Cut the cake ...

And since we're on the subject of weddings, what would a wedding be without a cake.

Here's what mine looked like.

These days, I might go for something like this.

Or this.

I'm pretty much a purist.  I'd have white cake. But I've been to weddings where the cake has been chocolate, or had a jelly filling (raspberry), or didn't look like a wedding cake at all.  (One wedding had ten different wedding cakes and guests could choose what flavors they wanted.)



What did your cake look like?

Always a Bridesmaid

To fill out my bridal collection, I decided that not only did I need the bride and groom, but also figurines that represented the rest of the bridal party.

Sadly, this little lass is the only one I've found.  But isn't she cute?

Marriage is a Serious Affair

Look at the expressions of this bride and groom.  They bear out the phrase that "marriage isn't a word, it's a sentence."

I bought these guys for $5 at an estate sale.  They were mounted on a green circular box with faded green crepe paper glued to its side.  That got tossed before I even entered the house with my new-to-me bride and grom.

They look so solemn. I had hped giving them a loving home would have made them happy, but, alas, they will never smile.  I wonder why the Japanese factory worker (for they are maked Napco). gave them such dour expressions.

Care to speculate?

Modern Bride ... okay, just a little dated

I bought these guys at a yard sale in Wisconsin.  They are about 30-40 years younger than most of my collection, but they're still old-fashioned because the bride isn't bare shouldered.

Most brides today opt for dresses that don't cover their shoulders, let alone their arms.  (Whatever happened to the modest, blushing bride?)  Worse, unless the bride is very thin, these dresses show every molecule of fat. And in summer, tan lines.  Can you say "tacky?"

Wasn't Kate Middleton's dress gorgeous?

I hope more brides take a cue from her lovely dress.

Happy Happy Wedding Day

The other day I was asked about my collections.  One I don't think of often is my brides and grooms.

I probably would have never started collecting wedding cake toppers if one of my cats hadn't broken my own.  It was a glass heart.  Larry knocked it off the shelf and it broke into a million pieces.  It was rather unique.  I've never seen another one like it.

So is it any wonder that wedding cake toppers--and especially vintage ones--fascinate me?

I thought for the next couple of posts I'd share my collection with you.  This one is the first topper I bought.  I got it at an estate sale.  I'm not sure what I paid for it, but I know it was $5 or less.  I figure the real bride must have married in the late 1950s or early 1960s.

What did your wedding cake topper look like?









P.S.  Happy Happy Wedding Day was a song by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters.  You can hear a sample right here.