Over the last year or so becoming a sustainable, environmentally-friendly business has been at the front of my mind. During the process of creating a show-stopping wedding cake there is so much packaging and consumables involved and I’ve tried to reduce this although it has been very difficult.
During this time of #stayhome, I am attempting to use my pantry items to try and create both meals and sweet treats; these were so good I had to share with you.
Since returning back from my trip to Jamaica last February I have immersed myself in lots of traditional cooking and rediscovering my roots through food.
When I met Robyn and Tom I knew they were a special couple. Tom absolutely dotes on Robyn and she on him too. Their wedding choices suited them perfectly…
Grace Nicole Photography has done an awesome job of capturing all of the moments from Lawrence and Alice’s wedding at Hazel Gap Barn, not only an extensive gallery in colour but also gorgeous wedding highlights in black and white.
Alice and Jono’s wedding really does look like the perfect day. When couples contact me for their cake, the details always seem a little sketchy so it’s not always easy to visualise it all coming together and everything being complementary.
This real wedding blog post is a little different, usually it’s a good balance of the bride and groom on their big day with all of the photographic highlights. This real wedding blog is all about the dress!
It’s been a while since I have shared a real wedding here on the blog so in this very strange summer weather we are having, it seems the perfect time to share an autumn/ winter wedding. Hopefully those who are getting married later in the year can be inspired by this beautiful wedding too!
The Rustic Wedding Company strikes again with this wonderful winter wedding full of Snowdrops for H&G.
t’s been almost a year since I went to Los Angeles, almost as long since I intended to blog about it but I didn’t quite find the time, hopefully I can remember all of the important details! This is a great place to honeymoon too, if you are looking for some inspiration.
I got together with an awesome bunch of wedding suppliers and we worked together to style Inkersall Grange Farm wedding teepee for their autumn open day, where you can also have an outdoor ceremony. I had been here once before for Hannah and Ben’s wedding so I had an idea of how gorgeous, spacious and unique this venue was.
The lovely Hannah and Ben had a wonderful church wedding in Nottingham followed by a reception at Inkersall Grange Farm on Nottingham’s outskirts.
Your wedding cake is usually a centrepiece of your wedding day and probably the most expensive cake you will purchase ever, so it would be a little bit sad if it was stuck in a dark corner somewhere, out of sight of you and your guests!
“Couples planning their wedding day want every detail to be perfect and for the icing on the cake, The Sweet Stuff really delivers as Nottingham’s coolest wedding cake supplier.”
Earlier this year I got to work with some of my favourite wedding suppliers yet again on a fantastic inspiration shoot based around Pantone’s Colour of the Year - Ultra Violet.
Julia and Dmitrii are a very cute and kind couple who were super enthusiastic about planning their wedding. They came to me ultra prepared with lots of ideas at hand. Their brief was to create a modern but elegant wedding cake that would stun their guests…
Last year I predicted that semi-naked cakes - cakes covered with a bit more buttercream than the naked cakes would become hugely popular and I quickly lost count with how many of them I had enquiries for and actually made throughout 2017.
Planning your wedding comes with a roller coaster of emotions. From sheer excitement right through to worrying how on earth you’re actually going to have the time to get everything done! That and the worry of knowing what you actually need to be doing and when.
Newlyweds Emily and Andy married at the stunning Hazel Gap Barn in North Nottinghamshire where the venue is enrobed by rolling countryside. Their wedding photography by Sarah-Jane Ethan is really beautiful and captures the summer light and beauty of the venue in a mix of full colour and black and white.
Alex and Fraser saw one of my wedding cake designs in 'Brides' magazine (Feb/ March 2017) that they fell in love with and got in touch with me about their celebration in London in September 2017. As an out of town couple we worked via email and chatted on the phone about their big day.
London city dwellers Chloe and Tom chose the beautiful West Mill for their wedding venue as Tom had played there with his band We Are Bond Street when it had just opened and loved it. Having now visited myself, I can see why so many couples have fallen in love with the venue and why it was Chloe and Tom's top choice.
Having worked in the world of weddings for three years now I have learned so much and met so many incredibly talented wedding industry suppliers who make such stunning work. It's really useful for engaged couples that are planning their weddings to pass on a list of suppliers that I love and trust to them so here are a very special bunch!
"We've consulted our little white book and trawled social media to bring you our hottest style predictions for 2018".
Wild, wild thoughts! Wow, wow, wow! These images are stunning, the colouring and the vast location are everything! Magda K Photography conceived the idea of earthy, runaway brides and along with the other suppliers, took this editorial style wedding inspiration shoot to the peak district for an elopement wedding.
I absolutely love to share wedding photos from my client's big days to show how everything fits together with the cake, wedding inspiration and just how beautiful the whole end result really can be...
It's always so difficult choosing a small selection of images to share on a blog post and Charlotte Jopling's images of Joe and Ally's wedding was no exception. Charlotte's photography is crisp, really picks up the details as well as making colours pop but it's also really natural and just beautiful too.
George and Kasia were really easy to work with as they knew exactly what they wanted. The brief was a naked cake filled with buttercream and jam, decorated with fresh seasonal fruit and dusted with icing sugar. The wedding was to be a relaxed picnic style day at Goosedale - the venue with the views.
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Zank You: The Best Wedding Cake Makers And Designers In The UK, October 2018
GoHen.com: The UK’S Top 50 Wedding Cake Designers 2017, October 2017
The Un-Wedding: The Sweet Stuff: Cakes for Cool Brides, July 2017
Nottingham Post: Nine Nottingham Wedding Cakes to make you say 'WOW' , July 2017
Brides.com: Marble Wedding Details That Are Beyond Gorgeous, March 2017
Some of my earliest life memories are of being ‘back home’ in Jamaica. My grandparents came to England in 1961 along with many other British West Indians as they were then known.