Wedding Colors/Theme

honeychile · #1 10-06-2011, 12:14 AM

Okay #3 on the above cake? We're (who am I kidding? AI'm the one 500 milew away and doing ALL of the work!) having a cake like that, and I'm to chose between snowflake pins or <> pins. I've found both on ebay, at about the right size, too. OR, I could go snowflakes on one side and <> on the other. What would y'all chose? And would wired ribbon look tacky? I hate to buy a whole spool to use so little of the unwired.

If anyone needs some royal blue post-December, I'm your go-to girl.

NinjaPoodle · #2 10-06-2011, 09:56 PM

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Navy + coral:

Oooooh! I like this color combo!

GeekyPenguin · #3 10-09-2011, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by honeychile

Okay #3 on the above cake? We're (who am I kidding? AI'm the one 500 milew away and doing ALL of the work!) having a cake like that, and I'm to chose between snowflake pins or <> pins. I've found both on ebay, at about the right size, too. OR, I could go snowflakes on one side and <> on the other. What would y'all chose? And would wired ribbon look tacky? I hate to buy a whole spool to use so little of the unwired.

If anyone needs some royal blue post-December, I'm your go-to girl.

My cake guy says to never use wired ribbon on cakes, it doesn't lay right. He actually has it written in his contract.

honeychile · #4 10-09-2011, 08:40 PM

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My cake guy says to never use wired ribbon on cakes, it doesn't lay right. He actually has it written in his contract.

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THANK YOU!!! I have been asking lots of people, and nobody knew.

Munchkin03 · #5 10-09-2011, 09:14 PM

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My cake guy says to never use wired ribbon on cakes, it doesn't lay right. He actually has it written in his contract.

I didn't even know that ribbon on wedding cakes was a thing. But then again, I go to like 2 weddings a year so I am not the one.

I'm going to need a lot of help when (or, as my sister likes to say, if

) I get married. All I know is that I gotta register for an anvil lopper and glue sticks.

ADqtPiMel · #6 10-10-2011, 09:57 AM

I had ribbon on my cake and liked the way it looked -- wired ribbon is a definite no-no because they can't make it lie flat against the cake.

GeekyPenguin · #7 10-11-2011, 12:13 AM

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I didn't even know that ribbon on wedding cakes was a thing. But then again, I go to like 2 weddings a year so I am not the one.

I'm going to need a lot of help when (or, as my sister likes to say, if

) I get married. All I know is that I gotta register for an anvil lopper and glue sticks.

As you know, cakes are my thing.

Ribbon on cakes seems to be less expensive than other decorations.

Don't forget the sawhorse!

honeychile · #8 10-11-2011, 12:56 AM

Okay, if you're not using black smithing utensils on your cake, and have opted for ribbon instead, do they have a way of just starting and stopping the ribbon without a decoration, or should I provide some sort of "buckle" or pin or something?

Please be gentle - I have no one I can really discuss this with except online, and while their cakes are wonderful, I can't understand the bakers over the phone, 500 miles away.

VandalSquirrel · #9 10-11-2011, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by honeychile

Okay, if you're not using black smithing utensils on your cake, and have opted for ribbon instead, do they have a way of just starting and stopping the ribbon without a decoration, or should I provide some sort of "buckle" or pin or something?

Please be gentle - I have no one I can really discuss this with except online, and while their cakes are wonderful, I can't understand the bakers over the phone, 500 miles away.

I asked a professional baker I know, and there are issues using fabric ribbon (bleeding & food safety) that it was suggested to have another idea or plan to work with your baker. The ribbon you already bought can be used to decorate, but a fondant ribbon or some other kind of decorating with icing could work out for you. Maybe using the same color blue in a design on a the cake? If you do go with ribbon, it will either have to go on top of fondant or wax paper to form a barrier against bleeding and for food safety with something covering the join.

I'll try and find some examples for you, but I hate fondant so it may get tricky.

http://www.amybeckcakedesign.com/ This baker happens to be in Chicago, and is probably expensive, but some of her cakes are really neat, there's a snowflake one, and it looks like she uses ribbon so if you haven't signed a contract or sent money perhaps contacting her is an option?

honeychile · #10 10-11-2011, 04:52 PM

The bakery I'm using is hysterical. One of the designers said, "Fondant pretty, but taste blech!" while putting her finger down her throat! I happen to agree with her, so no problem with that. We're planning on a plain white buttercream, with the ribbon at the bottom of each tier, and maybe a magnolia on top. I was just wondering how the seam (for the lack of a better word) would be hidden when using ribbon.

And no, I haven't bought the ribbon yet, but I was planning to do so this weekend - which is why I'm asking somewhat strange questions!

ADqtPiMel · #11 10-13-2011, 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by honeychile

Okay, if you're not using black smithing utensils on your cake, and have opted for ribbon instead, do they have a way of just starting and stopping the ribbon without a decoration, or should I provide some sort of "buckle" or pin or something?

Please be gentle - I have no one I can really discuss this with except online, and while their cakes are wonderful, I can't understand the bakers over the phone, 500 miles away.

We didn't have any kind of embellishment on the ribbon to hide the point where it stopped, and you couldn't tell at all that that point was there. I have NO IDEA how our cake person did it, but she is also a Cake Genius (I think I've said before here that the fondant she did for ours was so delicious that people were peeling the fondant off of leftover slices and just eating that, leaving the cake behind).

So I know that it can be done, but you may want to have some options -- a snowflake pin, or something?

honeychile · #12 10-13-2011, 12:48 PM

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We didn't have any kind of embellishment on the ribbon to hide the point where it stopped, and you couldn't tell at all that that point was there. I have NO IDEA how our cake person did it, but she is also a Cake Genius (I think I've said before here that the fondant she did for ours was so delicious that people were peeling the fondant off of leftover slices and just eating that, leaving the cake behind).

So I know that it can be done, but you may want to have some options -- a snowflake pin, or something?

You read my mind! I have 3 snowflake pins, and was thinking they could be scattered, not marching in a straight row - IF they need them!

BTW, did you see the picture on the ADPi facebook page of the bridal bouquet & the pins? Very cute!

GeekyPenguin · #13 11-06-2011, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by honeychile

Okay, if you're not using black smithing utensils on your cake, and have opted for ribbon instead, do they have a way of just starting and stopping the ribbon without a decoration, or should I provide some sort of "buckle" or pin or something?

Please be gentle - I have no one I can really discuss this with except online, and while their cakes are wonderful, I can't understand the bakers over the phone, 500 miles away.

I'm having embellishments on ours, so I would assume they'll end it there. I just Googled this because I was curious and a lot of places said they do a small dot of icing in the back to "seal it."

Apparently for food safety issues they will iron wax paper to the back of the ribbon so it doesn't leach or anything.

carnation · #14 11-06-2011, 10:53 AM

Finally, Ballerina has both a church and a reception venue; you wouldn't believe how hard it was to get both places on the same day. She's planning for an evening wedding and wants to do something with lanterns and white lights. I saw some small purple glass lanterns in Birmingham that she could possibly set on the tables.

Ideas?