frustration at the lack of well-made, beautiful flower girl dresses at reasonable prices. The resulting Perfume River range is a unique collection of exquisite and exceptional creations, of quality design and finish.

Whether you’re having flower girls or bridesmaids, the little princesses love to wear posh dresses, and of course it helps your budget if they are at affordable prices.

So, our tip of the day, if you’re looking for flowergirl dresses, follow the link below to take a look at Perfume River’s website.