Posts Tagged ‘wedding cakes long beach ca’

Shipwreck Photo Shoot

Monday, July 11th, 2011

I absolutely LOVE these photos from this photo shoot I got to be a part of for a feature in Nonpareil Wedding Magazine!  Jen, from Green Wedding Shoes, came up with the idea for the shoot and Cortnie, from Canvas & Canopy, brought it all to life with the help of Meg, from Le Partie Events, who did the breathtaking florals!  You can check out the whole list of the fabulous vendors at the bottom of the post!

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Of course the amazing Elizabeth Messina captured all the moments with her photos…can’t thank her enough!

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I absolutely love the decor pieces…

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For the first cake for the shoot I took a more masculine take on it and did a basic outline on the cake and then did a sugar succulent on top of the cake.

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I also made two custom cupcakes with individual sugar flowers…

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For this next cake I did a more feminine look it.  I covered the cake in coral fondant and then did grey sugar lace and a whimsy sugar flower.

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This next cake might be one of my favs…I love the mint green color, the cluster sugar flowers in three different colors, the sugar threads, and the white lace!

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Photography: Elizabeth Messina
Event Design & Coordination: Cortnie Purdy from Canvas and Canopy Events
Floral Design: Megan of La Partie Events
Hair & Makeup by: Jaimi Brooks, Fiore Beauty
Cakes: Sweet and Saucy Shop
Fashion Styling by: Stylish SilhouetteCanvas and Canopy Events
Vera Wang gowns provided by Bliss Bride
Calligraphy: Laura Hooper Calligraphy
Bridal Headpieces: Lo Boheme
Props/Rentals: OC Prop GirlUrban BarnClassic Party Rentals
Venue: Santa Barbara Historical Museum

One of My Favorite Cakes!

Monday, June 20th, 2011

We get to make lots of wedding cakes during the year, but certain cakes come along and make me so inspired and this cake was one of them!  I loved designing the cake based off of a wedding dress from Anthropologie’s new wedding website BHLDN and then meshing it with the style of the bride’s wedding design.  They were a wonderful couple to work with and I think their wedding just turned out dream-like.  They got married at the gorgeous Rancho Las Lomas and of course has Found Vintage Rentals to deck out the whole venue with their amazing furniture pieces & rentals.  White Haute Photography snapped the stunning images and Larissa from, Inviting Occasions, did the lovely florals.  You can check out all the other great venues down below!

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We not only did a wedding cake, but a fun mini dessert spread and a vintage baseball glove as well for the groom that LOVES baseball!

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Love this last photo of the couple cutting the cake…

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Like I said this has to be one of my favorite cake designs.  It has so much texture and design, but is still modern and clean looking.  I basically did all the sugar flowers and lace molds by hand and then accented some pieces with pewter silver.  Here is the dress from BHLDN that inspired me!

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And here is the cake…

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I did 3 tones of blush pink…one of my favorite colors.

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While I worked on the cake for this wedding Kyong sculpted this amazing vintage baseball glove groom’s cake….the details are fantastic!!!

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Thanks so much for stopping by the blog!  Have a great day!

Venue :: Rancho Las Lomas

Event Coordinator :: Amy of CJs off the Square

Caterer :: 24 Carrots

Florist :: Inviting Occasion

Hair :: Salon One

Makeup :: Makeup by Berit

Desserts :: Sweet & Saucy Shop

Furniture rentals :: Found Rentals

Dreamy Wedding in Newport Harbor

Wednesday, June 15th, 2011

This past weekend I was at Barnes & Noble bookstore and I happened to pick up The Knot Southern California Magazine.  As I went to look through it I was pleasantly surprised to see that we were featured not one, but FOUR times!!!  To say I was thrilled is an understatement!  We are so lucky to work with such amazing planners, photographers, florists, etc and because of them I am blessed to get in these kind of features!  Leila from Be Inspired PR got us this amazing feature below and I have to say a big THANK YOU to her!

This wedding was shot by the lovely Meg Perotti and the wonderful Courtney, from Joyful Weddings and Events, pulled the whole gorgeous day off!  I get to work with Carissa, from JL Designs, quite a bit and I have to say that this might be one of my favorite weddings she has done…the florals are just breathtaking!  Courtney took the concept of a “beach wedding” to a whole new level and I loved how it all turned out!

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Karrie and Elizabeth from Posh Paperie created the perfect invitations, menu cards, and place cards!  Love them!!  And how unique is this place card display Courtney created!

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Seriously Carissa’s florals are SIMPLY STUNNING!

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For the cakes we did a rustic trio of cakes and I have to say I just love this simple homespun look!  We accented them with fresh peonies and with the florals from Carissa and burlap backdrop it was a match made in Heaven.

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Here are snapshots of the 3 other cake features we got in the magazine!  First up a fun groom’s cake we did for a groom that loved boxing!

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At this next wedding we did with Jesi Haack Design & Gabriel Ryan Photography we did another rustic style cake and then a full mini dessert bar as well!

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And lastly we did a fun dot cake with lots of pops of color for a client from In the Now Weddings & Events!

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Thanks so much for stopping by the blog!  Hope you have a great day!

Fun Pops of Color

Monday, June 6th, 2011

Sometimes when designing cake I tend to stay to more neutral colors and wouldn’t always think to cover a whole cake in all color, but these next two cakes definitely remind me that some fun pops of color just might be the perfect thing sometimes!

I have to thank my amazingly talented friend Michelle, from Mibelle Photography, for the stunning photos.  She is always so sweet and orders so many cakes from me and I am even more lucky when I get the photos back from the events!  This yellow floral cake was one she ordered for her best friend’s bridal shower.  I loved the room decorations they put up and they even rented the clear stand from my friend Carissa and filled it with lemons and more florals…love it!

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I had a blast making this cake and seeing it come to life…love the all white funky flowers.

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Michelle photographed her best friend Sydney’s actual wedding too.  I loved how the whole wedding turned out!

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How cute are these hearts!

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Some of you might recognize this cake design since it was one I came up with based off a painting and Sydney loved the original so much she wanted to do it for her wedding cake as well, but this time we did it in a fun purple color.  Kyong did this cake and I think it turned out perfectly!

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Strawberry cupcakes…yummy!

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For the set up instead of using cake stands Sydney wanted to use old cigar boxes…I think it turned out great!

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My Aunt Rosie made the adorable cookies…

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Hope you like pops of color as much as I do now!  Thanks for stopping by!

Sweet Stuff Wedding with Jesi Haack Designs

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

My friend Jesi Haack is quite the wedding designer and this next wedding shows just that!  She can take two people and really pull parts of them into the actual wedding design, so their big day is all about them and their loves!  This wedding is all about fun, frilly, and a little crazy too!  Mark Brooke Photography took the amazing photos!

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I just love the bride’s dress!

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Don’t you just adore these paper fortune cookie place cards!

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The details for this wedding design are just fabulous!

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Jesi made a fun backdrop for our dessert table!  The bride wanted a mini wedding cake with their sketch on it and then two side cakes, one for bride & one of the groom!

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She wanted lots of gold blingy accents and shades of pink!

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Love this last photo by Mark Brooke!

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  We have been crazy busy at the bakery since wedding season has begun, but I will try my best to blog as much as possible!

Tori & Dean: sTORIbook Wedding

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

I am so excited to share this post with you!!!  We have loved working with Tori & Dean on their new show “sTORIbook Weddings“!  We taped three weddings with them and our first wedding they are airing is the Shabby Chic themed wedding we got to work on with Jeni & Alyson from, Found Vintage Rentals, who provided all the fabulous vintage rentals and Jaclyne of Heavenly Blooms did the gorgeous florals!

I had a crazy idea of hanging small cakes inside wire birdcages and then having Jaclyne hang florals in jars as well and I have to say my vision came to life pretty well!

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We accented the mini cupcakes we vintage fondant flowers.

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I also really loved these mini mason jar red velvet cakes that we tied with lace and added a wooden spoon to!

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For the wedding cake the bride loved the idea of having her wedding cake in teal and then we accented it with sugar lace doilies.

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I just adore peonies…

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We thought it would be cute to make individual heart pies with the bride & groom’s initials.

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I just love all of Jeni’s rentals…they are so much fun!

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Overall we had a really great time being about of this gorgeous Shabby Chic wedding!  Thanks Tori & Dean! You can check out all the episodes on the Oxygen Network every Wednesday night at 10pm!


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