Holly & Brock
What was special about where you got married? We ended up renting the Bayfront Mansion in Saint Augustine for our wedding. Unfortunately, the city ended up passing a new ordinance preventing larger functions from being held there. This ordinance was passed while we were planning the wedding and it almost ended up getting canceled. The city allowed four more events and we were so fortunate to get the very last spot. The Bayfront was truly beautiful sitting on the bay in historic Saint Augustine with a terrific view of the Castillo de San Marcos.
What was behind the design of the cake? The wedding cake was designed around the roses theme. We had three layers. The bottom layer was vanilla with raspberry filling, the second layer was German chocolate with chocolate icing, and the top layer was marble cake with Bavarian crème filling which I cannot wait to try on our first anniversary. The Groom’s cake I had made by Laura Bernstein who owns Cakes By Laura. She did a fantastic job and it was truly the highlight of the groom’s table. The cake was chocolate with peanut butter filling and it was to die for!!!
What do-it-yourself projects did you do? Almost everything we did truly was do-it-yourself. Aside from the cupcake jars, I hand wrapped the silverware settings with nice white napkins and tied a red ribbon around it. I found the little vases with candles and red rose petals to place on the table. I also created my own gift box for people to place cards for the “Mr. & Mrs.” We also bought card stock to type up our own wedding programs. I loved having more creative control on this as well. Once they were printed, I placed two hole punches in the side and hand tied a red ribbon through each of them.
What advice do you have for other brides? I think there truly are a lot of positive aspects to handling a lot of the little details on your own. In my opinion, it trulymakes it more your own when you’ve taken the time to go through and decide how you want your special day to be. I was a little worried about making the cupcake jars the night before the wedding. As I didn’t want to have anything major to do but it really didn’t take that long. It is super affordable to bake cupcakes and it honestly only cost maybe $60 for the entire project. I would bet ordering 120 cupcakes from a bakery would well exceed that cost and not have anywhere near the amount of details or personality. The cupcake jars were what I got the most compliments on and it felt great because that is the one thing I really took the time to personally put together.
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