Charms In Wedding Cake
Hot Wedding Cake Topper Trends for 2010
The hottest wedding trends for 2010 encourage the celebration of a couple’s unique sense of style, and the wedding cake is no exception. The cake has long been a staple at almost every wedding, one which requires a decision making process. It involves tastings, design consultation, and when the big day comes it even gets its own table. Whether opting for a cupcake tower, a few classic round tiers, or a Cake Boss creation, brides and grooms can finish it off with a topper as distinctive as they themselves are. Popular choices have steered away from the traditional and moved towards fun, romantic, unusual and hobby-inspired ways to express your personalities. An entire segment of the wedding day is centered around the cutting of the cake, so why not have fun and top it with something that’s sure to be noticed? Here are some of the top topper trends for this year:
Humorous/Funny
The options are aplenty if you and your fiancé share a quirky sense of humor. There are toppers featuring the bride carrying the groom, a couple sharing a little “Love Pinch” from behind, a “Couch Potato” groom with his “Exasperated” bride, a couple in a “Race to the Altar”, a Princess Bride kissing her Frog Prince Groom…the opportunities are endless and will certainly be received with chuckles and grins!
Romantic
Your wedding day is all about showing your love, and a cake topper can show it too. There are romantic figurines available today which are far from the cookie cutter toppers of the past. A couple shares a kiss beneath an umbrella in “Showered with Love”. “Picture Perfect” features a groom kissing his bride behind a photo frame. One of our favorites, “True Romance” represents a classy couple in a charming embrace. Whether you want understated and elegant or sexy and passionate, a romantic topper can enhance the emotion of the day.
Monogram
One of the hottest trends this year is to top your cake with a monogram. Use one initial to represent your newly shared last name or a combination of three letters. Choose from simple, brushed silver styles or bring the bling with letters covered completely in Swarovski crystals. The monogram is a great way to emphasize your union and is a popular choice for colorful cakes.
Sports/Hobbies
Couples who share a passion for a sport or hobby will love the options available to them. Baseball fans may delight in a topper featuring a groom getting ready to pitch a baseball to his ready-to-bat bride. Football fans may enjoy the “Playful Football” couple. There are figurines representing rugby, hockey, soccer, golf, and skiing. If you love to ride motorcycles then “Motorcycle Get-Away” is a pretty cool choice. Displaying the things you have in common is a wonderful and interesting way to top your cake, and often becomes a conversation piece amongst guests.
With such a wide variety of great options many couples are finding themselves torn between several toppers. Perhaps this is why these charming figurines have begun to make appearances at places other than just the cake. They’re popping up at guest book tables, gift tables, bars/refreshment stands and in coordination with centerpieces. Another trend that’s becoming increasingly popular is the use of both bride’s and groom’s cakes. While you want to share your lives together your taste for cake may be different, so why compromise? Have two!
No matter your style, wedding theme or hobby, a cake topper is a great way to demonstrate your uniqueness as a couple. Not only will it earn attention on your special day, but it’s a keepsake that can be enjoyed long thereafter!
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English Wedding Traditions?
I’ve tried to look it up online and here’s what I’ve found:
Mother wears a big hat
Holding a horseshoe down the aisle
Flowergirl putting petals all the way to the church
Bridesmaids sew a charm on the hem of the dress
Bridesmaids have Charms between cake layers w/ a ribbon
Does anyone have any other suggestions? Any good venues in London? Or traditions? Thanks!
I’m English and i’ve never heard of most of them lol
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a silver six-pence in your shoe.
Yep, the big hat, thats true! (Tho big hats are generally reserved for Ascott lol)
Tossing the bouquet, but the garter is done rarely (tho it becoming more fashionable)
The traditional rhyme for the wedding dress colour:
Married in White, you have chosen right,
Married in Blue, your love will always be true,
Married in Pearl, you will live in a whirl,
Married in Brown, you will live in town,
Married in Red, you will wish yourself dead,
Married in Yellow, ashamed of your fellow,
Married in Green, ashamed to be seen,
Married in Pink, your spirit will sink,
Married in Grey, you will go far away,
Married in Black, you will wish yourself back.
Limousines are rare, unless in the city. They are not very practical on small, winding roads. Transport usually is by Rolls Royce or vintage car.
There is no such thing as a “shower.” Wedding gifts are brought to the reception, or delivered directly to the couple before the wedding. Gifts are not usually opened until after the honeymoon, and then the thank you cards are sent.
The wedding cake is normally a rich fruitcake topped with marzipan and royal icing (hard white icing); Its can be kept for years, the top tier is called a “christening cake” to be saved for the birth of the first child. (Old fashioned fruitcake dates back to the days before leavening and sugar.)
The bridegroom rarely wears a tuxedo – only at a very large, formal wedding. Business suits are normal. The bridegroom has a best man, who also wears a business suit.
We have Stag do’s (parties) and Hen nights, rather than the American “Buck”?
Weddings are traditionally held at noon; afterward there is a seated luncheon or dinner called a “wedding breakfast”.
I’ve heard american have a thing called a dolar dance, not quite sure what it is, but we don’t have it here.
Apparently in America the bride and grooms feeds eachother some cake, we don’t do that here.
The bride should not be seen by her future husband until she arrives at church (or register office), and especially he should never see her trying on her wedding dress.
She is “given away” by her father or another male relative (an echo of the days when she had no say whatsoever in the matter, and went from belonging to her father to belonging to her husband).
The bridesmaids should all be unmarried except for one “matron of honour” (having one married one is optional, but there is not usually more than one).
While adult bridesmaids are usually friends of the bride, any child bridesmaids and pages are usually family members.
Hope this helps!
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