bridal guide 2011
Your Story
We’ll Help You Write
By Illyse Lane
Do you have the ring on your finger? Are you floating on air? Take a deep breath and savor the moment, because life is about to get busy.
Whether your dream wedding is going to be intimate
of your closest friends, the elements remain the same, with a list so long you’re guaranteed to be using at least a few spreadsheets to keep track of your things-to-do. But never fear. Cary Living is here to help. Because we know that all of the details – the ones you’re about to worry about – will ultimately become your story. It will be the story of how you found your perfect dress, those fabulous invita-
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and cozy or a finely orchestrated event with a few hundred
your first dance, memorable toasts and scrumptious food.
or if you prefer, exchange cupcakes. And if you’d like save
It’s the story that began when you first met your groom-to-
a few cupcakes for your first anniversary, never fear. “Cup-
be. And the one that continues to be written as you take the
cakes, just like cake, can be frozen,” reminds Emig.
steps to live your life as man and wife.
When it comes to flavor, classic chocolate and vanilla
As you tend to the details, keep in mind that the
are always loved, with key lime, coconut and red velvet
trend in weddings is to make it your own. Mixing timeless
becoming quick favorites. Yet more creative choices are in
traditions with more modern choices is what being a bride
demand with filled cupcakes making a splash. “Our cus-
today is all about, whether it’s save-the-date cards with
tomers also adore our spumoni cupcake, which is a blend-
your photograph or a birdcage veil.
ing of chocolate cake swirled with cherry cake topped with
Another trend that’s here to stay? The cupcake. The
pistachio buttercream frosting, a Swiss meringue butter-
trend that has swept the nation is also taking over the wed-
cream, which is simply divine, as well as a ganache on the
ding reception, replacing traditional, tiered cakes. This
top of Boston cream pie,” says Woodhouse.
doesn’t surprise Michaele Woodhouse and Lauren Emig of
If each combination sounds better than the next,
A Cupcake Diva, who believe that we should all be able to
you’re in luck. Since every cupcake is individually made,
have our cupcake and eat it too. “A cupcake can be casual
you have lots of flexibility when it comes to design and fla-
and fun, but it can also be very elegant, with an elaborate
vor, allowing you to capture the feel of the wedding while
presentation, allowing it to fit into any wedding just per-
pleasing even the pickiest guest’s palette. “A cupcake is
fectly,” says Woodhouse.
truly the perfect portion that is sure to be enjoyed by every
If you’re into keeping with tradition, cupcakes can
guest,” says Emig.
hold their own. While you won’t need the standard cutting
So figure out your own combination of what’s old and
–the-cake ceremony, you can absolutely take a moment to
what’s new and make your wedding your own. It will be
either feed your new spouse a bit of a delicious cupcake,
your story to share for years to come.
Special thanks to A Cupcake Diva for providing the cake pops used on the Bridal Guide cover.
tions, and the amazing location. It will turn into the story of
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