LET ME EAT CAKE!

So the cake was a big pain in the A$$.

I heard rave reviews from everyone about ABC Cake Shop and Unique Cakes by Karyn.

It was a battles of prices so I went with ABC Cake Shop.

Now remember this in Albuquerque and Greg and I live in Denver. So we had to plan from Denver and around our trips in town.

Cake inspiration

Originally we went for our tasting in December 2009 and were able to taste a bunch of flavors, fillings and icings. We got a couple of price quotes and were told we could make our final decisions as late as two weeks ahead of time.

Everything was going fine as I was fretting over what flavors we wanted, what style of cake we wanted etc. One trip in town we went to put our final information down and I was told, "Oh no we definitely don't recommend whipped cream filling, for those decorations there is a $$$$ upcharge, blah, blah, BLAH!!!

The main problem was that ABC Cake Shop was reorganizing their wedding department and we were in the middle of getting conflicting information. Apparently the at the original tasting the guy just told us whatever we wanted to hear and didn't really know what he was talking about. Ok that's fine. I'll deal.

BUT, after realizing that our guest list count was much lower than we anticipated I tried to call ABC Cake Shop and email ABC Cake Shop numerous times over 2 weeks to update our order. I repeatedly asked them to confirm these changes with me as it was very difficult for me to be able to come in and confirm. Jen and Andrea did not email me back until a wek after Greg's mom went in to speak with them. So that was like 3-4 weeks after my original phone call. Not acceptable.

In the end, the cake turned out great, it was gorgeous and was what I wanted, but working with ABC Cake Shop over the phone from Denver was not easy. I understand they are reorganizing, but seriously send a flippin' email.

Anyways, I'm done with my rant, but here are the fabulous pictures of our cake!

The topper was custom-made by NakedPeggies.

We had two flavors. They were almond cake with bavarian cream filling and chocolate cake with chocolate cream filling. Our frosting was buttercream and the rose petals were fondant. It was all hand-sprayed with pearl shine-y stuff.

I had the almond cake which was awesome! I heard the chocolate cake was awesome too, but I didn't get to try it.

So all in all the cake was great, it was just pain in A$$.

Le Dress

Yes, it's true, I got my dress on ebay!

I tried on dresses at numerous boutiques. Once my mom came with me she found THE dress. Of course THE dress was WAAAAYYY over my budget.

I looked on Preowned wedding dresses, oncewed, and weddingbee. I looked for any of the dresses I had tried on, but I was really looking for Enzoani Dorothea.

And then I checked Ebay. I found it! It was a sample size (10) just like the one in the above picture. Those clothespins are holding back quite a bit of fabric. That is how big the dress was that I bought. It was brand new with tags for over 75% less than retail. I took a big chance and bought it! I had no idea if a seamstress was going to be able to size it down to me or how much that would cost.

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But it worked out great! The Wedding Seamstress, here in Denver is AWESOME. Deedee made it work. She altered my dress and it fit perfectly the first try! She was quick and very knowledgeable. I would send any and every bride here! She was also VERY affordable!

So from a size 10 to a 4, from Ebay to my wedding, my dress was PERF!