Good Luck Rain

They say it's good luck to rain on your wedding day.  A few weeks ago my dear friend got married, in an outdoor ceremony, on the coldest, rainy day of this season so far.  When it was time for the ceremony to begin though, the rain had dwindled to a fine misty drizzle.  Everything was beautiful and I wanted to share some of the details with you guys.  Here are a few pictures of the reception area decorations.

I also wanted to share my outfit choice for the day.  If you remember from this post, I had planned on making a dress to wear to the wedding but circumstances prevented that from happening so I had to do a last minute adjustment in plans.  I chose this dress with an asymmetrical waist and hemline cut on a bias with a 1930-40s feel.  

Pay no attention to the fuzzy Christmas socks =)

It was very chilly that day so I added a beaded velvet shawl and opted for minimal accessories with a Fall inspired brooch and a feathered headband.  Oh, did I mention that I participated in the ceremony by reading a poem?

Outfit Details

Dress:  Evan Picone from Goodys

Shoes:  Aerosoles from TJ Maxx

Back Seam Stockings:  Secrets In Lace

Shawl:  I can't remember

Brooch:  Yard Sale

Feather Headband:  Walmart

After the wedding and reception were over we stopped by my daughters house to visit for a few minutes and enjoy a warm cup of coffee.  By the time we left, the rain had completely stopped and on our drive home we were driving into an amazing sunset.  It was a perfect ending to a beautiful day.

Wedding Cupcakes and More

A few weeks ago, I told you in my Upcoming Projects post that I would be making a dear friend's wedding cupcakes, so I wanted to share those with you.  In talking with her, we decided that she would need 150 cupcakes, a small cake for cutting, and a groom's cake.

The cupcakes and the small cake were all a white almond cake with a raspberry buttercream frosting.  Her wedding colors were purple and yellow so I decided on a small purple fondant flower to decorate the cupcakes.

The small cake for cutting was decorated simply with a symmetrical grouping of dots all over.  The Bride had a monogrammed topper to place on the cake.

The groom's cake was a dark chocolate cake with a peanut butter buttercream frosting - and given the Groom's love of sports, we went with a Boston Red Sox themed cake.

However, the groom's cake suffered a major mishap during delivery by way of flipping upside down in the back of the Mister's car.  Needless to say, it was not presented at the wedding, which was a bummer because I thought it was such a cute cake.

Here are the cupcakes and cutting cake displayed at the wedding.

And, in case you were wondering, this is what 150 cupcakes and two cakes look like getting ready for transport.

It was a lot of work getting it all done, and disappointment in losing the groom's cake, but overall I think it went well.

Upcoming Projects

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I have a very busy few weeks ahead of me and several projects to complete.  Next week will mark my Granddaughter's 3rd birthday and we will be celebrating this coming weekend with a Very Hungry Caterpillar themed party.  I will be making her a dress to wear to the party, along with the thank you gift bags, plus her birthday cake.  You can expect to see future posts with details.

The following weekend, a very special friend will be getting married and I will be making her wedding cake, (actually, she is having cupcakes) plus the groom's cake.  Expect to see a post on this too.

I am also planning on making my dress to wear to her wedding.  I will be attempting to make the Vintage Vogue 8728 pattern reprint you see here.

Casey of Elegant Musings sewed this dress up last year in a beautiful cream jersey.  You can see her post here.  I wanted something a little more dressy for wearing to the wedding so I will be using a beautiful blue satin.  However, I loved the idea of making it with a jersey fabric so I plan on making up another one.  I will be sure to share how it goes with you guys.

While searching for fabric, I ran across this site, Pink Chalk Fabrics and thought I would share.  This site is great if you are looking for quality natural fibers for quilting, sewing, or craft projects.  They also sell patterns and I fell in love with this little guy.

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He would be so cute for my granddaughter's party but I think I will have to save that project for another time. ~  There's only so many projects this Grandma can cram into the day.

Wedding Creations

A couple of weeks ago my cousin's daughter got married with an outdoor wedding down by the river.  It was a scorcher of a day and thunderstorms threatened but they held off just long enough and while it was hot, the shade of the trees near the water helped.


I had the honor of creating her wedding cake.  Since the wedding was an informal outdoor setting, she wanted to incorporate nature into the design.  The original design was to have butterflies cascading down the tiers of the cake but she wanted the butterflies to be all the same color which proved to be difficult to find.  We found sets of multi-colored but very few single color sets.  Her colors were butter yellow and midnight blue and we could only find solid blue butterflies in the larger size.  So we opted for small yellow flowers cascading down the sides and two of the larger butterflies on the top.  I think it turned out pretty well, what do you think?