Merry Christmas to all!



photo credit: eatdrinkchic



New Blog

Welcome to my new blog! I have decided to create a new blog, because it's more user friendly for me and for you. Now you can go back into the archives. Yay!

I have added all the old blog posts, but obviously couldn't move all the comments. So feel free to visit the golden oldies and comment on them.

xxx

Cookie cutters

A while ago I received all my lovely new cookie cutters from the USA. Can't wait to start playing around with new designs!

Will post some pics of the new cookies asap.



Red & Blue

This is one of my favorite color combinations. Red is always that accent color I want to add to everything.

It's also a favorite for one of my brides: Anelle from Seven Swans wedding stationary. She had a regular feature on the cap classique blog about the whole planning process of her own wedding. Everything about this wedding just sounded wonderful. I was lucky enough to make some cookies for this very talented lady.

Below are the cookies that made part of Anelle's yummy cookie bar. The amaaaazing duo from welovepictures, were the photographers at their wedding. I'm absolutely dying to see the pics!



Anelle's cookies



Trailer Trash Wedding

If you haven't seen The Aleit Group's latest limited edition wedding newsletter where have you been?
The creative genius behind this shoot was off course Johnny Hamman from The Aleit Group. Johnny can make trailer trash look chic. Nelle Cakes had the privilege to be part of this amazing shoot.

Follow this link for a lovely surprise... Limited Edition Wedding Newsletter

Lace

One of the most popular designs so far has been the brush embroidery lace. What I mean by brush embroidery is that I pipe the outlines of a lace motif and then take a wet brush and brush the icing from the outside inwards. This creates a lace effect.

What I normally do is copy the lace on the brides dress for the cake design. This makes it more personal and unique to the specific wedding.

Here are a few examples of the lace and cakes...

Cute figurines

On my previous blog post there were some pics of the adorable little bunny figurines the bride made herself. I found these cute ones on Etsy the other day. It can be custom made and shipped to South Africa.

I'm not normally a huge fan of figurines, but these are not your average porcelain figurines. These are pretty wooden figurines, each one hand made to look like you and your other half.

Here are a few super cute bride and grooms.

Off to the seaside

This wedding was held at Strandkombuis in Yzerfontein. Unfortunately I did not get to meet the bride and groom as they live in Holland. I did however get to meet their amazing friends and family who helped to get the venue ready. I even got invited by the bride's mom to stay for the wedding. So sweet.

Zelda is very creative, this I could see right from the start when she mailed me some bits and bobs for inspiration. She made these cute figurines and mini bunting to go on top of the cake. Love it!