Cupcakes

For the wedding I wanted to do cupcakes instead of a traditional wedding cake. I thought it would be fun to add the personal touch and a good way to spend time with people as they can help me decorate. I recently sent out a brief of what I wanted them to look like.

http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/decorating-ideas-for-cupcakes#slide_15

I have started practicing and tell you what-not as easy as old Martha makes it out to be! This time around I think a lot of my problems had to do with the thickness of the frosting and I have a feeling it will take me a while to get this right. Needs to be thick! But even though the finished product didn't really look like anything I wanted it to look like, I learned heaps. I spent a lot of time practicing on the back of a plate before I put anything on a cupcake and this helped me tons. I know my finished product won't look like Martha's, but the point is to do something fun with my ladies before the wedding, and not be so concerned with the perfect end product. Luckily I have some former professionals in the family and so far the advice has been very helpful!

Wedding plans are going well and as I type Martin is busy working away on the invites. He has been a real star-he has designed all the stationary for the wedding and the invites are really sweet. I am really excited about them. Not much longer now, just three and a half months. Super excited!

Last night Martin and I went to an event called Secret Cinema. The idea is you buy tickets to a movie, but you don't know what it is until you get there. They give you clues leading up to the event and you have to dress up however they tell you. (we had to dress up in the spirit of the late 40's). When you get there (and you don't know where you are going until a couple of days before the event)it is like you have stepped into the movie. They have various rooms designed to look like sets from the movie and people walking around as if they are the characters in the film. Our secret cinema was The Red Shoes. Made me think of my mom and remembering how I dreaded watching this film and then loving it once I had. Martin wasn't that keen on the actual film but the overall experience was great. Super creative and very well organised. Would definitely go again! Although it was rather cold. And we got separated at the start which was frustrating. But other than that, thumbs up!