Laurens Getting Married - 15th June 2013

[Lauren25]

I've tried to write this out twice already so hopefully third time lucky

Our wedding cake isn't one of the main things me and OH are bothered about or want to spend a lot of money on so we are doing it half DIY! We will be buying it all but from different places and putting it together ourselves

We are going to have a cupcake cake with a top cutting tier!

Our cake stand will be 6 tier from eBay . . . . .

https://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/sky_blue_princess/0c0f21a4888048cdd298322e00cfee28.jpg

Our top tier will be from Marks and Spencer's and just a plain sponge cake with ivory icing, like this top tier . . . . .

https://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/sky_blue_princess/3037d9aca849975dcf269f7cef28b49f.jpg

Now the cupcakes I can't decide on and I need your help, I can't decide between something more traditional or something a bit more fun!

These are the traditional looking ones (a mix of the two)

https://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/sky_blue_princess/01b50ec51eb57b160340343b5cb1ed7e.jpg

https://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/sky_blue_princess/8fa14dc763781689cdd73d04e640e356.jpg

Then these are the more fun ones (a mix of all 3) . . . . .

https://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/sky_blue_princess/2a15758f33a820a8bfc375fbbb81dfa0.jpg

https://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/sky_blue_princess/43a1a150e5efcfd8efa11f786b7407ce.jpg

https://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/sky_blue_princess/378695e08b9de8f7a931a400b3499e43.jpg

I wouldn't know either for them to be how they are or in pretty cases like these . . . . .

https://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/sky_blue_princess/6b5e796ddc8b99ee1b08b9973dabe6f5.jpg

Our cake toppers are going to be from a seller on eBay and they are peg people that will be personalised with our colour/style hair etc. we are waiting til the new baby is here to get them as she does mini peg children so we are going to get the two LOs aswel to sit with the cupcakes!

https://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/sky_blue_princess/3a213a1450474ddeb1f54762ca4b1937.jpg​

 

[aly888]

Narwww those cake toppers are cute. I like the idea of having LOs on it too. I hadn't thought of that!
As for the cakes, I personally prefer the traditional ones. But the fun ones give people something to talk about xx

 

[Lauren25]

Narwww those cake toppers are cute. I like the idea of having LOs on it too. I hadn't thought of that!
As for the cakes, I personally prefer the traditional ones. But the fun ones give people something to talk about xx

Ahh I don't know, should ask OHs opinion really
I hadn't either and was just going to order the 'bride and groom' then seen about the mini children ones and I couldn't resist

 

[Lauren25]

We went today to go and have a look/try on and we ended up going with them and putting a deposit down on them! We have ordered 8 adult suits.....
Groom
Best man
4 ushers
Father of the bride
Father of the groom

And a matching suit for Bobby which to hire is costing us £85 still can't get over it! But it's one day and he's going to look gorgeous, well that's what I keep telling myself

 

[laura&faith]

Aww your plans are all coming together have you hired all the suits I'm still thinking what. Want to do with the suits as the best man and 2ushers have there own suits so just oh and my dad and dad is paying for his own, might just be easier getting everybody matching waistcoat and cravat xx

 

[Lauren25]

Aww your plans are all coming together have you hired all the suits I'm still thinking what. Want to do with the suits as the best man and 2ushers have there own suits so just oh and my dad and dad is paying for his own, might just be easier getting everybody matching waistcoat and cravat xx

Yep we've hired all of the suits because we wanted tails and wanted them all matching! We did think about buying normal suits for everyone as suit hire is so expensive but for us it would work out more as we'd have to buy them all suits, waist coats, shirts and cravats! I think if you'd only have to pay for OHs then I'd deffo do it that way and get matching waistcoats and cravats, it would seriously save you so much money!!

 

[aly888]

I wish my OH would hurry up and sort his suits You must have nearly everything done now at the rate you're going? xx

 

[Lauren25]

I wish my OH would hurry up and sort his suits You must have nearly everything done now at the rate you're going? xx

Haha I couldn't leave it just to my OH to sort the suits on his own, god knows what he would have chose, at one point he Said he wanted to dress as willy wonka and the best man/ushers could be umpa lumpas after that I said I'd be there

I think I'm getting there now, just need to book our appointment to give notice then we go back to the hotel to sort things December which I can't wait for, I feel at the minute I'm sorting all the planning for a day I don't really know about!

 

[Mummy May]

Hey! I have that stand (I used to 'do' cupcakes for people) and used it for my DD's christening cake, only thing I would say is that I had to remove the top tier to get my 6" cake on the top, because the board wouldn't fit aswell haha silly me. But once your stand is full, the cupcakes look lovely round the bottom too, I found its looked like they were 'flowing' around. Just a heads up xx

 

[Lauren25]

Hey! I have that stand (I used to 'do' cupcakes for people) and used it for my DD's christening cake, only thing I would say is that I had to remove the top tier to get my 6" cake on the top, because the board wouldn't fit aswell haha silly me. But once your stand is full, the cupcakes look lovely round the bottom too, I found its looked like they were 'flowing' around. Just a heads up xx

Ohh really, thanks for the advice! Do you mind me asking what's the height of it like, I don't want it to be too big but aswell I don't want it to be too small

 

[Mummy May]

I think its a decent size, but the cupcakes do take up a lot of room lol! I can't remeber how many I could get on. When you get it, get a load of empty muffin cases and test it out they do look fab when up! And a few people that used mine put those confetti shapes on and those looked pretty too. Xx

 

[Lauren25]

I think its a decent size, but the cupcakes do take up a lot of room lol! I can't remeber how many I could get on. When you get it, get a load of empty muffin cases and test it out they do look fab when up! And a few people that used mine put those confetti shapes on and those looked pretty too. Xx

Thank you that's a massive help! Never even thought about putting the cases on to test will deffo do that!!

 

[Lauren25]

We have finally decided on how we are going to do our table plan! At first we were just going to get a basic cheap on done off eBay but looking the ones we liked either didn't fit all the tables on (I think we will have 11 tables plus a top table) or the ended up being really expensive! I was then googling ideas and showing OH who didn't like most of them til I seen the mirror idea and he loved it so that's what we are going with! I'm going to wait til nearer the time to get the mirror as I don't have anywhere to put it and I wouldn't want it getting broke! Also need to find someone with good writing to write it for us as mine and OHs isn't he best


https://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/sky_blue_princess/e8cff302db75f0ac81f53ced32b1e48b.jpg

https://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/sky_blue_princess/9a9a030ef54e1356145a345921896094.jpg

https://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/sky_blue_princess/4ae3cefb50c7b402e9eca221add4941d.jpg​

 

[aly888]

^^ I love that idea I'm in the process at the moment of trying to find a cheap ish frame for our table plan. They are crazy expensive to buy already as 'table plans' but if you buy a frame seperatley and pait it yourself you can get a bargain x

 

[kezza2012]

matalan would be worth a look for mirrors.. im sure the one in the pic is the one i have that i got from there and it was cheap

 

[kezza2012]

the white mirror lol

 

[aly888]

This one: Mirror
I never even thought of Matalan!!! Or TK Maxx for that matter. Thank you

Sorry to hijack your journal, Lauren X

 

[kezza2012]

This one: Mirror
I never even thought of Matalan!!! Or TK Maxx for that matter. Thank you

Sorry to hijack your journal, Lauren X

Ur welcome and Yep thats the one

 

[Lauren25]

Ohh wow that mirror is fab, i love it!!
Now i cant decide to get it now while they have one or wait because i have nowhere to put it ahhhhh!!

 

[kezza2012]

i think u should get it lol