 More traditional choices are chocolate or orange cake, sponge cake or carrot cake. To be able to keep top layer of cake it must be a fruit cake. Order your wedding cake 6 months to a year in advance. The month you are getting married in is important because type of cake you choose may not work well with season. For example, mouse in wedding cakes does not work well during hot month of August. Winter wedding cakes have fewer restrictions.

Questions to ask your Bakery and or Baker

1) Are samples available to try before you buy? Just because a cake looks good doesn’t mean it will taste good, or not be as hard as a rock. Best to taste test so you’re not disappointed.. 2) When is last day I can make changes? By finding out when last day you can make changes is, you will most likely be getting answer as to when they will be starting your cake.. 3) Do you deliver? Cakes do not ship well, so unless you’ve made arrangements for someone to pick your cake up and bring it to reception, it is best if bakery can deliver it. 4) How do you ship your wedding cakes? 80% of wedding cake damage occurs during shipping. Shipping is also your friend picking it up in their car. The cake needs to be packed properly to ensure it arrives at reception intact. 5) Should something go wrong what is your back up plan? Many will say that they either have no plans or that nothing will go wrong. Not a good enough answer. When it’s day before your wedding and something goes wrong it’s too late to come up with a backup plan. 6) How much would it be for regular cakes same size as wedding cake? This will determine if you are being gouged or not. As with all elements of your wedding planning and preparation are important. Decide type of cake, get pricing, and order early. Then you can place another nice big fat checkmark on your “to do list”.

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Women with warm skin tones look best in: champagne, yellowy pink, ivory, soft ivory, crisp ivory, camel, oyster white, ecru, palest pink. Any of natural earth colors with gold translucent undertones work well, mochas, bronzes, sage greens, and mango oranges. In you are looking at reds then look for brick, dark tomato red, or burnt orange reds. Earth greens such as olive, moss and jade also enhance warm skin tone. Your makeup should be on peach side. Warm tones people will look best in yellow based colors.

When dress hunting if you find your dream dress but color doesn’t flatter your skin tone, don’t worry! Most gown manufacturers make their gowns in a variety of colors so you’ll be able to choose shade that is most flattering. When choosing your bridesmaid’s gowns be sure to take them with so that color swatches can be used to see how color works with their skin. Many color options are available in bridesmaid’s dresses also.

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