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BM Dresses pt. 2

If you recall the last post about the ladies dresses (here), the search didn’t end there. Here are a few more options we looked in to:

personal photos above

Finding the BM dresses was much more of a task than finding my wedding gown. At this point I wanted to forget about one of “my rules” and consider a different look. Different dresses in the same color/ color palette:

Though it would make things much easier and each individual would be happy picking a dress that suits her body type, it was easier for me to say than to decide! I was determined to find the dress.

Trois: BM Dresses

When I began looking for the bridesmaids dresses, I knew of three must haves. Just THREE (3), and knew or thought everything else would fall into place.

Chiffon, because I love the lightweight, floating appearance of the fabric. I think it’s perfect for a summer wedding. 
Long, because I liked the idea of the bridesmaids wearing long dresses, besides I would have to worry less about the appropriate footwear.
Consistency, because I like the look and feel of uniformity.
As an add on, a Brooch to bring a little bit of personality to each dress.

Unfortunately, at least one of the requirements will be changed once dress shopping comes into play. For me, I was able to move from wanting the ladies in long dresses to the possibility of short. Here are a few of the options considered:

None of the options above made it, next I will show you the dress I fell in love with for the ladies and where it was purchased.

Drunken sweet or high!

Cake tasting…I could do this on a weekly basis, well maybe monthly instead (the tasting that is). To be honest I was more excited about tasting the different flavors and picking the grooms cake over the wedding cake. Choosing the cake was one of my least favorite tasks; it was going to be cut anyways. Well, same for the grooms cake but at least I could get a bit more creative and crazy with his cake.
For the wedding cake, I had one thing in mind…Keep it simple!! No cake-topper, no flowers to pretty it up (because I’m not big fan of flowers, just as a nice surprise gift from hubby but that’s about it). As for the grooms cake I already knew what I wanted it to look like, I just couldn’t wait to see it executed and see his reaction since it was a surprise!
Favorite cake flavor:
Too many to pick from 🙂
Least favorite cake flavor:
I didn’t have one!
Favorite filling:
Vanilla Bavarian Cream & Cream Cheese
Least favorite filling:
Key Lime (eeks!)
Cake Flavors:
Vanilla, Chocolate, Marble, Raspberry Swirl, Red Velvet
Pina Colada, Chocolate Mint, Carrot Cake, & Vanilla Almond
Fillings:
White Buttercream, Vanilla Bavarian Cream, Chocolate Bavarian Cream, 
Chocolate Ganache, Cherry, Cream Cheese, Strawberry & Key Lime
@ Cut the Cake in Longwood w/ Cynthia (Elizabeth Couture)
After I left the cake tasting, I went straight to a coffee shop and ordered a cup of black coffee. I needed a balance, I was on a sugar high 🙂

Cake flavor picked for the wedding:
All!!! (seriously all, lol!)  Each tier (3) was a different flavor, the remaining flavors were part of the kitchen cake (aka cost effective because it didn’t need to be bedazzled for photographs 🙂 The grooms cake was chocolate/ chocolate mint.

Here they are :

You can’t see it clearly in the picture but the cake has silver glitter all over it and I simply personalized it by including bands which somewhat matched my wedding band around each tier. Oh, and each tier was a different flavor.
It was a great surprise indeed, he loved it!! Yes, a Playstation 3 with the joystick.
So that concludes the tales of the cakes!

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