Fav Finds + Flower Friday - Kate Healey Flowers

Happy Friday! It's a bit rainy, but that won't dampen my spirits as I am headed to Carmel for a little R&R! Super excited! I plan on hitting up those outlets, a few wineries and then catch up on some reading in front of a roaring fire, hot cocoa by my side. So now that I have tortured you with visions of my perfect weekend, let me also say that I have barely touched my Christmas list - no shopping or wrapping has been done! So much to do!! Maybe those outlets will come through for me!

While we are there, we will also be revisiting the restaurant Casanova where my adorable hubby proposed! So excited to go back and take it all in! When we were there the first time, after he popped the question, I couldn't eat a thing I was so excited! Now I can't wait to go back and try it again and clean my plate!!

OK, enough ramblings about me. This week's flower Friday reminded me of some of the gorgeous and rich shades of purple that pop up in holiday decor. Purple is known as the color of royalty and it simply looks divine in this wedding.

The photography is from my fav, the amazing Sarah Yates, the flowers are by Kate Healey Flowers in Big Sur and the mixing and matching are simply stunning! The lovely cake is by Royal Bakery - so sweet and simple!



Here are some of the best of the blogs this week!

A cake in an unexpected place and a gorgeous shoot
Kiss the Groom & Nonpareil Magazine

The holidays are almost here!
Ritzy Bee

Dainty glass baubles
Postcards & Pretties

Gift wrapping party prettiness
The Sweetest Occasion

Mirrors and greenery = love!
Elizabeth Anne Designs

Sweet Treats & Dainty Details - Black and White Wedding Cake

Hello all! I rambled on and on in a recent post about my almost black and white wedding dress. Well, I have now found the perfect cake for the wedding theme that almost was! How gorgeous is this?! The lace detail is amazing! I think later this week I will be building an inspiration board around this baby! I can't wait! Keep your eyes open! ;)


Photo source: Real Simple.com

Sweet Treats - Gorgeous Wedding Cakes

I can't put into words how perfect I think the cakes from The Sweet and Saucy Shop are. Melody and her team do an amazing job on creating the most beautiful cakes ever - the details, the colors, such fun! Here are two new ones I found over on her lovely blog. These two cakes take the meaning of detail to a whole other level! How amazing is the floral work on this baby?

For our next cake, I have a little ditty to share...when I was getting married waaaay back in 2004, I fell in love with an ivory gown that had a cathedral length train. The whole bottom of dress and train was embroidered in a black floral pattern that then repeated along the strapless top. (I know what you're thinking - you're thinking it sounds scary - it wasn't I promise, think Halle Berry Oscar dress with a long train). I LOVED this dress. Lots. My mom and I brainstormed about what fun we could have with a black and white wedding...the trouble was my venue was outdoors practically in a vineyard. Since the dress and the venue were pretty much polar opposites, I said goodbye to my black and white dreams. I eventually found THE dress, but a little part of me still wants to have a black and white wedding (now to tie it back to the cake) and below would be my perfect cake!!


Enough of my rambling on and on - enjoy the rest of your Wednesday!
xoxo
Trisha

Wedding Decor - Dainty Details - Mini Wedding Cakes and Lacy Birds

Over on the fabulous blog of the lovely Amy Atlas, she featured an amazing pick up truck dessert bar. I loved the whole idea, but my little eye spied these ADORABLE mini wedding cakes on sticks. How super sweet are they?! I personally think they are really homemade marshmallows with a bit of icing but you never know with these crazy desserts - they really could be mini cakes that some baker perfected some how! I think this idea is simply fantastic and know it can be used a million ways as a decoration detail.

My other fun find was over on Shop Friend.com. These lacy bird cut outs are just the bestest. I can see them perched on the top of a wedding cake, or even hidden among flowers as centerpieces, maybe even somehow highlighting table numbers. Really, the possibilities are endless with these cuties.

Happy Monday!

xoxo

Trisha

Photo sources: Jeanna Hayes via Amy Atlas Events and I Wanna Be via ShopFriend.blogspot.com

Sweet and Saucy Shop - Tasty Treats that are Simply Beautiful

Sticking with the sweet theme this week, I wanted to showcase the amazing dessert designer Melody of the Sweet and Saucy Shop. The bummer for Bay Area Brides is that she is down south in Long Beach. But I just couldn't resist sharing a few of her fab designs just in case you demanded that she make your wedding sweets and then you would fly her up with your cake sitting on her lap (a la Sylvia Weinstock!)

Melody is the Owner and Head Pastry Chef of this adorable shop and creates some of the most stunning cakes I have ever seen! You have to click over and see more lovely stuff here on her blog.

Loving the cascade of rose petals down this all white cake.

The sweet detail of pink and white lace.

A gorgeous chocolate brown cake - yes, it is sitting on a BBQ and you will have to go to Melody's blog to find out why! ;)

You should see some of the crazy cool groom cakes she has created! This Nike Shoe Cake!

And this soccer ball cake. Melody goes into detail of how she makes them and there are a bunch more photos as well.

I hope one day I get to work with the lovely Melody from Sweet and Saucy Shop! Which cake above is your fav?

xoxo

Trisha

Photo sources: Annie McElwain, Jessica Claire, Gabriel & Carlie

Found! The Perfect Cake Stand.

Back in 2004, I was searching everywhere for a beautiful yet simple cake stand that would showcase my wedding cake. All I could find were these huge silver boxes:First of all, my cake was round - I didn't want it on a square silver box - I wanted wine country elegance! Then I looked at Williams-Sonoma and found this cake stand which I loved:

But my cake baker at Sweetie Pies looked at me as if I was crazy - how was she going to fit a three tiered 18" cake on that tiny cake stand?

So in the end, I ditched the stand idea all together and ended up with this:

Pink and Red ribbons with fresh flowers. When all was said and done, I loved the cake and thought it looked fine with no stand.

Fast forward to today...and my love of Etsy...and I find these:

Where were these back in 2004?! Sarah's Stands come in a gajillion (okay 73) colors and are so darn perfect! I wish that these were available. Hers come in all different sizes too so your cake baker can't complain!

Has anyone else out there found fantastic cake stands?

Photo sources: Foodservicewarehouse.com, Williams-Sonoma, Laura Hunt Photography. Sarah's Stands photos via etsy: www.TheLoveProjectWeddings.com and the cakes: GreatCakes.net