My sister got married this last weekend and we wanted to make it a nice celebration for her. Everyone pitched in and did the different preparations. Invitations, flowers, decorating, etc. My job? The cake - which is why I have so many pictures of it. :) I had lots of help and with my sisters and Mom we ended up making a great cake!!! Here are some pictures of both the cake and the wedding.
I made the lilies a few days before out of gum paste. So first a picture of those:
I was going to try the fondant for the two styrofoam layers at home before leaving for Idaho but it was rough because there was too much icing. So off it went and I waited till Idaho. The first layer I had everyone helping me roll out to get the right size before putting it on the cake. Kristen helped me smooth that part out! With help from Mom and Jill too. :)
The second layer I did myself and got the rolling out down better and smoothed it a little easier. With critiques coming at me from family members I got that one smoothed out. It was all in good fun and everything turned out great!!
Then on to the last layer which was the actual cake. I've decided real cakes are SO much easier to put fondant on than styrofoam is! It just plopped right one and smoothed out perfectly.
Next came the stacking and the ribbons. All of us made sure it was all even, and then it was time for the flowers:
And here is the finished product:
The ring ceremony was beautiful and my dad did a GREAT job with his speech and the ceremony part. One that will never be forgotten - by anyone. ;) Jeff and Rachelle looked so happy and Zoe and Emily were adorable in their white dresses with their flower baskets!!
The weather was perfect, the food was perfect, the decorations were perfect. It was great!! Here are some of the pictures from the wedding. Sorry, they're a little smaller than the rest. They didn't want to get bigger for some reason. It was a great day and I'm so happy we got to share it with Rachelle and Jeff. Congrats! We love you guys!!
