My in-law's wedding album cover is ruined. I want to get them a new wedding album as a 50th wedding anniversary present.
Where can I buy a wedding album that professional photographers use?
I purchase from Perfection Distribution. But a wedding album is not just a wedding album. There are literally hundreds of styles and page designs and photo mount types. My honest opinion is to go to a professional photographer, (who does weddings), and show him / her what you have and let them take it from there. It may be the only way you have to do this right... and will certainly be the best way from a quality standpoint.
But anyway, here is the link to Perfection Distribution:
http://www.perfectiondistributing.com/Me...
steve
Reply:Look on this site.
http://www.rangefindermag.com/index2.tml
There are adverts for those things.
Reply:You can go to a camera store, they sell things like that.
Reply:The best albums are from Art Leather (I've used them for over 30 years). Expensive, but worth the price.
Reply:pat catan's
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
How long does a wedding planner need to plan a wedding?
I am in the process of developing my own wedding planning business and have got many things worked out except for timing. Just a few questions - how long does a wedding planner need to plan a wedding? Is there a specific amount of time the wedding planner should plan the wedding in? How often should the planner meet with the client and over what length of time? Just anything at all about timing and wedding planning would be great. What is the best way to do it? Also, I am going to be a more budget-friendly planner, not charging heaps so any marketing advice would be helpful too. Anything you know is much appreciated. Thanks!
How long does a wedding planner need to plan a wedding?
I only know based on how much time it took to plan my wedding. I had about 200-250 guests, and 3 months was perfect. This was also while I had a full time job, so that is probably a good gauge of how long you should give if you are planning multiple weddings at a time. However, if it's the only wedding you are doing, then you could probably do it in half the time. I did everything myself from food to flowers to decorations, everything.
I would meet with the client once a week at first, when you have a lot of things for them to look at. Then when you get all your questions answered, maybe every 2 weeks.
Reply:Depending on the clients, weddings can be planned in as little as three months. This link is an example of what not to do as a wedding planner. She is from theplanninghouse.com.
http://www.myfoxla.com/myfox/pages/Home/...
How long does a wedding planner need to plan a wedding?
I only know based on how much time it took to plan my wedding. I had about 200-250 guests, and 3 months was perfect. This was also while I had a full time job, so that is probably a good gauge of how long you should give if you are planning multiple weddings at a time. However, if it's the only wedding you are doing, then you could probably do it in half the time. I did everything myself from food to flowers to decorations, everything.
I would meet with the client once a week at first, when you have a lot of things for them to look at. Then when you get all your questions answered, maybe every 2 weeks.
Reply:Depending on the clients, weddings can be planned in as little as three months. This link is an example of what not to do as a wedding planner. She is from theplanninghouse.com.
http://www.myfoxla.com/myfox/pages/Home/...
What is the difference between Wedding and Birthday cake?
clarification: talking about the actual cake, not the decorations or layout. Supposedly wedding cake always tastes better than a birthday cake.
Are there different ingredients in a wedding cake? I've known people to only buy expensive birthday cakes from wedding cake bakers.
Just curious if there is a difference in the mix or the baking process.
What is the difference between Wedding and Birthday cake?
Know Your Ingredients
Wedding CAKE
The main ingredients of shortened cakes are fat, sugar, eggs and flour. Some recipes also call for chemical leaveners (baking powder or baking soda), milk, buttermilk or sour cream, flavoring extracts, and a pinch of salt to heighten the flavors.
A feature that characterizes shortened cakes--also known as "high-ratio cakes"--is their high proportion of fat and sugar to flour. These ingredients are what make cakes tender, moist and dense. Since there are so few ingredients in these cakes, use high-quality butter and pure flavoring extracts, measure with perfect accuracy and follow the recipe directions to achieve the best results.
Butter is usually the fat of choice, or a combination of butter and shortening. Shortening is easier to work with, because it is already partially aerated and remains at the same texture over a wide temperature range, but butter gives incomparable flavor and mouth-feel
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The Mixing Method
The "creaming method" is the same mixing technique you use for a batch of chocolate chip cookies--for cakes, however, you keep beating air into the mix. Over-mixing, which would cause the cookies to spread flat when baking, is hard to do when creaming butter and sugar for a cake. Beat room-temperature butter with granulated sugar (superfine, castor, or "bakers' sugar" is best) until the butter is very fluffy and noticeably lighter in color.
Add room temperature eggs one by one, beating after each addition. Adding all of the eggs or too much cold liquid at once will cause the batter to look curdled. Add any extracts or flavorings after incorporating the eggs.
Once you start adding dry ingredients, be careful not to over-beat the batter. The gentle handling is critical to creating a fine, not tough, texture in a cake. Many recipes alternate adding dry ingredients and any additional liquid; mix well after each addition, scraping down the sides of the bowl. Stop mixing when each addition is well incorporated
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Before You Begin
Make sure that all of your ingredients are at room temperature, particularly the fat, eggs and any liquid you may be using. It's essential that all these items be at room temperature:
If the butter is too cold, it won't beat evenly; it won't incorporate air and increase in volume.
When eggs and liquid are cold, the batter will curdle. Instead of a smooth, homogenous batter, it will separate into liquid and fat. You can still proceed with the recipe, but the cake's texture may be denser than you like.
If any of the ingredients are warm, the fat will melt and you won't be able to whip air into the mixture.
The second thing you need to do before mixing the batter is to thoroughly sift together all the dry ingredients. Cake flour and cocoa powder are especially fine, and form small lumps that won't get broken up during the mixing process. Unevenly mixed ingredients can result in a cake with big holes and tunnels through the middle, riddled with lumps of raw flour. Use a sifter or a wire whisk to make sure all lumps are broken up and those ingredients are really and truly mixed together.
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More Cake Tips
You don't have to have a stand mixer to make a butter cake or pound cake, but it sure helps. Begin by beating the softened butter at medium speed until fluffy and light in color, about three minutes. Add the sugar and continue to beat for about four minutes longer. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. With the mixer on low speed, add the eggs one at a time and beat for several seconds between each addition. If the batter does curdle, just continue whipping it; it should smooth out once it warms up.
After you've beaten in the eggs, you must mix in the remaining ingredients as gently and quickly as possible to avoid deflating the air you've so carefully beaten into the mixture.
Slow the mixer down to low speed and sprinkle in about 1/3 of the dry ingredients.
Mix the batter while pouring in about 1/3 of the liquid (this includes milk, buttermilk, sour cream, juice, or coffee).
Continue in this fashion until all of the ingredients are incorporated into a smooth batter.
Any garnishes--nuts, fruit, chocolate chips or other additions--should be very gently folded in by hand after the batter is mixed.
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Baking Cakes
Pour the batter immediately into a prepared baking pan--either greased and floured, or greased and lined with parchment paper--and bake in the preheated oven. As the cake bakes, it will rise high in the middle and turn a dark golden brown on the outside. Depending upon your oven, you may need to rotate the cake pans on their racks to ensure even baking.
Don't wait until the cake has pulled away from the sides of the pan to test for doneness: test it by pressing gently with a fingertip near the center. The cake should slowly spring back. (You can also insert a toothpick or cake tester near the center of the cake; it should come out clean, with no batter sticking to it.) Once you remove the cake from the oven, let it cool on a wire rack. Run a knife around the edges of the cake pan to loosen the cake, and invert the pan onto another rack or plate. Cool completely before slicing or frosting.
BIrthday CAKE
INGREDIENTS
2 cups white sugar
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
3 egg yolks
1 egg
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup boiling water
DIRECTIONS
Mix together the buttermilk with the baking soda. Set aside. Cream shortening, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Beat well.
Add buttermilk and baking soda mixture.
Sift dry ingredients, and add to creamed mixture.
Add boiling water, and mix well.
Pour into a greased and floured 9 x 13 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for approximately 35 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.
Let cool. I frost with cream cheese frosting.
Reply:I worked in a bakery for several years. We used the same cake for weddings and birthday cakes, as well as everyday cakes. Now, the wedding cakes tend to have layers that are much bigger; the different sizes are a little challenging to deal with, but other than that, they were identical to our other cakes.
The only thing that might change is that the fillings in a wedding cake might be more interesting because the brides sometimes suggested something different.
The other difference is $2- $3 a slice. Good luck!
Reply:The price?
Reply:they both are the same
Reply:I think the difference is in the quality. Most people don't think too much about b-day cake. If they don't make it themselves, they just buy it at the grocery store. For the wedding cake, people actually spend time trying different ones out %26amp; get it at a bakery or specialty cake shop.
Reply:Usually wedding cakes are made with fancy flavorings like almond or cherry, when birthday cakes are usually just the classic vainilla or chocolate.
Reply:Never knew a difference?
But i like Birthday cakes more..
Reply:wedding cakes are usually just plain vanilla
usually people want a better tasting cake for weddings then birthdays
so wedding cakes bakers are more rare and require allot of skill
well every cake has different ingredients and amounts usually bakers that have the talent to make a good wedding cake spend more time on the cake and have more experience on the ingridients to add
Reply:IDK BUT THEIR BOTH GOOD!!!!
Reply:I prefer a Carvel ice cream birthday cake over any wedding cake thank you very much.
Reply:It's all made from the same stuff.
The recipe may differ somewhat .. and the combination of icings may be different .. but it just depends on everyone's recipes.
Reply:Not really. Wedding cakes are traiditionally a white cake w/ almond extract flavoring and could include a filing of fruit or icing.
Birthday cakes can be anything really, whatever the birthday boy or girl likes best!
Reply:The iceing of course
Reply:well a wedding cak usualy has the 3 cakes stacked into a small pyramid, biggest on bottom, medium size in the middle, and smalles on top and has 2 little action figures of 2 people that are getting married, and a birthday cake is just a single cake that says happy birthday(then whoever)
Reply:A wedding is for marrige and birthdays are for celebrating the day of peoples birth.
Reply:wedding cakes are huge and have a bride and groom on the top. and are fancy. %26amp; birthday cakes are small and simple
Reply:I know nothing about cakes, BUT I think the people who make the birthday cake make a more kid style approach. They also put more sugar in it probably. For wedding cakes I think they bake it into better bread because a wedding is sort've(sp.) more epic in life than a birthday for some people.
Reply:I know that you can whatever kind of cake you want for your wedding....but I have noticed that many people get whipped cream frosting on wedding cakes rather than the regular sugar/shortening that most birthday cakes have. Perhaps that is why it tastes better. That and the fact a birthday cake may be made further in advance than a weddding cake and put on display.
Reply:The cost for one thing, people pay up to thousands of dollars for a wedding cake , so the quality of the ingredients should be better
But I am not a pastry chef ,Baker, wedding cake decorator/maker, so just my opinion
So I would guess wedding cakes should taste better than a Birthday cake.
Reply:Umm birthday cakes are a lot better..
Reply:I don't think there is any difference.
Reply:Wedding cakes are extremely expensive and don't taste very good because of all the fondant they are really there for show and the whole cake cutting as bride and groom experience.
Reply:Just a diifferent occasion, the fancy wedding cake makers are just nice cake shops or bakery's verses, doing a mix out of a box at home.
Reply:same taste
Reply:no there isn't any difference maybe just different bakers have different cake mixes or recipes but they can bake the same cakes for all both occasions
Reply:one's for the wedding, the other is for your birthday?
wedding cakes are more expensive and are made with rich white chocolate. ?
Reply:I don't think there is a difference in the cake at all- I make my own cakes, and even made my own wedding cake. The ingredients were the same! Recipes vary from baker to baker, and there are many different flavors to choose from.
Reply:There is no difference. The wedding cake tastes better because by the time you get to it you are halfway tanked.
Reply:There is no difference. Cake is cake.
Some people make their own birthday and wedding cakes, others buy from grocery stores, local bakeries, or high end bakeries.
The people you are refering to are buying their birthday cakes from bakeries that specialize in wedding cakes but bake other cakes too. Their wedding cakes and b-day cakes will be similar. Likewise the wedding cakes and b-day cakes from a grocery bakery will taste similar to eachother but different from the cakes at the specialty bakery.
Reply:birthday cakes dont usually have a bride and groom on them
Are there different ingredients in a wedding cake? I've known people to only buy expensive birthday cakes from wedding cake bakers.
Just curious if there is a difference in the mix or the baking process.
What is the difference between Wedding and Birthday cake?
Know Your Ingredients
Wedding CAKE
The main ingredients of shortened cakes are fat, sugar, eggs and flour. Some recipes also call for chemical leaveners (baking powder or baking soda), milk, buttermilk or sour cream, flavoring extracts, and a pinch of salt to heighten the flavors.
A feature that characterizes shortened cakes--also known as "high-ratio cakes"--is their high proportion of fat and sugar to flour. These ingredients are what make cakes tender, moist and dense. Since there are so few ingredients in these cakes, use high-quality butter and pure flavoring extracts, measure with perfect accuracy and follow the recipe directions to achieve the best results.
Butter is usually the fat of choice, or a combination of butter and shortening. Shortening is easier to work with, because it is already partially aerated and remains at the same texture over a wide temperature range, but butter gives incomparable flavor and mouth-feel
--------------------------------------...
The Mixing Method
The "creaming method" is the same mixing technique you use for a batch of chocolate chip cookies--for cakes, however, you keep beating air into the mix. Over-mixing, which would cause the cookies to spread flat when baking, is hard to do when creaming butter and sugar for a cake. Beat room-temperature butter with granulated sugar (superfine, castor, or "bakers' sugar" is best) until the butter is very fluffy and noticeably lighter in color.
Add room temperature eggs one by one, beating after each addition. Adding all of the eggs or too much cold liquid at once will cause the batter to look curdled. Add any extracts or flavorings after incorporating the eggs.
Once you start adding dry ingredients, be careful not to over-beat the batter. The gentle handling is critical to creating a fine, not tough, texture in a cake. Many recipes alternate adding dry ingredients and any additional liquid; mix well after each addition, scraping down the sides of the bowl. Stop mixing when each addition is well incorporated
--------------------------------------...
Before You Begin
Make sure that all of your ingredients are at room temperature, particularly the fat, eggs and any liquid you may be using. It's essential that all these items be at room temperature:
If the butter is too cold, it won't beat evenly; it won't incorporate air and increase in volume.
When eggs and liquid are cold, the batter will curdle. Instead of a smooth, homogenous batter, it will separate into liquid and fat. You can still proceed with the recipe, but the cake's texture may be denser than you like.
If any of the ingredients are warm, the fat will melt and you won't be able to whip air into the mixture.
The second thing you need to do before mixing the batter is to thoroughly sift together all the dry ingredients. Cake flour and cocoa powder are especially fine, and form small lumps that won't get broken up during the mixing process. Unevenly mixed ingredients can result in a cake with big holes and tunnels through the middle, riddled with lumps of raw flour. Use a sifter or a wire whisk to make sure all lumps are broken up and those ingredients are really and truly mixed together.
--------------------------------------...
More Cake Tips
You don't have to have a stand mixer to make a butter cake or pound cake, but it sure helps. Begin by beating the softened butter at medium speed until fluffy and light in color, about three minutes. Add the sugar and continue to beat for about four minutes longer. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. With the mixer on low speed, add the eggs one at a time and beat for several seconds between each addition. If the batter does curdle, just continue whipping it; it should smooth out once it warms up.
After you've beaten in the eggs, you must mix in the remaining ingredients as gently and quickly as possible to avoid deflating the air you've so carefully beaten into the mixture.
Slow the mixer down to low speed and sprinkle in about 1/3 of the dry ingredients.
Mix the batter while pouring in about 1/3 of the liquid (this includes milk, buttermilk, sour cream, juice, or coffee).
Continue in this fashion until all of the ingredients are incorporated into a smooth batter.
Any garnishes--nuts, fruit, chocolate chips or other additions--should be very gently folded in by hand after the batter is mixed.
--------------------------------------...
Baking Cakes
Pour the batter immediately into a prepared baking pan--either greased and floured, or greased and lined with parchment paper--and bake in the preheated oven. As the cake bakes, it will rise high in the middle and turn a dark golden brown on the outside. Depending upon your oven, you may need to rotate the cake pans on their racks to ensure even baking.
Don't wait until the cake has pulled away from the sides of the pan to test for doneness: test it by pressing gently with a fingertip near the center. The cake should slowly spring back. (You can also insert a toothpick or cake tester near the center of the cake; it should come out clean, with no batter sticking to it.) Once you remove the cake from the oven, let it cool on a wire rack. Run a knife around the edges of the cake pan to loosen the cake, and invert the pan onto another rack or plate. Cool completely before slicing or frosting.
BIrthday CAKE
INGREDIENTS
2 cups white sugar
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
3 egg yolks
1 egg
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup boiling water
DIRECTIONS
Mix together the buttermilk with the baking soda. Set aside. Cream shortening, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Beat well.
Add buttermilk and baking soda mixture.
Sift dry ingredients, and add to creamed mixture.
Add boiling water, and mix well.
Pour into a greased and floured 9 x 13 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for approximately 35 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.
Let cool. I frost with cream cheese frosting.
Reply:I worked in a bakery for several years. We used the same cake for weddings and birthday cakes, as well as everyday cakes. Now, the wedding cakes tend to have layers that are much bigger; the different sizes are a little challenging to deal with, but other than that, they were identical to our other cakes.
The only thing that might change is that the fillings in a wedding cake might be more interesting because the brides sometimes suggested something different.
The other difference is $2- $3 a slice. Good luck!
Reply:The price?
Reply:they both are the same
Reply:I think the difference is in the quality. Most people don't think too much about b-day cake. If they don't make it themselves, they just buy it at the grocery store. For the wedding cake, people actually spend time trying different ones out %26amp; get it at a bakery or specialty cake shop.
Reply:Usually wedding cakes are made with fancy flavorings like almond or cherry, when birthday cakes are usually just the classic vainilla or chocolate.
Reply:Never knew a difference?
But i like Birthday cakes more..
Reply:wedding cakes are usually just plain vanilla
usually people want a better tasting cake for weddings then birthdays
so wedding cakes bakers are more rare and require allot of skill
well every cake has different ingredients and amounts usually bakers that have the talent to make a good wedding cake spend more time on the cake and have more experience on the ingridients to add
Reply:IDK BUT THEIR BOTH GOOD!!!!
Reply:I prefer a Carvel ice cream birthday cake over any wedding cake thank you very much.
Reply:It's all made from the same stuff.
The recipe may differ somewhat .. and the combination of icings may be different .. but it just depends on everyone's recipes.
Reply:Not really. Wedding cakes are traiditionally a white cake w/ almond extract flavoring and could include a filing of fruit or icing.
Birthday cakes can be anything really, whatever the birthday boy or girl likes best!
Reply:The iceing of course
Reply:well a wedding cak usualy has the 3 cakes stacked into a small pyramid, biggest on bottom, medium size in the middle, and smalles on top and has 2 little action figures of 2 people that are getting married, and a birthday cake is just a single cake that says happy birthday(then whoever)
Reply:A wedding is for marrige and birthdays are for celebrating the day of peoples birth.
Reply:wedding cakes are huge and have a bride and groom on the top. and are fancy. %26amp; birthday cakes are small and simple
Reply:I know nothing about cakes, BUT I think the people who make the birthday cake make a more kid style approach. They also put more sugar in it probably. For wedding cakes I think they bake it into better bread because a wedding is sort've(sp.) more epic in life than a birthday for some people.
Reply:I know that you can whatever kind of cake you want for your wedding....but I have noticed that many people get whipped cream frosting on wedding cakes rather than the regular sugar/shortening that most birthday cakes have. Perhaps that is why it tastes better. That and the fact a birthday cake may be made further in advance than a weddding cake and put on display.
Reply:The cost for one thing, people pay up to thousands of dollars for a wedding cake , so the quality of the ingredients should be better
But I am not a pastry chef ,Baker, wedding cake decorator/maker, so just my opinion
So I would guess wedding cakes should taste better than a Birthday cake.
Reply:Umm birthday cakes are a lot better..
Reply:I don't think there is any difference.
Reply:Wedding cakes are extremely expensive and don't taste very good because of all the fondant they are really there for show and the whole cake cutting as bride and groom experience.
Reply:Just a diifferent occasion, the fancy wedding cake makers are just nice cake shops or bakery's verses, doing a mix out of a box at home.
Reply:same taste
Reply:no there isn't any difference maybe just different bakers have different cake mixes or recipes but they can bake the same cakes for all both occasions
Reply:one's for the wedding, the other is for your birthday?
wedding cakes are more expensive and are made with rich white chocolate. ?
Reply:I don't think there is a difference in the cake at all- I make my own cakes, and even made my own wedding cake. The ingredients were the same! Recipes vary from baker to baker, and there are many different flavors to choose from.
Reply:There is no difference. The wedding cake tastes better because by the time you get to it you are halfway tanked.
Reply:There is no difference. Cake is cake.
Some people make their own birthday and wedding cakes, others buy from grocery stores, local bakeries, or high end bakeries.
The people you are refering to are buying their birthday cakes from bakeries that specialize in wedding cakes but bake other cakes too. Their wedding cakes and b-day cakes will be similar. Likewise the wedding cakes and b-day cakes from a grocery bakery will taste similar to eachother but different from the cakes at the specialty bakery.
Reply:birthday cakes dont usually have a bride and groom on them
What is the reason behind the wedding cake in a western wedding?
In a western style wedding, the couple is usually asked to cut the wedding cake. What's the meaning behind the wedding cake?
What is the reason behind the wedding cake in a western wedding?
A wedding cake is the traditional cake served to the guests at a wedding breakfast, after a wedding. It is usually a large cake, multi-layered or tiered, and heavily decorated with icing, occasionally over a layer of marzipan or fondant, topped with a small statue of a bride and groom. Other common motifs include doves, gold rings and horseshoes, the latter symbolising good luck. Achieving a dense, strong cake that can support the decorations while remaining edible can be considered the epitome of the baker's art and skill.
Tradition generally requires that the first cut of the cake be performed by bride and groom together, often with a ceremonial knife, or even a sword. An older, archaic tradition had the bride serve all portions to the groom's family, as a symbolic transfer of her household labor from her family to the groom's family.
Tradition may also dictate that the bride and groom feed the first bites of this cake to each other. Again, this may symbolize the new family unit formed and the replacement of the old parent-child union. It is also fairly popular for the bride and groom to shove the cake in each other's faces, rather than eating it.
Other guests may then partake of the cake, portions may be taken home or shipped to people who missed the festivities. (An old tradition held that if a bridesmaid slept with a piece of wedding cake beneath her pillow she might dream of her future husband.)
A portion may be stored, and eaten by the couple at their first wedding anniversary, or at the christening of their first child- The cake may be frozen for this purpose, formerly the top tier of the cake might consist of fruitcake which could be stored for a great length of time.
The origins of the tradition of the wedding cake date back to medieval times, when each guest at a wedding was supposed to bring a small cake, the cakes would be stacked on the table in levels and layers (If the bride and groom were able to kiss over the top of the stack it was considered good luck, if they fell in "Hey, dinner and a show!") these cake stacks would eventually merge into one cake and evolve into the modern wedding cake. Sweets are traditional at many celebrations for most if not all cultures worldwide. Ancient Roman records detail sweets distributed at weddings. The book Folklore Myths and Legends of Britain details the ancient Roman practice of dropping a wedding cake on the head of the bride. Medieval and Renaissance resources also mention large cakes at weddings. Such cakes may have been fruitcake.
A large cake can take a long time to make, and without modern refrigeration, a heavy fat and sugar frosting may have prevented spoilage by limiting moisture exposure. Another possibility is the use of sugar and fat required satisfying the need for conspicuous consumption for the families involved in the wedding.
The tiered design of the wedding cake originates from the tiered spire of a well known medieval church in London, England, called St Bride's.
Henry VIII of England enacted a law specifying the quantity of sugar a cake may have, possibly to control or tax this prevailing convention.
During World War II, sugar was rationed in Great Britain, so icing could not be made, and cakes were reduced in size. To overcome this cakes were often served inside a box, which had been decorated with plaster of Paris, to resemble a larger, traditional cake.
Reply:its the last decent thing a man gets to eat before the wife starts cooking,
Teeth Whitening
What is the reason behind the wedding cake in a western wedding?
A wedding cake is the traditional cake served to the guests at a wedding breakfast, after a wedding. It is usually a large cake, multi-layered or tiered, and heavily decorated with icing, occasionally over a layer of marzipan or fondant, topped with a small statue of a bride and groom. Other common motifs include doves, gold rings and horseshoes, the latter symbolising good luck. Achieving a dense, strong cake that can support the decorations while remaining edible can be considered the epitome of the baker's art and skill.
Tradition generally requires that the first cut of the cake be performed by bride and groom together, often with a ceremonial knife, or even a sword. An older, archaic tradition had the bride serve all portions to the groom's family, as a symbolic transfer of her household labor from her family to the groom's family.
Tradition may also dictate that the bride and groom feed the first bites of this cake to each other. Again, this may symbolize the new family unit formed and the replacement of the old parent-child union. It is also fairly popular for the bride and groom to shove the cake in each other's faces, rather than eating it.
Other guests may then partake of the cake, portions may be taken home or shipped to people who missed the festivities. (An old tradition held that if a bridesmaid slept with a piece of wedding cake beneath her pillow she might dream of her future husband.)
A portion may be stored, and eaten by the couple at their first wedding anniversary, or at the christening of their first child- The cake may be frozen for this purpose, formerly the top tier of the cake might consist of fruitcake which could be stored for a great length of time.
The origins of the tradition of the wedding cake date back to medieval times, when each guest at a wedding was supposed to bring a small cake, the cakes would be stacked on the table in levels and layers (If the bride and groom were able to kiss over the top of the stack it was considered good luck, if they fell in "Hey, dinner and a show!") these cake stacks would eventually merge into one cake and evolve into the modern wedding cake. Sweets are traditional at many celebrations for most if not all cultures worldwide. Ancient Roman records detail sweets distributed at weddings. The book Folklore Myths and Legends of Britain details the ancient Roman practice of dropping a wedding cake on the head of the bride. Medieval and Renaissance resources also mention large cakes at weddings. Such cakes may have been fruitcake.
A large cake can take a long time to make, and without modern refrigeration, a heavy fat and sugar frosting may have prevented spoilage by limiting moisture exposure. Another possibility is the use of sugar and fat required satisfying the need for conspicuous consumption for the families involved in the wedding.
The tiered design of the wedding cake originates from the tiered spire of a well known medieval church in London, England, called St Bride's.
Henry VIII of England enacted a law specifying the quantity of sugar a cake may have, possibly to control or tax this prevailing convention.
During World War II, sugar was rationed in Great Britain, so icing could not be made, and cakes were reduced in size. To overcome this cakes were often served inside a box, which had been decorated with plaster of Paris, to resemble a larger, traditional cake.
Reply:its the last decent thing a man gets to eat before the wife starts cooking,
Teeth Whitening
What are some unique wedding poses to use for my October wedding?
I'm trying to come up with some unique, funny and innovative poses to use to capture some good moments at my wedding. The wedding party has 14 people including myself and my soon to be wife. Thanks in advance for your help.
What are some unique wedding poses to use for my October wedding?
Aren't you hiring a pro? Why not discuss it with him/her?
Reply:just be yourself.. pose however you like,,, Report It
Reply:A very nice suggestions Antoni. LOL
Reply:When looking for a photographer, look at the website portfolio. When you see work you like, ask the photog at the interview to see some work that he/she considers unique. Discuss with them what type of look you want. Look at lots of pro websites to see what it currently trendy, maybe you'll see some things you like. Be aware of the time constraint, though. If you only have 30 minutes scheduled for formals, there is a limit to how creative you can be. And unusual posing requires more direction in most cases. (Some of those shots may seem purely PJ, but many are, in fact, heavily orchestrated.) 14 is quite a group to pose. The first step is finding a photographer whose style and treatment you like. Best wishes to you.
Reply:The Wedding Photojournalists Association has some great photos.
Reply:Candid, candid, candid.
Unposed is best.
A buddy of mine caught a bride in a completely unrehearsed moment this summer, and it is a great photograph.
Reply:yes im sure you are hiring a pro. But that doesnt mean they will have anything unique or special that they havent done 100x over with previous weddings. Asking outside the box is a great start to get some original ideas!
Make a human pyramid with the wedding party :-)
Good luck and have fun!!
Reply:Discuss it with the pro if you hire one, you are describing candid moments I think? heres poses that would be very unique:
http://www.alttext.com/archives/jason_s....
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/11/02/images...
http://jimjamzoo.com/wp-content/uploads/...
http://www.cherryflava.com/photos/uncate...
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What are some unique wedding poses to use for my October wedding?
Aren't you hiring a pro? Why not discuss it with him/her?
Reply:just be yourself.. pose however you like,,, Report It
Reply:A very nice suggestions Antoni. LOL
Reply:When looking for a photographer, look at the website portfolio. When you see work you like, ask the photog at the interview to see some work that he/she considers unique. Discuss with them what type of look you want. Look at lots of pro websites to see what it currently trendy, maybe you'll see some things you like. Be aware of the time constraint, though. If you only have 30 minutes scheduled for formals, there is a limit to how creative you can be. And unusual posing requires more direction in most cases. (Some of those shots may seem purely PJ, but many are, in fact, heavily orchestrated.) 14 is quite a group to pose. The first step is finding a photographer whose style and treatment you like. Best wishes to you.
Reply:The Wedding Photojournalists Association has some great photos.
Reply:Candid, candid, candid.
Unposed is best.
A buddy of mine caught a bride in a completely unrehearsed moment this summer, and it is a great photograph.
Reply:yes im sure you are hiring a pro. But that doesnt mean they will have anything unique or special that they havent done 100x over with previous weddings. Asking outside the box is a great start to get some original ideas!
Make a human pyramid with the wedding party :-)
Good luck and have fun!!
Reply:Discuss it with the pro if you hire one, you are describing candid moments I think? heres poses that would be very unique:
http://www.alttext.com/archives/jason_s....
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/11/02/images...
http://jimjamzoo.com/wp-content/uploads/...
http://www.cherryflava.com/photos/uncate...
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Wedding and Event planners: How did you start your business?
Within the next few years, after my own wedding is over and we've moved into our new place, I'm determined to start my own event planning business after being an office event coordinator for a couple years now. I was wondering how you event/wedding planners starting your own business. I plan on stocking up on plenty of event planning business books (event planning for dummies, anyone?), but does anyone else have any advice for me? Where to begin? What's most important? I'd love to hear it! Thanks in advance.
Wedding and Event planners: How did you start your business?
take a course. Always know what's "in" by reading bridal mags.
www.aa-wp.com is a good start.
www.bridalassn.com
www.pennfoster.edu their exam is from Association of Bridal Consultants
Good luck!
Wedding and Event planners: How did you start your business?
take a course. Always know what's "in" by reading bridal mags.
www.aa-wp.com is a good start.
www.bridalassn.com
www.pennfoster.edu their exam is from Association of Bridal Consultants
Good luck!
Wedding $$$$?
I was wondering how much everyone's wedding were!
I am getting married in a year and we are beginning our planning process..any advice you would like to give me would be wonderful! thanks
Wedding $$$$?
I just got married in March '07. Estimate $15,000.
Suggestions:
*Don't pay or take the time to make wedding programs - Hardly ANYONE took them.
*Take care of all the little tedious things 1st, the big things are easier to remember.
*Don't ask anyone in your family/bridal party what they would do or what they want to do. This is your wedding %26amp; trust me, you will have your moments where you don't want anyone's opinion. Just remember THIS IS YOUR BIG DAY %26amp; try not to accommodate for anyone. It will only cause chouse!!!!
*Take into consideration of the location before you pick your dress. I bought a BEAUTIFUL dress w/ LOTS of tulle on the bottom, but it was an outside wedding. When I got there I immediately thought -- I WISH I would have picked a different dress!!!! It was HOT, %26amp; it got grass all in it. Just think long %26amp; hard : )
Check out www.theknot.com -- It has SOOOOOOOOO many really good ideas : )
Good luck %26amp; congrats!!!
Reply:The most important thing...
remember its all about you and your hubby. Celebrate the love between the both of you and dont let anyone or anything get in the way of ruining your day. Report It
Reply:i am spending about 5000
Reply:We spent around 15k for a traditional wedding for around 200 people.
Very happy with how things were planned and how it all turned out! Nothing fancy-dancy, just a wonderful church ceremony and a great reception with lots of good food and dancing!
Best places to save money - invitations (do yourself), flowers (shop around), photography (get a friend) - but don't skimp on the food, full open bar, and great music! Take just as much time thinking about the ceremony as the reception!
Good luck and have fun planning!
Reply:I'm not totally sure what the total cost of my wedding was because my parents paid for most of it. Something that is really important to do right away is to set a budget. It's also important to talk to both sets of parents and find out what they are willing to contribute and to decide what you can afford to spend. It's not worth it to get into debt for your wedding or for your parents to take on debt for your wedding. Weddings can be major money sinkholes! The most expensive part of my wedding was the catering of the reception and I didn't even serve a full meal or alcohol, just finger foods.
Oh, and something every bride should do is to decide how much they are willing to spend on a wedding dress before they ever go into a bridal shop. The staff at every store will be very nice but that will definitely try and sell you the most expensive dress. And when deciding how much to spend on a dress remember that depending on the dress you choose the under garments (body shapers, slips, crinolines or hoops that puff out the skirt of your dress, special bras, and don't forget the garters one to keep and one for your new husband to throw!) can get pretty pricey as well! Then there are the shoes, veil, blusher, sparkly tiara or combs . . . suffice to say that a lot goes into the big day look!
Reply:Ours is costing around £2000, maybe just slightly over that, and we have been saving like mad to pay for it. Also we decided to rent out our spare room for 6 months so that brings in a little extra cash. It's inconvenient having someone else living there but if it means we can do the wedding without getting into debt then so much the better.
Reply:click here, you can save some money on wedding dresses, bridesmaid dresses, flower girl dresses.
http://www.weddingo.net/
http://www.weddingo.net/weddingdresses.a...
Reply:We're going crazy and getting married in Disney World. The base cost is $20,000 for everything except my dress and his tux and the plane tickets to and from.
Reply:we spent about a total of $2500
Reply:Start early, book early, arrange early. Pick up a few wedding mags, they have a lot of money saving tips!
Reply:I a getting married in June and i set a budget of about 5000 dollars but I have been finding really great deals and my parents know alot of people who do lots of things like taking professional pictures and making the cakes and the video and also the flowers, and my mother in law to be does flower arrangements so I don't think I have gotten up to 5000 yet, but it really depends on you, but i suggest to look around in some stores like party city or any party store they wedding stuff for cheap and it you have a flea market in your town check that out i am sure you will find something you need that is not expensive and it looks Good. Best of luck on your upcoming wedding
Reply:we spent 5000 on ours,
my favourite website was
http://www.frugalbride.com/index.htm
Reply:My mom spent roughly $2000 for our wedding. We did a lot of things ourselves, making bouquets/flower girl basket/ring bearer pillow/centerpieces. I had my hair professionally done but the bridesmaids and I sat around and curled their hair together before the wedding and drank champagne! FUN!! I even had Wal-Mart do my cake topper and cup cakes! They actually turned out beautiful! Also we rented a smaller hall and it was free! Really saved a lot of money. Also since I was having my wedding in February, I found a dress that was out of season but still beautiful for my wedding for 75% off! Same with the shoes! Start shopping early and try to do as much as possible on your own..even if you don't think you are creative you can find tons of ideas by asking people and searching the internet. Almost forgot..I also made my own invitations too..bought the supplies at 50/50 Outlet Store..in fact, most of my items came from there. Good luck and don't forget to have fun doing it!!
Reply:We spent less than $1000. We had Sunday dress, got married in our church, got the use of the church for the reception. Neither my husband or I wanted to spend alot of money on a dress you would wear only once.
Reply:Take a look at
http://www.costofwedding.com/
Only good for the USA.
Reply:We set our budget at $5,000, we will spend about $4,000
Reply:I am getting married in about 6 weeks and we are spending about $5000 on our wedding. The biggest expenses have been the catering/drink and the photography. I got a few great books off of amazon on how to save money when planning a wedding. A great source.
Reply:I know of an excellent wedding photographers and videographers. The name of the company is LCDphotography. They are internationally recognized and have a great portfolio of previous weddings they have done online.
http://www.lcdphotography.com
Reply:When arranging things like flowers do not tell them that they are for a wedding. The price is immediately doubled.
Reply:If I could I would like to spend about $2500 but at the looks of things it will be around $7000.
I am getting married in a year and we are beginning our planning process..any advice you would like to give me would be wonderful! thanks
Wedding $$$$?
I just got married in March '07. Estimate $15,000.
Suggestions:
*Don't pay or take the time to make wedding programs - Hardly ANYONE took them.
*Take care of all the little tedious things 1st, the big things are easier to remember.
*Don't ask anyone in your family/bridal party what they would do or what they want to do. This is your wedding %26amp; trust me, you will have your moments where you don't want anyone's opinion. Just remember THIS IS YOUR BIG DAY %26amp; try not to accommodate for anyone. It will only cause chouse!!!!
*Take into consideration of the location before you pick your dress. I bought a BEAUTIFUL dress w/ LOTS of tulle on the bottom, but it was an outside wedding. When I got there I immediately thought -- I WISH I would have picked a different dress!!!! It was HOT, %26amp; it got grass all in it. Just think long %26amp; hard : )
Check out www.theknot.com -- It has SOOOOOOOOO many really good ideas : )
Good luck %26amp; congrats!!!
Reply:The most important thing...
remember its all about you and your hubby. Celebrate the love between the both of you and dont let anyone or anything get in the way of ruining your day. Report It
Reply:i am spending about 5000
Reply:We spent around 15k for a traditional wedding for around 200 people.
Very happy with how things were planned and how it all turned out! Nothing fancy-dancy, just a wonderful church ceremony and a great reception with lots of good food and dancing!
Best places to save money - invitations (do yourself), flowers (shop around), photography (get a friend) - but don't skimp on the food, full open bar, and great music! Take just as much time thinking about the ceremony as the reception!
Good luck and have fun planning!
Reply:I'm not totally sure what the total cost of my wedding was because my parents paid for most of it. Something that is really important to do right away is to set a budget. It's also important to talk to both sets of parents and find out what they are willing to contribute and to decide what you can afford to spend. It's not worth it to get into debt for your wedding or for your parents to take on debt for your wedding. Weddings can be major money sinkholes! The most expensive part of my wedding was the catering of the reception and I didn't even serve a full meal or alcohol, just finger foods.
Oh, and something every bride should do is to decide how much they are willing to spend on a wedding dress before they ever go into a bridal shop. The staff at every store will be very nice but that will definitely try and sell you the most expensive dress. And when deciding how much to spend on a dress remember that depending on the dress you choose the under garments (body shapers, slips, crinolines or hoops that puff out the skirt of your dress, special bras, and don't forget the garters one to keep and one for your new husband to throw!) can get pretty pricey as well! Then there are the shoes, veil, blusher, sparkly tiara or combs . . . suffice to say that a lot goes into the big day look!
Reply:Ours is costing around £2000, maybe just slightly over that, and we have been saving like mad to pay for it. Also we decided to rent out our spare room for 6 months so that brings in a little extra cash. It's inconvenient having someone else living there but if it means we can do the wedding without getting into debt then so much the better.
Reply:click here, you can save some money on wedding dresses, bridesmaid dresses, flower girl dresses.
http://www.weddingo.net/
http://www.weddingo.net/weddingdresses.a...
Reply:We're going crazy and getting married in Disney World. The base cost is $20,000 for everything except my dress and his tux and the plane tickets to and from.
Reply:we spent about a total of $2500
Reply:Start early, book early, arrange early. Pick up a few wedding mags, they have a lot of money saving tips!
Reply:I a getting married in June and i set a budget of about 5000 dollars but I have been finding really great deals and my parents know alot of people who do lots of things like taking professional pictures and making the cakes and the video and also the flowers, and my mother in law to be does flower arrangements so I don't think I have gotten up to 5000 yet, but it really depends on you, but i suggest to look around in some stores like party city or any party store they wedding stuff for cheap and it you have a flea market in your town check that out i am sure you will find something you need that is not expensive and it looks Good. Best of luck on your upcoming wedding
Reply:we spent 5000 on ours,
my favourite website was
http://www.frugalbride.com/index.htm
Reply:My mom spent roughly $2000 for our wedding. We did a lot of things ourselves, making bouquets/flower girl basket/ring bearer pillow/centerpieces. I had my hair professionally done but the bridesmaids and I sat around and curled their hair together before the wedding and drank champagne! FUN!! I even had Wal-Mart do my cake topper and cup cakes! They actually turned out beautiful! Also we rented a smaller hall and it was free! Really saved a lot of money. Also since I was having my wedding in February, I found a dress that was out of season but still beautiful for my wedding for 75% off! Same with the shoes! Start shopping early and try to do as much as possible on your own..even if you don't think you are creative you can find tons of ideas by asking people and searching the internet. Almost forgot..I also made my own invitations too..bought the supplies at 50/50 Outlet Store..in fact, most of my items came from there. Good luck and don't forget to have fun doing it!!
Reply:We spent less than $1000. We had Sunday dress, got married in our church, got the use of the church for the reception. Neither my husband or I wanted to spend alot of money on a dress you would wear only once.
Reply:Take a look at
http://www.costofwedding.com/
Only good for the USA.
Reply:We set our budget at $5,000, we will spend about $4,000
Reply:I am getting married in about 6 weeks and we are spending about $5000 on our wedding. The biggest expenses have been the catering/drink and the photography. I got a few great books off of amazon on how to save money when planning a wedding. A great source.
Reply:I know of an excellent wedding photographers and videographers. The name of the company is LCDphotography. They are internationally recognized and have a great portfolio of previous weddings they have done online.
http://www.lcdphotography.com
Reply:When arranging things like flowers do not tell them that they are for a wedding. The price is immediately doubled.
Reply:If I could I would like to spend about $2500 but at the looks of things it will be around $7000.
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