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Ask Heather: How Do I Even Start Planning a Wedding?
Image courtesy of Larry Donoso
Dear Heather,
Is, "where the heck do we even start?" a sufficient question?
Dear Jessica,
Absolutely! I suggest starting with the trifecta of guest list, venue, and budget, as all of them directly impact the other in non-negotiable ways. The absolute first thing I recommend doing is making an all-inclusive, "if we get to invite absolutely everyone we want," all-out guest list. Have your parents contribute, if they desire. This is basically your dream guest list, and your actual list will likely end up being smaller.
Once you have your dream guest list, pare it down as much as you can, to those you truly would love to have in attendance. You might end up having to cut it down further, but at least this gives you a ballpark. After all, there's no sense even looking at venues that have a maximum of 75 guests if your realistic guest list is 150. The opposite is also true — if you and your partner want a very small wedding, don't bother with venues that have ballrooms for 300 people.
Now that you have your list, talk to everyone who might be contributing financially to figure out a budget. There are all sorts of pieces of advice out there when it comes to choosing a budget, but I suggest simply calculating what you can afford to spend and doing your absolute best to work within those constraints.
At last, you're at the point where you get to consider venues. Depending on how many people you want to invite and how much you have to spend, you might need to be flexible in regards to dates. In general, Fridays and Sundays are less expensive than Saturdays, and off-season rates are obviously cheaper than more popular times. When it comes to off-season, though, that's definitely a local preference. For instance, July in a northern state might be lovely, but in a southern state, it could be a sweltering hell.
And now, my lovely readers — where did you start with your planning process? Did you take the "trifecta approach"? Let us know in the comments below!
DIY or DIE: Terrarium Centerpieces with PopShop
Have you guys heard of PopShop? Well, it's a really cool little design fair where you can browse around for arts and crafts and other goods, as well as get your mitts dirty with a little DIY craftiness of your own. This weekend, PopShop Houston is hosting a Handmade Weddings event, where you can get down with some rad crafts with a wedding-y slant, find other fun doodads for your big day and maybe even find your wedding gown! In honor of their awesomely DIY-centric event Sept. 20-21, in Houston, PopShop shared this rad little terrarium how-to with us. If you're in the Houston area this weekend, be sure to stop by PopShop Houston and get your craft on with the lovely ladies there! And keep an eye out for PopShop events in your 'hood!
Looking for a hip and minimal way to bring the outdoors to your wedding table? Try terrariums. They could even be a fun gift for your guest to take home. They are easy to make, easy to care for and quite affordable. You can use colored sand rocks and seashells in a million different colors and match any terrarium to the style and color palette of your special day. A terrarium with multiple plants, like in the video, will cost about $20 to make.
How to Make Terrariums from Pop Shop America on Vimeo.
1. A Shallow Bowl
2. Rocks for Drainage
3. Cactus Soil or Regular Potting Soil
4. Several cacti and succulents
5. Colored sand, crystals, or seashells for decoration to fit the color and style of your wedding
6. A sunny window
Start with a shallow bowl. A shallow bowl allows the plants to absorb water easily. Add a layer of rocks on the bottom. This will help the soil to dry completely in between waterings. Gently pack and firmly place the succulents in the soil. You can add all kinds of decorations like colored sand, crystals, seashells or miniature toy like objects such as birds or deer. Place your terrarium near a sunny window and water once or twice a month. Let your plants dry out in between waterings. Succulents will start to look sunken in when they're dehydrated. Look for visible signs to know when to water. Feed every three to six months.
About Pop Shop America:
DIY means something to us. We think that everything in life should be meaningful and made with care. At Pop Shop America, you'll find a curated series of events and online boutique that showcase handmade & vintage fashion, art, and indie products. Our goal is to create a super fun setting in which artists can earn a living and shoppers can find products that they'll love for a lifetime.
The High Cost of Wedding Fear
Former BAB advice columnist / current wedding planner extraordinaire Liz Coopersmith, of Silver Charm Events, stopped by to give you guys a boost this week! Guys, there's no reason to feel fear about or shame toward your wedding. Really, honestly and truly. It should be a very happy time in your life, because hey! You're in love! And you're getting married! And yes, there's a lot of bullsh that can surround a wedding day, but don't let that get you down. Liz explains why:
From Bridget & Steve's Intimate, Beautiful Palm Springs Wedding. Credit: EPLove
I talk to a lot of brides every week, as you can imagine. I've watched a lot of you exhibit two very disturbing emotions when it comes to your weddings: Fear and Shame.
It's in the way it takes me at least a couple of tries to find out how much your budget is.
Or, in the reverse, getting upset that you're spending so much of your/your parents/whomever's money on one day, when you could use it on a downpayment on a house, instead.
Or, the sideways look you and your fiance give each other when I ask how you met.
Or, when you tell me how much certain family members need to be kept away from each other, or, kept away from you. And then follow up, five minutes later, by saying it's not that bad … but seriously, everyone has to be on opposite sides of the room.
Or, how you keep giving in to what your parents or your friends want you to do, instead of standing up for what you want. Are you being a doormat?
Or, not giving into what your parents/friends want you to do, and standing up for what you want. Are you turning into a Bridezilla??
You can't win, because you won't let yourself win. You're ashamed of where you are, so you won't allow yourself to be happy with what you have, whatever that is right now.
Researcher Brene Brown defines shame as "the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing we are flawed and therefore unworthy of acceptance and belonging." Shame is built out of the fear that you won't be understood. And I've noticed that a big reason that people don't feel worthy of acceptance and belonging is that they don't really think that they can ever get what they want. Not really.
I understand – there is a lot of pressure to make your wedding the best and most perfect and most beautiful day of your life. And (GASP!) there are not supposed to be any limits – financial, personal, logistical – on the best day of your life! That's what makes it such a great day, right? Poor people don't have beautiful and perfect days, only people with unlimited budgets do. You can't have a beautiful and perfect day if your families are always at each other's throats, only people with close, well-behaved relatives can. Do you deserve to live happily ever after if you met online and not through a Random Act of Fate? What will happen if you tell the truth? You want to impress your family and friends, and most of all, you want to impress yourself. It is a lot of pressure, and completely unrealistic.
The cost of wedding fear is that it focuses on what you don't have, and on hiding what's not there. It's a waste of time. Plus, it makes you feel like crap.
So, what's the cure?
1. Be honest, with yourself and with anyone else you're dealing with, wedding-wise. Just … be honest. The more you try to hide what you're afraid of, the more control you give it. And, eventually, it's going to have to come out. Are you worried about being judged and rejected by potential vendors … who don't know you? It's business, not personal. If they can't work with you, for whatever reason, then you can't work with them. If they are going to be mean or snooty about it, then you really don't want to work with them, right? Which brings me to …
2. Don't go in looking for a fight; don't walk into the room expecting resistance. What you look for, you will find. I've met with many brides who will, in one sentence, tell me they have a limited amount of money, and then tell me that's not enough for them to have the wedding they want, and then ask me, "You can't work with that, can you?" This is before I've even opened my mouth to reply. I get it – you're rejecting yourself before I get a chance to do it, but don't assume. Same thing with your family and friends. Tell them what you need and what you want, and then see what happens. Don't be defensive, just have a conversation.
3. Remember that you are not alone. Not even close to being alone. If you're facing a wedding planning problem, there are tons of other couples facing the same thing. Find them online and and seek empathy and sympathy. And solutions, too.
4. Some things will not change, but they can be worked around. If your parents couldn't be in the same room with each other before you started planning your wedding, odds are then they won't be able to on your wedding day. You've been managing your family for years, and you know how to deal with them — or not deal with them — so they don't drive you insane. Keep doing that. The historic house you love is not going to drop their rental rate by a couple thousand dollars on a Saturday night. You are probably not going to win the lottery before then, either. Accept it. You might not have Ivanka Trump's budget, but you're not so broke that you can't have a beautiful wedding day, and the love surrounding you will be free (Aww!). It is what it is. If you can't afford Saturday night, what about Friday or Sunday? Less guests? What about a cocktail or dessert reception? Figure out what you feel comfortable with and go from there.
5. Use what you have to get what you want and need. You think you don't have anything, or not nearly enough? You're so wrong. If you have access to the Internet, you can find a local bridal show and see what's possible. If you've picked your venue, you can ask for photographer and florist recommendations. Don't know how to do something? Google it. If anything, you have too many choices. Keep looking until you find the best option for you.
6. Be grateful for what you do have. A fiance who loves you, and who you want to spend the rest of your life with, no matter how you met them, or what type of reputation either of you had during the Bush administration. Friends and family that are happy and eager to help, even if they won't back off (they mean well, I swear). One day to celebrate that with all your favorite people in the world. Pollyannish? Sure. True? Totally.
7. Don't twist yourself into knots. Many a bride has overextended her budget, her patience, and her good will trying to overcompensate for a perceived lack of … whatever. Pull the brakes anytime you hear yourself saying, "I don't want them to think … " or "I know it's still not going to work, but … " Full stop. Turn around. Find an option that doesn't make you hyperventilate. Ask for help if you need it. Take help when it's offered.
8. Finally, give yourself some credit. You're sitting there thinking, "HowamIgoingtodothishowamIgoingtodo thisHOWAMIGOINGTODOTHIS?"Look around! You are doing it, the way everyone does it: One step at a time.
See you at the end of the aisle,
Liz Coopersmith
Ask Heather: Non-Spendy Alternatives for Flowers
Image courtesy of Photo Pink
Dear Heather,
I refuse to spend big bucks on flowers. What else could I use?
Dear Brittany,
The possibilities are endless, and I love non-floral decor. I even have a tag on my business blog dedicated to this very topic. Because I have faith in your ability to Google for images, I'm only going to include a handful of links in this answer. Mostly, I'm just going to throw out options.
When it comes to centerpieces, my favorite floral alternative will always be candles. They can be floating candles or clusters of candles or only a couple of candles surrounded by petals (yes, flowers, but way cheaper than whole flowers). The key here is to make sure your venue allows open flames. Some do not, and it would suck to get your heart set on something that's forbidden.
Other centerpiece options are stacks of books, feathers, silk fake flowers, paper flowers (there are *tons* of tutorials out there for making paper flowers, including one on my blog involving coffee filters or this one in The Broke-Ass Bride archives), or vases with glass beads or other items (maybe ornaments with your wedding colors for a Christmastime wedding) inside them. Or, heck, you could just use pretty colored vases, sans filling.
For bouquets, I found a Pinterest board devoted to eco-chic floral alternatives. There's also a lovely post on Offbeat Bride devoted to nontraditional bouquets. For those who don't feel like clicking on those links, some of the options include ornaments (again!), brooches (BAB's own Christen had a brooch bouquet!), feathers, and paper flowers.
When it comes to general decor, I love the look of fabric pennants or streamers. I did tissue paper pomanders for aisle decor at my own wedding, which is what's pictured at the top of this post. There are also many options for using balloons, or fabric back drops (think photo booth), or tulle hanging from the ceiling, tied in a stylish way. Gah! So many beautiful options!
Are you a fan of non-floral options? What are you planning on using? Let us know in the comments below!
DIY or DIE: Pretty Personalized Bunting with Daydreaming Bride
BABs, I'm so excited about how rockin' the DIY or DIE projects have been lately, and today is certainly no exception. Nodlaigh, aka Daydreaming Bride, is in da hizzy to show us how to make super easy (and cheap!) personalized bunting. Guys, this could work for anything from your engagement party to wedding decor to a banner for a thank-you card photo to general home decoration. And since it won't cost you a pretty penny, you could easily make a few of 'em! And keep an eye out, because Nods is going to be joining us to give us some great wedding inspiration from time to time. And without further ado …
For those of you watching your pennies for the big day, today's post is one for you. I'm going to show you how to make personalised and colourful wedding bunting for next to nothing!
You can use whatever colours and fabric styles you wish to suit your theme — I've gone for an eclectic and vintage vibe using luxe velvet and cord fabrics mixed with colourful accent patterns.
What you'll need:
- Fabric scraps to match your theme: I actually used fabric samples I'd ordered for free when I was looking into decorating our living room last year. For the lettering I used an old pillowcase past it's best. If you needed to buy some fabric then you could certainly source some samples for less than £1 (~$1.67).
- Ribbon: I sourced mine from Ebay. It's £1.88 (~$3.14) for 25 metres but I only used 1 metre.
- Iron-on adhesive: I used Heat n'Bond no-sew adhesive. It is £1.50 (~$2.51) for 0.5 metres but I only used about a quarter of that.
- Sewing kit: just a needle & thread is fine.
- Good scissors and a pen.
- Access to a printer and an iron.
Even if you had to buy the fabric, Heat n' Bond and ribbon new, you'd still only be looking at just over £1.50 (~$2.51) per metre of bunting — cheap as chips!
And it couldn't be any simpler to put together, taking me less than an hour all in. For those sewing phobes out there, you could very easily make it a complete no-sew project by using iron-on adhesive for the ribbon instead of sewing it.
- Cut your fabric to size and lay out to gauge which pieces are best to use.
- Type out the text you require for your bunting. I went with "Mr + Mrs". It's crucial to make sure the text is oriented back to front so that it's the right way around for the finished product (You can do this in PowerPoint using the 3D rotation function under 'Format'). In terms of font, I'd advise to use one that's easy to cut out — some of the script fonts are lovely but not the easiest to work with. I used Aharoni.
- Arrange the Heat n' Bond over the text, paper side up.
- Trace around the letters onto the paper side using a pen or pencil.
- Cut out your letters and place paper side up on the fabric you're using for the lettering.
- Apply the iron to the paper side of the letters in order to bond them to the fabric. Use a medium heat, no steam and place the iron on the letters, as opposed to swiping it back and forth, to avoid moving the letters.
- Cut out the letters with the fabric now adhered to the back.
- Map out where you want the letters on the coloured fabric squares and peel back the paper.
- Apply the iron to bond letters in place, once you're happy with the placement. Ensure the shiny side of the letters is facing up.
- Arrange your fabric pieces for one final check to ensure you're happy with the final design.
- Cut ribbon to size to allow enough room either side to affix the bunting.
- Pin in place and sew the ribbon onto the fabric squares.
And you're done!
I told you — it's so easy!
Would you give this a try? What colours would you go for?!
Happily Invites You to Its Crazy Cat Party + Mega Giveaway!
Guys, I'm interrupting your regularly scheduled Five for Friday because our friends over at Happily are stirring up some major awesomeness re: wedding planning. And they've been doing some pretty baller giveaways, but today's is by far the mostest bestest. I'mma let them explain, but first, there's this:
You good? Good. OK, now we're going to let them tell you allllllll about the fluffy goodness that's in store!
Happily's in the midst of developing a top secret wedding planning app — and one that's being powered by the largest collective of top wedding planner professionals. Ever. (As far as we know.) So instead of getting a pretty-but-not-quite-pragmatic app designed by an established wedding empire looking to expand into tech, it's being designed by wedding planners for anyone is in need of planning his or her wedding.
The result: a powerful app that's pragmatic, super easy to use and even a little on the addictive side. And guess what? They've just hit a major milestone and are celebrating with a crazy cat party, giving out a slew of glamorous and cute objects featured in their recently released Ultimate Cat Wedding Video. {You watched it above. Because I would never make you wait for that.}
But they've saved the best for last.
Today, Friday, they are are offering a $3,000 wedding planner package for brides and grooms alike.
What it includes:
• 12 monthly planner meetings with an experienced, top Happily wedding planner
• 12-Hour Day of Coordination Team on your wedding day
• Customized Wedding Planning Templates
• Rehearsal Coordination (one of the few things brides think they don't need until it ACTUALLY HAPPENS)
• Vendor Concierge
• Venue Concierge
• Personal Assistant (4 hours/month)
Give them some love! Socially. No, really, freak them out. Every like, regram + @happilywedding tag, follow, re-pin, #HappilyFreakOut comment and subscribe counts as an entry into the contest. Contest runs until midnight 8/15/14.
Happily Wedding Feeds
Twitter: follows and comments #HappilyFreakOut EACH count as an entry into the contest
Instagram: follows, regrams + tag @happilywedding and comments #HappilyFreakOut EACH count as separate entries for the contest
Pinterest: follows, re-pins and comments with #HappilyFreakOut
YouTube: subscribe and comments with #HappilyFreakOut
Facebook: likes and comments with #HappilyFreakOut — each count as an entry!
Want to sign up to become an alpha tester for their new app? Go HERE.
Go forth, ye Broke-Asses, and comment/follow/like/pin/repin until your heart's content!
Ask Heather: Tipping Vendors – Who and How Much?
Image courtesy of Randy Hershfield
Dear Heather,
I'm reading mixed messages about tipping vendors! Help!
I'd like to know about the vendors as well! Photographer, DJ, baker …
Dear Tiffany and Charlie,
I'm of the opinion that the only vendor you truly need to tip is your wedding planner, ideally around 40%.
Okay, just kidding. Well, sort of
Technically, you don't have to tip any of your vendors, in the same way that tipping waiters, waitresses, baristas, hair dressers, etc, is not required {Eds note: TIP YOUR SERVERS/BARTENDERS at restaurants, damnit. They live on that shit.}. But it's a really nice thing to do and it helps you to not look like a jerk. One thing to watch out for, though, is whether a tip is already included in your contract. Caterers will often include a gratuity in their fees, so unless they provide truly exceptional service, watch out for tipping twice. Note that "service fee" and "gratuity" are two different entities, though. The former usually goes straight to the company, whereas the latter is distributed among service staff.
There are some folks who maintain that if a person owns their own business, there's no need to tip them since they've already charged what they wanted for their service. As a business owner, I think this is nonsense. The fees I charge are based on how much time I think I will invest in doing a particular event times an hourly rate I think is fair. If I go above and beyond a couple's expectations, a tip on top of that amount is always appreciated. And I always try to exceed expectations.
With all of this said, there are still no official guidelines. In general, I'd definitely go with 15-20% for your hair stylist and make-up artist. Those are two of the most often tipped pros. If the gratuity is not already included in your catering bill, I'd also go for 20% of your food bill, to be split amongst the catering staff (host, waiters/waitresses, etc). Bartenders also deserve a tip, but if you intend to provide a tip, perhaps you could politely request that they not have a tip jar on the bar, to avoid double-tipping. Other folks to maybe tip include photographer, videographer, transportation, musician/DJ, officiant (often ends up being a donation to their place of worship), and planner. Alas, I cannot tell you exactly what to tip, since every single person tips differently. Give my best friend and me the exact same restaurant bill and we'll likely tip the waiter a different amount. So, the exact amount is up to you, but if anyone goes above and beyond expectations, they deserve a little something extra.
As you likely are realizing, tipping really adds up! In addition to forking over some cash, another way to show your thanks is with gushing, enthusiastic reviews posted on sites like WeddingWire. If your vendors aren't listed on any review sites, go ahead and email your appreciative feedback to them and give them permission to post it on their website (social media shout-outs are great, too!). Every review you give one of your vendors increases the odds that the next couple who comes along will hire them. And never underestimate the value of a well-written thank you note with an excellent photo of you and your new spouse. Trust me – vendors will be touched by the gesture. Especially if it's accompanied by a glowing review. *Ahem.*
Which vendors are you planning to tip? Has the amount you'll need for tips been a shock to your budget? Let us know in the comments below!
DIY or DIE: Make Your Own Damn Wedding Cake with Lizzy Pancakes
All right, darlings, it's time for one helluva DIY or DIE sesh up in this bish. Put away the scissors and tape and glue, grab an apron and get your booty in the kitchen to make your own damn wedding cake. Yup, you read that right. We've got Lizzy Pancakes here getting elbow-deep into some confectionary awesomeness to show you how to rock your wedding dessert the broke-ass way: By taking it on yourself. It's no secret wedding cakes are pricey, and you can absolutely go the route of having a "display" cake to slice 'n' smash, with a variety of other desserts for actual consumption or having a big ol' sheet cake hiding in the back. But even those tiny l'il display cakes will cost you a pretty penny, where as these bad boys (if you have most of the basics on hand) should only run you around $27 for the ingredients. UM. HELLO, SAVINGS. Let's do it!
Hello, Broke-Ass Brides, my name is Lizzy and I'm the blogger in chief over at Lizzy Pancakes. I'm getting married in just a few weeks and have committed to make my own cakes. Yes cakes. To save money and to make things way more interesting, the cakes I'll be making are bride and groom cakes, and our main dessert is going to consist of doughnuts from Voodoo Doughnuts here in Denver. The cakes are for aesthetic and traditional purposes — you know, when I lure my fiance into a false sense of security and smush the cake in his face while our family and friends watch.
If you're having a small wedding, or if something like this would be a good fit for your party, making your own wedding cake is super easy. You know that smooth, beautiful layer of fondant? Not difficult. You'll breeze through it and spend the rest of the day absorbing compliments.
I made a traditional moist chocolate cake because I knew if it was kept airtight, it could be made up to two days in advance which is essential to maintaining a sane bride. If chocolate isn't your thing, I highly recommend Amanda's white cake recipe.
What you'll need:
For the cake
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon espresso powder or instant coffee
- 1 cup milk
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup boiling water
For the frosting
- 2 cups confectioner's sugar
- 2 tbsp butter, room temperature
- 2 tbsp milk
- ½ tsp vanilla
For the fondant
- One 24 oz package of fondant in the color of your choice.
- 2 Wilton smoothing tools (you can get this at a craft store where you buy your fondant)
- Rolling pin
- Pizza cutter
*Don't buy pre-rolled fondant. It is difficult to unroll, often cracks, and it's just lazy, you guys.
Preheat oven to 350º F. Prepare two 8-inch cake pans by spraying with baking spray or buttering and lightly flouring.
How you'll do it:
Prepare the cake:
Add flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt and espresso powder to a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer. Whisk through to combine or, using your paddle attachment, stir through flour mixture until combined well.
Add milk, vegetable oil, eggs and vanilla to flour mixture and mix together on medium speed until well combined. Reduce speed and carefully add boiling water to the cake batter. Beat on high speed for about 1 minute to add air to the batter.
Distribute cake batter evenly between the two prepared cake pans. Bake for 30-35 minutes, until a toothpick or cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool for about 10 minutes, remove from the pan and cool completely.
Prepare the frosting:
You really want the frosting to be room temperature. You should set it out before you start the cake to make sure. Don't try microwaving it, even on low. You risk making it too soft and messing with the consistency of your frosting.
Mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Easy peasy!
*If you really want to skip this step and buy frosting from the store (I'm not judging you), simply add ¾ cup confectioners sugar per container because cake decorating frosting should be a little bit stiffer.
Prepare the fondant:
To find out how wide your fondant needs to rolled out to, take a ruler and measure the width of the cake (that's easy! It'll be 8 inches since we're using 8-inch cake pans) and the height after the layers are stacked. Add them together. Your fondant needs to be rolled out so that a circle at least that wide can be covered.
Lightly dust your work surface with confectioners sugar. If you're using using black fondant, pick up your fondant more often during the process because you can't use white confectioners sugar without messing with the color.
Take the fondant out of the box and wrapper. Knead it on the sugared surface until it is soft enough to roll with a rolling pin. This shouldn't take more than a minute or two.
Roll out the dough until it is wide enough and about a ¼ inch thick.
Assemble the cake:
After you have let the cake layers cool completely (I mean it — completely!) take a long serrated knife, place your hand flat on the top of the cake, and cut the natural dome off of the cakes, making them completely flat and even. If you move slowly, this shouldn't be too difficult!
Put a dab of frosting on a cake stand, preferably a rotating one, but it's not essential. Place the first layer smack in the middle of the stand. Take a big scoop of the frosting and plop it right in the middle. Using an offset spatula (you can grab it at the grocery store) spread the frosting at least a ¼ inch and up to ½ inch thick.
Place your second layer carefully directly on top of the first layer. You really only get one real shot at this, so look at it from above and center it before putting it down. Take the remainder of your frosting and spread it around the sides and top of the cake. Though you should try to spread it evenly, this doesn't need to be pretty — it will be covered by the fondant.
To place the fondant on the cake there are two methods. All of the YouTube videos will show you a draping technique, where you fold the rolled fondant in half over the rolling pin and use that to transfer it to the cake. I'll tell you what, though, I simply picked mine up and placed it carefully over the top. There is just a tiny bit of wiggle room to center the rolled fondant after you've put it on the cake, so don't panic if it's off-center.
To smooth the fondant down and create sharp edges, use your hands to lightly press the fondant up against the sides of the cake. You may need to keep one hand on the excess fondant spilling over the sides so you can really mold the fondant to the shape of the cake without tearing or stretching it. Once you've used your smoothing tools to mold the fondant, run your pizza cutters around the bottom edge of the cake. Then use the side of the pizza cutter to lightly tuck the edges of fondant under the bottom to create a nice clean look.
If you want to add flowers, this is really easy. To avoid sticking stems into the actual cake, take some extra fondant and roll it into a ball. Cut your flowers so that they have ¼ inch to ½ inch of stem and arrange them in the ball of fondant as you please. Use extra frosting to stick the ball to the cake in the position you'd like and voila! professional looking cake decorated with fresh flowers!
Storing the cake:
You should make your cake layers up to two days in advance. If at all possible, you should delay assembling the cake until the day before. I say this because once it's on the cake stand, there is no moving it to an airtight cake transporter. One way to avoid this is to use a cake stand with a glass dome on top. As long as it's airtight, you can assemble the entire cake up to two days out.
If you want to give your wedding a homemade feel, this is a great way to achieve that. It ends up being much less expensive than having a professional do it and you can brag ALL. NIGHT. LONG about making it yourself.
Good luck on your cakes! If you need help or pointers along the way, holler at me at www.lizzypancakes.com or tweet me @lizzypancakes.
DIY or DIE: Modern Geometric Table Numbers
Why hello again!
It has been a little while …
And I'll be damned if I didn't suddenly develop an all-consuming
lust love for geometry since we last hung out.
Not to mention a serious crush on a certain little piñata.
It started innocently enough …
A few week ago I decided to try my hand at making a modern geometric monogram, which led to a few arrows (there's a pun there somewhere, right?), which led to these table numbers and soon I will have an entire styled shoot on my hands. Or a wedding. Or a graduate degree in mathematics. Or a very bright scrap yard.
But before I get even more carried away, I thought I should pop over here and share the graphic goodness with y'all Broke-Asses.
These geometric table numbers are super simple, crazy cheap, and supremely satisfying once you rip the tape off, and see all those perfectly straight little lines making all those perfectly adorable little triangles. Best of all, this technique is easily applied to a whole host of other wedding projects! And as you can probably surmise from my prolific experiments, it might be a little addictive.
Consider yourself warned.
So are you ready to transform a few 2x4s?
First, here's the visual of what you will need for this project:
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Gas prices have risen in New Hampshire over the last few weeks, but are still below the national average. The website Gasbuddy.com puts the average retail price for a gallon of gas at $3.45 in New Hampshire as of Thursday, up 1.9 cents in the last week. That puts current prices 23.9 cents per gallon lower than the same day a year ago, but 2.8 cents per gallon higher than a month ago.
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Night of Comic Relief at the Olmsted
The Olmsted hosted a wonderful night of hilarity on Nov. 14 to aid in the expenses for Team Dewey, a young mother of three, just diagnosed with ALS.
The Big Masquerade
Benefitting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana, The Big Masquerade was held Nov. 15 at The Henry Clay, where masked patrons were treated to a silent auction, dancing, hors d'oeuvres and cocktails, while they enjoyed the glamour and intrigue of a masquerade, and live music by Thumper and the Plaid Rabbits.
March of Dimes' Signature Chefs Auction
March of Dimes Louisville held its Signature Chefs Auction on Nov. 13 at the Louisville Marriott Downtown raising money to ensure that all babies are born healthy.
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Horse racing fans slipped into something slinky, straightened their bow ties and took in a high stakes night of intrigue and high society.
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Many stores on Frankfort Avenue offered 20 percent off on their services, gift cards, products, and holiday sets, on Nov. 13.
Veterans Day Parade
A Veterans Day parade and ceremony honoring the men and women in uniform, past and present, was Louisville's way of showing veterans their sacrifices are appreciated.
Botanica Master Plans Unveiling
The Louisville Water Tower hosted Botanica's president, Brian Voelker, and the design team from Perkins+Will as they presented renderings of the master plan for the Waterfront Botanical Garden on Nov. 13, describing the look, feel, features and functions of the botanical garden.
Little Sisters of the Poor Wine Tasting
Guests enjoyed samples of Napa Valley wines, hand-selected by Louisville wine Connoisseur Jerry Rogers, while enjoying hors d'oeuvres, music and art.
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Nail Yakupov's place in both the NHL and as a member of the Edmonton Oilers is one that's been given a lot of scrutiny since even before he was drafted. Some talking heads like to rip the Oilers for selecting Yakupov rather than a defenceman at the 2012 Draft, and generally add that trading him for help elsewhere is a thoroughly logical move. Others don't understand why taking the consensus No. 1 pick was so controversial and are leery of moving out a forward with his incredible offensive potential.
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Nail Yakupov's name has been a fixture in the rumour mill for a long time now, possibly for longer than his NHL career, even; in the months before the Oilers selected him consensus wisdom held that Edmonton would love to have traded the first overall pick in a move down to add a defenceman. The latest entry in this long-running story comes from TVA's Renaud Lavoie, a reporter based out of Montreal who is a pretty decent source for this sort of thing.
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Talking with Jac Kitsune about crystals, headbands and healing rods. Also Tracey Kennedy from wolfspiritradio.com will be joining us today. Simulcasting on http://www.wolfspiritradio.com/joomla/ as well.
To find out more about these healing devices talked about today go to http://www.spiritofmountshasta.com/
This show ended early because of technical difficulties however it will play in full on my website above once I turn it into a youtube video then upload it to the website.
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Buckle up for this week's episode of SportsFans In Headbands. Jim Slade from the Performance Racing Network will join us to talk some NASCAR as the All-Star race and Coca-Cola 600 are in Charlotte the next couple weekends. Kevin Pomeroy will also be our guest to discuss the Celtics Game 4 debacle against the Sixers and the Red Sox struggles to climb out of the bottom of the AL East basement. You also don't want to miss the latest edition of our faorite segment, "Fake or Funny". So grab your headbands and let's kick this thing off!
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Welcome to the latest edition of SportsFans In HeadBands! Brandon Warne (@Brandon_Warne) from FanGraphs.com to discuss the struggles of Josh Beckett and other MLB topics. Then we have a very special NBA 2nd Round Playoff Preview with CLNS' very own Celtics columnist, MIke Maacchi (@CLNS_Mike). So grab your headbands and let's go!
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SportsFans In Headbands with guest Elisabeth Galina from ArmchairReport.com. We'll talk Mariano Rivera's injury and other AL East news, Saints suspension and other NFL notes, Tiger Woods and maybe even some NASCAR... So grab your headband and let's go!
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Thomas Hughes is here in the first hour to share updates on the Sasquatch People. Interesting turn of events are beginning to happen. Thomas also has and IS able to "mind talk" with the hairy ones anywhere on our planet.
Second hour will be taking your calls about your experiences(or not) of the Lemurian Crystal Headbands and Healing Rods. As well as instructions on how to use them. Broadcasting also on http://www.wolfspiritradio.com/
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Two sports fans who love to sit around and talk about sports... while wearing headbands!
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Headbands and Healing Rods 101
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Not having any luck with your Headband or Healing Rod? Well join Reiki Master Andrew Bartzis and fellow radio host as we begin a series of shows that will teach you the basics and more advanced techniques to assist you in your healing processes.
Anyone can own a piano but you need the lessons to play it well.
As always, we welcome calls from those of you that have had success with your devices, to share with the rest your techniques as well to these coming shows. So dont be shy. Step on up and be of service to others.
As always this show will also broadcast live on http://www.wolfspiritradio.com/
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Join DaleafterDark as we discuss HEADBANDS! and what they do for us. Billy will share from a previous taped show with Anne DeHart, how they benefit us by wearing them. Also a terrific friend Jackie Cole will be here also to share stories of a product that is truly changing the way we see good health in our bodies. Zorra has also discussed this as well.
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And taking calls from those of you that have headbands. Call in to share what and how they are working for you. To order a headband go to hollowearthnetwork.com then click onto HEADBAND ORDERS.
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Taking your calls on your experience so far with your Lumerian Crystal Headbands. What have they revealed to you. This is your time to share.
Jackie Cole may be joining us to share more about our Superfood product that is changing peoples lives for the better. We will be talking about how its origins may be truly ancient.
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Headbands and Healing Rods 102
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Tonight's guest- Peg Thompson. She is an intuitive as well as an artist and healer. She joins the show tonight to talk about her use of the Lumerian Crystal Healing Rod and how she uses it in her practise. Also I will be giving away a 1 -month supply of Laminine valued at $107.95 (wholesale) to a lucky caller tonight and one on next weeks show.
Also broadcasting on http://www.wolfspiritradio.com/wolfchat/
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Deliciously decadent, Take It to the Limit has even more melodic power than its predecessor, delivering tons of guilty pleasures that sound fresh and familiar and strangely exciting.
If you were ever young and in love, dumb with drink, and had a head swimming with not just Boone's Farm wine but also Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, and AC/ DC (to name these guys' most blatant anthemic influences), you may be willing to forgive Hinder's lack of originality and preponderance of madonna/whore issues.
Its follow-up still trades in hard-driving anthems ('Use Me') and catchy hair-metal refrains (the title track), but frontman Austin Winkler is a bad representative for emotional frat dudes.
The music on Take It to the Limit is forceful and full of bright, churning guitars, with just enough melody to elevate the songs above most of the hedonistic hard rock out there.
The repetition hammers home Hinder's stultifying lack of imagination and even that would be excusable if the group had a scintilla of sleaze but like anybody too beholden to their idols, they tread the familiar ground too carefully, winding up as bland by-the-book bad boys.
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Well, if the Tea Party takes a lickin in '14, the GOP moves more moderate and gets their more extreme members in line, Christie will run. Unless Clinton does. I think Christie is a realist, and doesn't want to get his can kicked, or he would have jumped on the '12 primary-go-round. And Hillary's the one to do just that.
If the Tea Party still has the same intra party clout in '16 they had last year, then I predict another clown car of ultra conservatives not fit for general election victory who will get slapped around by whoever the democrats run.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- An attorney for an Oregon terrorism suspect on Wednesday tried to draw into question the accuracy and selectiveness of the written records made by an FBI agent who headed up the undercover investigation into her client.
The records are crucial to establishing the initial face-to-face contact between the suspect, Mohamed Mohamud, and an undercover agent posing as a jihadi.
That meeting would help establish Mohamud's mindset before an FBI sting operation targeting him swung into high gear and culminated with his arrest. Mohamud is accused of attempting to detonate a bomb at a Portland Christmas tree-lighting ceremony in November 2010.
His attorneys are trying to show he was not predisposed to terrorism before he met two men - actually undercover agents - who promised him the chance to work for al-Qaida and carry out an act of terrorism in the U.S.
The FBI has said the undercover agent attempted to tape-record the original face-to-face meeting with Mohamud on July 30, 2010, but the battery in his recording device failed.
After the meeting, the undercover agent's FBI handler, Elvis Chan, took notes and wrote a summary about it. The FBI learned on Aug. 2, 2010, that the recorder did not function, but Chan said he wasn't told about it.
He destroyed his notes on Aug. 3, 2010, leaving only his written summary.
During Mohamud's terrorism trial on Wednesday, defense attorney Lisa Hay questioned why Chan chose not to record the agent telling Mohamud that he was in competition with five other men to help carry out a purported al-Qaida plot, a fact that Hay asserted in previous questioning could coerce a naive 18-year-old into getting involved with the plot.
Hay said Chan neglected to include facts from other calls and meetings that would be helpful to Mohamud's defense, including Mohamud expressing a desire to go overseas instead of carrying out the plot, and another occasion when he wanted to "back out."
Chan did note the small talk between Mohamud and the undercover agent, including details on where Mohamud went to school and what he was studying.
"I summarized what I believed to be the highlights of the meeting," Chan said.
"And the highlights for you were the small talk," Hay replied.
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Horn, a conservative activist and the 2008 Republican nominee for Congress in the Second District, has the energy and fight to give the state Democratic Party a robust challenge during her term. The question is whether her own party will unify behind her.
The state committee voted this past weekend not to pay Horn a salary, which her counterpart in the state Democratic Party enjoys. Horn will be expected to raise massive amounts of money, revive the party's electoral prospects, aggressively challenge the Democrats on a daily basis, be the public face and voice of the party and help protect the presidential primary - all on a part-time, volunteer basis. Without the support of a unified party, it is a project doomed to failure.
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Experts: Trained Police Officers Better Than Armed Guards In Schools
And better than squishy liberal teachers who would look at a gun in an emergency situation the same most of us look at a dead and decomposing mouse in the crawlspace. After starting out with a story about how a trained law enforcement officer shot and wounded an attacker at a school in California, we get
(NJ.com) The National Rifle Association's response to a Connecticut school massacre envisions, in part, having trained, armed volunteers in every school in America. But Agundez, school safety experts and school board members say there's a huge difference between a trained law enforcement officer who becomes part of the school family – and a guard with a gun.
The NRA's proposal has sparked a debate across the country as gun control rises once again as a national issue. President Barack Obama promised to present a plan in January to confront gun violence in the aftermath of the killing of 20 Sandy Hook Elementary School students and six teachers in Newtown, Conn.
Agundez said what happened before the shooting in the San Diego County school should frame the debate over the NRA's proposal.
With a shooting at another county school just weeks before, Agundez had trained the staff in how to lock down the school, assigned evacuation points, instructed teachers to lock doors, close curtains and turn off the lights. He even told them computers should be used where possible to communicate, to lessen the chaos.
That makes sense, especially as it relates to teachers. Do you really want someone running around waving a handgun while panicking? Especially around a lot of people who might be running around and panicking? That's why DatechGuy's idea of using retired military and police officers in schools is a great one. They could work with the school, the teachers, the kids, much like Agundez did.
Of course, guards could also be trained to deal with assaults in a similar manner, after receiving proper training. And some teachers, who won't turn into puddles of goo at the first sign of an attack, could be armed, and the gun would need to stay in the classroom. But, trained personnel would be best, people who stay calm in a crisis. It won't necessarily stop an assailant who's hellbent on committing murder before suicide, but, might make them go somewhere else that is free of guns.
"In general teachers don't want guns in schools period," said Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association, one of the two large unions representing teachers. He added that one size does not fit all districts and said the union has supported schools that wanted a trained officer. Most teachers, he said, do not want to be armed themselves.
"It's a school. It's not a place where guns should be," he commented.
Why not? Isn't the idea to protect kids? Not leave them open to wackjobs like the Newtown shooter? Or would these liberals prefer to stand by their hatred of guns while leaving the kids open to murderous intent?
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Shortly after the clock struck noon on the East Coast Tuesday, a jaw-dropping tweet was posted to The Associated Press' Twitter account: "Breaking: Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured." The news ricocheted through Twitter like a pinball before it was soon discovered that the AP's account had been compromised by hackers. A collective of pro-Assad digital instigators known as the Syrian Electronic Army soon claimed responsibility.
Within seconds of the fracas, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 145 points (see the graphic below) before picking itself back up a few minutes later. The Wall Street Journal took a close look at how the nosedive was instigated by technology — sophisticated computer-trading software that monitors news headlines, corporate announcements, and yes, even social media to make buy or sell decisions in fractions of a second. Welcome to the world of algorithm-based decision-making.
The Journal's Geoffrey Rogow and Telis Demos report:
The technology has been around for several years, but it is increasingly finding adherents among financial firms, including hedge funds, investment banks, and even long-term investors such as mutual-fund companies. Experts say traders use the data for just about every kind of investment around the world, from U.S. stocks to the Korean won. [Wall Street Journal]
Tuesday's fire sale was triggered by a few charged keywords, namely terms like "explosion" and "White House." Once that information was sifted into crunchable data, it was beamed out to clients — including hedge funds and government agencies — from a Manhattan-based startup called Dataminr, which bills itself as an "analytics engine" that "transforms social media streams into actionable signals."
Once Dataminr's distress signals were received, the firms' proprietary software exploded into action, ready to sell. The whole process occurred in the blink of an eye.
Dow Jones — which publishes The Journal — claims these "elementized" news feeds "cut execution times and perform deeper analysis" than traditional methods. In addition to scanning hundreds of millions of tweets and headlines, they take into account several additional factors, including the reputation of a news source (in this case a tweet from the AP's confirmed account) and a tweet's geo-location. Media firms, including Dow Jones, Bloomberg, and Reuters, have been using elementized news feeds in some capacity since 2006.
And while it may feel gratifying to point fingers at the machines' mathematical inability to preemptively sniff out a hoax, The Journal notes that Dataminr's computers were quick to right a wrong. A second alert warning clients that the initial news may not have been accurate was sent out almost immediately, even before the AP had a chance to announce it had been hacked. Five minutes after the fake White House explosion sent the market into free fall, "shares rebounded across the board, and the blue-chip index ended the day with gains greater than before the incident."
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