Comments on: Something Fun for Friday (and Your Cake Cutting!)

By: Smooshing Wedding Cake » Manolo for the Brides

Smooshing Wedding Cake » Manolo for the Brides — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:23:39 +0000

[...] So personally, I won’t advocate for or against wedding cake smashing, but I will recommend that all brides and grooms – even those who consider themselves very easygoing – bring up the subject in advance of the reception so they and their new spouse will be on the same page when it comes time to cut the cake. [...]

By: abby

abby — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:06:27 +0000

in the little colonel: maid of honor, they bake the charms right into the cake, and there’s a rhyme to go with it:
“‘Four tokens must the bridescake hold:
A silver shilling and a ring of gold,
A crystal charm good luck to symbol,
And for the spinster’s hand a thimble.’
the girls in the story call it an old tradition, and the book is copyright 1906 (http://littlecolonel.com/Books/MaidofHonor/)

By: HeidiAphrodite

HeidiAphrodite — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:56:43 +0000

My cousin had one of those at her wedding in 1997 in Logan, Utah! It was so much fun–I drew the captain’s wheel and love wearing it. My only regret is that she only did enough charms for her friends and the older cousins, and my younger sisters (15 and 17, not a whole lot younger than the 20-year-old bride) got left out. I felt terrible about telling them that it was only for those who’d gotten special invitations and I STILL feel terrible about it. Grown-up me would have let one of them take my place but 22-year-old me didn’t think about it. I regret it, and I told myself that if I had a cake charm pull, it would involve ALL the girls, little to big, even if I had to find a way to tuck 50 little charms under a cake.

PS: Almost 13 years later, my cousin is still very happily married.

By: Cassie

Cassie — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:00:44 +0000

I’ve never even heard of this tradition! But it sounds cute, and it would be a great idea in combination with, say, bridesmaids’ gifts of charm bracelets.