Saturday 29 November 2008


Wedding cake design by STELLA ROSE

Art and Culture,Relationships,Cooking

Wedding is the most important function in a person’s life as on that day bride and groom act as cynosure in eyes of all people. Proper care should be taken of everything as hundreds of guests, relatives and close friends are invited to attain the wedding ceremony. One of the particular things that are noticed by every individual is wedding cake. Wedding cake keeps varying according to their size, shape, occasion and flavor. Wedding cake comes with different flavors like chocolate, vanilla, raspberry, mango and many others to mention. A connoisseur person will figure out the best of wedding cake for such special occasion. Traditionally wedding cake is used from ancient times.
All you need is to right select the wedding cake of your type with proper shape. If you are not aware about the wedding cake information then have a look to some bakery or wedding cake shop and rightly choose from the catalog. If you are not satisfied with the wedding cake you can even give the order in advance to get the cake of your type. The two most commonly used wedding cake shapes are round wedding cake, square wedding cakes, fruit wedding cake, wedding cake specially based on some theme etc. Just keep in mind the rough idea of number of people going to attend your wedding as it will help to decide the size of wedding cake.
After the type and shape of wedding cake it is better to decide the number of tiers that need to be having on your wedding cake. Then decide how to arrange the tiers whether directly or as a stand. Just take some expert advice or through web search you can perfectly make out your decision to use tiers by your wish. Don’t forget the size too while discussing the parameters of wedding cake too. The most important factor that needs to bear in mind is the budget.
The work does not end here, just by going through wedding cake parameters still you need to select a wedding cake topper. There are kinds of wedding cake toppers that may tranquil your eyes. Wedding cake topper should not cover the design of wedding cake. If got addled then under some expert advice or by any way just finds a cake topper that maintains the beauty and should reveal the design of wedding cake. Wedding cake topper is mainly used to décor the wedding cake. When you are done with all work, just buy a wedding cake serving set. In market there are many types of wedding cake serving sets which may suits best to your need.
Thus, the provided wedding cake information will help you in times of your wedding ceremony.

Wednesday 26 November 2008


Fall Floral Design! How to Make a Festive Arrangement by L. WARD


Fall is a wonderful time of year for fresh flower floral design. There is a plethora of beautiful flowers in rich fall colors. Thanksgiving and Halloween arrangements are especially fun. Use fresh flowers and Halloween novelties to make a fun Halloween design! Or, leave out the Halloween novelties for Thanksgiving. Some flowers that are great to use for fall include: Bird of Paradise, Alstromeria, Gerbera, Roses, Chrysanthmums, Carnations, Coppertip (crocosmia), and orange thistle (safflower/Carthamus). Leather leaf, salal, and goldenrod are just a few examples of foliage that goes well with these flowers. Curly willow also will enhance the fall tone of the autumn arrangement.
Use a fairly small pumpkin for the vase of your design. To design an arrangement in a pumpkin, first clean out your pumpkin. Sprinkle flower food on the inside, this will help your carved out pumpkin to last longer. You will then want to insert plastic lining in your pumpkin. Floral foam is a great way to anchor your design. After saturating your floral foam in warm water, you are ready to begin! The previous mentioned flowers will look great in this design.
The first step will be to add some foliage to the floral foam. Put salal leaves hanging over the edge and cover the mechanics (the floral foam and plastic liner if it is showing). Next add the tall flowers and mass or focal flowers. You can cut long stemmed flowers short to have them near the base of the design or leave them tall, be creative.
Some tips for your design:
- You paid for that Bird of Paradise! Make sure you can see it! If you use expensive or unique flowers, be sure not to hide it behind foliage or cheap flowers.
- Use the "lid" of your pumpkin as part of your design, this can be attached with a wooden peg.
- Add fall leaves to your design.
- For more of a Thanksgiving look, include small squashes, vegetables, and other Thanksgiving items.
- To enhance your design, and to make it more suitable for Halloween, put Halloween novelties in it, like ghosts, spiders, cobwebs, or witches!
- Don't forget purple is the new Halloween color. Using purple flowers and foliage can add variety to any seasonal floral arrangement and help your oranges and reds not to blend together.
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